Founded by Peter the Great in 1703 as a "window on Europe", Saint Petersburg casts its own unique spell over visitors from its sparkling spring through the sunny summer and the endless twilight of the White Nights, the brilliant golden sun of autumn, and into the crisp and brittle brightness of a St. Petersburg winter. Saint Petersburg is located in Northwestern Russia on the banks of the Neva River. It is the second largest city in Russia and one of largest city of Europe. Having a lot of canals and bridges it is nicknamed the "Venice of the North".

Attractions:
There are heaps of major attractions that can be seen in Saint Petersburg.

City Tour

Museums / Galleries
Being home to a collection of over 3 million items consists of coins, medals, sculptures, paintings, drawings, prints, applied arts, and archeological exhibits; State hermitage museum is the most visited place by tourist in St. Petersburg. It is one of the most popular and greatest museums in the world. The other museums that also visited by tourists are Peter and Paul Fortress, The Russian Museum, The Summer Garden & The Summer Palace of Peter the Great, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (The Kunstkamera), The Museum of Urban Sculpture, The Memorial Pushkin Apartment Museum, The Russian Ethnographic Museum, Artillery Museum, and many more.

Religious sites
St. Isaac's Cathedral is listed among the fourth largest domed cathedrals in the world. Alexander Nevsky Lavra, Armenian Chruch, Church of St. Catherine, Church of the Savior on Spilled, Kazan Cathedral, Lutheran Church, Mosque, Smolnyi, and St. Nicholas Cathedral are the other churches visited by tourists.

Neighborhoods / Streets
Anglijskaya naberezhnaya, Nevsky prospect, and Zodchevo Rossi Ulitsa

Architectural Sites and Memorial / Monuments
Admiralty, Headquarters of the Guard Corps, Alexander Column, and Egyptian Sphinxes

Castles / Palaces
Peterhof Palace is sometimes referred as the "Russian Versailles" and recognized as a UNESCO World Herritage Site. Other Palaces to visit include Anochkov Palace, Marble Palace, Menshikov Palace, Mikhailovsky Castle, Stroganov Palace, Taurida Palace, Winter Palace, and Yusupov Palace.

Bridges / Cannels
Not only Venice and Amsterdam have bridges and cannels, but Saint Petersburg also have heaps of them with various names refer to the places (Postoffice, Theater, and Bank), famous people (Peter the Great, Lomonosov, etc), geographic locations (English, Italian, and Egyptian), and even colors (Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow).

Arts / Performance venues
Mariinsky Theater hosts dance performances throughout year, but the most popular ballet productions of Russian and International stage will be featured in February Ballet Festival. Other performance Venues include Alexander Pushkin Drama Theater, Mussorgsky Theater of Opera and Ballet, and Shostakovich Philharmonia.

Others
Wine lovers! Don't miss out a visit to Florida Orange Grove and Winery for their tropical-fruit wine.

Climate:
Weather in Saint Petersburg is an unpleasant thing for visitors. The average annual temperature in St Petersburg is +5.4 °C (42 °F).Spring comes from early April with the snow starting to melt. Cold rainy days might happen in spring but it might be getting warm from mid-May.In summer, the temperature is ranging from +15 °C to +30 °C (+59 °F to +86 °F) with July is the hottest months. The sunny day The average amount of sunny day is 75 days a year during summer time. White Nights period starts from the end of May to the beginning of July with the daylight takes up to 18 hours and 53 minutes.Autumn begins in mid-September and end in mid-December from warm days to chilly days with average temperature 11.8 °C and 4.9 °C (53.25 °F and 40.85 °F)Winters are cold with the average temperature is about -13 °C to -12 °C (9 °F to 10 °F). Sometime it dips lower till -20 °C (-4 °F).

Time to travel:
Each season offers different uniqueness of Saint Petersburg.

Note:
It is advised to always keep an umbrella and a windproof jacket whenever you travel to Saint Petersburg. Visitors also have to consider comfortable footwear since there is a lot of walking. Since there are frequent random checks by police, it is advisable to always bring photocopies of passport and visa.