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      Peterhof by Meteor hydrofoil

      ⏱ 10 h🚶 7 km + ⛴🚌🍽 3📍 9 stops
      🚶 Moderate — 3–7 km

      During the navigation season (May–September) you go by water from the Hermitage, the rest of the year by train; a full day in the Lower Park (fountains from late April to late September), then back to the centre for dinner.

      👶 With kids🏛 History and architecture🌳 Parks and nature🚆 Out of town
      👶 3–6, 7–12, 13+ years · ✓ stroller-friendly

      Strollers travel free on the Meteor: you carry the child, and the crew helps lift the stroller aboard. Go around the Grand Cascade by the gently sloping side alleys. Strollers aren’t allowed into the palace — they go to the cloakroom.

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      1. 1
        ☕️ Stolle on Nevsky
        Невский пр., 11
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        Breakfast: pies
        🍴 A pie shop of the St Petersburg chain Stolle at the start of Nevsky: open and closed pies by weight, soup and hot dishes at the counter. What to order: a cabbage pie, a lingonberry or blueberry pie, borscht, homemade pelmeni (dumplings).
      2. 🚶 on foot
      3. 2
        🚶 Palace Embankment
        A granite embankment along the Neva from the Summer Garden to the Hermitage, with views of the Peter and Paul Fortress and the Spit.
        This is where the Meteors to Peterhof leave in the navigation season; in 2026 the season ended in late September and will reopen in spring 2027
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        Palace Embankment
        © Vyacheslav Bukharov · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The embankment is 1.3 km long; it is named after the Winter and Marble palaces.
        • From 1923 to 1944 it was called Ninth of January Embankment, in memory of the shooting of the 1905 demonstration.
        • The wooden bank was faced with granite by a decree of 1762; the work under Yury Felten went on until 1780.
        • The fabulist Ivan Krylov lived at No. 2, Betskoy's house.
        • Prime Minister Sergey Witte, the painter Konstantin Makovsky and the historian Yevgeny Tarle lived at No. 30.
        • In 1832 the 600-tonne monolith of the Alexander Column was unloaded at this embankment, brought on the special boat ‘St Nicholas’.
      4. ⛴ the Meteors don’t run until spring 2027: train from Baltiysky Station to Novy Peterhof (08:25 Lastochka, 09:06, 09:50), then bus 350/351/356 to Pravlenskaya St.
      5. 3
        🌳 Lower Park
        Петергоф
        🚪 entrance from Razvodnaya Square, by the ticket office
        🎟 ticket · Free entry from late October to April
        Trick fountains (late April to late September) — kids love them
        Enter the Lower Park through the Upper Garden or from the Razvodnaya St. side
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        Lower Park
        © Florstein · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Lower Park
        © Sergey A. Demidov · CC BY 4.0
        • The park of about 102 ha stretches 2.5 km along the gulf and is only about 500 m wide.
        • The layout was drawn by Braunstein in 1710–1711, and in 1717 Le Blond presented the “Water Plan” of the fountains.
        • The “Divanchiki” (Little Sofas) trick fountain of 1721–1723 is the oldest of Peterhof's trick fountains.
        • The marble colonnades of 1800–1803 earned the former serf Andrey Voronikhin the title of architect.
        • The “Roman Fountains” appeared in 1739 and were wooden, with lead-lined basins.
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      7. 4
        🏛 Grand Cascade and “Samson”
        Петергоф
        🎟 ticket · Entry to the Lower Park is ticketed; the cascade grottoes are separate
        The fountains run from late April to late September; in winter the cascade stands without water
        The fountains are switched on at 11:00 — from late April to late September; in winter the cascade runs dry
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        Grand Cascade and “Samson”
        © Александровы АГ · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Grand Cascade and “Samson”
        © Vyacheslav Bukharov · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The cascade was conceived as a triumphal monument to the victory in the Great Northern War; its facade is over 40 m long.
        • Construction of the cascade began in spring 1715, and it was launched in August 1723, before the works were finished.
        • The group “Samson Tearing Open the Lion's Jaws” has stood in the basin since 1735; it is thought to allude to Poltava, won on St Samson's day.
        • The original “Samson” of 1801 by Kozlovsky was lost in the war; the statue was recreated in 1947 by Simonov and Mikhailov.
        • The cascade is decorated with 37 gilded bronze statues; their restoration ran from 2010 to April 2012.
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      9. 5
