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St. Petersburg travel guide
What to see in Saint Petersburg, Russia, useful info for tourists and links

St. Petersburg
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Saint-Petersburg is a fascinating place which dazzles the eye of a visitor with numerous architectural landmarks, museums, palaces, parks, wide avenues, spectacular bridges and stylish monuments. The best time to visit the city is from May till October, when the weather is warm. The city is especially beautiful during magical White Nights, which start in the beginning of June and lasts up to the middle of July.

What to visit in St. Petersburg?

Tourist sites "must" to visit:

The Hermitage Museum
St. Isaac Cathedral
Peter and Paul Fortress
The Church on Spilled Blood
Petergoff
Palace Square
Nevsky prospect
Neva river embankment
Senate Square with "Bronze Horseman"
Boat trip through canals or Neva

Other interesting places:

Russian Museum
Catherine Palace in Pushkin
Pavlovsk Palace
St. Nicholas Cathedral
Cruiser Aurora
Summer Gardens
Kunstkamera Museum
Yusupov Palace
The Monastery of Alexander Nevsky

Interesting places of Russian lifestyle:

Subway
Kuznechni market (food)
Gostiny Dvor and Passage (shopping centers)
Eliseev food-store
The area of Dostoevsky

Theaters, leisure

Mariinsky Theater (Kirov)
Alexandrinsky Theater
Musorgsky Theater
Circus
Philarmonic Hall

Some interesting links about St.-Petersburg:

Petergoff Palace and Park ensemble: Official site: all detailed information and photos.

"The Hermitage" - a world famous museum of Art and Painting.

State Russian Museum - the world's largest museum of Russian art.

The Mariinsky ("Kirov") Opera and Ballet Theater

Philarmonic Hall of St. Petersburg - Playbill, actual information.

Information about Russian language with a list of useful words

Educacentre: the best school of Russian in St. Petersburg.

St. Petersburg excursions: Excursions and tours offered by my partner company, "Russian St. Petersburg Tours".

"Wandering Camera" - a very nice collection of pictures and notes about St. Petersburg, in Russian, English, German.

St. Petersburg Palaces - photos and descriptions of the most important palaces of the city.

St Petersburg Cathedrals - photos, descriptions and location on the city-map (part I).

Churches of St. Petersburg - photos, short descriptions of other churches of Saint Petersburg, their location (part II).

Live Camera in St. Petersburg: Moika river embankment

Holiday Apartments in St Petersburg Russia