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Museums & Palaces in Saint Petersburg

Tickets, hours, and visiting guides to the museums, palaces, cathedrals, and landmark attractions of Saint Petersburg.

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Shishkin Exhibition and Art Evening at the Russian Museum: 26 October

Shishkin Exhibition and Art Evening at the Russian Museum: 26 October

The Russian Museum hosts an art evening on 26 October with a lecture and a viewing of the Ivan Shishkin exhibition in th...

St Petersburg's Theatre Museum: what to see, ticket prices and which branches are open in autumn 2026

St Petersburg's Theatre Museum: what to see, ticket prices and which branches are open in autumn 2026

The Museum of Theatre and Music on Zodchego Rossi Street: imperial theatre costumes, the «Ballet Class» and noise machin...

Znamenka near Peterhof: a grand duke's palace, a park down to the gulf and the stables — the estate on the Peterhof Road that buses drive past

Znamenka near Peterhof: a grand duke's palace, a park down to the gulf and the stables — the estate on the Peterhof Road that buses drive past

Znamenka is an estate on the Peterhof Road between Strelna and Peterhof: a palace rebuilt by Harald Bosse for Grand Duke...

Central Naval Museum in the Kryukov Barracks: Peter the Great's boat, ship models and three centuries of the fleet in two hours

Central Naval Museum in the Kryukov Barracks: Peter the Great's boat, ship models and three centuries of the fleet in two hours

Since 2013 the Central Naval Museum has occupied the converted Kryukov Barracks on Truda Square: thousands of ship model...

Alexander-Svirsky Monastery from St Petersburg: getting there without a car, and whether a day trip works

Alexander-Svirsky Monastery from St Petersburg: getting there without a car, and whether a day trip works

The Alexander-Svirsky Monastery lies 260 km from St Petersburg and 21 km from Lodeynoye Pole. What to see in its Transfi...

Stroganov Palace on Nevsky: how to get inside and why to go

Stroganov Palace on Nevsky: how to get inside and why to go

Stroganov Palace is a Russian Museum branch at Nevsky 17 — one of Rastrelli's defining St Petersburg buildings. Inside y...

The Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace: how to get inside on a tour or for a concert, and what to see by Anichkov Bridge

The Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace: how to get inside on a tour or for a concert, and what to see by Anichkov Bridge

The pink palace on the corner of Nevsky and the Fontanka is not a walk-in museum: you get inside on an hour-long tour of...

Cruiser Aurora and St Petersburg's ship-museums: a day on three decks for the school holidays

Cruiser Aurora and St Petersburg's ship-museums: a day on three decks for the school holidays

St Petersburg is the only Russian city where you can walk three ship-museums from three different eras in a single day: ...

Solyanoy Lane in two hours: the Stieglitz Academy museum, the Siege of Leningrad museum and the Panteleimon church — the block everyone walks past on the way to the Summer Garden

Solyanoy Lane in two hours: the Stieglitz Academy museum, the Siege of Leningrad museum and the Panteleimon church — the block everyone walks past on the way to the Summer Garden

Solyanoy Lane between the Fontanka and Liteyny is one of the densest blocks in the centre: the Stieglitz Academy's museu...

Kronstadt in a day: Naval Cathedral, forts and ship tours

Kronstadt in a day: Naval Cathedral, forts and ship tours

Kronstadt is a town on Kotlin Island, the former main base of the Baltic Fleet. Here you find the Naval Cathedral — a sc...

Kazan Cathedral on Nevsky: how to visit and what to look for

Kazan Cathedral on Nevsky: how to visit and what to look for

Kazan Cathedral is St Petersburg's principal Orthodox church, built in 1811 by Voronikhin. 96 columns in a crescent on N...

Shuvalovskoye Cemetery in Ozerki: a church on a hill above the lake, graves of scholars and writers, and the most scenic necropolis in the north of the city

Shuvalovskoye Cemetery in Ozerki: a church on a hill above the lake, graves of scholars and writers, and the most scenic necropolis in the north of the city

Shuvalovskoye Cemetery on the shore of the Lower Suzdal Lake is one of St Petersburg's oldest working cemeteries, in use...

Shuvalov Park in Pargolovo: Gothic church, the Yellow Dacha, ponds and Parnassus Hill — a half-day trip from St Petersburg

Shuvalov Park in Pargolovo: Gothic church, the Yellow Dacha, ponds and Parnassus Hill — a half-day trip from St Petersburg

Shuvalov Park on the city's northern edge is the former estate of the Shuvalov and Vorontsov-Dashkov counts: a Gothic ch...

