Saint Petersburg travel

Whether you choose to travel to Saint Petersburg in winter, when it is blanketed in snow, think fur hats, lined boots, and skating on the Neva turned to ice, or in summer, under the midnight sun during the season of the White Nights, the eternal capital of the tsars, the dream city of Peter the Great, will delight travellers with a fascination for art and history. Among the city’s highlights: the State Hermitage Museum, the Pushkin and Dostoevsky museums, Saint Isaac’s Cathedral, the Maritime Canal and the Grand Cascade, the Summer Palace and gardens, and the Menshikov and Catherine II Palaces. Don’t miss an evening at the Mariinsky Theatre, the galleries and kiosks of the “Merchants’ Court”, a stroll along Nevsky Prospect, or a caviar tasting at the Eliseyev Emporium. Read more