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For real cultural immersion, head to one of St Petersburg's
bani
(steam baths)
and get the detox of a lifetime. In between basking in the infernal wet heat of
the
banya
, having your toxins removed through a sound birch-twig whipping and
then plunging into ice cold water, this is a great place to relax and chat with locals for
whom the weekly
banya
is a semisacred rite.
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