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Itineraries

A flat walk over the Moika, Griboyedov Canal and Fontanka with stops at the Church on Blood, Anichkov Bridge and the Neva…

Itineraries

Three days that use the long summer light: daytime sights, late evening walks, a river cruise and the drawbridges when they open…

Itineraries

Three days for the cold months: big museums and cathedrals, short outdoor walks, a palace trip and warm breaks between them.

Day Trips

A former Finnish seaside resort at the end of the Kurortny District coast, with wooden villas, a Golden Beach and, on the…

Day Trips

A resort town on the Gulf of Finland with Dubki Park, Peter the Great's oaks, a long sandy beach and the Razliv…

Day Trips

Peter the Great's seaside estate west of the city: the Konstantinovsky Palace, now the Palace of Congresses, and a restored park, close…

Day Trips

A palace and park ensemble on the Gulf of Finland, west of Peterhof: Menshikov's grand palace, Catherine the Great's Chinese Palace and…

Day Trips

The fortress town on Kotlin Island, reached by a bus over the flood barrier: the neo-Byzantine Naval Cathedral, Anchor Square and the…

Day Trips

The summer residence of Paul I south of Saint Petersburg: a restrained classical palace and one of Europe's largest landscape parks, reached…

Day Trips

The imperial summer residence in Pushkin, south of Saint Petersburg: the blue-and-white Catherine Palace with the rebuilt Amber Room, two parks and…