Things to See and Do in St. Petersburg

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State Hermitage Museum and Winter Palace St. Petersburg
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410 reviews 6 travel blogs 4 photos
Distance: 0.7 miles from city center

Category: Buildings and Structures

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- Aug 10, 2011 ... enjoy a highlight of the tour, a visit to the State Hermitage Museum and Winter Palace. It is simply overwhelming, and I ...
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Peterhof Palace and Garden (Petrodvorets) St. Petersburg
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170 reviews 5 travel blogs

Distance: 15 miles from city center

Category: Buildings and Structures

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Yusupov Palace St. Petersburg
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32 reviews 13 travel blogs 17 photos
Distance: 2.3 miles from city center

Category: Historic sites

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- Jun 29, 2007 ... We started out with a walking tour of St. Petersburg and began our day at the Mikhaylovsky Palace which is today one part of ...
- Jul 18, 2006 ... and made our way thru the major sights in St. Petersburg starting with Peterhof Palace, which is on 300 acres just outside ...
- Sep 4, 2008 ... Russian Empire for more than 200 years. St. Petersburg lost this distiction after the Russian Revolution in 1917. Over the ...
- May 12, 2009 ... meal to start the day! Packed our room and checked out Yusupov Palace. Cost a bit to enter but the 28 or so rooms were so ...
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Catherine Palace and Park in Tsarskoye Selo St. Petersburg
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121 reviews 1 travel blog

Distance: 16.1 miles from city center

Category: Buildings and Structures

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Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood St. Petersburg
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185 reviews 9 travel blogs 17 photos
Distance: 0.8 miles from city center

Category: Buildings and Structures

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- Feb 27, 2010 ... and took in the following sights: Church of our Savior on spilled blood The Hermitage Eternal flame symbolising the siege ...
- Aug 12, 2003 ... of over 200 paintings. Later we visited the Church of our Savior on Spilled Blood which was built in 1881. We also ...
- Aug 13, 2003 ... of over 200 paintings. Later we visited the Church of our Savior on Spilled Blood which was built in 1881. We also ...
- Sep 4, 2008 ... the famous St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, the Church of our Savior on Spilled Blood was built in honor of Alexander II who ...
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State Russian Museum St. Petersburg
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52 reviews 6 travel blogs 1 photo
Distance: 1 miles from city center

Category: Museums

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- Aug 24, 2011 ... not all arted out yesterday we went today to the State Russian museum. This one is specifically for Russian art and we were ...
- Sep 2, 2005 ... hope to see the other two locations in Saint Petersburg for the Museum's additional collections...and FYI, the Mikhailovsky ...
- Jul 12, 2010 Visited the State Russian Museum, the largest depository of russian fine art in St. Petersburg. Found some of my favourite ...
- Sep 23, 2006 ... Museum (one of the world�s greatest art museums) and the State Russian Museum (housing one of the country�s finest ...
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St. Isaac's Cathedral St. Petersburg
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96 reviews 72 travel blogs 180 photos
Distance: 0.9 miles from city center

Category: Buildings and Structures

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- Jun 24, 2006 ... here. Check the Hermitage Museum on the web. Also check out St Isaac's Cathedral, I won't go into it all here but it too is ...
- Feb 27, 2010 ... the frozen rivers, (found a man ice fishing on one) St Isaac's cathedral (we climbed to the top of the spire) many others ...
- Jan 22, 2006 ... the Bronze Horseman statue. St Petersburg is definitely a beautiful city. We walked past St Isaac's Cathedral and along the ...
- Jun 22, 2008 ... make it to the fortress, but instead visited the beautiful St. Isaac's cathedral from where you can also get a bird's view ...
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Nevsky Prospekt St. Petersburg
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51 reviews 92 travel blogs 35 photos
Distance: 0.9 miles from city center

Category: Buildings and Structures

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- May 22, 2010 ... we are already staying fairly central we headed out down Nevsky Prospekt...taking note of the interesting fashion style that ...
- Jan 20, 2006 ... morning and got the Metro (costs 20p to go anywhere here) to Nevsky Prospekt the main street and then have been on a wander ...
- May 28, 2006 ... which confused us), Admiralty House, Church of St Catherine, Peter and Paul Fortress, Nevsky Prospekt and much much more. We ...
- Feb 28, 2006 ... the first afternoon in the city walking up the main thoroughfare, Nevsky Prospekt, and taking in the sights. Well, I say we ...
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Peter and Paul Cathedral St. Petersburg
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10 reviews 27 travel blogs 53 photos
Distance: 1.2 miles from city center

