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A large complex containing the city's largest ten-pin bowling suite, pool tables and a night-club, Aquatoria is very popular with ordinary Russians in the first two, while the third belongs almost exclusively to New Russians, n... more
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This mighty Doric column, cut from a giant granite monolith with a bronze base, cap, bas-reliefs and a sculpture on top, was put on Palace Square in memory of victory in the war of 1812. The huge granite monolith weighs 704 met... more
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Built under the order of Catherine the Great for her grandson (the future Tsar Alexander I), Alexander Palace has seen many faces come and go. Once the principle residence of Russia's last Tsar Nicholas II and his family, it be... more
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This bridge is a three-bay stone structure 54.6 meters long and 37.9 meters wide crossing the Fontanka river at Nevskii Prospekt. It was built in 1715 and marked the entrance to the city and for a long time served as a sentry g... more
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Situated on the corner of the Fontanka Canal and Nevskii Prospekt, the palace passed through a series of Imperial hands before Alexander II presented it to his son Alexander III on his wedding day. In 1936, absolutely everythin... more
St. Petersburg Travel Experiences
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Leningrad - the city of the Tzars
Today we not only had Anastasia, but Rustom joined us as well as our driver. We met them out front of the Petro Palace Hotel at 9am. St.... Continue reading »
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St Petersburg (Day 1)
We are delayed leaving the ship by the local immigration officers. When we do disembark, we discover there is second cruise ship behind u... Continue reading »
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From Russia with Love
We checked out of our hostel on the 13th of February and spent the day wandering around Tallinn. Our bus didn't leave until 11.40pm... Continue reading »
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Vodka and Cavier: nice
We left Irkutsk for what would be our longest journey on a train yet - a full three days of nonstop travel. We were actually going first... Continue reading »
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Back in the U.S.S.R. NOT!
Hello everyone! Time is flying - our adventure in St. Pete has come to an end quickly. The White Nights were down right spooky;... Continue reading »
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Popular St. Petersburg Hotels
- Apricot Hostel
- Rossiya St Petersburg
- Novotel St Petersburg Centre
- St. Petersburg Serviced Apartments
- Rinaldi by the Hermitage
- Hotel Pribaltiyskaya
- Moskva Hotel
- Pulkovskaya Hotel
- Best Eastern Piter Hotel
- Azimut Hotel St Petersburg
Popular St. Petersburg Things to Do
- Dvortsovaia Ploshchad' (Palace Square)
- Edmond J Safra Grand Choral Synagogue (The)
- Ermitazh (Hermitage, The)
- Letnyi Sad (Summer Gardens)
- Griboedov Club
- Titanik (Titanic)
- Peterhof
- Tavricheskii Sad (Tauride Gardens, The)
- Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad
- Petropavlovskaia Krepost' (Peter and Paul Fortress)
