Only with an appointment and a guide can you see the czars’ bejewelled excesses in the Hermitage Museum’s storerooms, which contain four-fifths of the collection, and its Treasure Gallery.

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St Petersburg

Is St Petersburg the most beautiful city in Europe? Peter the Great certainly thought so, and generations of visitors, dazzled by the glorious art and architecture, have been forced to agree.

Back in 1939, Winston Churchill called Russia “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”. In many ways it still is. What is certain is that this country offers a once-in-a-lifetime travel experience.