Petersburg is so beautiful and unique that it is impossible to see all the sights not only in three, but also in thirty days. Even city dwellers sometimes find something new for themselves during their walks around their hometown. What can we say about tourists. But in three days you can at least get to know the most famous places in the city.
Necessary
- - comfortable shoes with low heels
- - a bottle of mineral water
- - windbreaker and umbrella
- - spare sweater.
Instructions
Step 1
You can travel on your own, or you can use the services of travel agencies. There are many tours, the main thing is to choose the most interesting sights for yourself. The advantages of such excursions are that everything is planned by experienced travel agents. You don't have to queue up for a museum tour and waste your time. The downside is that general excursions are usually short-lived. You cannot pause at your favorite picture or tile. You cannot return to the previous room again.
Step 2
It is best to wander around the city on your own from avenue to avenue, from bridge to bridge. This is the only way to be saturated with the air of St. Petersburg, to feel its originality and unique atmosphere.
Step 3
And the best place to start your acquaintance with the city is from Nevsky Prospekt. There are palaces and houses that once belonged to famous townspeople, Lutheran and Catholic churches, majestic Orthodox churches, reputable bookstores and the Chocolate Museum with its unusual assortment from animal figurines to chocolate paintings. Previously, it was customary to walk on the sunny (left or odd) side. Although now tourists can be found on the shadow side. A person interested in the history of the city should certainly look into the Eliseevsky store recreated according to old drawings and photos, in the lobby of which a mechanical piano is playing, and Elisey the cat looks at tourists from the cornice, tired of charming the cat Vasilisa from the house opposite.
Step 4
At the beginning of the 19th century, a majestic cathedral in the Empire style was erected on Nevsky Prospekt - the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God with a list of the famous icon, unique church decoration, a silver iconostasis and bronze sculptures of the princes of the past and John the Prelate. The cathedral, like many churches in Russia, knew hard times. But now it is reopened for divine services, and those who wish can attend the evening service and enjoy the singing of the Kazan Cathedral Choir, whose fame has spread through television broadcasts throughout the world.
Step 5
St. Isaac's Cathedral is the adornment of the city. This is a special place with amazing energy. You can read a lot about the history of construction, which stretched out during the reign of the three kings, and about the latest technologies, and about one of the first photographs in the country, which captured a construction site. All knowledge fades into the background when a person enters under his arches. Some kind of unusual power literally pours into every visitor. Perhaps this is due to a dove hovering under the dome, symbolizing the Holy Spirit. The interior of the cathedral is so peculiar and unique that you can spend more than one day in the cathedral looking at mosaic paintings and altars.
Step 6
Certainly one day, or even better a few days, must be devoted to the Hermitage Museum-Palace. Guides often mention that it will take a person several years of life to view all the beauties collected in it. And indeed it is. But at least a small part of the collections can be seen.
Step 7
Petersburg is beautiful at night too. Especially during boat trips along the Neva, when from the river you can see the majestic statue of the Bronze Horseman, the Peter and Paul Fortress, and the Winter Palace, and bridges of extraordinary beauty. And in the afternoon, resting from the impressions after visiting temples and palaces, you can wander around the city without a goal and a map, just admiring the ancient facades and bas-reliefs on them. Or sit in small specialized cafes such as the cat-cafe "Republic of Cats".
