The Guide: St. Petersburg
Illustration: Lena Corwin
| ESSENTIAL ST. PETERSBURG The country code is 7 | |
| Stroll Nevsky Prospekt. The city’s elegant main thoroughfare inspired writers such as realist Nikolai Gogol. But beware of pickpockets. | Get a bird’s-eye view. The dome of St. Isaac’s Cathedral (1 Ploshchad Isaakievskaya, 812-315-9732; cathedral.ru) offers the best panorama. |
| Pay homage to the Romanovs. Murdered in 1918, Nicholas II and his family were interred 80 years later in Peter and Paul Cathedral (Zaichy Ostrov) and named saints soon after. | Play czar for a day. Rococo Peterhof, chinoiserie Oranienbaum, and neoclassical Pavlovsk are among the must-see palaces. But don’t miss Konstantinovsky in suburban Strelna: Ruined in World War II, it was restored in 2003 for nearly $300 million (3 Beryozovaya Alleya, 812-438-5360). |
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