Night excursions around St. Petersburg: mystical attraction

There is an opinion that night is the time for excursions. Especially when it comes to St. Petersburg with its unique architecture and event-rich history. Someone will argue: "City sights are better seen in the day!" Perhaps. But at night "Petersburg mysteries" look in a special way: romantic, intriguing, fabulous. It is no accident that night tours around St. Petersburg are in demand by tourists.

Mysticism of Peter

In Russia there are many settlements attractive for tourism. Some of them are more than 500 years old. Remarkably: a relatively young Peter in terms of attendance beats all records. Night excursions around St. Petersburg confirm: its architectural ensembles, squares, monuments, bridges have an almost mystical appeal, which in the twilight noticeably intensifies.

Night Petersburg "erases" everything superfluous, the main thing becomes weighty, visible. It is hard to believe that the architectural creations of famous masters, like the inflexible Leningraders themselves, during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, Survived the blockade, many examples of architecture were destroyed, some restored.

There are cities that can not boast of the consistency of style. In their appearance, tedious diversity is prevalent, interfering with a single perception. Dense building of St. Petersburg tends to harmony: it is no accident that during the excursion the phrase "architectural ensembles" often sounds.

The general style and functional purpose of groups of buildings creates a feeling of proud reign of the unfading classics. At the same time, even different urban styles are not knocked out of the architectural context, but complement it, make night Petersburg more expressive, unique.

Darkness does not exist

Night excursions around St. Petersburg ... It's inexpressible: to walk along the cobblestone streets, to look into the hidden courtyards hidden from the extraneous eyes, to watch the play of shadows in the historic city on the Neva. Night, street, lights ... Their light is not at all meaningless and dull - it is life-giving, filling with new content everything that seemed so familiar to the day.

In the thick darkness, take a closer look at the Bronze Horseman. It seems that another minute, and he rushes along the Senate Square, turns into an old street, directly on a random passer-by. In the silence of a sleeping city, it is so difficult to separate fiction from reality. However, "... it is not difficult to deceive me, I myself ..."

When is it better to go on a tour of the night St. Petersburg? The first of May is the signal to start. From this time until the end of July, white nights reign in the city . From the tenth of June to the second of July, the "night tour" is only a statement of the time of day. In fact, everywhere light is light. Darkness does not exist!

Reflecting in the Neva

White nights do not include streetlights, the streets are crowded. But another ten days of July will run, and twilight will remind you of the eternal movement of the Earth around its axis. A sightseeing tour of St. Petersburg shows: in the semi-darkness the Northern capital becomes quieter, more humble, but it is still expressive and mysterious.

The system of street lighting in the city, including artistic and architectural lighting, is a continuous exclusive. During the tour of St. Petersburg by bus (and pedestrian) it is noted by almost all tourists. Lamps and projectors favorably emphasize the aesthetics of the appearance of Petrograd.

The facades of houses form unrealistic pictures: the spiritual outlines of the past and the bright shine of the present are reflected in the Neva waters. Night excursions around St. Petersburg allow us to recall Pushkin's words from the school program on literature. With the amendment to the age of Peter, they sound like this: three hundred years have passed, and "... a hail, full of countries, beauty and wonder, from the darkness of the forests, from the swamp, the blat rose magnificently, proudly."

Great route

During the excursion to St. Petersburg night on the bus Petrograders and guests of the city are invited to visit Palace Square, Smolny, the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, the Savior on the Blood (the temple). Night travelers are brought to the Konyushennaya, Birzhevaya Square (and, of course, to the Senate). The people will visit the Champ de Mars, Nevsky Prospekt.

Do not pass in the night Mikhailovsky Castle and Peter and Paul Fortress. Alternating bus and pedestrian areas allows tourists to see much, and the most interesting to consider in detail. As soon as midnight comes, the route will turn to the Neva, where the group is waiting for the ship.

The vessel will quietly pass through the channels in order to allow viewers to admire the unusual spectacle - the views of the city from the water, the bridging of the bridges. The last in the center of Peter seven - Peter the Great, Alexander Nevsky, Blagoveshchensky, Foundry, Palace, Birzhevoy, Troitsky. Watch as they swim into the sky and return, very exciting. You can check.