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      Peterhof: fountains and the bay

      ⏱ 6 h🚶 6 km🍽 2📍 7 stops
      🚶 Moderate — 3–7 km

      The capital of fountains: from late April to late September — the cascade and trick fountains; all year round — the palaces and Monplaisir on the shore of the bay.

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

      Gravel alleys; from the Upper Garden to the Lower Park, go around the cascade by the gently sloping side paths. The Grand Palace has no lift to the state rooms — strollers are left at the cloakroom; the Lower Park has ramped entrances.

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        🌳 Upper Garden
        Петергоф
        🚪 entrance from Pravlenskaya Street
        🆓 free entry
        A formal garden with ponds, fountains and clipped alleys in front of the Peterhof palace.
        Enter through the Upper Garden. Train from Baltiysky Station to Novy Peterhof (~37 min): daily 08:25 Lastochka, 09:06, 09:50, 10:25; then buses 350/351/356 to Pravlenskaya St. or a 30-minute walk. Or buses 200/210 from Avtovo metro. (timetable for October 2026)
        🚪 exit to Pravlenskaya Street
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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.
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      3. 2
        🍽 Utka i Selezen restaurant at the New Peterhof Hotel · 🧸 play area
        Петергоф, Санкт-Петербургский пр., 34
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        Have lunch before entering the Lower Park: 5–7 minutes from the Upper Garden across Sankt-Peterburgsky Prospekt; a kids’ room and board games, workshops with entertainers at weekends; only breakfast is served until 12:00.
        🍴 A hotel restaurant on the shore of Olgin Pond, 5 minutes from the Upper Garden: a kids' room, board games, colouring books, and workshops with entertainers at weekends. What to order: duck, a weekday business lunch, and pizza or a corn dog from the kids' menu for the children.
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      5. 3
        🖼 Grand Peterhof Palace
        Петергоф
        🎟 ticket
        Rastrelli's long Baroque palace on a terrace above the Grand Cascade and the Sea Canal.
        The palace above the cascade
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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.
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        🏛 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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        🌳 Lower Park
        Петергоф
        🎟 ticket · Free entry from late October to April
        Trick fountains (late April to late September) — kids love them
        Trick fountains — from late April to late September
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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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        🍽 Standart restaurant in the Lower Park
        Нижний парк, 3В, Петергоф
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        Lunch in the 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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        🖼 Monplaisir Palace
        Петергоф
        🎟 ticket
        Closed for restoration, you can't go inside.
        Monplaisir is under restoration — we look from outside. Trains back from Novy Peterhof to Baltiysky Station daily 16:37 Lastochka, 17:17, 17:46, 18:56 Lastochka, 19:17 Lastochka, 20:12; or bus 210/200 to Avtovo metro (timetable for October 2026)
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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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