Cossacks on Palace Square: who they are and when to see them

Cossacks on Palace Square: who they are and when to see them

Costumed cossacks on Palace Square are a phenomenon of the past few years. What they do, why they are there and how to t...

Dialogue of the Arts on 30 October at the Hermitage: an evening concert with the museum's curators

Dialogue of the Arts on 30 October at the Hermitage: an evening concert with the museum's curators

On 30 October 2026 the Hermitage hosts another evening in its Dialogue of the Arts series. The museum's curators come ou...

Pushkin and Pavlovsk with kids: one day, two palaces, no transfers

Pushkin and Pavlovsk with kids: one day, two palaces, no transfers

The Catherine Palace in the morning, Pavlovsk squirrels after lunch. How to fit two palace towns into one child-friendly...

The Popov Museum of Communications: stamps, telegraphs and the halls of the Bezborodko Palace — tickets, hours and what is nearby

The Popov Museum of Communications: stamps, telegraphs and the halls of the Bezborodko Palace — tickets, hours and what is nearby

The Popov Central Museum of Communications occupies the Bezborodko Palace at 7 Pochtamtskaya Street: from post boxes and...

The Russian Museum of Ethnography in St Petersburg: the Marble Hall, the halls of Russia's peoples, tickets and free days

The Russian Museum of Ethnography in St Petersburg: the Marble Hall, the halls of Russia's peoples, tickets and free days

A marble hall with a crystal ceiling and a 96-metre frieze, a peasant house and the costumes of peoples from the Arctic ...

130 years of Evgeny Shvarts: the exhibition at the Marble Palace of the Russian Museum

130 years of Evgeny Shvarts: the exhibition at the Marble Palace of the Russian Museum

In 2026 Evgeny Shvarts turns 130. The Russian Museum marks the anniversary with an exhibition at the Marble Palace: the ...

The Museum of Political History in the Kschessinska Mansion: what to see, ticket prices and how long to allow

The Museum of Political History in the Kschessinska Mansion: what to see, ticket prices and how long to allow

Ballerina Mathilde Kschessinska's mansion by Gorkovskaya metro is a textbook piece of St Petersburg Art Nouveau, and ins...

Brodsky's 'A Room and a Half' at 24 Liteyny: how the museum in the Muruzi House works, what is inside and how to book a slot

Brodsky's 'A Room and a Half' at 24 Liteyny: how the museum in the Muruzi House works, what is inside and how to book a slot

The 'A Room and a Half' museum in the Muruzi House on Liteyny Prospekt is the very flat Joseph Brodsky described in his ...

Yusupov Palace on the Moyka: how to book the Rasputin murder tour and what else to see

Yusupov Palace on the Moyka: how to book the Rasputin murder tour and what else to see

Yusupov Palace at Moyka 94 was the main St Petersburg home of the Yusupov family and the place where Grigory Rasputin wa...

Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood: 7,500 sq m of mosaics and how to visit

Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood: 7,500 sq m of mosaics and how to visit

The Church of the Resurrection, better known as the Savior on Spilled Blood, stands on the spot where Alexander II was m...

Peter and Paul Fortress in half a day: cathedral, mint, cells

Peter and Paul Fortress in half a day: cathedral, mint, cells

The Peter and Paul Fortress is where St Petersburg began in 1703. The Peter and Paul Cathedral with the imperial burial ...

The Arctic and Antarctic Museum on Marata Street: what is inside the former church, tickets, opening hours and who will enjoy it

The Arctic and Antarctic Museum on Marata Street: what is inside the former church, tickets, opening hours and who will enjoy it

The Arctic and Antarctic Museum is housed in the former St Nicholas Edinoverie Church at 24a Marata Street: a seaplane u...

The Baltic House Theatre in St Petersburg: which show to choose, November ticket prices and how to pair it with the Peter and Paul Fortress

The Baltic House Theatre in St Petersburg: which show to choose, November ticket prices and how to pair it with the Peter and Paul Fortress

The Baltic House Theatre-Festival by Gorkovskaya metro: three halls with 873, 122 and 63 seats, what's on in November 20...

Aivazovsky in the Benois Wing: the Russian Museum's guided programme — how to get in and what to see

Aivazovsky in the Benois Wing: the Russian Museum's guided programme — how to get in and what to see

The Russian Museum has launched a full programme of guided tours around its Aivazovsky retrospective in the Benois Wing ...

Pavlovsk: Maria Fyodorovna's palace and why to walk the park in autumn

Pavlovsk: Maria Fyodorovna's palace and why to walk the park in autumn

Pavlovsk is the quiet alternative to Pushkin — fewer tourists, the largest landscape park in Europe and original Cameron...

