New exhibitions in the well known museums.KGB in the USSR: People, Events, Actions- if you fancy yourself a James Bond, this exhibition will satisfy those espionage fantasies.
Go For a boat trip, the best of all late at night, and watch the floodlit Place bridge open with a glass of champagne in your hand
Attend an evening service at the Kazan Cathedral, light a candle and listen to the choir, while an expert guide explains just What Russian Orthodoxy is all about
Browse the souvenir markets for soviet memorabilia or Russian ice hockey team shirts, perhaps some KGB stickers or matryoshkas in honor of the President.
Go shopping for top-class fresh caviar, super cheap DVDs/CDs and software
Climb the colonnade of St Isaac’s or the bell tower of Smolny and get the big picture- not for the fainthearted
Get your portrait done in Russian cartoon style in just 15 minutes- or get your complete family painted into a matryshka collection
Have a thunderbirds “moment” on the 1970’s Meteor jetfoil across the Gulf of Finland to Petergoff and then enjoy a picnic in the gardens by the sea where Peter the Great once strolled while planning Russia’s future
Visit a banya, try a Russian massage and then a session with being birch-beaten- you will feel yourself a newborn baby after that .We know the best places-very clean and extremely safe
Take a ride in the Stalin Metro system: feel your ears pop as you glide deep underground to the marble-lined stations
Visit the ever poignant Blockade Memorial to the heroes of the defense of Leningrad in WWII. Get a lecture on the most extraordinary tale of human endurance and bravery in which over 1, 500, 000 Leningraders died
Visit the Circus. All performers guaranteed both cuddly and talented.
Spend at least 1, 5 hours in The Hermitage- even if you hate museums
Try fresh baked Russian pies called “Pirogi”
Treat yourself to ice-cold vodka and fresh Beluga caviar
By some Russian chocolate or an exotic fish to take away at the stunningYeliseev delicatessen
Walk through the Summer Gardens listening to the jazz band while learning all about the sculptures
Meet Mr.Lenin.Yes.We have serious connections
Play an evening game of chess with the locals in the Ekaterininsky Garden in the land of Karpov and Kasparov
