Pulkovo Airport 25 min
Mariinsky Theatre (11 min) Grand, 19th-century concert hall, contemporarily made over, hosting classical music, opera & ballet. State Hermitage Museum (18 min) Museum founded by Catherine the Great, housing huge collections of art, culture & antiquities. Kunstkamera (17 min) Museum of anthropology & ethnography, with archaeological collections from Russia & worldwide. St. Isaac's Cathedral (15 min) 1818 Russian Orthodox cathedral & museum with gold-plated dome & an opulent, multicolored interior. Yusupov Palace (12 min) Elegant former palace of noble families, now a museum & cultural space with luxurious rooms. Palace Square (22 min) St. Petersburg's central square contains Alexander Column marking victory over Napoleon's armies. Russian Museum (20 min) Fine-art museum, opened in 1898, with a vast collection of Russian paintings, sculptures & icons. The Menshikov Palace (18 min) Riverside 1700s palace, part of the Hermitage Museum, with lavish art & antique-filled interiors. Cruiser Aurora (25 min) Museum ship with a history of service in the Russo-Japanese War, revolution of 1917 & WWII. Winter Palace (18 min) Colonnaded, waterfront, former residence of Russian emperors, with extravagant state rooms. Peter and Paul Fortress (20 min) Founded by Peter the Great, this fortress contains a museum about the early city & a cathedral. Peter and Paul Cathedral (22 min) Baroque structure built 1712–33 as the main cathedral of the new capital of the Russian Empire. Rostral'naya Kolonna (18 min) Iconic 32-m columns, adorned with sculptures & ships’ prows & topped with torches lit on holidays. Savior on the Spilled Blood (21 min) Gleaming mosaics & marble line this richly decorated 1880s church topped with colorful onion domes. Kazan Cathedral (16 min) The mother cathedral for the city, this elegant church was made a museum during Communist times. |