Saint Petersburg is one of the world’s most stunning cities. Created by Peter the Great and styled after the great cities of Europe, the former capital is a treasure trove of gorgeous palaces, grand cathedrals and even grander museums. The city is crisscrossed with…
The Golden Ring is a road trip route that takes in a beautiful collection of rural villages, medieval towns and peaceful bucolic countryside to the northeast of Moscow. The route takes in hundreds of churches topped with golden onion domes, ancient towns surrounded by…
The grand centrepiece of Tsarskoe Selo is the huge baroque Catherine Palace. Walk through its sumptuous halls, dining rooms, portrait rooms and of course the inspiring Amber Room (though bear in mind this is a reconstruction as the original amber room was raided during…
The vast collections of St Peterburg’s Hermitage Museum number well into the millions and were founded when the Empress Catherine the Great acquired a number of paintings from a Prussian trader. Now, the museum is spread across six buildings and has collections that span…
Russia’s huge capital city is home to a veritable army of attractions. Start at the cobbled Red Square to see the stunningly ornate St Basil’s Cathedral and the walls of the imposing Kremlin and afterwards consider a stroll and a spot of shopping in…
