For travellers, the best thing about Latvia is that it is so compact. Its 500 km of sandy beaches are easily reached from historical towns, where medieval hanseatic foundations support baroque and art nouveau buildings, that become venues for cultural festivals during the summer. Families of storks happily give their seal of approval to the unspoilt nature, fresh air and clean water around them. In addition to Riga, its spectacular gateway, there are 6 other UNESCO world heritage listed sites. A

A program for lovers of philosophy  Do you want to take a stroll with a celebrity? A unanimous answer to the question about the most famous citizen is: “Kant, of course!”. Since more than two hundred years the renowned philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804) has remained one of the main symbols of the city, where he lived most of his life, and which is sometimes called the City of Kant. Unfortunately, most of the buildings associated with his life were either demolished already

Metropol is located in Moscow’s city center, and is a 3 minute walk from the Red Square and the Kremlin. The Metropol is rightfully proud of its luxurious hotel rooms and suites. One cannot find any two rooms alike among them. Their decorations and layout, the furniture from the early 20th century, all give individuality to each hotel room. Hotel Metropol offers unique opportunities for organizing a diverse range of events in Moscow. For over 100 years, the hotel has provided the perfect venue

This art depository was inaugurated in 1979, to become Russia’s first and only Amber Museum. Located in the center of Kaliningrad on the Verkhneye Lake shore, it is housed in a fortress tower "Dona" dating from the mid-nineteenth century. The tower was built in 1853 in the Neo-Gothic style as a part of the city defense system – its construction was supervised by Ernst Ludwig von Aster, commander of the Engineering Corps and the person, who had engineered Konigsberg’s mighty