8-6b_Nikon17.jpg=The Catherine Palace
DSC_3673.JPG=St Petersburg - making our way to the riverboat ride on the Neva River
8b-6_StPeters15.jpg=The Catherine Palace
8-6b_Nikon25.jpg=Peterhof Summer Residence
8b-6_StPeters24.jpg=Peterhof Summer Residence
8b-6_StPeters23.jpg=Peterhof Summer Residence
8b-6_StPeters1.jpg=St Petersburg - Metro underground mosaics
8b-6_StPeters32.jpg=St Petersburg - riverboat ride on the Neva River
8-6b_Nikon5.jpg=St Petersburg - making our way to the riverboat ride on the Neva [neeva] River
8b-6_StPeters33.jpg=St Petersburg - riverboat ride on the Neva River
8-6b_Nikon18.jpg=The Catherine Palace grounds
8b-6_StPeters9.jpg=The Catherine Palace where there was estimated to be 100kg of gold in the friezes
8b-6_StPeters25.jpg=Peterhof Summer Residence
8-6b_Nikon26.jpg=Peterhof Summer Residence
8b-6_StPeters16.jpg=The Catherine Palace
8-6b_Nikon4.jpg=St Petersburg - making our way to the riverboat ride on the Neva [neeva] River
amber-room.jpg=The Catherine Palace - the stunning Amber room
8-6b_Nikon23.jpg=Peterhof Summer Residence
8b-6_StPeters21.jpg=The Catherine Palace grounds
8b-6_StPeters7.jpg=The Catherine Palace
8b-6_StPeters17.jpg=The Catherine Palace
Leaving2.jpg=Leaving St Petersburg along the Neva river and to the Gulf of Finland
8b-6_StPeters8.jpg=The Catherine Palace
8-6b_Nikon19.jpg=The Catherine Palace grounds
8-6b_Nikon10.jpg=St Petersburg - riverboat ride on the Neva River
8b-6_StPeters34.jpg=St Petersburg - riverboat ride on the Neva River
8-6b_Nikon7.jpg=St Petersburg - riverboat ride on the Neva River
8-6b_Nikon11.jpg=St Petersburg - The Royal Summer Estate of Catherine Palace
8-6b_Nikon24.jpg=Peterhof Summer Residence
8b-6_StPeters22.jpg=The Catherine PalaceThe Catherine Palace grounds
8b-6_StPeters6.jpg=The Catherine Palace - on the right is a large ceramic room heater
20180608_190340.jpg=The Catherine Palace - restoration work
8b-6_StPeters35.jpg=The Catherine Palace
Leaving1.jpg=Leaving St Petersburg along the Neva river and to the Gulf of Finland
8-6b_Nikon_Pan27.JPG=St Petersburg - making our way to the riverboat ride on the Neva River
8b-6_StPeters18.jpg=The Catherine Palace
8-6b_Nikon6.jpg=St Petersburg - making our way to the riverboat ride on the Neva River
aerial-view-catherine-palace-in-tsarskoye-selo.jpg=The Catherine Palace - brochure picture
6-7_Last_Baltic.jpg=The Catherine Palace - the stunning Amber room
DSC_3803.JPG=The Catherine Palace
8b-6_StPeters5.jpg=The Catherine Palace
8-6b_Nikon12.jpg=The Catherine Palace is named after Catherine I, the wife of Peter the Great, who ruled Russia for two years after her husband's death. Originally a modest two-storey building commissioned by Peter for Catherine in 1717, the Catherine Palace owes its awesome grandeur to their daughter, Empress Elizabeth
8b-6_StPeters10.jpg=The Catherine Palace
8b-6_StPeters28.jpg=Our return journey to the St Petersburg cruise terminal
8-6b_Nikon21.jpg=Our next visit was to the Peterhof Summer Residence. Built by Peter the Great in the 18th century and rebuilt after the ravages of WWII, this complex of palaces, gardens, fountains and waterfalls is one of Russia's most famous tourist attractions, drawing millions of visitors every year.
8-6b_Nikon9.jpg=St Petersburg - riverboat ride on the Neva River
Amber_Room3.jpg=The Catherine Palace - Amber room, where no photography allowed. These three from the internet
8b-6_StPeters19.jpg=The Catherine Palace
8b-6_StPeters.jpg=St Petersburg - outside the Metro underground station for our one stop train ride
8b-6_StPeters20.jpg=The Catherine Palace - the Great Fire of 1820
20180608_212506.jpg=Peterhof Summer Residence
8-6b_Nikon13.jpg=Peterhof Summer Residence
8b-6_StPeters4.jpg=The Catherine Palace
8b-6_StPeters12.jpg=The Catherine Palace
8b-6_StPeters11.jpg=The Catherine Palace
8-6b_Nikon8.jpg=St Petersburg - riverboat ride on the Neva River
8b-6_StPeters29.jpg=2018 FIFA world cup promotional decoration on the tourist information van
8-6b_Nikon_Pan20.JPG=Peterhof Summer Residence
20180608_213431.jpg=Peterhof Summer Residence
DSC_3773.JPG=The Catherine Palace
8-6b_Nikon22.jpg=Peterhof Summer Residence
20180608_214647.jpg=Peterhof Summer Residence
8b-6_StPeters13.jpg=The Catherine Palace
20180608_213400.jpg=Peterhof Summer Residence
8-6b_Nikon15.jpg=The Catherine Palace
8-6b_Nikon_Pan21.JPG=Peterhof Summer Residence
8-6b_Nikon14.jpg=The Catherine Palace
DSC_3823.JPG=The Catherine Palace grounds
8b-6_StPeters26.jpg=Peterhof Summer Residence
8b-6_StPeters30.jpg=St Petersburg - riverboat ride on the Neva River
8-6b_Nikon3.jpg=The longest escalator in the world is found in the St. Petersburg Metro system, up to 433 feet (132 meters) long
8b-6_StPeters3.jpg=The Catherine Palace
8b-6_StPeters14.jpg=The Catherine Palace
8-6b_Nikon1.jpg=St Petersburg - Metro underground mosaics
8-6b_Nikon.jpg=Longest escalator in the world is found in the St. Petersburg Metro system, up to 433 feet (132 meters) long
8-6b_Nikon16.jpg=The Catherine Palace
8b-6_StPeters27.jpg=Our return journey to the St Petersburg cruise terminal
8-6b_Nikon_Pan22.JPG=Peterhof Summer Residence
10-6_Nikon.jpg=Leaving St Petersburg along the Neva river and to the Gulf of Finland
8-6b_Nikon2.jpg=St Petersburg - Metro underground mosaics
8b-6_StPeters2.jpg=The Catherine Palace
Leaving.jpg=Leaving St Petersburg along the Neva river and to the Gulf of Finland
8b-6_StPeters31.jpg=St Petersburg - riverboat ride on the Neva River
8-6b_Nikon20.jpg=The Catherine Palace grounds
