If you're visiting St. Petersburg in the summer, the Peterhof Palace & Garden is an absolute must-see. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Peterhof was the brainchild and summer palace of Peter the Great.

Flush with canals and built around water – the city curves around the Gulf of Finland, and the Neva River runs through the city center – St. Petersburg is a planned city that originated with ...

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MOSCOW, June 13. /TASS/. The restoration of the Chinese Palace in the Peterhof Museum-Reserve in St. Petersburg has been completed after 20 years, Russian Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova said.