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Virtual tour around St. Petersburg
St. Isaac's Cathedral
Bronze Horseman
Alexander Garden
Hermitage
Palace embankment
Palace Bridge
Chamber of Curiosities
Spit of Vasilyevsky Island
What is included in our route?
The museum is visited only by sessions: 11.00, 11.30, 12.00, 12.30, 13.00, 13.30, 14.00, 14.30, 15.00, 16.00.
St. Isaac's Cathedral was being built from 1818 to 1858. The architect Auguste de Montferrand worked on the creation of the project. The construction was carried out during the rign of Emperor Nicholas I. Its height is 101.5 meters, and the internal area is more than 4,000 square meters. The exterior of the cathedral is decorated with 112 granite columns.
Interesting fact:
St. Isaac's Cathedral is the fourth largest in the whole world !
Interesting fact:
St. Isaac's Cathedral is the fourth largest in the whole world !
Working hours are from 11 to 19
Palace embankment
Palace Bridge
Bronze Horseman
Alexander Garden
The spit of Vasilyevsky Island
The Palace embankment can be called one of the most beautiful and famous embankments of St. Petersburg. It is here that the world-famous sights of the Northern capital are located.
Interesting fact:
At the beginning of the 18th century, the embankment was called Verkhnaya and passed at a considerable distance from the swampy banks of the Neva River.
Interesting fact:
At the beginning of the 18th century, the embankment was called Verkhnaya and passed at a considerable distance from the swampy banks of the Neva River.
The bridge over the Neva River in St. Petersburg connects the central part of the city and Vasilyevsky Island. It is an object of cultural heritage of Russia of regional significance.
Interesting fact:
The Palace Bridge was the last drawbridge built in the Russian Empire. It was designed in St. Petersburg, the opening took place in Petrograd, and the operation was carried out for a long time in Leningrad.
Interesting fact:
The Palace Bridge was the last drawbridge built in the Russian Empire. It was designed in St. Petersburg, the opening took place in Petrograd, and the operation was carried out for a long time in Leningrad.
The Bronze Horseman in St. Petersburg is a monument to Peter I. It is located in the park on the Senate Square and is a work of Russian and world culture.
Interesting fact:
It took the author 12 years to make the plaster model. Catherine constantly asked for some changes, and in order to make sketches of horses, the sculptor was given 2 imperial steeds. The officers were rearing them up many times.
Interesting fact:
It took the author 12 years to make the plaster model. Catherine constantly asked for some changes, and in order to make sketches of horses, the sculptor was given 2 imperial steeds. The officers were rearing them up many times.
The first museum in Russia, established by Tsar Peter I in St. Petersburg has a unique collection of antiquities that reveal the history and the way of life of many nationsin Russia. But this museum is known to many people for its "special" collection of anatomical rarities and anomalies.
Interesting fact:
While in exchange for the freaks delivered to St. Petersburg Peter I promised a large reward, those who hid "gifts of nature" from the state were fined several times the amount of the reward.
Interesting fact:
While in exchange for the freaks delivered to St. Petersburg Peter I promised a large reward, those who hid "gifts of nature" from the state were fined several times the amount of the reward.
The Alexander Garden is located in the very center of the city, adjacent to the southwestern and southeastern sides of the Admiralty. The garden was opened in 1874. It is named after the emperor Alexander II.
Interesting fact:
On the opening day of the garden, the emperor Alexander II personally planted a young oak tree. It can still be seen today next to St. Isaac's Cathedral.
Interesting fact:
On the opening day of the garden, the emperor Alexander II personally planted a young oak tree. It can still be seen today next to St. Isaac's Cathedral.
Working hours are from 10 to 17
Spit of Vasilyevsky Island is a cape on the eastern tip of Vasilyevsky Island in St. Petersburg, washed by the Bolshaya Neva and Malaya Neva; one of the most famous architectural ensembles of the city.
Interesting fact:
The image of the Spit of Vasilievsky Island is imprinted on a fifty-ruble bill. On one side there is a statue of the Neva at the foot of the Rostral Column, on the other side there is a view of the Spit from the river.
Interesting fact:
The image of the Spit of Vasilievsky Island is imprinted on a fifty-ruble bill. On one side there is a statue of the Neva at the foot of the Rostral Column, on the other side there is a view of the Spit from the river.
The schedule for the start of the bridge in 2024: 1:10 and 3:10
The entrance is not limited
The entrance is not limited
The entrance is not limited
The entrance is not limited
The entrance is not limited
After St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome, St. Paul's Cathedral in London and St. Mary's Cathedral in Florence.
Welcome to St. Petersburg
The State Hermitage Museum is the Russian State Art and Cultural History Museum in St. Petersburg, one of the largest institutions of this kind in the world.
Interesting fact:
The museum complex consists of 350 halls. Just to walk around all of them, you will have to cover almost 24 kilometers!
The museum complex consists of 350 halls. Just to walk around all of them, you will have to cover almost 24 kilometers!
