IN THE SPOTLIGHT

• Nevsky prospekt

  
  Interesting sights

  The centre of St. Petersburg is dominated by Russia’s most-famous street Nevsky prospekt - the city’s heart. The 4.5-km boulevard,
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• Russian Writers

  
  Lyrical City

  With so many wonderful writers and poets who were born in and inspired by St. Petersburg, you cannot leave the city without visiting one of the museums
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• Church of the Saviour on the Spilt Blood

  
  Churches (orthodox)

  This Moscow-style church with richly coloured onion domes looks a bit out of place in the European centre of St. Petersburg, but it’s one of the
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• Vladimirsky cathedral

  
  Churches (orthodox)

  There are usually crowds of beggars and pensioners selling antiques at the entrance of this striking onion-domed church on Vladimirsky prospekt. The Icons
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• Stalin’s metro

  
  Revolution

  St. Petersburg’s metro may not be as impressive as its Moscow counterpart, but some stations offer enough communist glamour to justify a short joyride.
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• House of Peter the Great

  
  Museums

  When Peter the Great arrived to supervise the construction of the Peter and Paul Fortress and his new city, he needed a place to stay. So, in three days
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