Catherine's Palace

Our Baltic Sea cruise on Princess Cruises - Friday, August 5, 2011-St. Petersburg, Russia (Day Two)

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August 5th 2011
Today was an early day for us. We were up at 5:30am for a 6:45am all day tour. After breakfast we proceeded to the annoying passport control to board our bus. Today our tour is all day and includes stops at Catherine’s and Peterhof Palaces. In between our tours of Palaces we are having lunch. I noticed before we boarded our tour bus that this is a popular tour. I counted 11 busses going on the s ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more