Travel Russia - Travel Destinations

When you travel Russia you will be amazed by its diverse landscapes of icy tundra and sun-kissed beaches, its deep blue lakes, snow-capped mountains and swaying grasslands. Revel in the majesty of ancient fortresses, luxurious palaces, swirly spired churches and lost-in-time wooden villages.

The largest country in the world offers not only historic locations, like St. Petersburg and Moscow, but also beautiful lakes like Lake Baikal, golden sands like the only Prussian resort of Kranz now known as Zelenogradsk, river villages, 400-year-old mausoleums, a North Ossetian 'city of the dead' valleys, ski resorts, raft-friendly rivers and hot springs.

Whether you're looking for a culturally and architecturally-inspired experience (in which case you should visit European Russia or the country west of the Urals), or you are in search of Russia's great outdoors (like the vast spaces of Siberia and the Far East), you will not run out of things to do in Russia.

To travel Russia is to pretend that you're in a country that is a collection of countries, each country deserving an exploration as each offers an experience that is unmatched anywhere else.

Attractions:

• St. Petersburg
• The Kremlin
• Red Square
• St. Basil's Cathedral
• Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater
• Tretyakov Gallery
• The Winter Palace and the Hermitage Museum
• Novgorod
• Veliky Ustiug
• Caucasus Mountains
• Trans-Siberian Railway
• Lake Baikal
• Nevsky Prospekt
• Palace Square

Travel Russia:

• Capital: Moscow
• Population: 142 million
• Languages: Russian

Source: lonelyplanet.com/russia; iexplore.com
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