Category: Buildings and Structures

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- Sep 25, 2011 ... ! I had this effect in central America as well. St Petersburg, Leningrad, Peteograd, Piter, however you may know this ...
- Feb 27, 2010 ... of Leningrad Winter Gardens May park The Peter and Paul fortress Peter and Paul cathedral Nevsy Prospekt All the frozen ...
- Sep 21, 2008 ... a mint, an old printing house, a political prison, and the Peter and Paul Cathedral. The Cathedral was named after ...
- Jan 28, 2011 ... , and thus it can no longer be walked across. The Peter and Paul Cathedral (pictured) was built with a massive spire 120 ...
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Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineering and Communications Troops St. Petersburg
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9 reviews

Distance: 2.1 miles from city center

Category: Museums

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Peter and Paul Fortress (Petropavlovskaya Krepost) St. Petersburg
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91 reviews 127 travel blogs 90 photos
Distance: 1.9 miles from city center

Category: Historic sites

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- Mar 6, 2005 ... down the local). After lunch we took a stroll around the Peter and Paul fortress on the banks of the frozen river Neva. ...
- Jun 23, 2006 ... on the site was called the Peter and Paul Fortress after the apostles. Saint Petersburg has a checkered history of ...
- Feb 27, 2010 ... of Leningrad Winter Gardens May park The Peter and Paul fortress Peter and Paul cathedral Nevsy Prospekt All the frozen ...
- May 24, 2008 ... before seeing a concert staged on the neighboring island at the Peter and Paul Fortress. Talk about a cool venue for a ...
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Alexander Nevsky Lavra St. Petersburg
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9 reviews

Distance: 3.2 miles from city center

Category: Buildings and Structures

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Mariinsky Theatre (Kirov Opera and Ballet) St. Petersburg
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58 reviews 24 travel blogs 12 photos
Distance: 3.4 miles from city center

Category: Performances

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- Jul 8, 2010 ... I went for a walk around the city again with my cousin Igor. Seen the large synagogue, Mariinsky theatre and other ...
- Aug 10, 2006 ... where we attempt to pick up our ballet tickets at the Mariinsky Theatre ticket office. They have just closed for the ...
- Oct 7, 2010 ... -Sib portion. If it weren't for the russian language and cyrillic alphabet, St Petersburg could be confused with a European ...
- Oct 9, 2009 ... a trip to the ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre. Quite an adventure trying to find 'Russian Street Signs’ in the dark ...
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Alexander Palace and Park in Tsarskoye Selo St. Petersburg
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5 reviews

Distance: 16.8 miles from city center

Category: Buildings and Structures

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Pavlovsk Palace and Park St. Petersburg
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24 reviews 1 travel blog

Distance: 8.2 miles from city center

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Saint Catherine of Alexandria Church St. Petersburg
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1 review

Distance: 2.4 miles from city center

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Gostiny Dvor St. Petersburg
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2 reviews 9 travel blogs 1 photo
Distance: 1.2 miles from city center

Category: Shopping

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- Aug 24, 2005 Off to Nevsky Prospect and Gostiny Dvor...the only problem being that this famous St. Petersburg emporium takes up actually ...
- Feb 6, 2008 ... board the train at some point and scrutinise our passports. St Petersburg was probably friendlier than Moscow, not that ...
- Sep 25, 2011 ... of the river. Once there, we found a miniature model of St Petersburg, took some photos for a lost-looking Australian lad ...
- Apr 6, 2011 ... got off at Nevsky metro & into the department store at Gostiny Dvor. I chanced upon a Beeline shop (one of the telephone ...
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Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan (Kazansky Sobor) St. Petersburg
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37 reviews 4 travel blogs 7 photos
Distance: 0.9 miles from city center

