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9781786573629
St Petersburg Санкт-Петербург
St Petersburg Highlights
Neighbourhoods at a Glance
The Hermitage
Peter & Paul Fortress
Russian Museum
St Isaac's Cathedral
Sights
Activities
Tours
Festivals & Events
Sleeping
Eating
Drinking & Nightlife
Entertainment
Shopping
Peterhof
Pushkin (Tsarskoe Selo)
Pavlovsk
Gatchina
Kronshtadt
Leningrad Region
St Petersburg Санкт-Петербург
Why Go?
Beautiful, complex and imperious, with a hedonistic, creative temperament, St Petersburg is the ultimate Russian diva. From her early days as an uninhabited swamp, the 300-year-old city has been nurtured by a succession of rulers, enduring practically everything that history and nature’s harsh elements could throw at her. Constantly in need of repair but with a carefree party attitude, Piter (as she’s affectionately known by locals) still seduces all who gaze upon her grand facades, glittering spires and gilded domes. Such an environment has inspired many of Russia’s greatest artists, including Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich.
The long summer days of the White Nights season are particularly special – the fountains flow, parks and gardens burst into colour and locals hit the streets to party. With a little preparation, though, the icy depths of winter have their own magic, and are the perfect time for warming body and soul in all those museums and palaces.
When to Go
AMid-May–mid-Jul Visit during the White Nights, when the sun never truly sets.
AMay & Sep A great time to visit the...
Table of contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to Russia
- Russia's Top 20
- Need to Know
- First Time Russia
- What's New
- Getting Your Visa
- If You Like...
- Month by Month
- Itineraries
- Great Train Journeys
- Russian Adventures
- Regions at a Glance
- Moscow
- Golden Ring
- St Petersburg
- Western European Russia
- Kaliningrad Region
- Northern European Russia
- Volga Region
- Russian Caucasus
- The Urals
- Western Siberia
- Eastern Siberia
- Russian Far East
- Understand Russia
- Russia Today
- History
- Russian People
- Religion
- Performing Arts & Music
- Literature & Cinema
- Architecture & Visual Art
- Food & Drink
- Landscape & Wildlife
- Directory A-Z
- Transport
- Language
- Behind the Scenes
- Our Writers