St. Petersburg Travel Guide
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Commissioned by Tsar Peter the Great (1672-1725) as "a window looking into Europe," St. Petersburg is a planned city whose elegance is reminiscent of Europe's most alluring capitals. Little wonder it's the darling of today's fashion photographers and travel essayists: built on more than a hundred islands in the Neva Delta linked by canals and arched bridges, it was first called the "Venice of the North" by Goethe, and its stately embankments are reminiscent of those in Paris. An Imperial city of golden spires and gilded domes, of pastel palaces and candlelit cathedrals, it's filled with pleasures and tantalizing treasures.
St. Petersburg Hotels
The city's capacity for overnight visitors is small, but growing. By 2010 St. Petersburg plans to have added dozens of new hotels. What the city especially...read more
St. Petersburg Restaurants
The new restaurants and cafés of the burgeoning scene stand in sharp contrast to the traditional, sometimes uninspired, Russian-style eateries of...read more
Things To Do in St. Petersburg
The city's focal point is the Admiralteistvo, or Admiralty...read more
Travel Deals in St. Petersburg
- 3-Star Rinaldi Fr $36+/Nt Save with Hotels.com, $26/night less
- Book Nevsky Breeze in Aug: Sale! Save 15% on this Stay. Save with Expedia, $26/night less
- Super Savings on St. Petersburg 6 Nts Htl + Air Fr $2,074 Travelocity
- Hot Deal on a 12 Nt Cruise! Viking River Cruises Fr $6,096 Expedia
- Book 3 Nts in St. Petersburg this Aug Fr $121+/Nt — $121 Expedia
St. Petersburg Experiences
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The State Hermitage Museum: The pearl of the world's historical and art collections, you can see everything from works by Monet, Picasso, and... Read more
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Azimut-Hotel St. Petersburg Sovietskaya. The recent renovation has done much to improve the once-decaying interiors of this 1960s concrete-and-steel... Read more
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Aquarel. With three stories of floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Vasilievsky Island's Rostral Columns and Stock Exchange, this flashy restaurant-boat... Read more
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During the Bolshevik Revolution many of the city center's lavish mansions where appropriated from their owners and divided into communal apartments... Read more
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St. Petersburg's mighty Neva River creates some of its most picturesque views, making it easy to forget that it is a working river and transport... Read more
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The Peacock Clock (Tchasy Pavlin), one of the most delightful pieces on display at the State Hermitage Museum, is found in the Pavilion Hall... Read more
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