Pulkovo Airport 42 min
Saint Michael's Castle (15 min)
18th-century palace with grand staterooms now housing parts of the Russian Museum's art collections. Rostral'naya Kolonna (13 min)
Iconic 32-m columns, adorned with sculptures & ships’ prows & topped with torches lit on holidays. Palace Square (13 min)
St. Petersburg's central square contains Alexander Column marking victory over Napoleon's armies. Peter and Paul Fortress (9 min)
Founded by Peter the Great, this fortress contains a museum about the early city & a cathedral. Kunstkamera (13 min)
Museum of anthropology & ethnography, with archaeological collections from Russia & worldwide. Kazan Cathedral (16 min)
The mother cathedral for the city, this elegant church was made a museum during Communist times. Winter Palace (12 min)
Colonnaded, waterfront, former residence of Russian emperors, with extravagant state rooms. Summer Garden (11 min)
Waterside 18th-century gardens with later modifications & filled with statuary & mature planting. Cruiser Aurora (7 min)
Museum ship with a history of service in the Russo-Japanese War, revolution of 1917 & WWII. Russian Museum (15 min)
Fine-art museum, opened in 1898, with a vast collection of Russian paintings, sculptures & icons. State Hermitage Museum (12 min)
Museum founded by Catherine the Great, housing huge collections of art, culture & antiquities. Mariinsky Theatre (18 min)
Grand, 19th-century concert hall, contemporarily made over, hosting classical music, opera & ballet. Savior on the Spilled Blood (13 min)
Gleaming mosaics & marble line this richly decorated 1880s church topped with colorful onion domes. Peter and Paul Cathedral (11 min)
Baroque structure built 1712–33 as the main cathedral of the new capital of the Russian Empire. St. Isaac's Cathedral (15 min)
1818 Russian Orthodox cathedral & museum with gold-plated dome & an opulent, multicolored interior. | 
