Saint Petersburg Travel Forum

Hello,
Im planning on visiting st petersburg and moscow for my honeymoon, which will be in april 2008, i was wondering what type of clothes i shud bring? winter or spring? and what good places are there to go to for honeymooners not just sightseeing but adventourus tours. and i was wondering if ul hav any national festival during that time of the year? or something worth visiting, i hav a list of museums and palaces to go to but i was looking for something more exciting

End of april would be warm and +15 around, beginning of april is not warm although not cold (for Russia at least). in any way, for sure, you will not need winter cloths :-) what do you mean "adventour tour"? I think that the big cities like Moscow or StP are not good places for adventures but for cultural events like museums, concerts and so on.

It's not an adventure but you can visit suburbs of the city: Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo), Gatchina, Pavlovsk, Petergof, Lomonosov (Oranienbaum), Kronstadt. Worth to visit. See information at http://eng.gov.spb.ru/culture/sights/suburbs

If you have questions - don\t hesitate to contact me.

Have a nice honey moon in our city!

One of the interesting things could be visiting the art festival:
http://www.arch.stoyanie.ru/eng/page1.html
I've been wanting to visit it since long ago and keep the link in "My favorites". The place is a Russian village about 150 km from Moscow, where artists organize festivals, sometimes engaging local people. They make huge objects from hay, wood or snow. Looks real interesting!
I don't know if they plan anything for April, as the plan for this winter is not yet completed in their website, but you can check it out later.

Hope you'll like it in Russia!

By the way, you could also browse the "Off-the-beaten-path" tips of the VT members' Moscow and St. Pete's pages to look for something adventurous.

Weather - I was in St petersburg this last April from April 6 to 18th and the mornings were very cold. Freezing in fact. I brought layers of clothes for example, leather coat with liner, gloves, warm sweater for under the coat. However on some days, later in the day it would warm up and I would end up carrying the coat. So it is variable. But if you go in early April, be prepared for cold. The great thing is, April is relatively dry. It was beautiful - very sunny and only snowed lightly a few times.
I highly recommend a day trip to Pushkin (see the Alexander Palace) and Pavlosk. If you can, go to Novgorod which is about 100km away. it is possible to arrange day tours. You will not regret it.