St. Petersburg: Spend your Summertime in the "Venice of the North"

In this extremely hot summer, there is a place where the average temperature in summer is only 23℃, and there are many wonderful tourist attractions, such as Neva Street, Summer Palace, Isakovsky Cathedral, etc. That is St. Petersburg.

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Neva street is the most famous historical district in St. Petersburg and also the cultural center of it. Built in 1710, Neva street is one of the main roads connecting the urban area and Neva River. The road is 4.5 km long, with the most brilliant buildings of the 18th-20th century on both sides. There are many opera houses, libraries, museums, concert halls and cinemas on both sides of the street and adjacent squares.

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Summer Palace is located in the forest on the south bank of the Gulf of Finland. It is about 30 kilometers away from St. Petersburg and covers an area of nearly 1,000 hectares. It is the suburban imperial palace of the Russian Tsars. Summer Palace is an early building in St Petersburg, and nowadays, it has become a building complex including palaces and gardens from the 18th and 19th centuries. Because of its magnificent architecture, the Summer Palace is known as "Versailles in Russia".

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Located in the center of St. Petersburg, Issa Kiev Cathedral and other three cathedrals in Vatican, London and Florence, are called the four great domed churches in the world. The church is 102 meters high, 112 meters long and 100 meters wide, and the whole building can accommodate 12,000 people. Now there is a museum in the Issa Kiev Cathedral. After visiting the museum, visitors can also get on the roof of the Cathedral and have a panoramic view of St. Petersburg.