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Autumn is arguably the best time to visit the parks in St Petersburg.
Krestovsky island
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St Petersburg in September may lack the hot weather and immediate appeal of the White Nights, but has a lot to offer for those in search of a more relaxed time.
Neva River
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Another advantage is that hotels and restaurants reduce their prices during the shoulder season; you will be able to have a more affordable holiday.
Neva River
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If you are interested in cultural and historical St Petersburg, then September is a perfect time to visit. Although the White Nights festivals are over, the main theatre, opera and ballet programmes are beginning after the summer break.
Saint Isaac's Cathedral
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Don't forget that heavier jacket or coat and scarf to keep you warm and comfortable from the fresh and invigorating Northwestern winds as your enjoying your river boat trip along the wide Neva River and picturesque city canals and rivers.
Krestovsky island
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In the 19th century, the island became popular with the regular citizens of St. Petersburg, and amusements such as boating, swings, and several open-air restaurants were laid on for them.
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Krestovsky Ostrov, like its neighbours Elagin Ostrov and Kammeny Ostrov, was in 1710 presented by Peter the Great to one of his closest allies, in this case Prince Alexander Menshikov.
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Krestovsky Ostrov is the largest of the three Kirov Islands, which stand north of the Petrograd Side in the Neva delta.
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Outside the city, the imperial palaces and their parks are at their very best, their extensive landscape gardens decorated colored with every shade of red and brown.
Krestovsky island
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St Petersburg has a distinctly autumnal feel, with trees in the parks losing their leaves.
Krestovsky island
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If you're lucky, you'll get the chance to experience babe leto, literally 'granny summer', the Russian equivalent of an Indian summer that brings a week or so of warmth and sunshine at the end of September.
Krestovsky island
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The weather remains comparatively mild until mid-October, when the temperature begins to dip below freezing.
Krestovsky island
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September itself is a wonderful time to visit St. Petersburg, with the glorious autumnal colors in the parks and gardens highlighting the city's melancholy beauty.
Yelagin island
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Autumn is short in St. Petersburg, with weather that anyone but the natives would consider wintry coming in by the middle of October. After the excesses of the summer months, the season sees the city getting back to work and preparing for the long winter ahead.
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