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postheadericon AmaWaterways Excursion to Peterhof, Peter the Great's Summer Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia

AmaWaterways Excursion to Peterhof, Peter the Great's Summer Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia Tube. Duration : 3.52 Mins.


AmaWaterways excursion to Peterhof, Peter the Great's summer palace, that is located down the Gulf of Finland from of St. Petersburg as documented by travel filmmaker Clint Denn. The amazing palace, fountains (fed by underground streams), grounds and gardens are a sight to behold. Built by a man who strode his kingdom like a giant, the Peterhof is one of the other must see excursions during an AmaWaterways Russian River Cruise. AmaWaterways river cruises travel between St. Petersburg and Moscow on the Volga-Baltic Waterways or in reverse. Seeing the St. Peter and Paul Fortress and Museum gives one a look into the truly amazing history of a city conjured up from the ambitions of brilliant man. The truly amazing Venice of the North gives tourists a wealth of history, culture, architecture, beauty, amazement and puzzles. Also on tap are the famed Hermitage Museum, Peterhof, the St. Peter and Paul Fortress, Nevsky Prospect, Kazan Cathedral and much more. Founded by Peter the Great, the city was built on a drained swamp and represented Russia's Window the West in Peter's effort to force Russia to join the rapidly developing Western Europe technological and maritime revolutions. Among the sites seen during the long journey is the St. Peter and Paul Fortress and Museum, Peterhof, Nevsky Prospect, Kazan Cathedral, Kizhi Island, the art colony in the preserved village of Mandrogi, the third larges city in Russia of Yaroslavl, Red Square, the quaint village of Goritsky, Cathedral ...

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