Russia

Our Top Picks For Russia

• 1 St Petersburg

  Visit tsarist palaces, and enjoy many wonderful museums, including the Hermitage, in Russia’s most elegant and European city

• 2 Novgorod

  Relish Russia’s history in the country’s first capital, home of the Byzantine Cathedral of St Sophia and a restored kremlin

• 3 Moscow

  Savour the power and pleasures of the nation’s awe-inspiring capital in Red Square, and its plethora of museums, shops, restaurants and clubs

• 4 Veliky Ustiug

  Deliver your wishes directly to Russia’s own Santa Claus in this delightfully quaint town

• 5 Yekaterinburg

  Explore the gently rolling Ural Mountains from this historic city where the Romanovs met their violent end

• 6 Caucasus Mountains

  You don’t have to climb Mt Elbrus, Europe’s premier peak, to enjoy the beauty of this Southern Russian range

• 7 Altay Republic & Republic of Tuva

  Raft, ski and hike in these remote, picturesque and culturally distinct Siberian regions

• 8 Trans-Siberian Railway

  Ride along all or part of the 9289 kilometres of track, the world’s longest continuous rail route, between Moscow and Vladivostok

• 9 Lake Baikal

  Soak up the dazzling beauty of the world’s deepest lake, surrounded by mountains and pretty log cabin villages

• 10 Tomsk

  Discover Siberia’s most attractive city, an old university town packed with charming wooden architecture and a youthful outlook

• 11 Vladivostok & Khabarovsk

  The Russian Far East’s major cities, gateways to this fascinating region, are vibrant places to visit in their own right

• 12 Kamchatka

  Experience the extraordinary volcanic landscape and the extreme outdoor pursuits of the ‘land of fire and ice’

• 13 Ulan Ude

  Ponder the clash of Russian, Soviet and Mongolian cultures in this appealing capital of the Buryatiya Republic

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