For the love of Pete! Part 3
Jul21

For the love of Pete! Part 3

Part 3 – St Petersberg when you need a quick bite and a ballet night out We set our guide, Natalia of St.Pete’s Private Tours, the challenge of three square meals before a great night out; as well as guiding us around all of the sights of St. Petersberg! We weren’t in St Petersburg to trawl the top restaurants but nevertheless wanted to eat authentic Russian food without upsetting our schedule for visiting the principal...

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For the love of Pete – part 2
Jul14

For the love of Pete – part 2

Part 2 – St Petersberg – celebrating War & Peace Our pictorial round-up of the sights and attractions that we visited and you can enjoy, over just two days in St. Petersberg. The scale of St.Petersberg is grand, with Russia’s cultural and historic heritage frozen in time. Founded by Tsar Peter the Great’s  travel to all the major European capitals as inspiration for his new Baltic capital, St.Petersberg today...

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For the love of Pete! Part 1
Jul07

For the love of Pete! Part 1

St Petersberg, Russia’s ‘Western Capital’ is a true showcase of War & Peace. Preconceptions prevail indefinitely unless dispelled by new experience. Certainly, neither the crew-cut Colonel Rosa Klebb lookalike on the security scanner, nor the frosty monosyllabic border guard with curt instructions to ‘look at me’ as he tried to reconcile the death mask on my passport with the bronzed Atlas in front of him, did little to welcome us...

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