White nights

[mfdds]

We will be on the Jewel's July 10 sailing. Does anyone know if any of the ports have special events for the white nights?

[goldenprincess53]

We will be on the Jewel's July 10 sailing. Does anyone know if any of the ports have special events for the white nights?

 

We are on the August Jewel sailing - I have not heard of "white nights". what is this?

[mfdds]

White nights is when the sun doesn't set, or it is dark only for a very short period of time. I think it is more in July than August.

[Lair Bear]

"The White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia is an annual international cultural event."

This is a quote from Wikipedia. Read the rest at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Nights_Festival

[Lair Bear]

We will be in St. Petersburg from July 25 through 27 and so will miss the activities at the Mariinsky theatre. That is too bad.

 

But could you tell us if there are other events happening related to the White Night festival? We hope it doesn't stop on July 20 all together.

[volkoff]

Hi everyone,

 

I recomend you visit: Pushkin (Ekaterina's palace, amber room), Petrodvorets/Peterhof, City Sightseen excursion, walk in the center (Palace's square, St.Petr& Paul fortress) and... (you'll have no enought time)... :(

If you'll have 5-6 hours free you can visit Kronshtadt (city of naval base) with tour.

 

I reccomend to take a Private car and do this route:

 

1st day: Center of STP-> Kronshtadt (dam, city, forts...)-> trip from Kronshtadt to Lomonosov by ferry-> Lomonosov-> Peterhof/Petrodvorets-> Strelna (president's residence)-> City...

 

At the Night: City

 

Next day: Pushkin-> Gatchina...

 

You can take city tours in the center: metro "Gostiniy Dvor". There is a lot of tours. I reccomend you "Davranov" company. :)

 

It'll be difficult but you can see most of beautiful in STP but not all.

Next time you can visit our city and look more detailed what you want.

 

Don't hesitate ask me.