Hot weather covered St. Petersburg this summer. Apparently fate itself sent me these days to flee from the heat to cooler places, to Karelia, to the shores of the cool Ladoga Lake. Heat is more easily tolerated in nature. My vacation in Karelia - travel story.
Anyone who travels a lot in North-West Russia sooner or later has an idea to visit the island of Valaam.
Valaam Island was visited in different years, for example, by:
Emperors Alexander I and Alexander II.
Artists I. I. Shishkin, A. and I. Kuindzhi.
Writers N. S. Leskov, F. I. Tyutchev and Alexander Dumas-father.
Composers P.I.Tchaikovsky and A.K. Glazunov.
Scientists M. N. Miklouho-Maclay and D. I. Mendeleev.
This spring I also made a short cruise to Valaam Island. Read on the blog.
Walking around St. Petersburg (Russia) always leaves me with some emotions and impressions. Photos help save them. On this page you can see photos of different places taken while walking around the city, which I would like to share with you.
If you asked me what a good but inexpensive restaurant I would recommend on Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg, I would say Sirtaki.
The Greek tavern "Sirtaki" is located on Nevsky Prospect, at a distance of 200 meters from the Vosstaniya Square.
Turkey has been a very popular summer vacation destination for residents of many countries, including Russian citizens. But COVID-19 has changed the plans of all travel lovers. Turkey has become one of the few countries where Russian citizens could go on vacation in 2020. How it was - based on the personal experience of one of the regular readers of the site.
Are you wondering which travel destination you should visit next? If you love northern nature and uncrowded places, watch my reportage: a trip by car around Lake Ladoga.
There are many interesting cities in Russia. Moscow and St. Petersburg is not all that needs to be seen in Russia. I will tell you what I saw during my trip to Veliky Novgorod.
What is the best mode of transport to get to Stockholm? Airplane? A train? In my opinion, it is best to travel by sea, by ferry or by cruise ship. A trip on a comfortable boat is a pleasure in itself. I visited Stockholm recently by ferry.
I visited Stockholm for the first time many years ago. A good reason to make a trip to the capital of Sweden once again appeared with me recently. What is the reason? Cheap ferry tickets.
The second half of May and the first week of June is one of the best times of the year to go on vacation somewhere cheap. Schoolchildren and students holidays not begun yet. Therefore, there are not so many tourists, and hotels, tickets and package tours prices are slightly lower than they will be in summer.
Where to go on vacation? The priority was a trip to the sea. I had to choose from relatively inexpensive options: the Black Sea coast (Sochi, Anapa, Crimea), Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Spain.
Summer is the best time to travel to Prague. But what to do if free time appeared at another time? For example, in December? Go to Prague, or not?
December is a good time to travel in Europe. Prague is very beautifully decorated for Christmas. In addition, a package tour to Prague before the New Year holidays can be bought at a fairly reasonable price (if you're lucky).
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