Places to Visit in St Petersburg

The Hermitage Museum / Winter Palace

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St Petersburg's prime attraction, a massive palace/museum showing the highlights of a collection of over 3,000,000 pieces spanning the globe. The Hermitage is truly one of the world's great museums, with an imposing setting displaying priceless works by Rembrandt, Da Vinci, Michealangelo, Reubens and more. The Winter Palace, once the official residence of the Russian tsars, is one of the six buildings where the collections are housed. Bags are not allowed in the museum.

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State Russian Museum

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This historical museum is located in the fabulous Mikhailovsky Palace, and is devoted mainly to Russian fine art through the ages. Its halls retain the opulent ornamentation since the days the palace was first built in 1895.

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St. Isaac's Cathedral

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Built in 1818 and a major attraction in the city, it is the third highest cupola cathedral in the world. Anyone who is willing to climb the 400 steps to the observation deck will be rewarded with great views of the city.

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Peter & Paul Fortress

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The fortress was built in 1703 to protect the area from attack, and was later used as a high-security political jail for high-profile prisoners such as Dostoyevsky, Gorky and Trotsky. The church is where many of the Romanov Czars of Russia are buried.