Saint Petersburg City Guide

Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest…

Envisioned by Peter the Great as the centre of his new city, Vasilevsky Island is home to…

Krestovsky Island is a island in Saint Petersburg, Russia, between several tributaries…

Nevsky Prospekt is St. Petersburg's main avenue and one of the best-known streets in Russia.

This marvelous Russian-style church was built on the spot where Emperor Alexander II was…

The dome of St. Isaac's Cathedral dominates the skyline of St. Petersburg and its gilded…

Located in the south of St. Petersburg, just off Moskovsky Prospekt, the Chesmenskiy - or…

Standing at the edge of Gutuevsky Island, near Ekateringof Park, this small, late 19th…

Standing at the Eastern edge of the Petrograd Side, in an area that saw some of the…

The Alexander Nevsky Monastery complex is home to some of the oldest buildings in the city,…

This charming red-and-white Church of St. Panteleimon is one of the oldest in St.…

It's easy to see where the concept for this museum came from. According to Peter the…

St. Petersburg's Botanical Garden - or, to give it its full title, the Botanical Garden of…

The Alexander Garden is located in the very center of St. Petersburg, next to Palace Square…

The Trinity Bridge was opened in 1903 as part of the celebrations of St. Petersburg's 200th…

Rivaling the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow as the world's finest collection of Russian art,…

Many prominent Russian artists graduated from the Russian Academy of Fine Arts and the…

The Peter and Paul Fortress is the original citadel of St. Petersburg, Russia, founded by…

The Russian Orthodox Church, alternatively legally known as the Moscow Patriarchate, ] is…

The State Hermitage Museum is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It…

The Menshikov Palace is a Petrine Baroque edifice in Saint Petersburg, situated on…

The Maritime Victory Park on Krestovsky Island was opened in 1945 and is dedicated to the…