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St Petersburg RussiaINTRODUCTION As the former capital of the Russian Empire for over 200 years, St. Petersburg remains today a crucial bridge between Russia and Europe. The interests of world politics, business, and culture still meet on the banks of the River Neva. Founded in 1703, the city of St. Petersburg is the cultural center of Russia and one of the most beautiful cities in the world. St Petersburg has been recognised by UNESCO as a city of "world cultural legacy". Thanks to its amazing architecture, cultural heritage, and landscape art of the 18-19th centuries, this megapolis is the cultural capital of Russia and home to some of Russian's best architecture, thanks to the patronage of Peter the Great. Within these beautiful buildings you will be enchanted by Russia's finest art, opera, ballet, and classical music. St. Petersburg is quite beautiful because of its phenomenal architecture. It is overflowing with exquisite cathedrals and churches, as well as architectural monuments. With grand architecture telling the history of the past, an arts square with a marvelous theatre, and the summer garden with its breathtaking natural wonders, it would be a crime not to visit a city like St. Petersburg. ATTRACTIONS During your stay, visit the famous Hermitage Museum, spend an evening out at the Mariinsky Theatre, and leave for the charming town of Pushkin, where you can visit the magnificent Catherine Palace. As culture is also about culinary traditions, our cultural package wouldn't be complete without a Russian caviar tasting and one lunch in a Russian restaurant in Pushkin, Podvorje. Just off Nevsky Prospekt, as you walk toward the golden spire of the Admiralty, is the monumental Palace Square, lined by the Tsars’ former Winter Palace and other buildings of the world-renowned Hermitage Museum. Right across Nevsky Prospekt from the hotel are the magnificent Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan and the elegant arcades of the Gostiniy Dvor Department Store. The Arts Square, dominated by a monument to Russia’s national poet Alexander Pushkin, lies even closer. Recently renovated, the square is at the center of a 19th century architectural ensemble, including the Russian Museum, which boasts the largest collection of Russian art in the world. Also within a few paces are the St. Petersburg Philharmonic and the Mussorgsky Theater. Just around the corner are the soaring onion domes of the Church of the Saviour on the Spilt Blood. One of the city’s most photogenic monuments, the church was built near the spot where Tsar Alexander II was assassinated on March 1st, 1881. 
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