City Breaks: Tour 9 - 5 Days in St Petersburg, Russia
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About this ebook
Do you want to maximise your short stay in the beautiful city of St Petersburg?
If so ... this could be the guide for you!
This ebook travel guide:
* Gives daily itinerary’s which you can follow, or tailor to suit yourself
* Has a map, pictures and information on locations and attractions (including address, opening times, web address, how to get there, history &/or other pertinent information)
* Is suitable for all age groups and nationalities
* Gives tips on how to keep costs down whist away and website addresses to visit to obtain best value for money deals, promotions and discount vouchers.
* Gives armchair traveller the information and website addresses to enable them to “virtually” undertake the tour and visit attractions on line, if they cannot visit them in person.
Caroline Y Preston
Caroline Preston has always had a love of literature, history, the arts, travel, bargain hunting and adventure and was delighted she was able to bring all her interests together whilst writing her travel and collecting ebooks.In addition to her travel and collector guides she has also written comedy sketches, plays, newsletters and articles.Although it may look mysterious, the Y in her name does not stand for anything in particular and is there merely to distinguish her from several other authors also named Caroline Preston.Caroline brings her British Northern “no nonsense, down to earth, can do, concise approach” to everything she does, including going on holiday! Which is partly the reason why her “Grand Tour” "City Breaks" and "British Weekend Jaunt" books are so useful. She has been fortunate to travel extensively in Europe and lived in Brittany, France during the mid 1980’s. Caroline currently lives in the North of England.She very much hopes you will enjoy her eBooks and have as much fun on your “Grand Tours” "City Breaks" and "British Weekend Jaunts" as she did on hers; and that her collector books help those starting out with their collections.
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City Breaks - Caroline Y Preston
City Breaks
Tour 9 - 5 Days In St. Petersburg, Russia
Caroline Y Preston
The Admiralty Building & The Winter Palace
City Breaks
Tour 9 – 5 Days In St Petersburg, Russia
Copyright June 2013 Caroline Y Preston
Smashwords Edition 1
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Disclaimer
Although information contained within this ebook is current at the time of going to press inevitably things change over time and it is recommended that you confirm venue opening times and other information on which you may rely, is still current when undertaking your tours.
Although this book includes the address of various websites, the author does not endorse, approve, certify or make warranties or representations as to the accuracy of the information on these sites. The author cannot be held responsible in any way, for any loss or injury (however caused) to readers who use the Itinerary’s or information contained within this ebook or visit locations, accommodations, travel mediums and attractions mentioned within it.
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The Cover Photograph of Peterhof Palace was taken by Victor Grigas
Contents
Chapter 1 – Introduction
Chapter 2 –Some Simple Travel Tips
Chapter 3 – St Petersburg Overview
Chapter 4 – St Petersburg Arrival & Day 1
Arrival in St Petersburg
Walking Tour of St Petersburg, Russian Museum, Engineers Castle & Yusopov Palace
Chapter 5 - St Petersburg Day 2
Peterhof Palace, Vasilevskie Island, Peter & Paul Fortress &
The Palace Embankment
Chapter 6 - St Petersburg Day 3
Pushkin (Formerly Tsarskoe Selo) & the Catherine & Alexander Palaces
Chapter 7 - St Petersburg Day 4
The Hermitage and Winter Palace
Chapter 8 - St Petersburg Day 5
Stroganov Palace, St Isaac’s Cathedral, Admiralty Area & Last Minute Shopping
Chapter 9– Acknowledgements
Chapter 10 – Index List Of Places & Attractions Visited
Chapter 1 – Introduction
If like me, you are an independent traveller who seeks adventure, adores culture, antiquities, history and getting value for money, you may find this short city explorer tour most enjoyable. This city tour is an excerpt from one of my longer European Grand Tour ebooks (Tour 6 - Liverpool, Berlin, St Petersburg, Riga & Stockholm) and I put the itinerary together for myself. I found that visiting a city for a short time gives me a taste
of that city and helps me decide whether or not to return for a longer future stay. I find some Cities have the right feeling for me and I feel comfortable and at home
in them, others I must admit, despite several visits, I cannot take to. You, I am sure, will experience this for yourself as you explore.
I travelled alone on this tour, but there is no reason why couples, families or groups could not undertake and enjoy it, every bit as much as I did.
You can make the tour as cheap or expensive as you wish by your own choice of accommodation, restaurants and methods of transport, although to be honest I found even budget accommodation and restaurants to be very expensive compared with the UK. To assist, as I guide, I have mentioned the accommodations and transport facilities I used, you of course are at liberty to use or amend these to suit your own tastes and requirements.
You can tailor the tour to suit yourself by:
- changing venues and incorporating ones that have particular interest to yourself
- changing the number of days you spend in the city
In order to maximise my time, I usually decide which venues I wish to visit before I go on holiday and group them due to their location and opening times. I usually leave a couple of hours free though each day to explore, shop or just chill out
. You will find you will need to factor in chilling out
time each day, particularly in large busy cities, to avoid culture overload
and fatigue. I hope you find the tour to be fun and not too gruelling
Please note however, I am a quick walker and tend to get round Museums and Galleries very quickly, particularly as I home in
only on the items which I find of interest (I research where these are in the museum/gallery before I go to save time. Most websites have a map of their venues to enable you to find the items you most wish to see). You may wish to spend more time in certain Museums, Galleries, shopping or merely chilling out than I did and need to factor this in when designing your own itinerary of venues to visit.