Pulkovo Airport 48 min
Palace Square (30 min) St. Petersburg's central square contains Alexander Column marking victory over Napoleon's armies. Mariinsky Theatre (34 min) Grand, 19th-century concert hall, contemporarily made over, hosting classical music, opera & ballet. Kunstkamera (29 min) Museum of anthropology & ethnography, with archaeological collections from Russia & worldwide. St. Isaac's Cathedral (32 min) 1818 Russian Orthodox cathedral & museum with gold-plated dome & an opulent, multicolored interior. Rostral'naya Kolonna (30 min) Iconic 32-m columns, adorned with sculptures & ships’ prows & topped with torches lit on holidays. Summer Garden (26 min) Waterside 18th-century gardens with later modifications & filled with statuary & mature planting. State Hermitage Museum (28 min) Museum founded by Catherine the Great, housing huge collections of art, culture & antiquities. Peter and Paul Fortress (25 min) Founded by Peter the Great, this fortress contains a museum about the early city & a cathedral. Winter Palace (28 min) Colonnaded, waterfront, former residence of Russian emperors, with extravagant state rooms. Saint Michael's Castle (30 min) 18th-century palace with grand staterooms now housing parts of the Russian Museum's art collections. Savior on the Spilled Blood (30 min) Gleaming mosaics & marble line this richly decorated 1880s church topped with colorful onion domes. Cruiser Aurora (22 min) Museum ship with a history of service in the Russo-Japanese War, revolution of 1917 & WWII. Peter and Paul Cathedral (27 min) Baroque structure built 1712–33 as the main cathedral of the new capital of the Russian Empire. Russian Museum (31 min) Fine-art museum, opened in 1898, with a vast collection of Russian paintings, sculptures & icons. Kazan Cathedral (32 min) The mother cathedral for the city, this elegant church was made a museum during Communist times. |