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Overview
Why Go?
Peter the Great's breathtaking Venice of the North: 42 delta islands, 349 bridges, 150 imperial palaces
The Hermitage, St. Isaac's, Catherine Palace at Tsarskoye Selo, the Kirov, Nevsky Prospekt
The revelry of the White Nights in late June and early July, when a half hour of twilight is followed by another morning
What To Skip
Souvenir hustlers with tacky lacquer boxes and Osama bin Laden matrioshka dolls
What For:
Arts + Culture, Design + Architecture, Luxury, RomanticWhen To Go:
May, June, JulyHotels
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