Showing posts with label hotel in St. Petersburg. Show all posts
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Saturday, September 12, 2009

Viborg, great city by St. Petersburg


Viborg will not look anything like any other city when you'll travel in Russia. From antique times Viborg has soak culture of 4 different cultures: Russian, Sweeden, Finish, and German. One of the most astonishing peaces of Sweden art is a Viborg Castle that was build in 1293. It was build in a middle of a channel, on a little rocky peace of land. It was a 7 store high strong defensive fortification. Today it is a museum from where you can see beautifull sight of a city.

Here are the most interesting places to visit in Viborg. Viborg Castle, Stone City, City Hall Tower, Tower of a main square, Bull Stronghold, and a Catle Mountain. Each of them has individual style, interesting integration of many cultures, and of course rich history. Some of St. Petersburg tours can include visit to this city. There you will feel the mighty of a great empire.

You can get to Viborg by taxi that you can take at any St. Petersburg hotels yourself on bus or train. It is better to go by bus, so you would see many sights on the way to the city. Busses are going from subway station "Grajdanski prospect" and "Ozerki" every hour. It will take you about 2 hours to get to Viborg

Monday, December 29, 2008

Theatres of St. Petersburg


St. Petersburg has many wonderful theatres, which offer performances of all kinds. Each performance in the best theatres of Russia is always a success especially among tourist taking a Russia tour. Many of the theatres located in St. Petersburg are known all over the world, as many performances were given in different European countries.

Maly Drama Theater and Mariinsky Opera House are the most famous theaters in St. Petersburg. You need to book your visit they way before, just the same as hotels in Russia. The best Russian actors take part in the performances staged there. Numerous tourists from different parts of the world dream of visiting these performances.

Mariinsky Opera House has an old history, which dates back to the past centuries. The first performance was given in the 18th century. Many famous musicians and actors acted on the stage of this great theater.

There are also many theaters for children in St. Petersburg. So, tourists taking Russia vacation packages with families can spend an unforgettable time there.