Relax in the best gardens of the city!
Everyday Monday at 1.30 PMfrom May, 15 to September, 30
1.5 hour walking tour in English
tip based
then this tour is what you are looking for!
The city gardens free tour is a promenade tour that brings you to 3 former residences
with luxurious gardens, fountains and sculptures, that once belonged to russian emperors and their relatives.
By the request of guests we can stay for some parts of the tour lying on grass.
If you wonder
- How Peter the great made the Summer park a place of entertainment as well as a place of education;
- What is the most often stilled statue in the city;
- Why the Field of Mars was named after the god of war although it was settled in the peacetime;
- How keepers of the Michael’s Gardens made it useful during the WWII;
- Why the fence of Summer Garden is considered to be a masterpiece;
- Where you can stay on grass and have a sunbath right in the city center;
- Where the fattest swans in the city can be found,
Highlights
- Summer garden and its fountains;
- The monument to a Siskin bird (Chizhik-Pyzhik);
- The Summer palace of Peter the Great;
- Church of Savior on spilled blood;
- The Michael garden (Mikhaylovsky sad);
- The Michael palace (Mikhaylovsky dvorets) aka the State Russian museum;
- Fountain river;
- The Field of Mars;
- St. Michael castle (Engineering castle)
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Michael garden
One of the most quiet parks in the city center
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Summer garden
Former summer residence of Peter I
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Church of Savior on spilled blood
The most recognizable church in the city
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Summer garden
Fountain alley
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Michael garden
Blossom in May
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Summer garden
Alley with Marble statues
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Siskin bird
The smallest monument in the city
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Summer garden
One of the most beautiful fountains in Summer garden
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Michael palace
Home of State Russian museum
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Summer garden
Fountain alley
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Michael garden
Fence of the garden
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Summer garden
Shady alleys in regular park
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Michael garden
Arbor by the canal
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Summer garden
Green shady corridors
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Field of Mars
The best place for sunbathing on grass
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St. Michael castle
The real castle in the city center that once belonged to Russian Emperor
Meeting point
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By the Bronze horseman
Meeting point of the Free tour
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On the Palace square
On the Free tour
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By the Admiralty
One of our first free walking tours
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By the Headquaters
Best place for selfies and pictures
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By the Alexander’s column
On a free walking tour
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On the Palace square
On a free walking tour
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By the Neva river
Walking tour on an early April morning
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On the Palace square
Nice walk to discover all the main sights
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Church of the Savior on blood
Our final point of the route on a free walking tour
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July 2014
By the Bronze horseman
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April 2014
By the Admiralty fountain
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