Russia - Peter and Paul Fortress

⛰【Peter and Paul Fortress Guide】 📍Address: Located on the right bank of the Neva River in the center of St. Petersburg 🚗Transportation: Direct bus, parking is not recommended 🕙Opening hours: 10:00-16:00 💰Ticket price: 185 🌟Highlights: A famous ancient building in St. Petersburg. The fortress was founded by Peter the Great on Rabbit Island on May 16, 1703. It is the same age as St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg was born and developed under the protection of the fortress. The Peter and Paul Fortress was created as a Russian outpost in the Northern War with Sweden. 📌Tips: 1. The fortress contains the St. Peter and Paul Cathedral, the bell tower, the St. Peter Gate, Peter the Great's boathouse, the mint, the arsenal, the Kronverk artillery tower, and the monument to the December Revolution Party. 2. The cathedral was built in 1703 in the Baroque style. 3. The tombs of Russian tsars from Peter the Great to Alexander III, many grand dukes are also buried here, all with marble tombstones. 4. The angel statue on the top of the bell tower is 3.2 meters high, the statue's wings stretch 3.8 meters, and the cross on the statue's head is 6.4 meters high. 🧳Pre-departure preparation (reference): ①Exchange rate: Russian ruble/RMB=12/1 (subject to change), domestic banks sometimes cannot exchange ruble cash, and the exchange loss at public exchange points and guides is large, generally 10:1 exchange directly loses 20%, try to exchange less, because local state-owned stores can use RMB ②Shopping: Small shops only use ruble cash, state-owned stores can use RMB. The prices are similar to those in China, vegetables and fruits, small items are expensive, milk and meat, gasoline is cheap ③Tips: Carry luggage, guides, drivers, and take photos with people in strange costumes, etc., generally give 50-100 ruble tips, no mandatory ④Transportation: There are subways and buses in big cities ⑤Accommodation: All kinds of star hotels are available, the price and facilities are equivalent to those in China ⑥Religion: 90% of the people believe in the Eastern Orthodox Church (a branch of Christianity), you can take pictures in the church, but you cannot shoot videos and turn on the flash ⑦Language: Russian is the mother tongue, English is the second language, and Chinese is the third language. The service industry basically speaks simple English and Chinese, and new facilities will have Chinese signs ⑧Climate: High latitude cold zone, the warmest from June to September each year, the rest of the months are colder, each year has 2 months of polar day and polar night