Top 10 St Petersburg

Travel Guide

St Petersburg

Eight easy-to-follow itineraries explore the city’s most interesting areas – from the extravagant Peterhof to the majestic Winter Palace – while reviews of the best hotels, bars and restaurants in St Petersburg will help you plan your perfect trip

State Hermitage Museum

Museum founded by Catherine the Great, housing huge collections of art, culture & antiquities.

Church of the Savior on Blood

Gleaming mosaics & marble line this richly decorated 1880s church topped with colorful onion domes

Mariinsky Theatre

Grand, 19th-century concert hall, contemporarily made over, hosting classical music, opera & ballet.

Russian Museum

Fine-art museum, opened in 1898, with a vast collection of Russian paintings, sculptures & icon

Peter and Paul Fortress

Founded by Peter the Great, this fortress contains a museum about the early city & a cathedral

St Isaac’s Cathedral

Peterhof

Seafront museum complex in former royal palace surrounded by parkland known for its many fountains

Catherine Palace

The Catherine Palace is a Rococo palace located in the town of Tsarskoye Selo, 30 km south of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars.

Pavlovsk

Pavlovsk is a municipal town in Pushkinsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located 30 kilometers south from St. Petersburg