Sightseeing
Smolny Cathedral, Saint Petersburg: Belfry, Hours and Tips
Rastrelli's blue-and-white Baroque cathedral on the left bank of the Neva, begun in 1748 and consecrated in 1835, with one of the…
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Alexander Nevsky Lavra, Saint Petersburg: Necropolis Guide
Saint Petersburg's oldest monastery, founded in 1710, with a Starov cathedral, Baroque churches and two necropolises where Dostoevsky, Tchaikovsky and Lomonosov are…
Churches
Saint Nicholas Naval Cathedral: Baroque Church by the Canal
An active baroque cathedral of 1753–1762 with five gilded domes and a free-standing bell tower, built for the Russian navy.
Museums
Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art: Hours, Tickets and Tips
Russia's largest private museum of contemporary art, on Vasilievsky Island, open late every day except Tuesday.
Entertainment
Grand Maket Russia: Russia in Miniature, Hours and Tips
A huge working model of Russia at 1:87 with moving trains and cars, tiny cities and a day-and-night cycle.
Modern Russia
Lakhta Center: Europe’s Tallest Tower and Its Observation Deck
The 462-metre glass skyscraper on the Gulf of Finland, the tallest building in Europe, with an observation deck on floors 83 to…
Landmarks
New Holland Island: Free Park, Brick Arch and the Bottle
A small man-made island of brick naval warehouses, a ring-shaped prison called the Bottle and a monumental arch, reopened as a free…
Landmarks
Bronze Horseman: Peter the Great’s Statue and Thunder Stone
Falconet's rearing-horse statue of Peter the Great on Senate Square, unveiled in 1782 on a huge granite boulder known as the Thunder…
Sightseeing
Yusupov Palace, Saint Petersburg: Rooms and Rasputin
An aristocratic palace on the Moika River with decorated state rooms, private apartments, a miniature theatre and an exhibition about Rasputin's murder.
Parks
Summer Garden: Statues, Summer Palace and Opening Times
Peter the Great's riverside garden of 1704, with marble statues, a small Dutch-style palace and one of the city's most famous iron…
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