122 Worldwide travel to ballet and opera events are a Club speciality:Look out for eNews and see countryclubuk.com 122 233 vorets, built in the early 1700s to rival the architecture and glittering court life of Ver- sailles. Or visit the Yusupov Palace, where Rasputin met his grisly end. Your grand hotel is in the perfect central location to make sure you can enjoy it all to the full. IN BRIEF Places for the full three-night, four-day event, including return flights from London Heathrow, three nights at the Belmond Grand Hotel Europe including breakfast, best seats (front Dress Circle) for the bal- let, performed in the original 19th century Mariinsky Theatre, six-course gourmet dinner at L’Europe, three-course Cham- pagne dinner prior to the ballet perfor- mance, service charge, tax, transfers to and from St Petersburg airport to the hotel, and your taxi to the Mariinsky Theatre for the ballet, will be only £1,593 per person for two sharing a Superior Room or £1,997 per person for two sharing the palatial One- Bedroom Suite. You are welcome to add extra nights or upgrades if you wish. For dates for this event, look out for our eNews letters or visit countryclubuk.com. We have only limited availability of tickets for such a special event, and there is always great demand from our Members, so please book when you see the eNews, or call Member Services on 020 7399 2960 to regis- ter your interest. Bookings made subject to the Club rules and terms and conditions. Drink Champagne, dress to the nines, and glory in the romance of Russian nights in St Petersburg, seen here from Belmond Grand Hotel Europe, where we shall stay for three blissful nights.