Freud's Dream Museum on the Petrograd Side: what it is and why to go

Freud's Dream Museum on the Petrograd Side: what it is and why to go

The Freud's Dream Museum is a concept show about the unconscious housed in the Institute of Psychoanalysis on Bolshoi Pr...

Kamenny Island in two hours: wooden dachas, the Kamennoostrovsky Palace, the Gothic church and Peter's oak — a walk between the Nevkas

Kamenny Island in two hours: wooden dachas, the Kamennoostrovsky Palace, the Gothic church and Peter's oak — a walk between the Nevkas

Kamenny Island is the most 'dacha-like' of the Neva islands: Art Nouveau wooden mansions, the palace of Paul I, Felten's...

«Between Phenomena» in the Hermitage Theatre foyer: an exhibition by the museum's restorer Evgeny Gerasimov

«Between Phenomena» in the Hermitage Theatre foyer: an exhibition by the museum's restorer Evgeny Gerasimov

On 21 October 2026 the Hermitage Theatre foyer opened «Between Phenomena», an exhibition of works by Evgeny Gerasimov, a...

Erarta on Vasilievsky: Russia's largest private contemporary art museum

Erarta on Vasilievsky: Russia's largest private contemporary art museum

Erarta is Russia's largest private contemporary art museum, on Vasilievsky Island. Five floors, 2,500 works, themed inst...

Yelagin Island: Rossi's palace, the Butter Meadow, squirrels and the skating rink — a day in the park and what is inside the palace

Yelagin Island: Rossi's palace, the Butter Meadow, squirrels and the skating rink — a day in the park and what is inside the palace

Yelagin Island is a park from shore to shore: the Yelagin Palace built by Carlo Rossi for the mother of Alexander I, the...

Alexander Nevsky Lavra: how to visit the cathedral and the necropolises, opening hours and ticket prices

Alexander Nevsky Lavra: how to visit the cathedral and the necropolises, opening hours and ticket prices

At the Alexander Nevsky Lavra the Holy Trinity Cathedral is free to enter, while the two old cemeteries with the graves ...

Oranienbaum: how to visit the Chinese Palace and the Sliding Hill Pavilion

Oranienbaum: how to visit the Chinese Palace and the Sliding Hill Pavilion

Oranienbaum is the only St Petersburg estate the Germans never occupied — and the only one with fully original 18th-cent...

Gatchina: Paul I's Great Palace and the Priory Castle in one day

Gatchina: Paul I's Great Palace and the Priory Castle in one day

Gatchina is the closest major imperial estate to St Petersburg — Paul I's main residence. The Great Palace has an underg...

Aurora or Krasin: which St Petersburg museum ship to choose, and can you see both in a day

Aurora or Krasin: which St Petersburg museum ship to choose, and can you see both in a day

The cruiser Aurora on Petrogradskaya Embankment and the icebreaker Krasin on Vasilyevsky Island are two museum ships wit...

Petrikirche or Annenkirche: which of St Petersburg's Lutheran churches to choose for an organ concert or a visit

Petrikirche or Annenkirche: which of St Petersburg's Lutheran churches to choose for an organ concert or a visit

Petrikirche on Nevsky, the church that was a swimming pool in Soviet times, with a big organ and tours of its catacombs;...

SKA Arena or the Ice Palace: where SKA plays now, and how to get to a game or concert and back

SKA Arena or the Ice Palace: where SKA plays now, and how to get to a game or concert and back

SKA now plays at the new SKA Arena on Yuriya Gagarina Prospekt, while the Ice Palace by Prospekt Bolshevikov hosts conce...

Museum of Ethnography or Kunstkamera: how they differ, which to choose and how to see both in a day

Museum of Ethnography or Kunstkamera: how they differ, which to choose and how to see both in a day

The Russian Museum of Ethnography covers the peoples of Russia and has the Marble Hall; the Kunstkamera covers the world...

St Petersburg's Bread Museum: where it is now, what to see and what a ticket costs

St Petersburg's Bread Museum: where it is now, what to see and what a ticket costs

The Bread Museum left Ligovsky Prospekt in 2015 and now occupies a wooden house at 2 Mikhaylova Street by Finlyandsky st...

The Flower of Life and the Road of Life in a day: a train route to Lake Ladoga and its museum

The Flower of Life and the Road of Life in a day: a train route to Lake Ladoga and its museum

A car-free day on the Road of Life: the Broken Ring on the Ladoga shore, the Road of Life Museum at Osinovets and the Fl...

Bolshaya Konyushennaya Street in an hour: the famous doughnut café, a Finnish church with an organ and the square of Pushkin's funeral

Bolshaya Konyushennaya Street in an hour: the famous doughnut café, a Finnish church with an organ and the square of Pushkin's funeral

A short walk from Nevsky to Konyushennaya Square: the doughnut café at 25 Bolshaya Konyushennaya (hours and prices), the...

