St Petersburg
If you're familiar with the W brand, then the striking interior design at this hotel won't surprise you. Rooms in several different categories are spacious and luxurious, with contemporary styling. The lobby is also a very inviting space.
The rooftop bar W Terrace offers superb views, and breakfast is served at the connected Cococo restaurant. Another plus is the beautiful spa with sauna, Jacuzzi, treatment rooms and plunge pool.
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The Hermitage fully lives up to its sterling reputation. You can be absorbed by its treasures for days and still come out wanting more. The enormous…
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The Grand Palace is an imposing building, although with just 30-something rooms, it is not nearly as large as your typical tsarist palace. From the start…
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The east wing of this magnificent building, wrapping around the south of Dvortsovaya pl and designed by Carlo Rossi in the 1820s, marries restored…
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One of the greatest attractions outside of St Petersburg is the jaw-dropping collection of gilded fountains, statue-lined lanes and picturesque canals…
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This spectacular palace on the Moyka River has some of the best 19th-century interiors in the city, in addition to a fascinating and gruesome history. The…
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The centrepiece of Tsarskoe Selo, created under Empresses Elizabeth and Catherine the Great between 1744 and 1796, is the vast baroque Catherine Palace,…
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The Mariinsky Theatre has played a pivotal role in Russian ballet ever since it was built in 1859 and remains one of Russia's most loved and respected…
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Around the Catherine Palace extends the lovely Catherine Park. The main entrance is on Sadovaya ul, next to the Palace Chapel. The park extends around the…
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Laid out from 1872 to 1874, these pleasant gardens, named after Alexander II, wrap around the Admiralty and are mentioned in Pushkin's famous verse novel…
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The golden dome of St Isaac’s Cathedral dominates the St Petersburg skyline. Its obscenely lavish interior is open as a museum, although services are held…
3. Museum of the History of Political Police
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In the very same building that housed the tsarist and the Bolshevik secret police offices, this small museum recounts the history of this controversial…
4. State Russian Museum and Exhibition Centre ROSPHOTO
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This gallery showcases rotating exhibitions of photography, videography and other mixed media drawn from across Russia and around the world. It’s…
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The gilded spire of the Admiralty is a prime St Petersburg landmark, visible from Gorokhovaya ul, Voznesensky pr and Nevsky pr, as all of these roads…
6. Manege Central Exhibition Hall
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Formerly the Horse Guards’ Riding School, this large white neoclassical building was constructed between 1804 and 1807 from a design by Giacomo Quarenghi…
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Centred on the famed statue of the Bronze Horseman, this square is listed on city maps as Senatskaya ploshchad (Senate Sq). Its dominant feature is the…
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For an idealised view of what parts of St Petersburg looked like back in the early 18th century, this interactive model village is a small revelation. The…