The best places in St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg is one of the popular cities in Russia, where many tourists from other cities and countries like to come. On the territory of the city there is a large number of monuments, ancient architecture, museums, beautiful sculptures and simply wonderful places that must be seen.

Every person who comes to this city, faces the question of where to go to St. Petersburg in a few days. The answer to this question is clearly difficult, because many people have different tastes, for example, one likes monuments, and others just want to see the gallery and various museums. In addition, visiting interesting places is impossible in bad weather or in winter. In order to see the whole of St. Petersburg for a couple of days and be satisfied with visiting this city, the list of the best places is given below.

All the tourists who first came to this city must visit the Hermitage. It is he who is the visiting card of this city and it is impossible to meet it all over the world. It is there that you can see the Madonna and Child, the Knights' and George's Hall and many other gatherings of great people from different eras. Overview of all the halls can take several days, so it's best to come there from the very morning.

The second place to go to, is the St. Isaac's Cathedral. From himself, he represents a unique monument of architecture, which amazes with its size. From its colonnade you can see the city center from the height of a bird's flight.

It is also necessary to visit Petrodvorets, where there are several beautiful fountains throughout the territory. It is best to go there from May to September, as it is during this period that the fountains will work. In addition, there are several museums and landscape parks, which surprise with their beauty.

Approximately at 1:30 am, you should definitely go to the Palace Embankment to see not only the white nights, but also the expansion of bridges. At this time, many small boats converge in the middle of the Neva River to swim across the bridge. At this time dozens of tourists gather on the embankment, musicians and circus performers.

One of the city's attractions is the Peter and Paul Cathedral. To see it completely there is no need to go inside. Its main note is that there are burials of Peter I and Nicholas II. Also on the territory of the fortress there is a monetary yard, a museum-prison and an exhibition of medieval instruments of torture.

In summer, you can take a ride on the sea liners or visit the sea attractions: the cruiser Aurora, the Maritime Museum or the Krasin icebreaker. With limited time, you can simply walk along the Promenade des Anglais and see how the sea liners float in the summer.