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Day One
Begin your first day in St Petersburg by taking a stroll down Nevsky pr, the
city's vast central avenue that connects the Hermitage to the Alexander
Nevsky Lavra at the far end. From the Nevsky Prospekt metro station, drop
into the Church on the Spilled Blood, the Kazan Cathedral and end up at the dazzling
ensemble of Palace Square, the Winter Palace and the General Staff Building.
Lunch
Where better to eat than on the eponym-
Wander down the Moyka to
St Isaac's Cathedral
, visit the astonishingly
elaborate interiors and then climb to the top of the dome for superb views of
the city. Continue down the Moyka to
Yusupov Palace
and the
Mariinsky
Theatre
, ending up at the beautiful sky-blue
Nikolsky Cathedral
. Drop into
En-
trée
for coffee and cake.
Dinner
Book ahead for gorgeous Teplo (
CLICK
HERE
).
If it's a weekend, head down to
Dumskaya ul
for a raucous time with locals
who like to congregate here for drinking, dancing and general debauchery. For
something a little more elegant, have a cocktail at the
Grand Hotel Europe
.