        🖼 Monplaisir Palace
        Петергоф
        🎟 ticket
        Closed for restoration, you can't go inside.
        The palace is under restoration — we look from outside, from the bay shore
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        Monplaisir Palace
        © Никонико962 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Monplaisir Palace
        © GAlexandrova · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The name means “my pleasure” in French.
        • The palace was founded on 17 May 1714 right at the water's edge; Peter I chose the site and layout himself, and the design was by Braunstein.
        • Peter often stayed here and received foreign ambassadors; he last came in October 1724.
        • The floors of the 22-metre galleries are laid the Dutch way, as a chessboard of white and black marble.
        • The palace keeps Peter I's personal belongings and a collection of Chinese porcelain and Dutch faience.
        • The interiors ravaged in the war were recreated from 1951 to 1978.
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      11. 6
        🍽 Standart restaurant in the Lower Park
        Нижний парк, 3В, Петергоф
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        Lunch in the Lower Park
        🍴 A Russian and European restaurant in the middle of the Lower Park, near the Gulf of Finland. What to order: Finnish-style fish soup, duck breast, blini with salmon, desserts.
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      13. 7
        🖼 Grand Peterhof Palace
        Петергоф
        🎟 ticket
        Rastrelli's long Baroque palace on a terrace above the Grand Cascade and the Sea Canal.
        The Grand Palace
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        Grand Peterhof Palace
        © Godot13 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Grand Peterhof Palace
        © Vyacheslav Bukharov · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Grand Peterhof Palace
        © Ulaisaeva · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The first palace of 1714–1725 was modest; in 1745–1752 Rastrelli rebuilt it for Elizabeth Petrovna.
        • The facade facing the sea is 268 m long, yet the palace is quite narrow: it has about 30 halls.
        • The Dance Hall of about 270 m² takes up the whole west wing and is considered the palace's most opulent interior.
        • The Chesme Hall is hung with Hackert's paintings of the 1770 victory over the Turkish fleet — six of the twelve depict the battle itself.
        • So that Hackert could paint the explosion convincingly, the old frigate ‘St Barbara’ was blown up in 1771 in the roads of Livorno.
        • During the occupation the palace burned and the central part collapsed; the first four restored halls opened on 17 May 1964.
      14. 🚶 on foot
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        🌳 Upper Garden
        Петергоф
        🆓 free entry
        A formal garden with ponds, fountains and clipped alleys in front of the Peterhof palace.
        Exit through the Upper Garden
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        Upper Garden
        © Клеткин · CC BY-SA 3.0
        Upper Garden
        © Клеткин · CC BY-SA 3.0
        Upper Garden
        © Florstein · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The 15-ha garden was laid out under Peter I, and at first vegetables were grown in it — it served as a kitchen garden.
        • The first plan of the garden, whose basis survives, was drawn up in 1716 with the participation of the architect Braunstein.
        • The garden was made ceremonial by the fountains of 1733–1739; the first was the “Oak” (1734), with a lead oak in the centre.
        • The “Mezheumny” (“Undecided”) fountain is so named because its sculptures were changed many times; now it has a winged dragon.
        • During the 2020–2024 restoration almost 90% of the trees were replaced: 7,200 of 8,400 were brought from European nurseries.
      16. 🚌 bus 210 to Avtovo metro (every 9–13 min in the daytime), then metro or taxi ≈20 min to Bolshaya Morskaya
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        🍽 Teplo restaurant · 🧸 play area
        Б. Морская ул., 45
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        Dinner at Teplo on Bolshaya Morskaya, 45 (100 m from Mansarda): a kids’ room with a nanny, a playground, and board games and table football for older kids. Book a table ahead for the evening.
        🍴 A living-room restaurant in the House of Composers: several cosy rooms with a homey feel, home cooking and their own baking. What to order: chicken liver salad, draniki with salmon, a curd cheese bake, the “Aunt Tanya” sponge cake.

      ↩️ Getting back: From Peterhof — bus 210 to Avtovo metro (every 9–13 min in the daytime) or buses 350/351/356 to Novy Peterhof station and a train to Baltiysky Station; dinner at Teplo is back in the centre

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