Travel Guide

The useful version of a Catherine Palace and Tsarskoe Selo visit feels as if it has been tested in the street, not assembled from a list of sights. In Pushkin near Saint Petersburg, that means starting with the Catherine Palace facade before[...]

The useful thing about the Circum-Baikal Railway as a heritage day is that it does not need to be inflated. Start with the rail line where tunnels, stonework and shoreline views begin to repeat in a good way, give the route a clean shape, and[...]

The notes I would give a first-time visitor are not complicated: begin with the contrast between Sulak Canyon views and the Caspian-side history of Derbent, keep the route honest, and do not make Dagestan carry more stops than the day can[...]