St Petersburg
World
Livin' la vida local
Ute Junker Ute Junker explains why staying put can turn you from tourist to traveller.
Russia
Came so far for beauty
So much art. So much backache. Lissa Christopher tours the behemoth State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.
Going nude
Naked planet: going nude around the world
Maybe it's something in the water, but when Ute Junker heads overseas her clothes seem to fall away with her inhibitions.
Cruising
Slow boat in Russia
Margaret Turton watches the passage of history on a Stalin-inspired canal from St Petersburg to Moscow.
Travellers Tips
Europe
Keys to the cities
A Bordeaux bolthole for $120 a night? A riverside retreat in Lisbon for the same? Here's our guide to some of Europe's best-value hotels and guesthouses this season.
Tripologist
In step with visa rules in St Petersburg
Tripologist We are booked on a cruise and one of the ports of call is St Petersburg, Russia. We have Australian passports and have been unofficially told that if we take the ship's organised shore tours, no visa...
