Off the Beaten Path St. Petersburg
Description:
St. Petersburg is a city rich with museums, parks, and historical artifacts, ensuring that there are plenty of places that are off the regular tourist circuits. The city is cut up into a series of islands and canals, providing a unique and fascinating cityscape.
Author: JennyMM
Day 1 - St. Petersburg
Start out the day north of downtown in the Summer Garden, a pristine and romantic place to spend the morning wandering along its many paths. After, walk through downtown to grab a blini at Teremok, and visit the Grand Choral Synagogue, which has had massive reconstruction done in the past 10 years, and is beautifully painted. Then take a stroll down Nevskii Prospekt, which has been the city's main thoroughfare for hundreds of years, to view the amazing architecture (and for some people-watching). End up at Nevskii for a traditional Russian dinner. The Pushka Inn is not devoid of tourists, but is small, comfortable, quaint, and perfectly located. Breakfast is good, so you can fill up before venturing out to explore the city.
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Letnyi Sad (Summer Gardens)
Location:
view in google mapsLetnii Sad
Entrance from Kutuzov Embankment (Naberezhnya Kutuzova) or Panteleimon Bridge (Panteleimonovsky Most)
191186 St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone:
+7 812 314 03742
Teremok
Location:
view in google mapsVladimirsky Pr. 5
Metro Vladimirskaya or Dostoevskaya
St. Petersburg, Russia
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Edmond J Safra Grand Choral Synagogue (The)
Location:
view in google mapsLermontovskii Prospekt 2
(formerly Bol'shaia Masterskaia Ulitsa)
190068 St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone:
812/714-11534
Nevskii Prospekt
Location:
view in google mapsNevsky Prospekt
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
5
Nevskii
Location:
view in google mapsNevskii Prospekt, 71
St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone:
7 812 311 30936
Pushka Inn
Location:
view in google maps14 MOIKA RIVER EMBANKMENT
191186 St. Petersburg, RU
Phone:
7 812 312 0913 / 7 812 312 0957Day 2 - St. Petersburg
Take the train west out of town for the day to Lomonosov. Much of the palace complex has been repaired and reconstructed in the past two years, and the Chinese palace alone is reason enough to journey out to this beautiful location.
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Oranienbaum / Lomonosov
Location:
view in google mapsProspekt Iunovo Lenina 48
(Lomonosov)
189510 St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone:
+7 812 422 4796Day 3 - St. Petersburg
Start out your morning with a trip to the Museum of Ethnography to see the Siberian exhibit, a look at a different and older part of Russian history. Then, take a tour of the Cruiser Aurora, the oldest commissioned ship in the Russian Navy. Spend the rest of your afternoon wandering the Kuznechy Market to the east, full of dazzling sights, smells, and free samples. Dinner may not be necessary after this, but in case it is, spicy curries from Tandoor (downtown) would provide a tasty end to the day.
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Etnograficheskii Muzei (Museum of Ethnography)
Location:
view in google mapsInzhenernaia Ulitsa 4/1
St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone:
+7 812 576 60942
Kreiser Avrora (Cruiser Aurora)
Location:
view in google mapsPetrogradskaia Naberezhnaia, 4
197046 St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone:
+7 812 230 84403
Kuznechny Market
Location:
view in google mapsKuznechny Per. 3
Metro Dostoevskaya or Vladimirskaya
191002 St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone:
+7 812 312 41614
Tandoor
Location:
view in google mapsVoznesenskii pereulok 2
190000 St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone:
7 812 319 9133Day 4 - St. Petersburg
A beautiful place to spend a morning, the Botanical Garden is the oldest and one of the largest in Russia. In the afternoon, take a train out to Pavlovsk to explore the majestic palace and grounds, which have largely been historically preserved. Back in town, enjoy a modern Russian dinner at Restoran to end the day.
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Botanicheskii Sad (Botanical Garden)
Location:
view in google mapsUlitsa Professora Popova 2
197376 St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Phone:
+7 812 234 17642
Pavlovsk
Location:
view in google mapsUlitsa Revoliutsii 20
(Tsarskoe Selo)
189000 St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone:
+7 812 470 65363
Restoran
Location:
view in google mapsTamozhennyi pereulok, 2
St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone:
7 812 327 8979Day 5 - St. Petersburg
Head northeast of downtown to visit an important piece of recent Russian history, the somber yet beautiful Piskarevskoe Cemetery, which memorialized those who died during the Siege of Leningrad and the rest of World War II. There is an eternal flame burning near the entrance and two exhibits of documents and pictures related to the siege. Come back into downtown to grab a fast yet delicious Russian lunch at Laima Bistro, then walk a bit north to explore the Fields of Mars, a huge park that was previously the site of military drills and parades. There is also an eternal flame burning here, to commemorate the people killed during the 1917 February Revolution.
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Piskarevskoe Kladbishche (Piskarevskoe Cemetery)
Location:
view in google mapsNepokorennih Prospect 74
199999 St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone:
+7 812 576 60942
Laima Bistro
Location:
view in google mapsKanal Griboedova, 30/16
191011 St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone:
7 812 315 55453
Marsovo Pole (Fields of Mars, The)
Location:
view in google mapsDvortsovaya Emb. and Sadovaya Ul
190000 St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone:
+7 812 576 6094