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…
Sightseeing in Saint Petersburg
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Museums
Kunstkamera: Peter the Great’s Museum, Tickets and Tips
Russia's first museum, in a baroque building on the Neva: Peter the Great's collection of curiosities and a large ethnographic museum.
Museums
Fabergé Museum: Imperial Eggs, Hours and How to Find It
A museum of Carl Fabergé's work in the Shuvalov Palace on the Fontanka, home to nine imperial Easter eggs made for the…
Entertainment
Mariinsky Theatre: Venues, Tickets and What to Expect
The green-and-white opera and ballet house on Theatre Square, opened in 1860, with a modern second stage and concert hall nearby.
Landmarks
Palace Square: What to See and How It Fits Together
The great open square in front of the Winter Palace, framed by Rossi's curved General Staff Building and crowned by the Alexander…
Sightseeing
Saint Isaac’s Cathedral, Saint Petersburg: Inside and Above
Saint Petersburg's monumental cathedral combines a gilded dome, marble interiors, mosaics and an outdoor colonnade with panoramic views.
Landmarks
Nevsky Prospekt: Route, Sights and Metro Stations
The main street of Saint Petersburg, about 4.5 km from the Admiralty to the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, lined with churches, palaces, canals,…
Museums
State Russian Museum: Main Building, Branches and Tickets
The world's largest museum of Russian art, in Carlo Rossi's Mikhailovsky Palace on the Square of Arts, with the Benois Wing and…
Sightseeing
Kazan Cathedral: Colonnade, Entrance and What to See
A working cathedral on Nevsky Prospekt with a curved colonnade of 96 columns, built 1801–1811 to house a copy of the Kazan…
Landmarks
Peter and Paul Fortress: What to See and How to Visit
The citadel on Zayachy Island where Saint Petersburg began in 1703, with the Romanov burial cathedral, a political prison museum and walls…
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