Pulkovo Airport 50 min
Peter and Paul Fortress (35 min) Founded by Peter the Great, this fortress contains a museum about the early city & a cathedral. State Hermitage Museum (39 min) Museum founded by Catherine the Great, housing huge collections of art, culture & antiquities. Summer Garden (35 min) Waterside 18th-century gardens with later modifications & filled with statuary & mature planting. Winter Palace (38 min) Colonnaded, waterfront, former residence of Russian emperors, with extravagant state rooms. Kunstkamera (35 min) Museum of anthropology & ethnography, with archaeological collections from Russia & worldwide. Russian Museum (40 min) Fine-art museum, opened in 1898, with a vast collection of Russian paintings, sculptures & icons. Rostral'naya Kolonna (37 min) Iconic 32-m columns, adorned with sculptures & ships’ prows & topped with torches lit on holidays. The Menshikov Palace (35 min) Riverside 1700s palace, part of the Hermitage Museum, with lavish art & antique-filled interiors. St. Isaac's Cathedral (38 min) 1818 Russian Orthodox cathedral & museum with gold-plated dome & an opulent, multicolored interior. Saint Michael's Castle (38 min) 18th-century palace with grand staterooms now housing parts of the Russian Museum's art collections. Cruiser Aurora (33 min) Museum ship with a history of service in the Russo-Japanese War, revolution of 1917 & WWII. Marble Palace (37 min) State museum opened in 1898 showcasing a cross-section of Russian art, from paintings to sculpture. Savior on the Spilled Blood (38 min) Gleaming mosaics & marble line this richly decorated 1880s church topped with colorful onion domes. Palace Square (40 min) St. Petersburg's central square contains Alexander Column marking victory over Napoleon's armies. Peter and Paul Cathedral (37 min) Baroque structure built 1712–33 as the main cathedral of the new capital of the Russian Empire. |