St. Petersburg, Russia Welcomes You

What do you know about Russia?

The harsh Russian winter, the vodka and the Revolution. Would you like to know more?

Europe’s greatest city, St. Petersburg, offers you an adventure trip to the past with its lavish palaces, impressive museums, majestic cathedrals and intoxicating fountains.

St. Petersburg's character and form developed over three centuries, from its humble beginnings of a city built and raised from the marshes following the vision of Peter the Great, to the glorious memorial to architecture that it is now. They call it the “Venice of the North”; a place where numerous rivers and canals interconnect bringing inspiration to many famous writers. St. Petersburg is the City of Pushkin, Gogol, Blok and Dostoevsky. Almost every street has the imprint of history; almost every building is a memorial to architecture. Famous architects from across Europe, Domenico Trezzini, Rastrelli and Monferrand, flocked to St. Petersburg to create a masterpiece of beauty not repeated anywhere in the world. It is impossible to show impassion when faced with the magnificent palaces from Imperial Russia.

Some of the most important historical events have taken place here in St. Petersburg, shaping the city we see before us now. This glorious city has been sculpted by a turbulent past of revolutions and war. With its Imperial splendour being ravaged by the harsh reality of the Second World War and the Blockade, you will today see a meticulously restored city of its original beauty.

St. Petersburg; the living museum under an open sky.