Pavlovsk Palace and Park offers a good day out.
Pavlovsk Palace and Park offers a good day out.
PAVLOVSK: Large beautiful park and palace of Paul I in French style. Electric commuter train from Vitebsky Station or bus 479 from Metro Zvezdnaya. Mon-Thurs, Sat-Sun 10am-5.30pm. Revolyutsy Ulitsa. 20. Tel.: 470-2155.
PETERHOF: Summer palace, parks and fountains. Electric train from Baltic Station to Novy Peterhof Station or buses 350, 351, 352, 356. May to Sept hydrofoil from Hermitage (Dvortsovaya Naberezhnaya). 10am-5.30pm. Tel.: 427-7425.
TSARSKOE SELO: The Tsar's Village -- formerly Pushkin -- known for its baroque Catherine Palace, parks and Lyceum where Pushkin studied. Electric train from Vitebsk Station to Detskoe Selo. Then take bus 287 or 20,28 from Ploshchad Pobedy. Daily 10am-5pm. Tel.: 465-34-29.
REPIN MUSEUM: Penalty, Repino. Country house where famous Russian artist Repin lived. Trains from Finland Station, Metro Ploshchad Lenina. Mon, Wed-Sun 10am-5pm. Primorskoe Schosse 411. Repino.