The art arms race
Feb 12, 2020
3 minutes
CAN you imagine? Not another soul in St Petersburg’s State Hermitage Museum as our private, after-hours group views Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Leonardo and Titian, before a Champagne reception and a concert by the St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra. Four million tourists shuffle through the Hermitage each year, but, as cruise passengers on an exclusive tour, we have the privilege of time and space to savour the art and architecture. It’s quiet, too—a rare treat in such
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