There is one kind of tourism, called Cultural tourism, in which people would travel to another country to learn about their culture, their way of living, their art, and other relating things. While it’s one of the most popular tours in the world, some people would like to learn about new places’ culture while doing other things, like having fun, shopping, sightseeing, etc. This kind of traveling is more prevalent in tourist destination cities. As you may know, there are cities in the world that are designed to attract tourists with different tastes. Some people travel to these cities to have fun; some come to learn about the culture; many people would like to learn about the history of these cities, and most people would like to have all of these on their travel. However, not many cities can provide all of these factors at once, but there are some places that you can have these options on demands, for example, St. Petersburg, Russia. St. Petersburg was the capital of Russia for more than two centuries, and you can quickly learn about Russian culture, history, art, and society by visiting St. Petersburg. However, even if places like St. Petersburg would provide all these options for tourists, there’s a little chance that someone would be able to explore all of them on their travel since there are factors, such as money, time, and energy are involved in the process. However, lucky for tourists, there’s one place that people can learn about all of these things on their tour to Russia, and that’s Nevsky Prospect at the heart of the city, one of the most significant attractions of St. Petersburg tour.
Nevsky Prospect is the main street of St. Petersburg, in which you can find various things from café, restaurants, and shopping centers to attractions of Russia tour and cultural centers. Having this many attractions on one street makes it one of the favorite places for Russia tour operators. There’s no chance that you won’t visit this street on your tour to St. Petersburg, even if you’re not going to spend lots of time in the city. Most travel agencies only focus on Sightseeing on Nevsky because of the attractions on it, and some of them offer you to visit the shopping centers on Nevsky. Both of those plans are good enough for anyone to try, especially if you’re visiting St. Petersburg with a group. Still, Nevsky Prospect is also an excellent place for people who like to learn about the culture and society of St. Petersburg and Russia in general on their tour to Russia.
Even before you begin your journey on Nevsky Prospect, you’ll have several essential sites that you can visit, such as Palace Square, which houses the Winter Palace and one and only State Hermitage Museum. Hermitage Museum is one of the major attractions of St. Petersburg on the trip to Russia, which we at the Star Travel Group highly recommend our tourists visit. However, when you start walking toward Nevsky Prospect, you will see more of Nevsky Prospect’s wonders. After a few minutes of walk, you can find the Literary Café, one of the elite and beautiful restaurants in St. Petersburg, which had a fascinating history. This restaurant used to give services to some of the most prominent writers, poets, and intellectuals of St. Petersburg in the past centuries, such as Alexander Pushkin and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Now, you can sit where they used to relax and enjoy a fantastic meal on your tour to Russia. Later on, you will see the light pink painted palace, which is the Stroganov Palace. This palace belonged to one of the noble and wealthy families of St. Petersburg during the tsarism era, and now it houses one of the branches of the famous State Russian Museum, which you have to visit during your Russia tour. There are more Russian Museum branches as you walk toward the Alexander Nevsky Lavra on Nevsky Prospect, and each of them worth the time to visit on your tour to Russia. After you pass the Stroganov Palace, two of the most significant attractions of Russia on your tour to St. Petersburg are waiting for you on your way, Kazan Cathedral, and the Singer House. Kazan Cathedral is not only a church that you have to visit on your tour to Russia. It’s architecture, history, and the icons inside this cathedral are all fascinating attractions that you can enjoy during your journey. Still, the most significant thing on this section of Nevsky Prospect locates on the other side of the street, Dom Knigi. The Singer House or House of Books is not only fascinating because of its Art Nouveau architecture, but it’s also one of the largest bookshops in all Russia, which, if you’re a fan of books, you have to see it during your trip to St. Petersburg. It also houses the Singer Café, which has a fantastic view over Kazan Cathedral and serves high-quality food and beverages.
When you satisfy your desire for books, great views, and excellent coffees and decide to continue your journey through Nevsky Prospect, you will visit Arts Square that identifies as one of the cultural centers of St. Petersburg. First, you’ve got Mikhailovsky Palace, which is the headquarter of the Stare Russian Museum. You’ll find the Mikhailovsky Theatre, which you have to visit on your tour to Russia if you want to see a performance of orchestra, opera, or Russian Ballet. Orchestra and classical music are two art performances that you have to see on your tour to Russia if you’re a fan of music, and Mikhailovsky Theatre is the most fabulous place for that matter. Arts Square hosts an annual festival during winter in Russia as well, in which many international and Russian artists gathered on this square to perform classical concerts.
Although Arts Square identifies as one of the cultural centers of St. Petersburg, the real cultural treasure of Nevsky Prospect is Ostrovsky Square, in which you can find Alexanderinsky Theatre, the second famous theatre hall in St. Petersburg tour, and the Russian National Library, which is one of the many works of renowned Italian architect, Carlo Rossi in St. Petersburg. If you visit Alexanderinsky Theatre on your tour to Russia, it can be one of the highlights of your trip to Russia, especially if you visit the Theatre and Music Museum next to it, which is another excellent place to learn about Russian culture on your tour to Russia.
Even though there are still loads of places that you can visit during your tour to Russia on Nevsky Prospect, such as Anichkov Palace with its famous Carnival Concert Hall, Eliseyev Emporium, and Alexander Nevsky Lavra itself, you can tell that why Nevsky Prospect is so essential on tour to Russia. You can learn about other parts of Russia tour and where are the top places that you can visit on your travel to Russia on our weblog.
