Pulkovo Airport 50 min
Tikhvin Cemetery (38 min) Dostoyevsky & Tchaikovsky are among the icons buried at this landmark dubbed Necropolis of Artists. Liteynyy bridge (40 min) Bolsheokhtinsky bridge (34 min) Double-arched river crossing with central lighthouses & an observation deck, illuminated at night. Kresty Prison (34 min) Museum and history Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery (21 min) Graveyard paths around a bronze monument & eternal flame for casualties of the siege of Leningrad. Tauride Palace (39 min) Vast 18th-century palace, now HQ of interparliamentary assembly of CIS member states, with tours. Resort 'Ohta Park' (39 min) Sprawling mountain park for skiing & ice-skating, plus a ropes course, lodging, dining & more. SMOLNY Historical and Memorial Museum (35 min) Soviet history in a Palladian building used as Lenin's Bolshevik HQ during the 1917 revolution. Street Art Museum (24 min) 20+ murals & sculptures with a graphic, modern edge exhibited in & around a plastics factory. Sosnovka (39 min) Urban expanse of wooded paths & grassy lawns, with bike rentals, tennis courts & lakeside picnics. Priyutino estateu200e (12 min) Smol'nyy Monastyr' (39 min) Monastery, cathedral, baroque architecture, convent, and church Smol'nyy Sobor (38 min) 18th-century Baroque cathedral offering audio tours & a belfry observation platform with city views. Alexander Nevsky Lavra (38 min) Russian Orthodox complex with a monastery, a neoclassical cathedral & 2 baroque churches. Alexander Nevsky Bridge (36 min) |