Russian Capital of Culture. Zimniy, Petrodvorets, Catherine Palace... – it’s the city of amazing palaces. City that inspired the great poets and writers, city of three revolutions, outstanding venues for conferences and summits and finally, it is must-see city of your life. Host city FIFA World Cup 2018  

The most western town of Russia. Baltiysk once being German Pillau is the most western outpost of Russia. The town is situated on Samland Peninsula in the Primorskaya bay, where the Vistula Spit begins, stretching for 65 km. The town has an amazing history of military conquests. It was repeatedly occupied by Swedish, German and Russian troops. But even in the German time Pillau was closely associated with Russia: Peter I visited the town three times, and now Baltiysk has a monument to Peter the

Hotel Astoria occupies an unrivalled setting in St Isaac's Square at the hub of St Petersburg's city centre. Complementing the beauty and heritage of St Petersburg, the 169 rooms at Hotel Astoria are carefully furnished with comfort and tranquility in mind. Contemporary facilities share a harmonious space with elegant decor, luxurious marble bathrooms. Rocco Forte's Hotel Astoria is not only the ideal resting place for leisure visitors to this historic city. Business travelers are welcomed with

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