[LINK] "The Roofs of St. Petersburg"

[rfmcdonald]

russiamagazine has a fantastic posting compiling startlingly beautiful photos of the roofs of St. Petersburg. It turns out that not only are these roofs photogenic, they're even international tourist attractions.

One of the most unusual offers is excursions to the city roofs. Not a lot of travel agencies organize this kind of excursions and it is not that easy to find them. If the tourist manages to find a phone number of such agency or a "roof guide", he will remember St. Petersburg forever and will understand what it means "To See Paris and Die".

The roof excursions are currently most popular with tourists from Finland, according to the local guides. The contingent of the tourists is mainly youngsters which is no wonder: a trip to the roofs requires being fit.

Before the excursion guides normally give some instructions to the tourists: they explain what kind of shoes and clothes it is better to wear for walking across the roofs and explain what difficulties travellers may encounter on their way.

The guides try to choose the easiest and most comfortable routes, but sometimes they have problems with the houses` residents, who threaten to call the police.

On average an excursion to the roofs costs around two thousand roubles for four persons. The walk lasts for about two hours during which the tourists normally visit 2-3 roofs and hear a lot of interesting stories and legends of the city told by the guide.

Go, see.