Pulkovo Airport 22 min
Hermitage Pavilion (8 min) Striking, stuccoed palace from the 18th century, with guided tours of sumptuous, gilded apartments. Pulkovo Observatory (21 min) 19th-century observatory with a museum exhibiting a collection of astronomic instruments. Amber Room (7 min) Reconstruction of the ornate Amber Room mosaic panels originally installed in the 18th century. The Alexander Park (3 min) Spacious park providing a serene, natural setting for biking, hikes & other recreational activities. Pavlovskiy Park (15 min) Park surrounding an 18th-century palace-turned-museum with English-style gardens & water features. Chesme Church (22 min) Unusual pink & white–striped Gothic Revival church founded in 1780 by order of Catherine the Great. Pavlovsk (18 min) Museum in an 18th-century palace with landscaped grounds & fine & decorative arts collections. Catherine Park (8 min) Tree-filled urban park on the site of a former nobleman's estate with ponds & walking paths. Grand Maket Russia (28 min) Huge working miniature exhibit of Russia, with scenes of human life plus moving rail & road routes. Catherine Palace (7 min) Baroque 18th-century palace with large grounds where Russian royal family spent their summers. Monument Geroicheskim Zashchitnikam Leningrada, Gosudarstvennyy Muzey Istorii Sankt-Peterburga (18 min) Complex honoring the 1941-1944 defence of the city, with grand sculptures & an underground museum. Narvskiye Triumfal'nyye Vorota (28 min) Monumental 1800s victory arch decorated with sculptures, built to commemorate the war of 1812. Gosudarstvennyy Muzey-Zapovednik (17 min) Tsarskoye Selo (7 min) This historic site features several imperial palaces & a sprawling landscaped park with gardens. Alexander Palace (6 min) Restored 18th century classical palace with emperor Nicholas II's state rooms on display. |