Things to do in St Petersburg
No one likes New Year's Eve like Russian people do - it's the most exciting public holiday of the year with spectacular New Year outdoors parties in St Petersburg and Moscow, public events, fireworks, festivals, gifts, champagne toasts and Christmas vacations when most people don’t work for about 10 days enjoying winter, rest and parties.
The ancient Egyptian sphinxes are well-known in St Petersburg. These mysterious creatures decorate the Embankment in front of the Academy of Arts.
The one Sphinx looks at the Hermitage museum where its motherland relics are kept in Peter and Paul Fortress. The other one looks at East, Finish gulf and its distant motherland.
New Holland - the island in Admiralteisky district of St Petersburg, surounded by the Moika River, Kruykov and Admiralteisky channels. In addition, New Holland is a unique example of industrial architecture of early classicism.
The State Russian Museum is not only one of the main attractions of St Petersburg, Russia, but is also considered to be Russia's largest collection of Russian Art.
The museum was established by royal decree in 1895, the grand opening was held three years later in the reconstructed Mikhailovsky Palace, the architectural ensemble of the square orchestrating Arts (conceived as the architect Carlo Rossi, who built the Palace in the 1819-1825 period). Prior to 1917, the museum was officially called the Russian Museum of Emperor Alexander III.
Winter Palace in St Petersburg, Russia - the former Imperial Palace of Russian Tsars, now is a part of main museum complex of the State Hermitage.
The current building of the palace (the fifth one) was built in 1754-1762 by the Italian architect Rastrelli in magnificent Elizabethan style, with Baroque elements in the French rococo interiors. It is an object of cultural heritage of federal importance and UNESCO World Heritage object as part of the historic center of St Petersburg. Since its completion in 1762 to 1904 it was used as the official Winter Residence of the Russian Tsars.
If you are travelling on a cruise around Europe or somewhere else and have a stay in St Petersburg, Russia you are very lucky to go ashore on St Peterburg tours especially if your voyage takes place in June as St Petersburg is famous for its White Nights season every summer in June.
There is a chance to book St Petersburg tours without Russian visa in your passport. All you need – is to find a Travel Agency in St Petersburg like ours and book your shore tour or shore excursions with their help.