St Petersburg

by Mara Vorhees

Published 18 April 2008
Detailed coverage of the arts, information on walking tours, and excursions to tsarist palaces are included in this guide to St Petersburg, as well as little known facts such as the proper way to get a tan is to stand naked against a fortress wall.

Moscow

by Mara Vorhees

Published 17 March 2006
Moscow is famous for the art and design of its metro stations. Visiting a banya really does involve being beaten with a birch twig and leaping into an ice-cold pool. Moscow, the capital of the Federation of Russia, is over eight hundred and fifty years old. The Moscow Metro in Moscow, Russia is the world's most heavily used metro system, it is well-known for the ornate design of many of the stations, containing stunningly beautiful examples of socialist realist art. Moscow is the site of the famous (Citadel of a Russian town) Kremlin, which serves as the centre of the national government. Moscow is the heart of the Russian ballet and the performing arts - ticket prices used to be as low as $1 in the Soviet era, unfortunately prices have been seriously adjusted.

Boston

by Mara Vorhees

Published 27 April 2001
What Will Your Boston Encounter Be?
Getting up close and personal with the Green Monster at Fenway Park
Haggling over antiques in Beacon Hill
Feasting at "salumerias, pasticerias" and "enotecas" in the very Italian North End
Making a house-call to the oldest home in Boston: Paul Revere's abode
Gallery-hopping with fellow art enthusiasts in Back Bay
Day tripping through history with visits to Lexington, Concord, Salem and Plymouth
Discover Twice the City in Half the Time
Full-color pull-out map for easy navigation
Our local author recommends the best pubs, shops, historical sites, museums and more
Hand-picked highlights, itineraries and excursions help you make the most of a short trip
Bostonians share the love: meet a filmmaker, a festival co-founder, a comedian and a Professor Emeritus & University Historian at Boston College