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Regional Guides
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Chernyshevskaya
Our guide to Chernyshevskaya by our St Petersburg local expert - Bordered by the Fontanka to the west, Nevsky prospekt to the south, and the Neva to the north and east, Chernishevskaya is an area of wide tree-lined avenues, foreign consulates, and parks. Very close to the center of the city but calmer and quieter, this is an area to stroll around and admire the Style modern architecture. There are several beautiful churches to visit such as Smolny Cathedral, and parks there and at the Tavrida Palace.
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Gatchina
Our guide to Gatchina by our St Petersburg local expert - The furthest of the great out-of-town estates from the city, Gatchina palace was a gift from Catherine the Great to the love of her life, Prince Grigory Orlov.
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Historic Center
Our guide to Historic Center by our St Petersburg local expert - This is where most visitors will spend most of their time during a visit to St Petersburg, and it's not hard to see why. Fanning out from Palace Square, where the Hermitage museum is housed in the former Winter Palace of the Tsars, there is so much to do in the so-called "Golden Triangle" that lies between the Neva river to the North and the Fontanka river to the south that you could spend many weeks and months living here and still not see or do everything on offer. In addition to the Hermitage and its various branches, other Museums incude the Russian Museum and the Museum of Ethnography, both on Arts Square.
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Kronstadt
Our guide to Kronstadt by our St Petersburg local expert - You won't find Kronstadt mentioned in any Soviet-era guidebooks as for many years it was closed to all except military personnel. It lies in the middle of the Gulf of Finland, visible from Repino on the northern shore and Peterhof, Strelna and Lomonosov on the southern shore. Now however it makes an interesting day out and is easy to reach either by marshrutka on the recently completed ring road round the city, or via akvabus during the navigation period from April/May to September/October.
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Lomonosov
Our guide to Lomonosov by our St Petersburg local expert - Also known as Oranienbaum (after the Palace of the same name), this is a small town with the furthest west of t...
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Outlying Islands
Our guide to Outlying Islands by our St Petersburg local expert - The islands lying to the north of Petrogradskaya provide green areas and a breathing space to the city, and are full of elite houses.
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Pavlovsk
Our guide to Pavlovsk by our St Petersburg local expert - Another beautiful out-of-town palace and estate, this one was built on land gifted by his mother Catherine the Great for Tsar Paul (hence the name - Pavel in Russian) by Scottish architect Charles Cameron, who was also responsible for much of the palace and park land at Tsarskoe Selo.
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Peterhof
Our guide to Peterhof by our St Petersburg local expert - Most visitors to St Petersburg do make it out to Peterhof to see the spectacular Peterhof Museum and Estate, built by Peter the Great as a summer residence on the edge of the Gulf of Finland, and from where he could keep track of building by looking out east towards his city, and north towards the island fortress of Kronstadt. But it would be a shame if a quick 3 or 4 hour bus excursion from the city was all you got to see of Peterhof. The palace can indeed be seen on a brief excursion, but to truly experience the Russian Versailles you need much more time to wander through the elegant parkland and gardens, dotted with world-famous fountains, chapels, cottages, follies and other constructions left by generations of the imperial family over the 200 or so years they lived here.
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Petrogradskaya
Our guide to Petrogradskaya by our St Petersburg local expert - This is where it all began, when Peter created a stronghold on the site of an earlier Swedish fort which was later to become the St Peter and Paul Fortress. There is plenty to see and do in the fortress itself to keep visitors busy for a day or more, but there is more to Petrogradskaya that is worth the trip and will help visitors to understand the history of this fascinating city. Peter the Great's Cottage is just along the embankment, heavily renovated but retaining the original dimensions and modesty which stand in sharp contrast to his friend Menshivov's palaces on Vasilievsky ostrov and in Lomonosov. Continuing the theme, visitors interested in military matters should check out the Artillery Museum and then take in the Battelship Avrora, in Soviet times an almost sacred stop on all Communist-themed tours but still an interesting stop. The Museum of Political History is located in the Kseshinskaya Mansion and is a fascinating glimpse into particularly Soviet era history. Petrogradskaya also has a large number of Style moderne buildings, reflecting Art nouveau in a Russian idiom.
