In recent years, pop-up ice rinks have been a feature of the festive season across the UK, from London’s Hampton Court Palace to the rink at the Princes Street Gardens in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle and everywhere in between.…
Experience a New Year to remember in Moscow and St Petersburg
Are you a huge Christmas fan? If you’re the kind of person who spends all year counting the days until Santa comes and is filled with a deep sense of gloom as you wake up on Boxing Day, then we…
Life Along Mother Volga
Since Russia opened its doors to the West, tourists have finally had the opportunity to tour the heart of Russia – the Northwest region, specifically – and finally see all of the grand sights that its great cities have to…
Reasons to go to Russia
Fed up with the usual annual trip to the Costa something or other? Why not plan something a bit more special and take a trip to Russia? Many still think of Russia as being positioned well behind the iron curtain,…
Russia Celebrates Day of the National Flag – 22 August
Day of the National Flag of the Russian Federation – is one of the officially established holidays in Russia, declared in 1994 by decree of the President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin and is celebrated on August 22. However,…