Duration: from 2 hours
Route:
The Winter Groove-> Spit of Vasilievsky Island-> Petrovsky Stadium-> Zenit Arena-> Gulf of Finland-> Peterhof-> Peter and Paul Fortress-> Summer Garden-> Mikhailovsky Palace
An incredible route that begins in the center of St. Petersburg, crosses the Gulf of Finland and takes you to an incredibly beautiful huge park, with fountains, palaces and statues. Peterhof's beauty is a must not only for tourists, but also for every resident of the northern capital! During your tour of the park the boat is waiting for you at the pier, then, we take you back to the center of St. Petersburg.
Please note that admission to the park is not free. Tickets are not included in the cost of travel, you can buy them yourself in the ticket office at the birth of Peterhof.
Great and handsome, the Winter Palace was built in 1754-1762, by order of Empress Elizabeth. The architect was Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli.
It is the largest state museum in St. Petersburg, which is located in the center of the city, on Palace Square. The beauty and grandeur of the Hermitage leaves no one indifferent. The museum have got a collection of over three million works of art and world culture monuments.
The Spit of Vasilevskiy Island in Saint Petersburg is one of the most beautiful ensembles of the Northern capital. From here begins two embankments diverge – Universitetskaya embankment and Makarova embankment. This is the one of favorite places St. Petersburg’s residents and guests.
The Rostral Columns (each 32 meters high) and the building of the Stock Exchange are center of the architectural composition.
This is a little cape who located in the south-eastern part of Vasilevskiy Island, surrounded by the Big Neva River and the Small Neva River.
Petrovsky Stadium is the St Petersburg football arena that hosted the first international matches of the USSR national football team.
Before the introduction of the Zenit Arena, Petrovsky was the home ground of the Zenith team. Currently, World Cup and European Championship qualifying matches and friendly games are played here.
The Gulf of Finland is one of the most spectacular and beautiful places in Russia.
A big amount of people, who visit St. Petersburg, want to rest on one of the beaches of this gulf or at least visit the cities which are located along the seafront of the Gulf of Finland.
The route of our trip goes through the exit of the Gulf of Finland where you can enjoy land monuments of the city.
The world-famous, and the world’s largest, palace and park ensemble of Peterhof, is located 30 km from St. Petersburg.
It consists of palaces, cascades and parks, each of which is a separate masterpiece of architectural and garden art.
The palaces are magnificent examples of the architecture of the times of Peter the Great. Peterhof’s parks are a veritable green kingdom, with walls of lush vegetation and shrubs, and an emerald carpet of terrycloth grass underfoot. In the midst of this profusion of colour, bubbling openwork bridges and vases, bronze sculptures loom majestically.
But the main treasure here is certainly the fountains — in total there are more than 150 of them. And each of them is original and unique.
Peter and Paul Fortress. Peter and Paul Cathedral.
This is one of the oldest monument in St. Petersburg. May 27, 1703 — both a day of its founding and the founding day of the whole city. The imperator together with the French engineer, Lambert de Guerin, have designed the plan of the citadel.
Soon they start constructing the cathedral. Later it became the tomb for several Russian imperators. This building was designed by Domenico Andrea Trezzini. In the early 30s of the 18th century, the construction was finished.
There is a rising flag above the cathedral early every morning. This tradition was stopped only in the beginning of 20th century. Later in 90s it was renewed, but it was decided not to let down the flag anymore. Since that time you can always see it on the post above the cathedral.
The Summer Garden is one of the most popular places for visitors to the northern capital.
The oldest park in the city, founded at the beginning of the 18th century near Petrine’s Summer Palace in the regular style with a well-defined layout.
The creator of the garden was Emperor Peter the Great himself, and the chief designer was Ivan Ugryumov.
Today, the collection of the garden has 92 exhibits and 8 fountains.
The park is included in the European Garden Heritage Association.
