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| Inside the Hermitage |
St. Petersburg is called the Venice of the North for good reason. It is an absolutely lovely city decorated with beautiful Baroque styled buildings and encircled with a number of canals. Each piece of the city was meticulously laid out from the outset, with Peter the Great hiring a French Architect to assist in the planning of the city in the early 1700’s.
St. Petes is a wonderful blend of the old and the new as it houses the largest art museum in the world (the Hermitage) as well as being the most westernized city in all of Russia. We spend three days in this blissful city, walking around its beautiful streets; spending an afternoon at the Hermitage looking at great works of art, watching an opera at the famed Mariinsky Theatre and taking a day trip out to the Russia countryside to see the Summer Palace. It’s a amazing end to a fascinating country.
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| Mariinsky Theatre |
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| Summer Palace |
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| St. Petes |
