Synopsis
This "Rough Guide" to St Petersburg features detailed accounts of the city's monuments, from the historic Peter and Paul Fortress to the art collection at the Hermitage, plus coverage of the Imperial Palaces and the medieval town of Novgorod. Reviews of the city's hotels, restaurants, cafes, nightclubs, music venues and theatres are included, with write-ups on local food and drink, popular history and culture, ecological issues and the Russian mafia. Information is provided on a range of outdoor pursuits, as well as full listings on shopping and what to see and do with children.
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About the Author
Rob Humphreys has been writing for Rough Guides since 1989. He has traveled extensively, writing Pocket Rough Guide London (with S. Cook), Pocket Rough Guide Prague, and The Rough Guide to London (with S. Cook). Rob is also the coauthor of The Rough Guide to Scotland, The Rough Guide to Scottish Highlands & Islands, and The Great Glen Rough Guides Snapshot Scotland.
Before joining Rough Guides, Dan Richardson worked as a sailor on the Red Sea and lived in Peru. Since then, he has authored or coauthored guides to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Hungary, Budapest, Romania, Bulgaria, and Egypt; lectured at the Foreign Office; and been a volunteer aid worker in Albania. In 2009 he published his first novel, Gog-an End Time Mystery, an apocalyptic whodunnit set in near-future Egypt.
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