Rainy day: a fairy tale, lunch, a giant

⏱ 4 h🚶 700 m + 🚕🍽 2📍 4 stops

🐢 A little — under 3 km

A route for rainy weather: an interactive show for little ones, lunch at a restaurant with a kids' room and the giant's apartment on Bolshaya Morskaya — all indoors.

👶 With kids☔️ If it rains

👶 under 3, 3–6 years · ✗ hard with a stroller

Gorkovskaya and Admiralteyskaya metro have no lifts, and the House of the Giant has no step-free access at the entrance or in the rooms. Easier with a baby carrier or a light stroller, and a taxi between stops.

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🖼 Skazkin Dom Museum-Theatre
Александровский парк, 1А
🎟 ticket
An interactive fairy-tale theatre between the zoo and the former planetarium: Baba Yaga's hut, the Three Bears' house, separate shows for toddlers aged 1–4; inside is the café "Skazkino Varenye".
Get tickets for the morning show for ages 1–4 and arrive 15 minutes early: you need time to undress the kids and find seats. Check the schedule on the website the day before.
🚶 on foot
2
🍽 Restaurant "Baklazhan" on Gorkovskaya · 🧸 play area
Александровский парк, 4к3 (МФК «Великан Парк»)
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Lunch is across the park, a five-minute walk under an umbrella. The restaurant is on the 4th floor of the mall; the kids' room has a ball pit and an entertainer. Leave the stroller in the mall's cloakroom.
🍴 A big family restaurant from Ginza Project with a view of the Peter and Paul Fortress and a children's room with a ball pit and an entertainer. What to order: khachapuri from a wood-fired oven, khinkali and dolma; for kids, vegetable sticks, pasta with cheese or nuggets from the children's menu.
🚕 taxi ≈10 min
3
✨ "Giant's House" at Smile Park
Б. Морская ул., 5
🎟 ticket
A giant's apartment where the chairs are taller than dad and you can hide in the wardrobe entirely; Smile Park has about ten more illusion rooms, and children under 4 go free.
Giant chairs and a giant's kitchen; free entry for kids under 4. Fewer people on weekday afternoons than at weekends.
🚶 on foot
4
☕️ Stolle on Nevsky
Невский пр., 11
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The finale is two minutes away: pies for an afternoon snack — pick a sweet one with berries for the little one.
🍴 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).