St. Petersburg

About:

St Petersburg was the creation of the formidable Russian Tsar, Peter the Great, and is built over 42 islands in the mouth of the great Neva River, linked by 93 canals and almost 350 bridges. The Old Russian battleship, the Aurora, is moored on the embankment as a reminder of the city’s glorious maritime past. St Petersburg was the nation’s capital for over 200 years and remains the cultural epicenter of the country, a bustling hub for the very best in Russian art, dance music, painting and literature.

To Do List:

• Visit Peter and Paul’s Fort in the middle of the Neva delta, the city’s first building and burial place of the Tsars
• Admire the Winter Palace and one of the world’s greatest art collections inside, the Hermitage museum
• Explore the Aurora cruiser which fired the first shots in the Bolshevik uprising
• Discover the Cabin of Peter the Great, the humble wooden abode from where Peter supervised the city’s construction
• Watch the Kirov ballet at the famed Mariinsky Theatre