This guide includes: The Best Full Day Tours in One, Two and Three Days. Special-Interest Tours: Exploring The Hermitage, The Peoples War, The Peter FamousResidents Tour, Outlandish Architecture and The Alexander Nevsky Monastery and Cemeteries. Best Neighbourhood Walks: Nevsky Prospect, Vasilievsky Ostrov, Petrogradskaya, Workers' Paradise, Bolshaya and Malaya Morskaya Best Day Trips and Excursions: Two Victory Parks, Three Islands, Peterhof and Tsarskoye Tselo(Pushkin). The Best Nightlife, Shopping, Arts today there are more than 200 museums and some of the best ballet, opera and classical concerts in the world are held in its theatres. Built on 44 islands, the city is one tenth water andthe sweeping curve of 19th century buildings on the main street, Nevskiy Prospekt, are reflected in the waterways. Walk the streets where famous revolutionaries and artists, from Rasputin to Stravinsky, made history. The city is changing fast. New shops, bars and restaurants are popping up and theres scaffolding on every corner as old buildings are repaired. Youll see BMWs driving down Nevsky Prospekt and plenty of signs of Russias fast-emerging, designer-clad, middle class.
- ISBN: 978-0-470-71404-1
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 192
- Fecha Publicación: 11/09/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés