Russian Travel Guide

Alexandrovsky Palace

Alexander Palace were the final home of Russia’s tsars and the favourite residence of the Russian royal family. Nicholas II was born here and also taken from here into exile, where he was ultimately shot and killed. The park started out as a so-called “menagerie,” which served as the hunting grounds for the spouses of Peter the Great and Catherine I. Following the empresses wishes, the grounds were home to a wide variety of birds and animals. The forest gradually transformed into a park and the royal residence where great princes and princesses were raised. A gothic tower, artificial medieval ruins and a small house on a “children’s island” were all built for the sake of the young royals’ education. Nowadays museum exhibits and recreated interiors help to portray the history of the Romanov dynasty - from the Golden Age of Catherine II until the beginning of the 20th century.

Fishing Festival on Bolshoi Utrish Island

Tourists looking to relax on the beach aren’t the only ones that head to Russia’s Black Sea resorts in the summer – fishing aficionados grab their poles and line the banks to take part in the spin fishing festival. Dozens of people flock to the village of Bolshoi Utrish, located 15 kilometres outside of the resort-city of Anapa, for the three-day festival. This part of the Black Sea coast however, is not the easiest to manoeuvre; the area is rocky due the fact that the coastline is formed by large boulder deposits. But this is exactly what the fishermen need. They are interested in the marine predators that frequent rocky coasts: Black scorpionfish, gobies and horse mackerel. If they’re extra lucky, they might even catch a croaker. Here the prime fishing season lasts from the end of May through October, but the most avid fishermen visit Bolshoi Utrish year round. The hunt for the sea pr...

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