New Year’s Eve and 48 hours in St Petersburg, Russia
We took a little side trip to Saint Petersburg and arrived on New Year’s Eve before spending a further 48 hours in the city. It is beautiful and definitely somewhere we want to revisit in the summer!
Places we visited:
Travel from Tallinn to St Petersburg 6hrs by LUX Express Bus ()
We stayed at Belmond Grand Hotel Europe ()
Nevsky Prospket - the main road in St Petersburg
Palace Square - where everyone gathered to bring in the new year
Saviour on Spilled Blood ()
Peter and Paul Fortress ()
Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral (,_Saint_Petersburg)
St Isaac’s Cathedral (’s_Cathedral)
State Hermitage Museum ()
Nevsky