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1. Travel Tip:
Catherine the Great Palace
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The light blue and white contrast of the facade of the palace radiates a certain kind of Rococo European-style elegance. It served as the summer vacation home of the Russian Tsars. All throughout... Tags for this Travel Tip: pushkin russia stpetersburg historical palace catherinethegreat tsar royalty |
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State Hermitage Museum
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The State Hermitage Museum is one of the finest arts museum in the world, landing in the same league as the Louvre in Paris. It shines as one of the main tourist attractions in St. Petersburg. The... Tags for this Travel Tip: art hermitage stpetersburg russia culture museum |
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3. Travel Tip:
Indian Tandoori in St. Petersburg
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On our first night in St. Petersburg we discovered an unprepossessing Indian restaurant called Tandoor, only a few blocks from the Hermitage, which quickly became a favourite of ours. The food was... Tags for this Travel Tip: transsiberian stpetersburg indianfood cricket |
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Travel Tip: Day 18 on the Trans-Siberian Express: The Hazards of Speaking English in St. Petersburg
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The walk from the Hermitage to our metro station is beautiful and scenic and peaceful, through Dvortsovaya Place and past the Alexander Column and through the double arch when it is lit up at night... Tags for this Travel Tip: transsiberian stpetersburg nighttimeinstpetersburg translation speakingenglish |
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Day 20 on the Trans Siberian Express: Saying Goodbye
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On our fourth and final day in St. Petersburg, we simply returned to our favourite haunts, walking round the old city centre and just enjoying the views. I found I could spend hours watching the... Tags for this Travel Tip: transsiberian stpetersburg lakebaikal kamchatka blacksea |
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The train arrived in St. Petersburg at 10am and we proceeded to follow the very nebulous directions to our hostel, which consisted of one sentence: “From metro station take bus 123 or 271.”... Tags for this Travel Tip: transsiberian stpetersburg hostel publictransportation |
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Our second class train from Moscow to St. Petersburg seemed luxurious compared to the earlier third class stages of our journey. While we thoroughly enjoyed the third class stages of our journey,... Tags for this Travel Tip: transsiberian moscow stpetersburg secondclass overnighttrain |
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9. Travel Tip:
Russian Visas: Tourist Invitations
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Part of the Visa process is getting an invitation for the type of Russian visa you want. Unless you're opting for the private visa, the best way to do this is to work with a Russian travel agency.... Tags for this Chapter: invitation agencies moscow stpetersburg visaprocess |
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