The Griboyedov Canal on foot in 2 hours: from the Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood to St Nicholas Cathedral

The Griboyedov Canal on foot in 2 hours: from the Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood to St Nicholas Cathedral

Walking the Griboyedov Canal: the Saviour on Spilled Blood, Kazansky Bridge and the Singer House, the griffins of Bank B...

All of St Petersburg's main squares in one day: a walking route from Palace Square to Arts Square

All of St Petersburg's main squares in one day: a walking route from Palace Square to Arts Square

A walking route through seven squares in the centre: Palace, Senate, St Isaac's, Theatre, Sennaya, Ostrovsky and Arts Sq...

The Naval Cathedral of St. Nicholas: a Church That Still Holds Services for Lost Sailors

The Naval Cathedral of St. Nicholas: a Church That Still Holds Services for Lost Sailors

Elizabethan baroque, a freestanding belfry over the famous Seven Bridges spot, and memorial plaques for lost submarine c...

The Eliseevsky Emporium: a Free Art Nouveau Museum Where You Can Also Just Buy Cheese

The Eliseevsky Emporium: a Free Art Nouveau Museum Where You Can Also Just Buy Cheese

A multi-story stained-glass window, stucco molding and a family monogram on the ceiling - and free entry, because it is ...

The Fountain House: One Address on the Fontanka, Two Entirely Different Museums

The Fountain House: One Address on the Fontanka, Two Entirely Different Museums

Sheremetev Palace on the Fontanka holds both the Museum of Music, with Stradivari violins and Glinka pianos, and the Ann...

Stroganov Palace: the Only Private Commission by Rastrelli, Hidden in Plain Sight on Nevsky

Stroganov Palace: the Only Private Commission by Rastrelli, Hidden in Plain Sight on Nevsky

The palace on the corner of Nevsky and the Moyka is a rare private commission by court architect Rastrelli, now a quiet ...

The Imperial Porcelain Factory Museum: a Hermitage Branch Few People Know About

The Imperial Porcelain Factory Museum: a Hermitage Branch Few People Know About

30,000 porcelain pieces, a Hermitage branch inside a working factory, and almost no line - how to visit one of St. Peter...

Palaces Near St. Petersburg With Costume-Drama Atmosphere

Palaces Near St. Petersburg With Costume-Drama Atmosphere

Pavlovsk, Tsarskoye Selo and Gatchina - three palace ensembles near St. Petersburg with a mood that echoes your favorite...

General Staff or Winter Palace: which Hermitage building when you have one visit

General Staff or Winter Palace: which Hermitage building when you have one visit

The two Hermitage buildings are two museums with separate entrances and tickets. Who should pick the Winter Palace and w...

Yusupov Palace on the Moika: tickets, opening hours, the private theatre and Rasputin's rooms

Yusupov Palace on the Moika: tickets, opening hours, the private theatre and Rasputin's rooms

How to visit the Yusupov Palace in autumn 2026: entrance from 21 Dekabristov Street, ticket office open 09:30–18:00, tic...

The Russian Museum in St Petersburg: tickets, opening hours, free days and a two-hour route

The Russian Museum in St Petersburg: tickets, opening hours, free days and a two-hour route

The Russian Museum is five buildings in the centre of St Petersburg, and each has its own ticket. We explain what is whe...

The Peter and Paul Fortress in autumn 2026: what is free, ticket prices and a three-hour route

The Peter and Paul Fortress in autumn 2026: what is free, ticket prices and a three-hour route

Entry to the grounds of the Peter and Paul Fortress is free; you pay for the cathedral with the Romanov burial vault, th...

Savely Schleifer exhibition at the Peter and Paul Fortress: a forgotten avant-garde painter

Savely Schleifer exhibition at the Peter and Paul Fortress: a forgotten avant-garde painter

From 16 October 2026 to 28 March 2027 the Ioannovsky Ravelin shows more than 50 works by Savely Schleifer of the Union o...

Kresty Museum in Saint Petersburg: What Is Planned and Where to See the Ensemble Now

Kresty Museum in Saint Petersburg: What Is Planned and Where to See the Ensemble Now

The owner of the former Kresty complex has approved a museum concept with role-based routes and a lecture hall. No openi...

Free tours at the Raznochinny Petersburg Museum: the «Petersburg Booksellers» exhibition

Free tours at the Raznochinny Petersburg Museum: the «Petersburg Booksellers» exhibition

On 9 and 11 October a small museum in the Semyontsy district runs free tours of its exhibition on 19th-century St Peters...

