St Petersburg: Russia "Shuicheng" tour.

When our car sped offCatherineThe palace gate, the window is gathering in crowds and groups of tourists from the bus station to the Catherine Palace gate. Our car is visible within the line of sight, only one, across the open square in front, and then stopped at a side door, front, a VIP reception staff came out to meet us.

St Petersburg

Although we don't love March as when travel, but this time it usually takes 2-3 days of sightseeing in St Petersburg, compressed into one day. If your time is not sufficient, and the budget is loose, so this process is to visit the beauty of St Petersburg's election, at a cost of $1720, not including tips.

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Watertown story

St Petersburg built more than 300 years, but in the eyes of the Russians, the hand built by Peter the Great Northern Shuicheng have many stories to tell. The winter day short and dark summer night, but long and bright. In St Petersburg, be too numerous to enumerate such phenomenon. It is these seemingly contradictory but very natural thing nourishes the city.

Watertown story

In a coffee shop to meet Pushkin

The city was named for one of the twelve disciples of St. Peter's city by czar Peter the great built in eighteenth Century inFinlandBay, the "NorthernVenice"Said. St Petersburg is the world's all have more than a million residents of the city in the north, a population of about 5000000. St Petersburg area is much smaller than in Moscow, the city also obviously different. The ancient building tsarist everywhere, spectacular and beautiful: the building external wall of almost all different forms of sculpture, garden can often see different bronze statue of a man, such as Peter, Pushkin and Lenin.

St Petersburg is Russia's most cosmopolitan city, with broad square, magnificent churches and reminiscent of the czar of Russia during the tender yellow building. Because here is the site, so the history many famous events have taken place in the city, including the 1917 Winter Palace that became known as the "October revolution" of the storm.

The 4.5 km long Neva street is St. Petersburg's most famous historic district, right, is the origin of the name of Gogol Bernard P famous novel "Nevsky Avenue". Building the most prominent 18-20 century focused on both sides of the road. Wide Neva street corner, Mo ICA canal, located in the famous "literary coffee". Here is the original "Wolf and Berange sweet shop", Pushkin often come here to drink coffee. Pushkin has a special liking for St Petersburg, in his short life, nearly half of the time is spent in St Petersburg. His masterpiece, "Eugene Onegin" is completed in St Petersburg. In January 27, 1837, Pushkin is from the sweet shop have the last cup of coffee, and directly to a duel location "Heihe". Not only that, Lermontov, Dostoevsky, Shevchenko etc is often here by. Now the shop still retains the original appearance, the other end of the hall, there is a real plastic size Pushkin seated wax. The poet was wearing a beautiful coat, his right hand holding a quill.

The fortress

The magnificent bridge

But this time, I have no time and Pushkin drink a cup of coffee, I only have 24 hours to the city. So the morning arrived, I decided to go to see the bridge in the legend.

St Petersburg area waterways crisscross, more than 700 delicate bridges will be more than 40 islands skillfully connected, each has a beautiful name, bank bridge,EgyptRomano bridge, cable bridge, the husband alesander,ItalyBridge, Royal Bridge, lion bridge, bridge and kiss. But best of all, 21 of which in the night will open to let the ship sailed.

Russia's most of the time in a year is winter, even in these times, St Petersburg is still exudes inexhaustible charm. You can't imagine, late at night in the city was brilliantly illuminated. Many famous buildings are colorful lights shrouded, both sides of the river filled with people to watch the open bridge. During the day, people drive freely in all shuttle between the islands. And at night, all on the river Neva bridge will be raised high, let the passing ships queuing through. The Neva River segments in different shades, bridge and some from both sides open, some from the side opening. Garnish each bridge has a different style of lights.

At one thirty in the morning, the most famous of the Winter Palace Bridge opened, two sections of the intermediate deck like two arms, began to slowly open on both sides, on both sides of the people began to shout, the river was full of waiting for the bridge boat. With the development of people cheering louder, other bridge on the river began to slowly open, far away from the ship's whistle......

Night to open the bridge to facilitate the incoming ships, but also make the islands of the St Petersburg between the onshore traffic interruption. But this also let young people in St Petersburg have reasons not to go home, because if you don't have to come home at 2 in the morning before, will have to wait until 5 Bridge closed later.

St Petersburg by Tsar Peter the great built in eighteenth Century in the Gulf of Finland, "North Venice" said. In the city the garden can often see different bronze statue of a man, such as Peter, Pushkin and Lenin.

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In 1703, Peter established the Peter and Paul fortress in the Neva River Delta Rabbit Island, after the extension for the city, called St Petersburg, as the Czarist Tonghai portal. Since 1713, more than 200 years it has been the capital of the Russian Empire, in 1914 was renamed petrograd. In 1924 to commemorate Lenin and renamed Lenin returned in 1991, formerly known as the St Petersburg.

St Petersburg in a horseshoe shape, is located at the east end of the Baltic Sea, surrounded on three sides by the sea, marine river transport developed, and out of the port of St Petersburg many ships every day, it has also become St Petersburg as a symbol of Russia's largest port city. Due to the proximity to the Arctic Circle, the sun directly the Tropic of cancer, St Petersburg will be the "day" phenomenon, sundowners, sunset has not been cleared, the next morning and his smiling face, has formed each year in early summer elsewhere rare beauty.

There are many famous people in Russia's history has close connection with the name of St Petersburg. For example, Russia time of the most important poets in Pushkin's life is spent here; Tchaikovsky, Glinka and other musicians have spent most of their life time, Russian writer Dostoevsky Toy Jef J Ki's famous "crime and punishment" is also done here.

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