For many years it was impossible even to dream about such a tour. Kronstadt used to be a "closed town" and not only foreign visitors but even locals had no chance to come and see the place. To visit Kronstadt, we needed a very special permission which was possible to get only if you had close relatives or a professional reason to go there. From the sea shore of the Gulf of Finland every one could see a huge dome of Kronstadt's main cathedral, but almost no one could come and see it closer. Legends about unbelievable beauty of this cathedral and rumors about its tragic fate grew in number. Only in 1996 Kronstadt was opened for visitors. During the private tour of Kronstadt you will: - drive on the dam. If you come from the north, it will be almost a 20 km drive through the Gulf of Finland. Whatever the weather is, the sea view is always fantastic! If you come from the south, the way through the Gulf will be almost two times shorter and a part of it will go in a tunnel under the Gulf. So it could be even more exciting. Our guide will tell you about the Gulf of Finland, St. Petersburg floods which used to be so dangerous and destructive, and the dam construction; - visit Kronstadt Naval Cathedral. It's so beautiful that even if it was the only one attraction in the whole Kronstadt, it would still be worth to drive there. The Cathedral was built in the very beginning of the 20th century after St. Sophia in Constantinople. The huge dome of it could be easily seen from Peterhof and in good weather even from St. Petersburg. This very dome is covered not with gold as majority of other domes but with silver and decorated with golden anchors on silver plates. The interior of the Cathedral is just astonishing: numerous mosaics, different marbles and stain glass panels. On the walls of the cathedral you will find stone plates with names seamen who perished when in service; - drive and walk along the streets and embankments of Kronstadt. You will see: a part of the old fortress wall, the Merchant harbor, the Italian Palace of prince Menshikov, Petrovskiy dock, the Kronstadt sea-gauge from which all depths and altitudes are measured, a monument to Peter the Great who founded this fortress and a monument to tiny fish called stickleback which saved the citizens at the time of siege and many other interesting sights and monuments.