St Petersburg Oceanarium with kids: tickets, feeding times and when to go

St Petersburg Oceanarium with kids: tickets, feeding times and when to go

Adult tickets cost 900 roubles, school children 700, under-fives free. Seals at 11:30 and 17:30 Tuesday to Sunday, shark...

St Petersburg Museums on a Monday: What's Closed and Where to Go

St Petersburg Museums on a Monday: What's Closed and Where to Go

The Hermitage, the General Staff Building and the Kunstkamera close on Mondays. The Russian Museum, St Isaac's, the Savi...

Museum ticket refunds in St Petersburg: 100 % ten days ahead, nothing two days before

Museum ticket refunds in St Petersburg: 100 % ten days ahead, nothing two days before

The federal 100/50/30 refund ladder plus the separate rules of the Hermitage, Russian Museum, Peterhof and Tsarskoye Sel...

Cathedrals of St Petersburg: where entry is free, where it's 700 ₽, and a one-day route

Cathedrals of St Petersburg: where entry is free, where it's 700 ₽, and a one-day route

More than twenty churches in St Petersburg are called cathedrals; eight matter to a visitor. The difference isn't archit...

Saint Petersburg museums open late: who works until 20:00, 21:00 and 23:00

Saint Petersburg museums open late: who works until 20:00, 21:00 and 23:00

Which museums in Saint Petersburg stay open in the evening, which ones have a long Wednesday, and why the ticket desk cl...

Inside the St Petersburg Metro: The Museum You Must Book, an 86-Metre Station and Doors With No Train Behind Them

Inside the St Petersburg Metro: The Museum You Must Book, an 86-Metre Station and Doors With No Train Behind Them

How to book the St Petersburg metro museum, why the tunnels run 86 metres down, and what you can see yourself for a sing...

Writers Apartment Museums in St Petersburg: Prices, Hours and the Moika 12 Ticket Catch

Writers Apartment Museums in St Petersburg: Prices, Hours and the Moika 12 Ticket Catch

Five apartment museums in St Petersburg — Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Akhmatova, Brodsky and Nabokov — with 2026 prices, openin...

Free Museum Days in St Petersburg: Third Thursday at the Kunstkamera, the 18th at the Russian Museum, Eight Dates at the Hermitage

Free Museum Days in St Petersburg: Third Thursday at the Kunstkamera, the 18th at the Russian Museum, Eight Dates at the Hermitage

There is no single free day in the city. The Kunstkamera opens free on the third Thursday from September to April, the R...

Leningrad Zoo: 800-rouble tickets, polar bears and the elephants that never came

Leningrad Zoo: 800-rouble tickets, polar bears and the elephants that never came

An honest look at Leningrad Zoo: ticket prices, why entry closes an hour before the zoo does, which animals are there, a...

Solo in St Petersburg: easier in museums, priced for two at the hotel

Solo in St Petersburg: easier in museums, priced for two at the hotel

Hotels sell rooms, escape rooms sell teams of two, private tours sell whole groups. What gets expensive when you travel ...

Tikhvin in a Day: The Assumption Monastery and the Tikhvin Icon

Tikhvin in a Day: The Assumption Monastery and the Tikhvin Icon

The monastery on the Tikhvinka opens at six in the morning, and the miraculous icon came back here in 2004. Hours, phone...

Two planetariums in Saint Petersburg: which one to choose

Two planetariums in Saint Petersburg: which one to choose

The historic planetarium at Alexandrovsky Park sells tickets per hall and admits no latecomers; Planetarium No 1 in a fo...

Korela Fortress in Priozersk: Summer Hours Until 30 September and What Is Inside

Korela Fortress in Priozersk: Summer Hours Until 30 September and What Is Inside

Open daily 9:00-18:00 from 1 April to 30 September, ticket office until 17:30, closed on the last Thursday of each month...

Koporye Fortress: a day trip from Saint Petersburg

Koporye Fortress: a day trip from Saint Petersburg

Summer hours from 1 May: daily 10:00-18:00, ticket office closes 30 minutes earlier. Climbing the walls and towers is fo...

St Isaac's Cathedral: 700 ₽ ticket, colonnade sold separately, 43 metres on foot

St Isaac's Cathedral: 700 ₽ ticket, colonnade sold separately, 43 metres on foot

St Isaac's Cathedral is two separate purchases. Inside, a museum with mosaics, malachite and a forty-year construction s...

Oreshek Fortress and Shlisselburg: when the crossing to the island closes

Oreshek Fortress and Shlisselburg: when the crossing to the island closes

The fortress opens 26 April to 31 October. From 1 November until navigation reopens there is no boat to the island, so t...

