St. Petersburg Information and Travel Advice

The airlines that come to St. Petersburg from Italy are many and varied and this ensures a quality service at special rates, rather often, to visit a really interesting place from all points of view. Beginning with the Russian airline Rossiya with direct flights from Milan, Thursdays and Sundays and from Rome, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Alitalia, however, offers adventure drawn only from the capital. The prices are great and for Lufthansa, but with a stop which makes the long flight five hours. You can try to have a look regularly, even at prices competitive with Air Berlin.

The visa to come to St. Petersburg is mandatory, but provide travel agents when booking with them, while the language is spoken fluently Russian and religion ortodossa.Tuttavia, about two percent of the population is Jewish. The currency is the ruble, but the dollar and the euro is exchanged very easily. The time zone instead is two hours ahead of Italy. This year is very important to this city and the beautiful country since 2011 is dedicated to the friendship between Italy and Russia. To mark the occasion in St. Petersburg, will be exhibiting works from the collection Terrae Motus Aquila in memory of the earthquake.

If you are in St. Petersburg and you like the theater, do not miss seeing the Mariinskji for a show at the tips, but also to Michajlovskij where there are much-loved classics from Beauty and the Beast, until the Nutcracker. If you intend to indulge, instead, for a trip outside, you can visit the summer residence of the emperor as Tsarskoe Selo. The atmosphere is fabulous, but no less spectacular are the fountains of Peterhof palaces that these parts are called the Versailles of Russia. In town, on a tour to discover its wonders try to take a look at:

* Menshikov Palace
* Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul
* St. Peter and Paul Fortress
* Winter Palace
* Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
* Double Arc de Triomphe
* Admiralty