St. Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia, located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. Founded by Tsar Peter the Great in 1703, it was the capital of the Russian Empire for more than 200 years, until the Russian Revolution of 1917. St. Petersburg is a major European cultural center, and an important Russian port on the Baltic Sea.
After arriving at Moscovisky Train Station, and meeting our taxi we were taken to our apartment on Vasilevsky Island (right), which is just across the Neva River from the Hermitage. At one time, Peter the Great considered basing his capital on Vasilevsky Island, but its location made it too vulnerable to storms and flooding as the Western shore of the island is buffeted by winds from the Gulf of Finland. Two of the most famous St. Petersburg bridges – Palace Bridge and Blagoveshchensky Bridge – connect it with the mainland to the south. All in all, it was a very central location. After a long train journey we headed straight to bed, ready for our early morning expedition – A city tour of St. Pete’s.
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