A week in St. Petersburg without kids in early july.
St. Petersburg in 2018 was recognized as the main tourist destination in Europe, as a city with cultural heritage. I was very surprised how this city is tourist friendly, very clean and the most I was amazed about the people of St. Petersburg. During June – July, there are white nights, when it is a daylight until 23:00 and from 03:00, and the rest of the time is twilight. The city has an amazing atmosphere of freedom, tranquility and culture.
Tips for tourists:
- From the airport and back the most convenient and cheapest way to get by bus 39 to the Moskovskaya metro station (30 minutes) and from there by the metro wherever in the city.
- Each bus has a conductor who sells tickets, but if you want to buy a travel card, then you need to go to one of the metro stations. We did not buy travel card.
- Urban transport (bus, trolleybus, tram and metro) is very convenient and comes exactly on time as the application shows, for example, Google Maps.
- In the subway in the machines you can buy tokens for one trip or travel card.
- Another way to get around the city seemed to me to be very convenient, since St. Petersburg is a very flat city, these are electric scooters, you can enter with it to transport, and to a cafe.
- We bought a local SIM card right at the airport at the Beeline store, where they will explain everything about programs to you. There are machines where you can fill it with money for conversations and the Internet.
- Be sure not to lose the registration Visa sheet that you were given at the airport at passport control.
Brief route:
Here you can see all the waypoints on the Google Maps and also use Google navigation to the place:
You can also download KML file and open it in other offline application for navigation and editing:
Day 1:
15:00 Pulkovo Airport
Bus 39 to Moskovskaya metro station (30 minutes) and from there by metro to Mayakovskaya station.
Hotel Nevsky Contour or Anabel
Cafe “Mama na dache”
Walk along Nevsky avenue and Eliseevsky shop
Tourist Information Office. You can always visit and take maps, a guide with routes and find out what is interesting in the city these days.
Cruise on a boat on the canals from the pier near the Anichkov Bridge
Day 2:
Mini city in the Alexanderovsky Park
St. Petersburg Cathedral Mosque
Trinity Square
Along the embankment to the House of Peter the grate
Shih Tzu – Chinese Lions
Cruiser “Aurora”
Troitzky Bridge
Ioannovsky Bridge to the Peter and Paul Fortress
Kronverksky bridge
Along the embankment to the Birzhevoy Bridge
Strelka of Vasilyevsky Island
Kunstkamera Museum (tickets purchased online without que)
Along University Embankment to Sphinxes
Trezzini Square
Konka Monument
BDT Theatre performance
Mexican restaurant Takila Boom
Trinity Cathedral
Along Voznesensky Avenue to Sadovaya
Day 3:
Griffins on Bank Bridge
Kazan Cathedral
“House of the Book” – “Singer building”
Along the Griboedov Canal, turning right on Italianskaya Street
Mikhailovsky Square and the Russian Museum
Church of the Savior on Blood
Mikhailovsky Garden
Chizhik-Pyzhik the smallest statue
Summer garden
Marble Palace
Cafe “Chainaya” at Millionnaya street
Atlants at the entrance to the building of the New Hermitage
Palace Square
Winter Palace – Hermitage Museum (Tickets in the machines at the entrance to the museum without waiting in line)
Walk through the rainy Nevsky ave. to the hotel
Italian cafe Marchelli’s. There is a playroom for children.
Day 4:
On “Meteor” fast boat from the pier near the palace bridge to Peterhof.
In Peterhof, we just walked through the lower parks and did not even enter the palace.
In the evening, raw food restaurant RaFamily
Night cruise to bridges opening on a boat from the pier near Anichkov Bridge
Bikers stand near Anichkov Bridge and offer a trip around the night city, it looks very cool, we unfortunately did not have time.
Day 5:
Sennaya Square
Sadovaya street
Yusupov garden
Nikolsky Cathedral
Along the Kryukov Canal to the Mariinsky Theater
The island of New Holland
Along the Moika River, Yusupov Palace to the Blue Bridge
Mariinsky Palace
Monument to Nicholas I
Isaakievsky Cathedral and the viewing colonnade
Alexander Garden
Bronze Horseman
Admiralty
Restaurant “Gosty”. There is a playroom and babysitter for children.
00:00 Walk through the night Nevsky to Palace Square
Palace Bridge opening from the palace embankment near the statue of Tsar Plotnik
Day 6:
Trip to Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin) by bus from Moskovskaya metro station
Catherine and Alexandrovsky parks
Catherine Palace and the Amber Room (for those who want to stand in line for 2 hours – route number 2, because for route number 1 you have to stand in line for 3 hours. Check the tickets online). If you were in the Winter Palace, you can easily skip this one and take a walk in the parks and lakes of Tsarskoye Selo instead of standing in line. It is your choice.
Rock concert in the legendary club of the “Kino” Museum – Kamchatka
Day 7:
Art Courtyard
Faberge Museum
Russian Lefsha Museum
Karavannaya street
Circus
Mikhailovsky Castle
Furshtatskaya street
Taurichesky Gardens
Smolny institute
19:00 Pulkovo Airport
Photos and description:
Day 1:
Walk along Nevsky avenue and Eliseevsky shop
Cruise on a boat on the canals from the pier near the Anichkov Bridge
Day 2:
Mini city in the Alexanderovsky Park
St. Petersburg Cathedral Mosque
Trinity Bridge
Along the embankment to the House of Peter the grate
Shih Tzu – Chinese Lions
Cruiser “Aurora”
Ioannovsky Bridge to the Peter and Paul Fortress
Along the embankment to the Birzhevoy Bridge
Strelka of Vasilyevsky Island
Kunstkamera Museum 
Along University Embankment to Sphinxes
Konka Monument
BDT Theatre performance
Mexican restaurant Takila Boom
Trinity Cathedral
Along Voznesensky Avenue to Sadovaya
Day 3:
Griffins on Bank Bridge
Kazan Cathedral
“House of the Book” – “Singer building”
Along the Griboedov Canal, Church of the Savior on Blood
Mikhailovsky Square and the Russian Museum
Summer garden
Marble Palace
Cafe “Chainaya” at Millionnaya street
Atlants at the entrance to the building of the New Hermitage
Palace Square
Winter Palace – Hermitage Museum 
Walk through the rainy Nevsky ave. to the hotel
Day 4:
On “Meteor” fast boat from the pier near the palace bridge to Peterhof.
In the evening, raw food restaurant RaFamily
Night cruise to bridges opening on a boat from the pier near Anichkov Bridge
Day 5:
Sadovaya street
Along the Kryukov Canal to the Mariinsky Theater
The island of New Holland
Isaakievsky Cathedral and the viewing colonnade
Bronze Horseman
Admiralty
Restaurant “Gosty”
Metro
00:00 Walk through the night Nevsky to Palace Square
Palace Bridge opening from the palace embankment near the statue of Tsar Plotnik
Day 6:
Trip to Tsarskoye Selo. Catherine and Alexandrovsky parks
Catherine Palace
Rock concert in the legendary club of the “Kino” Museum – Kamchatka
Day 7:
Art Courtyard
Faberge Museum
Russian Lefsha Museum
Circus
Mikhailovsky Castle
Taurichesky Garden
Saying God Bye to Cheburashka and flying home!