Kronstadt in a day from St Petersburg: buses, forts and the cathedral

Kronstadt in a day from St Petersburg: buses, forts and the cathedral

Bus 101 from Staraya Derevnya goes straight to the park, entry to the Island of Forts is free, and both museums close on...

Tsarskoye Selo in autumn: the Catherine Palace without the queue

Tsarskoye Selo in autumn: the Catherine Palace without the queue

Catherine Palace tickets go on sale exactly seven days ahead, in timed slots. Prices, autumn park hours and how to get t...

Gatchina Day Trip from Saint Petersburg: Palace Tickets, Hours and What Closes in October

Gatchina Day Trip from Saint Petersburg: Palace Tickets, Hours and What Closes in October

The palace opens 10:00–18:00 and closes on Mondays, with the ticket office shutting at 17:00. Adult entry is 700 roubles...

The Museum Is Closed and You Are Already There: Sanitary Days, Unscheduled Closures and Refunds

The Museum Is Closed and You Are Already There: Sanitary Days, Unscheduled Closures and Refunds

The Kunstkamera closes on Mondays and the last Tuesday of the month, the Peterhof fountains stop on 18 October, and any ...

Kolomyagi: A Village Inside Saint Petersburg — Wooden Church, Manor Park, Artists' Village and the Children's Railway

Kolomyagi: A Village Inside Saint Petersburg — Wooden Church, Manor Park, Artists' Village and the Children's Railway

A kilometre from Udelnaya metro the city turns into a dacha village: a sky-blue wooden church of 1906, the Orlov-Denisov...

Rainy St Petersburg with Kids: Aquarium, Planetarium or Water Park

Rainy St Petersburg with Kids: Aquarium, Planetarium or Water Park

Three big indoor options — and three very different days out. How to choose by your child’s age and energy budget, not b...

St Isaac Cathedral or the Savior on Spilled Blood: which to choose

St Isaac Cathedral or the Savior on Spilled Blood: which to choose

St Petersburg two most photographed churches stand fifteen minutes apart. St Isaac is about scale and the colonnade view...

Hermitage or Russian Museum: which one to choose

Hermitage or Russian Museum: which one to choose

St Petersburg two great museums stand ten minutes apart but talk about different things: the Hermitage is world art insi...

Valaam: The Monastery Archipelago on Lake Ladoga

Valaam: The Monastery Archipelago on Lake Ladoga

Valaam is a monastery archipelago in northern Lake Ladoga, reached by hydrofoil from Sortavala or by ship from Saint Pet...

Pskov: The Oldest Fortress City Within Reach of Saint Petersburg

Pskov: The Oldest Fortress City Within Reach of Saint Petersburg

Pskov is the overnight trip from Saint Petersburg: a frontier fortress at a river confluence, 12th-century frescoes at M...

Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna: Day Trip from Saint Petersburg

Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna: Day Trip from Saint Petersburg

The Konstantinovsky Palace stands on the Gulf of Finland shore in Strelna, approximately 19 kilometers southwest of cent...

Oreshek Fortress in Shlisselburg: Day Trip from Saint Petersburg

Oreshek Fortress in Shlisselburg: Day Trip from Saint Petersburg

Oreshek Fortress sits on Orekhovy Island in the Neva River near the town of Shlisselburg, approximately 50 kilometers ea...

Leningrad Zoo in Saint Petersburg: Tickets, Animals and Visiting with Kids

Leningrad Zoo in Saint Petersburg: Tickets, Animals and Visiting with Kids

Leningrad Zoo stands as Russia's oldest zoological garden, established in 1865 in the heart of Saint Petersburg. Located...

Staraya Ladoga Day Trip from Saint Petersburg: Russia's First Capital, the Fortress and Ancient Churches

Staraya Ladoga Day Trip from Saint Petersburg: Russia's First Capital, the Fortress and Ancient Churches

Staraya Ladoga stands as one of Russia's oldest settlements, located approximately 120 kilometers northeast of Saint Pet...

Grand Choral Synagogue in Saint Petersburg

Grand Choral Synagogue in Saint Petersburg

The Grand Choral Synagogue stands as the second-largest synagogue in Europe and represents one of Saint Petersburg's mos...

Datsan Gunzechoinei Buddhist Temple in Saint Petersburg

Datsan Gunzechoinei Buddhist Temple in Saint Petersburg

The Datsan Gunzechoinei stands as the northernmost Buddhist temple in the world, located in the Primorsky District of Sa...

Saint Petersburg Cathedral Mosque: How to Visit, History and Etiquette (2026)

Saint Petersburg Cathedral Mosque: How to Visit, History and Etiquette (2026)

The Saint Petersburg Cathedral Mosque, with its ribbed turquoise dome and tall minarets, was one of the largest mosques ...

Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines Saint Petersburg 2026: Tickets, Games and Visiting Guide

Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines Saint Petersburg 2026: Tickets, Games and Visiting Guide

Experience Soviet gaming culture at Saint Petersburg's Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines. Adult tickets 850 rubles includ...

Museum of the Siege and Defence of Leningrad Saint Petersburg 2026: What to See, Hours and Free Entry

Museum of the Siege and Defence of Leningrad Saint Petersburg 2026: What to See, Hours and Free Entry

The Museum of the Siege and Defence of Leningrad offers free self-guided entry to its powerful permanent exhibition. Aud...

Repino & Penaty: Ilya Repin's Estate Museum Day Trip from St Petersburg

Repino & Penaty: Ilya Repin's Estate Museum Day Trip from St Petersburg

Penaty is Ilya Repin's seaside estate museum in Repino, 45 km from St Petersburg on the Gulf of Finland — 600 of the pai...

Russian Vodka Museum St Petersburg: Tickets, Tasting & Visiting Guide

Russian Vodka Museum St Petersburg: Tickets, Tasting & Visiting Guide

The Russian Vodka Museum in St Petersburg is the world's first museum dedicated to vodka, near St Isaac's Square, with a...

Central Naval Museum St Petersburg: Tickets, Exhibits & Visiting Guide

Central Naval Museum St Petersburg: Tickets, Exhibits & Visiting Guide

The Central Naval Museum in St Petersburg is one of the world's largest maritime museums, with 800,000+ exhibits, ship m...

Zoological Museum St Petersburg: Mammoths, Tickets & Visiting Guide

Zoological Museum St Petersburg: Mammoths, Tickets & Visiting Guide

The Zoological Museum in Saint Petersburg is one of the world's ten largest natural-history museums, famous for its mamm...

Artillery Museum St Petersburg: Tickets, Exhibits & Visiting Guide

Artillery Museum St Petersburg: Tickets, Exhibits & Visiting Guide

The Artillery Museum in Saint Petersburg is the oldest military museum in Russia, founded in 1703, with tanks, guns and ...

Tauride Palace and Garden Saint Petersburg 2026: Potemkin's Neoclassical Palace and How to Visit

Tauride Palace and Garden Saint Petersburg 2026: Potemkin's Neoclassical Palace and How to Visit

The Tauride Palace (Tavrichesky Dvorets) stands as one of Saint Petersburg's most significant neoclassical landmarks, co...

Summer Garden and Peter the Great's Summer Palace Saint Petersburg 2026: Statues, Fountains and How to Visit

Summer Garden and Peter the Great's Summer Palace Saint Petersburg 2026: Statues, Fountains and How to Visit

The Summer Garden stands as Russia's oldest public park, established by Peter the Great in 1704 along the Neva River emb...

Smolny Cathedral and Convent Saint Petersburg 2026: Rastrelli Baroque and the Highest Observation Deck in the City

Smolny Cathedral and Convent Saint Petersburg 2026: Rastrelli Baroque and the Highest Observation Deck in the City

Smolny Cathedral represents the pinnacle of Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli's architectural genius in Saint Petersburg, c...

Menshikov Palace St Petersburg 2026: Tickets, Interiors and How to Visit

Menshikov Palace St Petersburg 2026: Tickets, Interiors and How to Visit

Adult admission to Menshikov Palace costs 500 rubles (approximately €5) as of 2026, with reduced rates of 250 rubles for...

Erarta Museum St Petersburg 2026: Tickets, Exhibitions and Visiting Guide

Erarta Museum St Petersburg 2026: Tickets, Exhibitions and Visiting Guide

Erarta Museum stands as Russia's largest private museum of contemporary art, occupying a renovated 10,000-square-meter i...

Russian Railway Museum St Petersburg 2026: Tickets, Trains and Family Visiting Guide

Russian Railway Museum St Petersburg 2026: Tickets, Trains and Family Visiting Guide

The Russian Railway Museum in Saint Petersburg houses over 28,000 exhibits spanning two centuries of rail history, makin...

Cruiser Aurora Museum Ship in Saint Petersburg: 2026 Guide

Cruiser Aurora Museum Ship in Saint Petersburg: 2026 Guide

The massive steel hull of the Cruiser Aurora sits permanently moored at the Petrogradskaya Embankment, a silent sentinel...

Kazan Cathedral St. Petersburg: 2026 Visiting Guide

Kazan Cathedral St. Petersburg: 2026 Visiting Guide

Standing right on Nevsky Prospekt, the massive colonnade of the Kazan Cathedral commands attention with a grandeur that ...

