Pulkovo Airport 40 min
Winter Palace (8 min)
Colonnaded, waterfront, former residence of Russian emperors, with extravagant state rooms. Rostral'naya Kolonna (9 min)
Iconic 32-m columns, adorned with sculptures & ships’ prows & topped with torches lit on holidays. Summer Garden (12 min)
Waterside 18th-century gardens with later modifications & filled with statuary & mature planting. Russian Museum (11 min)
Fine-art museum, opened in 1898, with a vast collection of Russian paintings, sculptures & icons. Kazan Cathedral (10 min)
The mother cathedral for the city, this elegant church was made a museum during Communist times. St. Isaac's Cathedral (9 min)
1818 Russian Orthodox cathedral & museum with gold-plated dome & an opulent, multicolored interior. Palace Square (8 min)
St. Petersburg's central square contains Alexander Column marking victory over Napoleon's armies. Kunstkamera (9 min)
Museum of anthropology & ethnography, with archaeological collections from Russia & worldwide. Cruiser Aurora (8 min)
Museum ship with a history of service in the Russo-Japanese War, revolution of 1917 & WWII. Saint Michael's Castle (8 min)
18th-century palace with grand staterooms now housing parts of the Russian Museum's art collections. Mariinsky Theatre (13 min)
Grand, 19th-century concert hall, contemporarily made over, hosting classical music, opera & ballet. Peter and Paul Fortress (11 min)
Founded by Peter the Great, this fortress contains a museum about the early city & a cathedral. Peter and Paul Cathedral (13 min)
Baroque structure built 1712–33 as the main cathedral of the new capital of the Russian Empire. State Hermitage Museum (8 min)
Museum founded by Catherine the Great, housing huge collections of art, culture & antiquities. Savior on the Spilled Blood (13 min)
Gleaming mosaics & marble line this richly decorated 1880s church topped with colorful onion domes. | 
