{"id":7728,"date":"2016-07-19T12:10:15","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T16:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.francolania.com\/?p=7728"},"modified":"2026-03-06T20:43:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:43:06","slug":"helsinki-hermitage-museum-st-petersburg-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/2016\/07\/19\/helsinki-hermitage-museum-st-petersburg-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Helsinki to St. Petersburg, Russia | Hermitage Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"673\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160714_112220-3-673x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15241\" style=\"width:785px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160714_112220-3-673x500-1.jpg 673w, https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160714_112220-3-673x500-1-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"color:#000fa3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Hermitage Museum | Saint Petersburg, Russia<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Did you know that St. Petersburg, Russia, and the world-famous Hermitage Museum are both only a short overnight cruise from Helsinki, Finland?<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>It&#8217;s true!<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/stpeterline.com\/en\">St. Peter Line<\/a> runs several cruises a week between these two beautiful Baltic cities. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Now, here is an added bonus- there is <strong>no visa<\/strong> needed for Americans when traveling by ship.&nbsp; Taking the ship is a great hassle-free way to see Russia&#8217;s second-largest city, visit the Hermitage Museum, and see many of the fascinating points of interest this magnificent city has to offer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">These cruise lines are fun, have entertainment, family-friendly, and serve authentic Russian food. The cost is pretty economical and the cabins are good enough for a sleepover. The perk is to be able to visit Russia without a visa!<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>St. Peter Line cruises to Saint Petersburg, Russia is just another fantastic reason to visit Helsinki and take advantage of its proximity to many great Baltic cities.<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Good morning from the Hermitage!&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fcheffrancolania%2Fvideos%2F1096916643687787%2F&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"429\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>You can learn more about this trip and the Hermitage Museum <a href=\"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/2016\/07\/helsinki-st-petersburg-cruise-st-peter-line\/\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sponsored post by <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.helsinki.fi\/welcometouh\/2015\/11\/06\/helsinkisecret-residence\/#content\">Helsinki Secret Residence<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Petersburg, Russia and the world-renowned Hermitage Museum are only a short overnight cruise from Helsinki, Finland? It&#8217;s true! The St. Peter Line runs several cruises a week between the two beautiful cities.  Here is an added bonus- there is no visa needed when traveling by ship.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"postBodyCss":"","postBodyMargin":[],"postBodyPadding":[],"postBodyBackground":{"backgroundType":"classic","gradient":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,84,318,1319,1321,1323,91,17,119],"tags":[1326,154,1318,1320,1322,1324],"class_list":["post-7728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chef-franco-lania","category-commentary","category-cruise-lines","category-russia","category-st-peter-line","category-st-petersburg","category-travel","category-video","category-videos","tag-baltic-cruises","tag-helsinki","tag-hermitage-museum","tag-russia","tag-st-peter-line","tag-st-petersburg-russia","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7728"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15242,"href":"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7728\/revisions\/15242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo-test-link.com\/franco\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}