Pulkovo Airport 46 min
Smol'nyy Monastyr' (35 min) Monastery, cathedral, baroque architecture, convent, and church Peter and Paul Fortress (40 min) Founded by Peter the Great, this fortress contains a museum about the early city & a cathedral. Field of Mars (39 min) Formally laid-out park on former military ground, with burial sites & monuments to revolutionaries. Russian Museum (42 min) Fine-art museum, opened in 1898, with a vast collection of Russian paintings, sculptures & icons. Marble Palace (39 min) State museum opened in 1898 showcasing a cross-section of Russian art, from paintings to sculpture. Saint Michael's Castle (41 min) 18th-century palace with grand staterooms now housing parts of the Russian Museum's art collections. Cruiser Aurora (39 min) Museum ship with a history of service in the Russo-Japanese War, revolution of 1917 & WWII. SMOLNY Historical and Memorial Museum (31 min) Soviet history in a Palladian building used as Lenin's Bolshevik HQ during the 1917 revolution. Summer Palace of Peter the Great (36 min) Built in 1711–1712, this emperor’s mansion is now a museum with original art, clothing & furniture. Faberge Museum (42 min) Museum in an 18th-century palace displaying art, jewelry & Fabergé eggs made for Russian emperors. Smol'nyy Sobor (34 min) 18th-century Baroque cathedral offering audio tours & a belfry observation platform with city views. Summer Garden (37 min) Waterside 18th-century gardens with later modifications & filled with statuary & mature planting. Alexander Nevsky Lavra (34 min) Russian Orthodox complex with a monastery, a neoclassical cathedral & 2 baroque churches. Peter and Paul Cathedral (41 min) Baroque structure built 1712–33 as the main cathedral of the new capital of the Russian Empire. Savior on the Spilled Blood (40 min) Gleaming mosaics & marble line this richly decorated 1880s church topped with colorful onion domes. |