Pulkovo Airport 20 min
Catherine Palace (7 min) Baroque 18th-century palace with large grounds where Russian royal family spent their summers. Alexander Palace (6 min) Restored 18th century classical palace with emperor Nicholas II's state rooms on display. Grand Maket Russia (28 min) Huge working miniature exhibit of Russia, with scenes of human life plus moving rail & road routes. Amber Room (7 min) Reconstruction of the ornate Amber Room mosaic panels originally installed in the 18th century. Hermitage Pavilion (8 min) Striking, stuccoed palace from the 18th century, with guided tours of sumptuous, gilded apartments. Chesme Church (21 min) Unusual pink & white–striped Gothic Revival church founded in 1780 by order of Catherine the Great. Cameron Gallery (8 min) Classicism, architecture, history, and museum Monument Geroicheskim Zashchitnikam Leningrada (17 min) Complex honoring the 1941-1944 defence of the city, with grand sculptures & an underground museum. Pavlovskiy Park (14 min) Park surrounding an 18th-century palace-turned-museum with English-style gardens & water features. Tuutari park (29 min) Alpine skiing, snowboarding, ski resort, and skiing The Alexander Park (3 min) Spacious park providing a serene, natural setting for biking, hikes & other recreational activities. Pavlovsk (18 min) Museum in an 18th-century palace with landscaped grounds & fine & decorative arts collections. Tsarskoye Selo (7 min) This historic site features several imperial palaces & a sprawling landscaped park with gardens. Catherine Park (7 min) Tree-filled urban park on the site of a former nobleman's estate with ponds & walking paths. Pulkovo Observatory (19 min) 19th-century observatory with a museum exhibiting a collection of astronomic instruments. |