This trip, made as an accompanist for ILGIROCAMPER immediately after Moscow and the Ring of Gold, therefore, the diary approach omits the steps that are the same up to Rezekne.
August 11, 2005, we get to Rezekne (Latvia) for lunch and then
continue for the Russian border, no longer on the street in Moscow, but further north to Saint Petersburg and Ostrov, this Once we were lucky we all are in just four hours (10 campers) in Russian territory. The only drawback: as had happened in 2002, we had to pay tax on the roads, tax that, without any logic, you only pay this border. Supply of diesel and a few hundred meters further on we stopped for the night, in a convenient parking for Tir. After dinner, big "watermelon" on the square.
August 12. The road, after the first leg, is good enough and in the afternoon we arrive at St.Pietroburgo where we would expect from a responsible Agency S.Pietroburgo.it column that takes us up to their parking set in a green area of \u200b\u200bthe city and well connected to the center by public services also if we will have a bus available for private visits. The park offers
electric connections, water supply, drainage and showers, it leaves much to be desired.
August 13. Visit the Hermitage, with well-organized bus transfer, and despite the crowd, always on this site, our guides waiting for us at 9 am, having already done so to the entrance tickets.
It 's the fourth time we visit this museum, it is nevertheless always a pleasant thing. The visit takes all morning to a close with a short walk through the monumental Palace Square and along the Nevsky Prospekt, we stop for lunch in an elegant room set up in the courtyard Stroganov Palace. In the afternoon sightseeing tour by bus.
August 14. Full day visit of the area visited in st.Pietroburgo
Zarskoje Selo, better known as Pushkin, the Catherine Palace. This
m agnifico palace was the summer residence of the Empress has a long face and a good 350 meters. The interior is a sumptuous and even exaggerated, passing from room to room leads to the famous Amber Room (not photographed) decorated with finely carved amber panels.
In the afternoon we moved to Peterhoff to admire the huge park overlooking the Gulf of Finland is rich in waterfalls, fountains and water features. Over the next
three days we visited the main sights of St. Petersburg, a city full of art treasures, it deserves far more than three days at our disposal, only the area around Prospect Nesky requires a day and then a visit to the fortress of Peter and Paul, St. Isaac's Cathedral dome from which you can enjoy a beautiful view of the city, the Admiralty, where the columns rostral to toast the bride and groom are after the ceremony, bridges and canals to finish with a cruise on the Neva.
August 18. We leave St. Petersburg in the direction of Estonia. Despite a few kilometers are the times are long because of the usual kept waiting at the Russian border. From the border with direct access to the city Narva, where we gather the group inevitably split the border and continue for several miles until Camp Laagna already experienced before, where we enjoy an afternoon relaxing after a stressful day spent in St. Petersburg.
August 19. We go to Tallinn, after visiting the road in Castle Palmse Lahemaa National Park. In Tallinn you can stop in a parking between the ferry port and the Old Town and from there we went to a first contact with this beautiful city whose historic part lets imagine fairies and elves.
The next day we devoted entirely to the city of Tallin salt
ndo the Gothic Toompea, the upper town, from which to enjoy spectacular views across the Gulf of Finland.
August 20. A peaceful transfer stage until we have visited Riga on another occasion and take advantage for a little 'rest in camp while others in the group spend a night on the town.
now we are on the way back, we stopped again to visit the Hill of Crosses in Lithuania and then through Poland, Slovakia and Austria on August 27 where we are at Tarvisio dissolve the company.
August 12. The road, after the first leg, is good enough and in the afternoon we arrive at St.Pietroburgo where we would expect from a responsible Agency S.Pietroburgo.it column that takes us up to their parking set in a green area of \u200b\u200bthe city and well connected to the center by public services also if we will have a bus available for private visits. The park offers
electric connections, water supply, drainage and showers, it leaves much to be desired.
August 13. Visit the Hermitage, with well-organized bus transfer, and despite the crowd, always on this site, our guides waiting for us at 9 am, having already done so to the entrance tickets.
It 's the fourth time we visit this museum, it is nevertheless always a pleasant thing. The visit takes all morning to a close with a short walk through the monumental Palace Square and along the Nevsky Prospekt, we stop for lunch in an elegant room set up in the courtyard Stroganov Palace. In the afternoon sightseeing tour by bus.
August 14. Full day visit of the area visited in st.Pietroburgo
Zarskoje Selo, better known as Pushkin, the Catherine Palace. This
In the afternoon we moved to Peterhoff to admire the huge park overlooking the Gulf of Finland is rich in waterfalls, fountains and water features. Over the next
three days we visited the main sights of St. Petersburg, a city full of art treasures, it deserves far more than three days at our disposal, only the area around Prospect Nesky requires a day and then a visit to the fortress of Peter and Paul, St. Isaac's Cathedral dome from which you can enjoy a beautiful view of the city, the Admiralty, where the columns rostral to toast the bride and groom are after the ceremony, bridges and canals to finish with a cruise on the Neva.
August 18. We leave St. Petersburg in the direction of Estonia. Despite a few kilometers are the times are long because of the usual kept waiting at the Russian border. From the border with direct access to the city Narva, where we gather the group inevitably split the border and continue for several miles until Camp Laagna already experienced before, where we enjoy an afternoon relaxing after a stressful day spent in St. Petersburg.
August 19. We go to Tallinn, after visiting the road in Castle Palmse Lahemaa National Park. In Tallinn you can stop in a parking between the ferry port and the Old Town and from there we went to a first contact with this beautiful city whose historic part lets imagine fairies and elves.
The next day we devoted entirely to the city of Tallin salt
August 20. A peaceful transfer stage until we have visited Riga on another occasion and take advantage for a little 'rest in camp while others in the group spend a night on the town.
now we are on the way back, we stopped again to visit the Hill of Crosses in Lithuania and then through Poland, Slovakia and Austria on August 27 where we are at Tarvisio dissolve the company.
GALLERY