Pulkovo Airport 35 min
Yusupov Palace (11 min)
Elegant former palace of noble families, now a museum & cultural space with luxurious rooms. Rostral'naya Kolonna (7 min)
Iconic 32-m columns, adorned with sculptures & ships’ prows & topped with torches lit on holidays. Winter Palace (7 min)
Colonnaded, waterfront, former residence of Russian emperors, with extravagant state rooms. Savior on the Spilled Blood (10 min)
Gleaming mosaics & marble line this richly decorated 1880s church topped with colorful onion domes. Peter and Paul Fortress (9 min)
Founded by Peter the Great, this fortress contains a museum about the early city & a cathedral. St. Isaac's Cathedral (10 min)
1818 Russian Orthodox cathedral & museum with gold-plated dome & an opulent, multicolored interior. The Menshikov Palace (10 min)
Riverside 1700s palace, part of the Hermitage Museum, with lavish art & antique-filled interiors. Peter and Paul Cathedral (11 min)
Baroque structure built 1712–33 as the main cathedral of the new capital of the Russian Empire. Mariinsky Theatre (7 min)
Grand, 19th-century concert hall, contemporarily made over, hosting classical music, opera & ballet. Cruiser Aurora (14 min)
Museum ship with a history of service in the Russo-Japanese War, revolution of 1917 & WWII. State Hermitage Museum (7 min)
Museum founded by Catherine the Great, housing huge collections of art, culture & antiquities. Kunstkamera (5 min)
Museum of anthropology & ethnography, with archaeological collections from Russia & worldwide. Kazan Cathedral (9 min)
The mother cathedral for the city, this elegant church was made a museum during Communist times. Palace Square (11 min)
St. Petersburg's central square contains Alexander Column marking victory over Napoleon's armies. Russian Museum (13 min)
Fine-art museum, opened in 1898, with a vast collection of Russian paintings, sculptures & icons. | 