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Pobeda
Our guide to Pobeda by our St Petersburg local expert - If you're arriving at Pulkovo and coming by road into the center of the city, then this is the first immediately recognizable district of the city you'll come to. There are few must see sights in this part of the city, but it makes a handy base between the historic center and the airport for those who value accessibility.
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Repino
Our guide to Repino by our St Petersburg local expert - When the summer heat gets too oppressive, and the crowds of tourists moving slowly down Nevsky start to get on fraying nerves, this is the place Petersburgers come to relax and take in some bracing sea air.
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St Petersburg Regional Overview
Our guide to St Petersburg Regional Overview by our St Petersburg local expert - Introduction
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St Petersburg Top 10
Our guide to St Petersburg Top 10 by our St Petersburg local expert - If you're expecting a simple list of 10 sites you can tear around during a long weekend in St Petersburg and report back to your friends that you've "been there, done that", then you're going to have to look somewhere else. We did start to make a shortlist, but unfortunately it just kept getting longer and longer. All lists are arbitrary and subjective anyway, and just because millions of people flock to the Hermitage each year does not mean it's going to be your cup or tea (although we definitely recommend a visit!) But with limited time available, inevitably choices have to be made. So we've compiled a large number of places to visit in the expectation that you won't visit all of them, but will be better informed to make the choices that suit you best.
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Strelna
Our guide to Strelna by our St Petersburg local expert - Most visitors to the city pass through Strelna at such a rush that they remain unaware of the Konstantinovksy Palace and its parkland, the first of the out-of-town palaces lying to the west of the city, on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, and on the road to Peterhof.
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Tsarskoe Selo
Our guide to Tsarskoe Selo by our St Petersburg local expert - It may lack the fountains of Peterhof, but the palaces and estates of Tsarskoe Selo (or Pushkin as it was known during the Soviet period) are still likely to overwhelm with their scale and opulence. The Catherine Palace has a trademark blue and white facade of some 325 metres, room after room of parquet floors, ceiling-high windows, gilded mirrors, exquisite decorations, silk wallpapers, and gold, gold and more gold wherever you look. The palace suffered some of the worst damage during the Nazi occupation, but you wouldn't know it to look at it now, following decades of highly specialized restoration work which is still ongoing. For many visitors, the highlight of the restoration efforts is the famous Amber Room, an assault on the senses of finely wrought red, yellow, and orange panels, the originals of which were looted during the war and remain buried in forgotten eastern European caves, if you believe the experts.
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Vasilievsky ostrov
Our guide to Vasilievsky ostrov by our St Petersburg local expert - A short walk over Palace Bridge from the top of Nevsky prospekt will bring you to Vasilievsky ostrov ("Basil's Island", regularly abbreviated to "VO"), and one of the earliest parts of the original city. Designed by Peter the Great to be criss-crossed by canals, like Amsterdam, what remains of this plan are the wide avenues, a regular grid system, and street names which reflect the original plan. Today the city's main port is located at the west of the island, and welcomes cruise ships from around the world.
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Vosstaniya
Our guide to Vosstaniya by our St Petersburg local expert - Covering an area lying south and west of Nevsky prospekt, Vosstaniya stretches from the Neva river and Aleksandr Nevsky monastery in the east, all the way over to the industrial docks and ship-building areas in the west of the city. But for most visitors this area is centered on Ploschad Vosstaniya (Uprising Square), about half way along Nevsky prospekt, and close to Moskovsky railway station.
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Vyborgskaya
Our guide to Vyborgskaya by our St Petersburg local expert - The land lying on the north and east banks of the Neva river, Vyborgskaya will be your point of arrival if coming on the Allegro train from Helsinki.
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