Russia - St Petersburg (PDF Chapter)
This is the St Petersburg chapter from Lonely Planet’s Russia guidebook.
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 na-ture’s harsh elements could throw at her.
- spend a day (or more!) in the Hermitage, one of the world’s most unrivalled art collec-tions
- maps
- witness the amazing kaleidoscope of colours that is the Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood
- transport
- climb the enormous dome of St Isaac’s Cathedral for the best view over the imperial city
- restaurants & accommodation
Coverage includes: Sights, Activities, Tours, Festivals & Events, Sleeping, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, Around St Petersburg, Peterhof and Pushkin (Tsarskoe Selo).
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