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The Fabergé Museum, a privately-owned museum, which was established in order to repatriate lost cultural valuables back to Russia, was opened in 2013. The museum is located in the center of St. Petersburg in the premises of the ShuvalovPalace, on the embankment of the FontankaRiver. The ShuvalovPalace with its total room area of some 4,700 square meters is one of the most beautiful palaces of St. Petersburg, a historical monument and a center of tourist attraction.

In 1895, Emperor Nicholas II passed a decree on establishing Russia’s first State museum of Fine Arts. In 1898, the Russian museum was opened in the premises of the Mikhailovsky Palace, which at that time belonged to the Russian treasury.

The Konstantinovsky Palace is situated some 19 kilometers to the South of St. Petersburg, on the coast of the Gulf of Finland, in Strelna village — one of the oldest suburbs of the city. Originally the palace and the surrounding park ensemble belonged to the royal family.

In the very heart of St. Petersburg stands the exquisite Church of the Resurrection of Christ, also known as the Church of our Savior on the Spilled Blood. The ninth-domed temple was designed in Russian style to commemorate the memory of one of the most distinguished Russian emperors — Alexander II.

Beautiful views! Unforgettable experiences!

Enjoy some good jazz music and admire the beautiful vistas of St. Petersburg aboard the Jazz Riverboat! The city’s best jazz bands will be playing for you on two decks. For two hours the boat will sail along Neva from the Hermitage to the Smolny Cathedral, then turn around, and go as far as the Gulf of Finland, returning to the Hermitage at the end. You will see the Admiralty, the WinterPalace, the Peter and Paul Fortress, and other famous sights from the side of the water, and enjoy a beautiful panorama of the city.

During a 2-hours walking tour around St. Petersburg city center you will see the city’s most famous places. The tour starts in Nevsky Prospekt, the city’s main thoroughfare, where the largest department stores — the Gostiny Dvor and the Passage — are located, as well as the House of Books — the city’s largest book store, a number of famous palaces, including the Stroganov Palace, and, of course, the Admiralty — the first shipyard to operate in St. Petersburg.

 

Bike tours around St. Petersburg — It's fun!

The rush of adrenaline and the sunny mood guaranteed! 

Beautiful views! Unforgettable experiences!

The beauty of St. Petersburg from a bird's eye view!

Construction works in Oranienbaum (Lomonosov) started at the very beginning of XVIII century. It was then that Peter I presented a plot of land on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland to his associate and favorite Alexander Menshikov, who at that time served as Governor of St. Petersburg. Menshikov immediately started construction of his own Grand Palace, which even overshadowed by its splendor the Emperor’s palace, built in the nearby Peterhof. Surprisingly enough, the Oranienbaum palace has survived almost intact.

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