Russia · EUROPE
St Petersburg
The imperial capital — Hermitage, palaces and white nights.
— Journey —
Jet 1 h · subject to travel advisories
St Petersburg, Peter the Great's imperial capital on the Neva, is the most architecturally magnificent city of the Baltic — the Hermitage and Winter Palace, the gilded spires, the palace suburbs of Peterhof and Tsarskoye Selo, and the white nights of midsummer. FFGR Finland notes that travel is subject to prevailing advisories; when conditions permit, our partner network coordinates Hermitage private viewings, Mariinsky ballet arrivals, and the canal-and-palace circuit. The city's imperial scale — Rastrelli's baroque facades, the Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood, the Nevsky Prospekt — remains without equal in the region.
— Signature Experiences —
- ·The Hermitage & Winter Palace
- ·Peterhof palace & fountains
- ·Mariinsky Theatre (ballet & opera)
- ·Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood
- ·Catherine Palace, Tsarskoye Selo
- ·Nevsky Prospekt & the canals
— Signature Hotels —
- ·Belmond Grand Hotel Europe
- ·Four Seasons Lion Palace
- ·Astoria Hotel
- ·Kempinski Hotel Moika 22
— Also in this region —
Sweden
Stockholm
The Venice of the North — fourteen islands of Nordic grandeur.
Estonia
Tallinn
Hanseatic old town across the gulf — medieval spires intact.
Norway
Oslo
Fjord capital — Munch, the opera house and Nordic design.
Denmark
Copenhagen
Royal capital of hygge — Noma, Tivoli and harbour design.
Latvia
Riga
Art Nouveau capital of the Baltic — the largest old town in the region.
Sweden
Gothenburg
Sweden's seafaring west coast — canals, archipelago and oysters.