The main purpose of this website is to help you to navigate through the subway and find the shortest routes to the main sights of St.Petersburg.
The metro in St. Petersburg operates from 5:30 – 7:00 AM and closes at 00:00 – 00:52 AM. If you carry cash, you can purchase a metro token at the ticket office. If you have MasterCard, Visa, МИР bank cards, then you can simply attach them to the turnstile, the monitor of which displays the logo of the payment systems. Also, in the metro near the ticket office there is always up-to-date information about the cost of travel tickets and travel cards. Below is an example of it. Once you have passed through the turnstiles you go down the escalator to the station itself, where you can go to the trains.
To make it easier to navigate the metro, each line is designated by its own color: First (indicated in Red), Second (indicated in Blue), Third (indicated in Green), Fourth (indicated in Orange) and Fifth (indicated in Purple). To transfer from one line to another, transfer nodes are provided (six double and one triple), which are indicated in the diagram. Also at stations where you can transfer, there are signs with the corresponding color of the transfer line. Some stations have several exits, each of which is pointed to by the signs; use your navigator to look at which street you need to exit on.
Now, knowing this information, you can safely move around using subway. But where can you go and what can you see? The following is a list of the most important sights in St. Petersburg with brief information about what they are and approximate routes from the nearest stations for your convenience:
The date of foundation of the cathedral is considered to be 1764. It is a cultural, historical and art museum. It was originally created to display the imperial collection.
Route: nearest metro station Admiralteyskaya. from the Admiralteyskaya metro station (700 m) walk to Malaya Morskaya Street, turn right, walk a few meters to Nevsky Prospekt.
from Art. From the metro station "Nevsky Prospekt" (900 m.) or "Gostiny Dvor" (1.3 km.) exit onto Nevsky Prospekt and follow the direction of the Admiralty to Bolshaya Morskaya Street.
GROUND TRANSPORT: Buses No. 7, 10, 24, 191, trolleybuses No. 1, 7, 10, 11 go to the Hermitage. Get off at the "Palace Square" stop, from which it is 300 m to the Main Complex.
Interesting Facts :
-The Hermitage collection consists of 3,000,000 works of art and monuments of world culture.
-Initially, entrance to the Hermitage was available to a narrow circle of people until the mid-19th century. Tickets were issued by the royal office.
-The word “Hermitage” comes from a French word and literally translates as “hermit’s dwelling” or “secluded corner”
St. Isaac's Cathedral: The cathedral opened in 1717 as a sign of respect to its patron, Isaac of Dalmatia.
Route: from the station. m. "Admiralteyskaya" about 500 meters, turn left and follow the street. Malaya Morskaya, then there will be St. Isaac's Square, where the cathedral is located. Art. "Sennaya Square", "Sadovaya" and "Spasskaya" metro stations lead to Sennaya Square, from which you need to walk along Grivtsova Lane to the Moika River embankment, turn left, after 50-100 meters there will be St. Isaac's Square with the Cathedral. Or from Art. metro station "Nevsky Prospekt", "Griboyedov Canal", "Gostiny Dvor", walk along Nevsky Prospekt to the street. Malaya Morskaya, further as indicated above.
Also here go city buses No. 3, 22, 27 and trolleybuses No. 5 and 22Interesting facts:
-St. Isaac's Cathedral is the first largest cathedral in St. Petersburg and the fourth in the whole world.
-In the past, there was a real Foucault pendulum inside it, one of the few in the world. It clearly showed the rotation of our planet. However, the pendulum was later dismantled.
- The area of the original mosaic in the interior of St. Isaac's Cathedral reached 6.5 thousand square meters. meters.
Route: the monument is located in the center of St. Petersburg. The nearest metro station is Admiralteyskaya. Upon exiting the lobby, you need to turn right, walk through the Alexander Garden near the Admiralty and exit at the Neva embankment.
Interesting facts:
-There is no copper in the monument at all, it is made of bronze. It got its name from Pushkin's poem "The Copper Horseman"
-In order to paint the horses, the sculptor was given two imperial horses, and the officers constantly reared them
Route: the nearest metro station is Nevsky Prospekt (Gostiny Dvor). The cathedral is located in the historical center of St. Petersburg on the banks of the Griboyedov Canal, next to the Mikhailovsky Garden and Konyushennaya Square. From the metro we turn right and walk along the Griboyedov Canal to the monument.
Interesting Facts:
-The Church of the Savior on Blood was consecrated in honor of the Resurrection of Christ (the first part of the name), the second part means the place where Alexander 2 was mortally wounded.
