Weekend in St. Petersburg
Description:
Even if you only have a weekend, much of the more beautiful parts of St. Petersburg, Europe's third largest city, can be easily crammed into those few days. St. Petersburg is a great city to explore on foot, and a stay in the historic city centre makes that even easier, since there are gardens, palaces, museums, and more within easy walking distance.
Author: JennyMM
Day 1 - St. Petersburg
Since your time is limited, stay in the center of St. Petersburg at the Angleterre Hotel, in walking distance of many of the main sights and relatively inexpensive for its class and location. Begin exploring the city by starting out at the Bronze Horseman and walking down Nevskii Prospekt, which features many interesting buildings and shops, as well as the statue of Catherine the Great. Stop in the Beloselskii-Belozerskii Palace to look around the Wax Museum, or just at the amazing interior. There are also several great restaurants in the hotel, notably the elegant Caviar Bar, which is the perfect introduction to Russian cuisine.
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Mednyi Sadnik (The Bronze Horseman)
Location:
view in google mapsPloschad Dekabristov
190 St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone:
+7 812 576 60942
Nevskii Prospekt
Location:
view in google mapsNevsky Prospekt
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
3
Monument to Catherine The Great
Location:
view in google mapsPloschad Ostrovskovo, just off Nevsky Prospekt
St. Petersburg, Russia
4
Dvorets Beloselskogo-Belozerskogo (Beloselskii-Belozerskii Palace)
Location:
view in google mapsNevskii Prospekt, 41
191025 St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone:
+7 812 319 97906
Angleterre Hotel
Location:
view in google maps24, Malaya Morskaya str.
190000 St. Petersburg, RU
Phone:
7 812 4945666Day 2 - St. Petersburg
There are plenty of incredible buildings and artifacts on and near Palace Square by the hotel, including St. Isaac's Cathedral, the Alexander Column, the Winter Palace, the Admiralty, and the incredible collection of the Hermitage. Stop in for some blini at the cozy and friendly Bliny Domik for lunch or a late breakfast. Cross the Palace Bridge for a great view of the Neva, and visit the Peter & Paul Fortress and Cathedral, just across from the Palace Square. Back across the Neva, stay in the historic neighborhood for dinner at Senat, a refined Russian restaurant popular with the locals.
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Isaakievskii Sobor (St. Isaac's Cathedral)
Location:
view in google mapsIsaakievskaia Ploshchad', 4
Isaakevskaya Ploshchad
190000 St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone:
+7 812 315 97322
Aleksandrovskaia Kolonna (Alexander Column)
Location:
view in google mapsDvortsovaia Ploshchad'
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Phone:
+7 812 576 7123(Tourist Information)3
Zimnyi Dvorets (Winter Palace)
Location:
view in google mapsDvortsovaia naberezhnaia, 34
(entrance to Hermitage museum)
191186 St. Petersburg, Russia
4
Bliny Domik
Location:
view in google mapsKolokolnaya ul 10.
Metro Vladimirskaya or Dostoevskaya
St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone:
7 812 31599155
Ermitazh (Hermitage, The)
Location:
view in google mapsDvortsovaya Ploshchad, 2
Dvortsovaya Square
190000 St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Phone:
+7 812 710 9625/ +7 812 710 90796
Dvortsovyi Most (Palace Bridge)
Location:
view in google mapsDvortsovyi Most
190 St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone:
+7 812 576 60947
Petropavlovskaia Krepost' (Peter and Paul Fortress)
Location:
view in google mapsPetropavlovskaia Krepost' 3
197046 St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone:
+7 812 576 60948
Senat bar
Location:
view in google mapsGalernaia Ulitsa, 1
190000 St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone:
7 812 314 9253Day 3 - St. Petersburg
On your last day, the Summer Gardens and the State Russian museum are a short walk north from the area around the hotel. Eat lunch at Zoom, a charming literary cafe with a great selection of soups, sandwiches, salads, and fresh squeezed juices, with Russian and other European influence, for a perfect goodbye to St. Petersburg.
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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
Gosudarstvennyi Russkii Muzei (State Russian Museum)
Location:
view in google mapsInzhenernaia Ulitsa, 4
Mickhailovsky Palace
191186 St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone:
+7 812 595 4248/ +7 812 314 34483
Zoom
Location:
view in google maps22 Gorokhovaya Ulitsa
191186 St. Petersburg, Russia
Phone:
7 812 972 1805