St. Petersburg Things to Do

This bridge connects Ploshchad' Truda with Vasil'evskii Ostrov. It has one raisable section and beautiful Briullov-made cast-iron railings, the linking points of which are decorated with sea-horses and Neptune's tridents. Metal... more

This is the main avenue coursing through the Petrogradskaia side of the city, which is sometimes claimed by locals as truly their own, in contrast to the touristy environs of Nevskii Prospekt and the Canals. Narrower than Nevsk... more

The first thing you notice as you come out of the Sennaia Ploshchad' metro station is that this is not a typical tourist attraction. Terraced kiosks form the perimeter of a seething mass of peddlers, drunks and a general assort... more

The history of the cruiser Aurora is firmly intertwined with the 20th century story of St. Petersburg. During the communist period it was proudly revered as the ship that (allegedly) fired the shot that (allegedly) signaled the... more

This bridge is 35.8 meters wide and 23.5 meters long and crosses the river Moika at Ulitsa Glinki. From 1738, there had been a wooden pedestrian bridge on this spot on stone supports with a drawbridge section to allow masted sh... more

This cast-iron bridge crosses the Moika River at Nevskii Prospekt. It was often referred to as the green bridge because of the color it was painted. In the 1770s, it was named Politseiskii Most because chief-of-police Chicherin... more

The brightly-lit and bright yellow Cathedral of the Transfiguration was built by decree of empress Elizabeth on the spot where the Preobrazhenskii (Transfiguration) Regiment's Grenadier Company Palace had been. It was built bet... more

This bridge is positioned where Palace and Kutuzov embankments meet at the source of the Fontanka river. It was built in the 1760s and was one of the city's first stone bridges. The granite-covered bridge is one of the most imp... more

This cathedral attached to Smolnyi Monastyr (Smolnyi Convent) was built according to the design of, V. Rastrelli, a famous 18th century architect. Work began in 1748 and the final touches and interior decoration were finished d... more

During a 10 year period (1801-1811), master builder Andrei Voronikhin oversaw construction of this huge building, a majestic semicircular colonnade standing on Nevskii Prospekt. The 96 Corinthian columns are reminiscent of St P... more