Birth of Amazing History & Culture

Russia

To get the most from Russia, head way off the beaten track. After taking in old favorites such as dynamic Moscow, historic St. Petersburg and beautiful Lake Baikal, dive further and deeper into the largest country in the world. Visit the soft, golden sands of the old Prussian resort of Kranz, now known as Zelenogradsk in the far western Kallningrad Region; the charming Volga river village of Gorodets, home to folk artists and honey-cake bakers; fascinating Elista, Europe’s sole Buddhist enclave and location of the wacky Chess City; the 400-year-old mausoleums of Dargavs, a North Ossetian "City of the Dead"; or the hot springs of Kamchatka’s Nalychevo Valley in the Russian far East.