🏛️ Strelna: the travel palace, the "Russian Versailles" and the monastery by the sea

⏱ 5–6 h · Bus / taxi

Peter's Strelna without the crowds: the wooden house where the tsar stopped on his way to Kronstadt, the Palace of Congresses and the quiet Sergiev Primorskaya Hermitage on the shore of the gulf.

Getting there

About 15 minutes by car along the St Petersburg Highway, or by bus towards Petersburg. On the way you can see Znamenka and Mikhaylovka. To Konstantinovsky Palace — only by booking a tour.

What to take

Passport (for Konstantinovsky Palace), a headscarf for the monastery.

Stops

1. Peter's Travel Palace in Strelna — The wooden "roadside" palace — the oldest Petrine building in Strelna.
2. Konstantinovsky Palace — Peter's failed "Russian Versailles", now the Palace of Congresses.
3. Sergiev Primorskaya Hermitage — A monastery on the shore of the gulf — Anna Ioannovna's gift to her confessor.

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