What’s included in a Driving city tour in St Petersburg
Peter the Great founded St. Petersburg in 1703. However, the city was named after Apostle Peter, not after the Russian tsar. From 1914 to 1924, the city was known as Petrograd, and from 1924 until 1991, it was known as Leningrad. Now it is St Petersburg again. St. Petersburg is Russia’s second-largest city in Russia and the country’s cultural hub. Aside from numerous stunning cathedrals and palaces, Saint Petersburg is home to The Hermitage, one of the world’s greatest art museums, and the Lakhta Center, Europe’s highest and the most elegant skyscraper. We all know how every country has something that it is recognized for – almost like a trademark? Hygge is popular in Denmark, the Alps and chocolate are popular in Switzerland, and Dracula is popular in Romania. But Russia, well, Russia has the world’s greatest land area (it’s the size of Pluto), Kalashnikovs, a long series of terrible Tsars, communism, mail-order brides, and Boris Yeltsin. Russia is also famous for its worl...