seasons in russia

Winter
December to March
Moderate prices, attractive accommodation offers

This is the ideal season for art and theatre lovers – museums are very accessible without crowds of visitors inside and theatre season is at its peak with many options for you to choose from. It is unpredictable when the snow cover will establish exactly, bus most Christmas and New Year Eves it is already present. Who says that we don't have carnivals in Russia? We say farewell to winter and prepare for the Great Lent with colourful Maslenitsa celebrations (also known as Butter Week or Pancake Week) at the end of February and the beginning of March. We cook and eat a lot of delicious pancakes, dance and at the end we set the Lady Maslentisa, made of straw, on fire. Come and participate in the celebrations with us!

Summer
June-September
High prices in St. Petersburg and moderate in Moscow

In St. Petersburg in summer season the first thing to see are the fountains of Peterhof and raised bridges (although we keep raising them from April to November or December depending on weather). It is not getting completely dark during the season of White Nights from the end of May until the beginning of July, in the second part of the summer the sun continues to go down very late, but the nights grow darker. In Moscow and old towns of Central Russia the summers are normally warm and always charming: everything is in bloom so you can feel the magic of the season so much celebrated by our famous writers and composers. Moscow is a very green city and you will be pleased to explore its old streets covered by trees, walk through the boulevard ring smelling the aroma of linden trees, hide from the heat in the Gorky Park or cycle through a huge park area by the banks of the Moskva River.