Originally Posted by
luitje
2. Consider taking a sleeper train to Moscow vs Sapsan. Latter is just another high speed service; very sterile with no character. First class on the classic "Red Arrow" is excellent - you won't regret it.
I thought about doing this last trip but I couldn't justify the cost of two cabins versus two seats. I love trains and have travelled from Stoke to Beijing by train. In case there's anyone who isn't aware of it, seat61 is a pretty good place to start your research on train journeys.
https://www.seat61.com/Russia-trains...g%20by%20train
There's a lot more good stuff to do in and around Moscow than there is by St Petersburg IMO (of course you could spend any amount of time in either).
So I would be tempted to spend longer in Moscow.
We did some Golden Ring places last time which was a nice counterbalance to the brutalism of central Moscow and the Neo-classical of St P.