Oranienbaum (Lomonosov) day trip from Saint Petersburg: the only un-destroyed imperial palace

Oranienbaum (Lomonosov) day trip from Saint Petersburg: the only un-destroyed imperial palace

Oranienbaum stands as the sole imperial estate near Saint Petersburg that survived the Nazi siege completely intact beca...

St Petersburg Oceanarium (Planeta Neptun): 2026 visiting guide, tickets, shows and how to get there

St Petersburg Oceanarium (Planeta Neptun): 2026 visiting guide, tickets, shows and how to get there

Planeta Neptun stands as Russia's first large-scale oceanarium, occupying 5,000 square meters inside the Planeta Neptun ...

Gatchina Palace Day Trip: Tickets, Transport & 2026 Guide

Gatchina Palace Day Trip: Tickets, Transport & 2026 Guide

While the grandeur of Peterhof and the literary history of Tsarskoye Selo draw massive crowds, a quieter imperial treasu...

Planetarium No 1 in Saint Petersburg: World's Largest Dome, Tickets & 2026 Visiting Guide

Planetarium No 1 in Saint Petersburg: World's Largest Dome, Tickets & 2026 Visiting Guide

Planetarium No 1 in Saint Petersburg has the largest planetarium dome in the world — 37 meters across — inside a former ...

Faberge Museum Saint Petersburg: Imperial Easter Eggs, Tickets, and Visiting Tips 2026

Faberge Museum Saint Petersburg: Imperial Easter Eggs, Tickets, and Visiting Tips 2026

The Faberge Museum in Saint Petersburg houses the world's largest collection of works by Carl Fabergé, including nine im...

Peter and Paul Fortress Saint Petersburg: A Complete 2026 Visiting Guide

Peter and Paul Fortress Saint Petersburg: A Complete 2026 Visiting Guide

The Peter and Paul Fortress is the birthplace of Saint Petersburg, founded by Peter the Great on May 27, 1703, on Zayach...

Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in Saint Petersburg: 2026 Visitor Guide with Tickets, Hours, Opening Times and Mosaics

Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in Saint Petersburg: 2026 Visitor Guide with Tickets, Hours, Opening Times and Mosaics

The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood operates daily from 10:30 AM to 6:00 PM, with extended hours until 10:30 PM on...

Hermitage Museum Tickets 2026: Prices, Opening Hours and Must-See Halls

Hermitage Museum Tickets 2026: Prices, Opening Hours and Must-See Halls

Hermitage Museum Visiting Guide 2026: Tickets, Hours, Must-See Halls Planning Your Visit to the State Hermitage Museum T...

Best Museums in Saint Petersburg for Art Lovers Under 3 Hours

Best Museums in Saint Petersburg for Art Lovers Under 3 Hours

Best Museums in Saint Petersburg for Art Lovers Under 3 Hours The State Hermitage Museum: A Masterpiece Marathon The Sta...

Yusupov Palace Saint Petersburg: Tickets, the Rasputin Story, and 2026 Visiting Guide

Yusupov Palace Saint Petersburg: Tickets, the Rasputin Story, and 2026 Visiting Guide

Adult tickets price **EUR 12.00** when purchased online, while the on‑site price is **USD 13.20**. Discounts are availab...

Peterhof vs Catherine Palace - Choosing the Best Day Trip from St. Petersburg

Peterhof vs Catherine Palace - Choosing the Best Day Trip from St. Petersburg

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State Russian Museum Buildings, St. Petersburg - A Complete Guide

State Russian Museum Buildings, St. Petersburg - A Complete Guide

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Exhibitions and Museum Collections at Saint Petersburg State University

Exhibitions and Museum Collections at Saint Petersburg State University

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Peterhof Tickets and Prices 2026: the Park, the Palace and the Foreign Rate

Peterhof Tickets and Prices 2026: the Park, the Palace and the Foreign Rate

A foreign visitor pays 2,500 ₽ for the Lower Park and 2,700 ₽ for the Grand Palace — against 900–1,100 ₽ and 1,000 ₽ for...

Top 20 Museums in St. Petersburg - The Ultimate Guide

Top 20 Museums in St. Petersburg - The Ultimate Guide

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St Isaac's Cathedral - Entrance Tickets

St Isaac's Cathedral - Entrance Tickets

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15 Practical Tips for Visiting the Hermitage Museum - Your Ultimate Saint Petersburg Guide

15 Practical Tips for Visiting the Hermitage Museum - Your Ultimate Saint Petersburg Guide

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Magic of Science - 5 Must-Visit St Petersburg Museums for Winter Holidays

Magic of Science - 5 Must-Visit St Petersburg Museums for Winter Holidays

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