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Romantic Saint Petersburg ROMANTIC SAINT PETERSBURG Romantic saint peteRsbuRg ROMANTIC SAINT PETERSBURG A Guide for Lovers Compiled by the team of St. Petersburg City Tourist Information Bureau Saint Petersburg 2016 Like a Movie CONTENTS Cozy cinemas for couples . 36 "St. Petersburg, I Love You!" Festival . 38 On high Cosmos 2.0 . 41 From St. Petersburg with love Dinner for two with the city view . 42 Romantic Appeal of the White Nights . 5 New look Along the embankments and over the bridges Airplane & Helicopter Flights . 45 Kolomna . 6 Ballooning . 46 Semimostye . 8 Saint Petersburg Oceanarium . 48 Hermitage Bridge . 8 Horrors of Petersburg . 49 Promenade of Love . 10 Planetarium . 50 The Spit of Vasilyevsky Island . 12 Pulkovo Observatory . 51 Potseluev Bridge . 12 As a memento The gardens’ secret shade Just like in the old times photos . 52 Elagin Island . 14 Souvenirs and gifts from St. Petersburg . 54 Opochinsky garden . 14 The Chocolate Museum . 55 The Summer Garden . 16 Delicious memories: St. Petersburg confectioneries . 56 The Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden . 16 House of Books (Singer House) . 58 Venus pavilion in the Gatchina Park . 18 "Bookvoed" bookshops . 59 Singing and dancing fountains . 20 Palace of registration of warm feelings in the Museum of Mitten . 60 Poetry in Stone and Bronze A vintage letter from the very heart of Saint Petersburg . 61 Pushkin monument at Arts Square . 22 More ideas? . 62 Carl and Emilia sculpture . 22 Place for confessions . 63 Atlants of New Hermitage . 24 Indian gods in the yard of Kunstkamera . 24 Around the rivers and canals Pleasure crafts mooring sites . 27 Rivers and canals boat rides . 28 Tips and advice . 29 Petrovskaya Akvatoria: St. Petersburg of the 18th century from the romantic side . 30 Shall we walk? Romantic excursions in St. Petersburg . 32 Romantic quests . 33 Clickety-click . 34 The route based on “Piter FM” movie . 35 2 3 Like a Movie CONTENTS Cozy cinemas for couples . 36 "St. Petersburg, I Love You!" Festival . 38 On high Cosmos 2.0 . 41 From St. Petersburg with love Dinner for two with the city view . 42 Romantic Appeal of the White Nights . 5 New look Along the embankments and over the bridges Airplane & Helicopter Flights . 45 Kolomna . 6 Ballooning . 46 Semimostye . 8 Saint Petersburg Oceanarium . 48 Hermitage Bridge . 8 Horrors of Petersburg . 49 Promenade of Love . 10 Planetarium . 50 The Spit of Vasilyevsky Island . 12 Pulkovo Observatory . 51 Potseluev Bridge . 12 As a memento The gardens’ secret shade Just like in the old times photos . 52 Elagin Island . 14 Souvenirs and gifts from St. Petersburg . 54 Opochinsky garden . 14 The Chocolate Museum . 55 The Summer Garden . 16 Delicious memories: St. Petersburg confectioneries . 56 The Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden . 16 House of Books (Singer House) . 58 Venus pavilion in the Gatchina Park . 18 "Bookvoed" bookshops . 59 Singing and dancing fountains . 20 Palace of registration of warm feelings in the Museum of Mitten . 60 Poetry in Stone and Bronze A vintage letter from the very heart of Saint Petersburg . 61 Pushkin monument at Arts Square . 22 More ideas? . 62 Carl and Emilia sculpture . 22 Place for confessions . 63 Atlants of New Hermitage . 24 Indian gods in the yard of Kunstkamera . 24 Around the rivers and canals Pleasure crafts mooring sites . 27 Rivers and canals boat rides . 28 Tips and advice . 29 Petrovskaya Akvatoria: St. Petersburg of the 18th century from the romantic side . 30 Shall we walk? Romantic excursions in St. Petersburg . 32 Romantic quests . 33 Clickety-click . 34 The route based on “Piter FM” movie . 35 2 3 #visitpetersburg FROM ST. PETERSBURG WITH LOVE Romantic Appeal of the White Nights St Petersburg is a city where a great number of important events in the history of the country have happened over three centuries: government reforms, coups, intrigues, twists and turns of ordinary people’s fates, the most important scientific discoveries and inventions Houses, gardens, cobbled streets, parks, embankments - all these keep the memory of the past centuries St Petersburg’s true beauty is captured in music, paintings and stone How many fates intertwined here, how many meetings and breakups this city witnessed, how many enthusiastic memories and vibrant feelings it originated! Undoubtedly, St Petersburg is a city with a special fate and unique atmosphere, that won’t leave even the most pragmatic people indifferent The beauty of these streets, canals, bridges, embankments, parks with graceful sculptures, houses with fanciful figures of telamons and caryatides, and elegant columns can melt even the iciest of hearts The unhurried waterflow of the rivers and canals, framed by picturesque embankments, where every house is a living history and somebody's memory, enchants everyone Many people found their happiness in St Petersburg Even nature itself contributes to the romantic atmosphere of St Petersburg In mid-June comes the season of the “white nights” (which ends in July) when This city has inspired and excited many writers and directors They surely the night becomes as bright as day At this time, there is a truly fascinating wanted to tell other people about it, and each of them has managed to do it and exciting event happening in the city – the opening of the bridges differently Some praised it, others, on the contrary, disliked it, but one thing is true for all: this place sank deep into their minds The city streets, palaces, The short story “White Nights” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky especially exquisitely mansions, gardens and parks of St Petersburg served as a setting for all these conveys the atmosphere of the city during this short period of time This real or fictional stories story lacks emotional intensity and passion, but those hours that the characters spend together strolling through the streets and embankments St Petersburg has won recognition from the modern travellers as well For of Petersburg, are filled with tenderness and romance instance, according to the Russian tourist portal Travel ru the Northern Capital is the best city for a romantic trip, and the American magazine Travel + Leisure included the city in their top 50 of the most romantic places in the world There is something inexpressibly touching in nature round Petersburg… Somehow I cannot help being reminded of a frail, consumptive girl, at whom one sometimes looks You are in love with each other, but still have not managed to get to know this with compassion, sometimes with sympathetic love, whom sometimes one simply does city? Are you looking for a place with a particularly exciting and inspiring not notice; though suddenly in one instant she becomes, as though by chance, inexplicably.
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