Things to Do & Attractions in St Petersburg
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St Petersburg Palace Square (Dvortsovaya Ploshchad)
Palace Square is the central square of St. Petersberg, which conjoins some of the city’s major landmarks and monuments, including most famously the Winter ... Read more
Catherine Palace and Park
Catherine Palace (Екатеринский дворец) is one of Russia’s former imperial palaces and summer residence to its tsar’s built on the orders of Catherine I. Now ... Read more
St Petersburg Cruise Port
St Petersburg was founded by Peter the Great in the 1700s to serve as a window to the west. With its imperial history and magnificent architecture, it is often ... Read more
Admiralty Building
The Admiralty Building is one of St. Petersburg's oldest structures. It was built by Peter the Great and originally served as a dockyard. It once housed the ... Read more
Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
Possibly the most iconic site in St. Petersburg after the Hermitage Museum, the Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood stands out with its multicolored ... Read more
Russian Vodka Museum
Fittingly for a drink that dates right back to the 12th century, the perfect place to sample Russian vodka is located in St Petersburg’s former military ... Read more
Yusupov Palace
The elegant, canary-yellow façade of Yusupov Palace is somewhat understated in comparison to St. Petersburg’s typically ostentatious architecture, but ... Read more
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Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo)
The former residence of the imperial family Tsarskoye Selo (Ца́рское Село) or Tsar’s Village, is now one of Russia’s most significant cultural heritage sites. ... Read more
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Peterhof Palace and Garden (Petrodvorets)
Petrhof (Петерго́ф) or “Peter’s yard” is considered the fountain capital of the world and is in the eyes of any visitor, an absolute gem of environs in St. ... Read more
Peter and Paul Fortress
No visit to St Petersburg is really complete without spending a few hours at the site where it all began – the Peter & Paul Fortress. This ... Read more
Monument to Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great was loved by the people of Russia, and her reign is often referred to as the golden age of Russia. Alexander II wanted to honor the ... Read more
Nevsky Prospekt
Nevsky Prospekt (Не́вский проспе́кт) is the most famous street in Russia and main street of St. Petersberg, spanning from the Admiralty (Адмиралтейства) to ... Read more
Anichkov Palace
Guarding the western end of Nevsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg’s busiest shopping boulevard, Anichkov Palace is one of the street’s oldest buildings, occupying a ... Read more
Pavlovsk Palace
Built in 1777 under commission of Catherine the Great and featuring the works of architects like Charles Cameron, Jacomo Quarengi and Carlo Rossi, the stately ... Read more
