Rough Guides - Moscow and St. Petersburg

This Rough Guides Snapshot is one of a new generation of informative and easy-to-use travel-guide ebooks that guarantees you make the most of your visit. An essential tool for pre-trip planning, it also makes a great travel companion when youre on the road.

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Throughout the guide, weve flagged up our favourite places a perfectly sited hotel, an atmospheric caf, a special restaurant with . Weve also included suggestions for when you feel like blowing the budget look out for our Treat Yourself boxes. You can select your own favourites and create a personalized itinerary by bookmarking the sights, venues and activities that are of interest, giving you the quickest possible access to everything youll need for your time away.

COSTA DE LA LUZ, SPAIN

You cant expect to fit everything Europe has to offer into one trip and we dont suggest you try. On the following pages is a selection of itineraries that guide you through the different regions of the continent, taking you from the misty Scottish Highlands to the souks of Morocco. Each of these itineraries could be done in two to three weeks if followed to the letter, but dont push it too hard with so much to see and do youre bound to get waylaid somewhere you love or stray off the suggested route.

RUSSIA AND THE BALTIC COAST

Big scary bear it may be, but ever-changing Russia should not be missed, even if its just to dip into its most European city, St Petersburg. Russias compact Baltic neighbours, meanwhile, provide some of the most beautiful and most fun cityscapes in Eastern Europe.

Big, brash, expensive, surreal and exciting, twenty-first-century Moscow is almost a nation in itself and well worth the effort to get to.

With jaw-dropping architecture and priceless art collections, Russias second city is at its best during the midsummer White Nights festival.

3 Helsinki The love child of the Russian and Swedish empires, yet brought up to be proudly Finnish, Helsinki is a fascinatingly schizophrenic capital.

4 Tallinn Having survived its tenure as a cheap stag- and hen-party hub, the beautifully preserved Estonian capital still retains a huge amount of charm.

5 Rga Larger and more cosmopolitan than its neighbours, Latvias atmospheric capital is full of architectural treasures and is the gateway to some wonderful coastal scenery.

6 Curonian Spit This narrow strip of lofty sand dunes and dense pine forest is perfect cycling and hiking territory.

7 Vilnius The friendliest and perhaps prettiest of the Baltic capitals, Vilniuss largely undiscovered status means you can enjoy a break from the crowds.

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