-The central dome hangs above the ground at a height of 81 meters. This is the year of the death of Alexander 2
-Restoration began in 1972 and lasted for 25 years. There was even a widespread urban legend that there was a connection between this long-term construction and the fate of the entire Soviet state: When the forests are removed from the Savior on Spilled Blood, the entire USSR will collapse. Considering that the scaffolding was dismantled in 1991, the legend turned out to be prophetic.
Route: nearest metro station Admiralteyskaya, Nevsky Prospekt (in fact, this is the same route as to the Hermitage. Ctrl c, Ctrl v, but suddenly Dashka won’t approve.)
Interesting facts:
- The column is supported only by its mass, without any fastenings
- Its height is 47.5 meters, and its weight is 600 tons
SUMMER GARDEN
Summer Garden: was founded in 1704 by decree of Peter 1 on the measures of famous Western European fountains.
Route: nearest metro stations - Nevsky Prospekt, Chernyshevskaya
The Summer Garden is located in the center of the Northern capital. It has 2 entrances - from the Neva embankment and from the Moika embankment. Most of the fountains, sculptures and attractions of the garden are located closer to the Neva embankment. When exiting the Nevsky Prospekt or Gostiny Dvor metro stations, follow the signs "Exit to Sadovaya Street".
Go through the underground passage to the opposite side of Nevsky Prospekt and to the opposite side of Sadovaya Street. At the bus stop, take bus No. 49 (or any other indicated below), or tram No. 3. Go to the Suvorovskaya Ploshchad stop. On Suvorovskaya Square, go out onto the Neva embankment and turn right, after walking a little, you will see the famous lattice of the Summer Garden.
Interesting Facts:
- “Summer Garden” got its name because of the plants that were planted in it, because they were called summer gardeners
- in memory of the rescue of Emperor Alexander 2, a Chapel was built into the Neva fence. (facts also from St. Petersburg center)
KUNSTKAMERA
Kunstkamera: was founded in 1718-1734. The Cabinet of Curiosities is the first museum in Russia, established by Peter the Great
Route: nearest metro stations Admiralteyskaya, Gostiny Dvor, Vasileostrovskaya, Sportivnaya
When exiting the Admiralteyskaya metro station, you need to turn left and walk a few meters to Malaya Morskaya Street, then turn right, walk a few meters to Nevsky Prospekt. Turn left and walk along Nevsky Prospekt, then past Palace Square and the Hermitage. Then there will be the bank of the Neva, you need to cross the Palace Bridge to the other bank, get to the spit of Vasilyevsky Island. Directly behind the bridge there is a yellow building with massive white columns - this is the Zoological Museum, a green building with a turret next to it is the Kunstkamera.Interesting facts: the Kunstkamera houses 1.2 million exhibits.
KAZAN CATHEDRAL
Kazan Cathedral: construction 1801-1811. After the end of the Patriotic War (1812), it became a monument to Russian military glory.
Route: Nearest metro stations: "Nevsky Prospekt", "Gostiny Dvor" and "Admiralteyskaya". The cathedral is located opposite the exit from the lobby of the Nevsky Prospekt metro station. From the Gostiny Dvor metro station you need to go to the Griboyedov Canal, opposite there is a temple.
In 10 minutes you can walk to the cathedral along Nevsky Prospekt from the Admiralteyskaya metro station. The exits of the interchange hub of the Sadovaya, Spasskaya and Sennaya Ploshchad metro stations are within 15-minute accessibility. Near the Kazan Cathedral, on Nevsky Prospekt, there is a stop for ground public transport, where bus routes No. 3, 7, 22, 24, 27 and 191 and trolleybuses No. 1, 5, 7, 10, 11 and 22 pass. The final stop is at Kazan Square trolleybus No. 17 and minibus No. K-306.
Interesting facts: 11 residential buildings were demolished to build the cathedral
Peter and Paul Fortress: date of foundation: May 3, 1703. It was originally built against invaders from Sweden by Peter 1
The nearest metro stations: "Gorkovskaya", "Sportivnaya", "Petrogradskaya".
The closest place to go is from the Gorkovskaya metro station, from there you need to walk through Alexander Park and exit onto Kronverkskaya Embankment, then along the Ioannovsky Bridge through the gates of the Ioannovsky Ravelin you will get to the fortress square.
Other routes: from the Sportivnaya metro station: trams No. 6, 40. From the Petrogradskaya metro station: bus No. 46
Now you know how to get to the main attractions of St. Petersburg, how to behave in the metro and how not to get lost in it. This was a short guide. Take this test if the site helped you:https://forms.gle/e4wNwCzgbd7b6HrJA And thak you for using our webite.