Category: Buildings and Structures

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- Oct 1, 2010 ... called the ‘Kazan Cathedral’ (or Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan), although it was an extremely strange shape ...
- May 15, 2008 ... the movie we headed back up Nevskiy Prospekt to the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan. It was built in honor of an icon that ...
- Jun 10, 2010 ... of religious tolerance." We drove by the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan a huge church built between 1801 and 1811 ...
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Bronze Horseman (Monument to Peter the Great) St. Petersburg
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31 reviews 36 travel blogs 44 photos
Distance: 0.9 miles from city center

Category: Historic sites

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- Jan 22, 2006 ... and onto the famous Peter the Great, the Bronze Horseman statue. St Petersburg is definitely a beautiful city. We walked ...
- Jul 6, 2009 ... his horse look ready to leap forth off their boulder at the Bronze Horseman statue. I can hardly absorb it all with my ...
- Aug 12, 2008 ... great statue, kazan cathedral, the colonnade of st Issacs cathedral, the bronze horseman, walked by the Winter Palace and ...
- May 8, 2006 ... columns with Corinthian capitals. THE SENATE SQUARE AND THE BRONZE HORSEMAN Known as the Senate Square before 1925, ...
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Red Arrow Express St. Petersburg
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4 reviews 2 travel blogs
Distance: 2.2 miles from city center

Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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- Jun 2, 2006 We caught an overnight train, "The Red Arrow Express", from Moscow to St Petersburg on Tuesday night. The sleeper cabins ...
- Sep 12, 2010 ... me going. When it was ti,e to embark on the the Red Arrow Express to Moscow I was in a four berth sleeper with a young ...
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Engineer's Castle (Mikhailovsky Castle) St. Petersburg
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1 review 4 travel blogs 4 photos
Distance: 1.2 miles from city center

Category: Historic sites

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- Sep 25, 2011 ... ! I had this effect in central America as well. St Petersburg, Leningrad, Peteograd, Piter, however you may know this ...
- Jun 22, 2008 ... her husband for the throne) and one of Pushkin, the Engineer's castle (which we really appreciated), the breathtaking Church ...
- Jun 29, 2007 ... over to the Mikhaylovsky Castle (today known as the Engineer's Castle and the place of a school of engineering closed to ...
- Jul 23, 2008 ... the great supervised the construction of St. Petersburg) and the Cruiser Aurora (a famous Russian warship from the ...
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Dostoevsky House Museum St. Petersburg
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2 reviews 1 travel blog 1 photo
Distance: 2.4 miles from city center

Category: Historic sites

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- Aug 10, 2006 ... In the afternoon we tour the Dostoevsky House Museum. Our guide inside the museum speaks only Russian, and is interpreted by ...
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Pushkin Museum and Memorial Apartment St. Petersburg
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2 reviews

Distance: 0.7 miles from city center

Category: Historic sites

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Zoological Museum St. Petersburg
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6 reviews 2 travel blogs 1 photo
Distance: 0.9 miles from city center

Category: Museums

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- Jul 10, 2005 ... my benefit we made a special visit to the Zoological museum. This was, in Russian style, HUGE. It had every possible ...
- Aug 17, 2011 ... Had originally planned to start with the zoological museum but unfortunately found that like the russian museum it was also ...
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Blockade of Leningrad Museum St. Petersburg
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10 reviews

Distance: 1.4 miles from city center

Category: Museums

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Shlisselburg (Oreshek) Fortress St. Petersburg
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2 reviews

Distance: 1.6 miles from city center

Category: Historic sites

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Piskariovskoye Memorial Cemetery St. Petersburg
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4 reviews

Distance: 5.9 miles from city center

Category: Historic sites

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27of 143 attractions in St. Petersburg
Maria's Palace (Mariinsky Dvorets) St. Petersburg
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1 review

Distance: 3.1 miles from city center

Category: Buildings and Structures

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St. Nicholas' Naval Cathedral St. Petersburg
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5 reviews 1 travel blog 1 photo
Distance: 0.5 miles from city center

Category: Buildings and Structures

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- Sep 4, 2008 ... had told us. The first stop was at the St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral - one of the oldest in Russia. This was ...
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Russian Vodka Museum St. Petersburg
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13 reviews

Distance: 3.4 miles from city center

Category: Museums

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