1-Day St Petersburg Tour Imperial Residences: Pushkin - Pavlovsk skip-the-line

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Stop At: Catherine Palace and Park, Sadovaya St., 7 Tsarskoye Selo, Pushkin, St. Petersburg 196601 Russia

Head beyond St Petersburg center for a visit to Tsarskoye Selo and its most famous attraction: Catherine Palace. Learn about historic sights en route to this famed former Imperial family summer residence, including one of the area's only remaining statues of Vladimir Lenin. Skip the entry lines and enjoy a private guided tour of the late-Baroque palace, including the private chamber of Alexander I and the opulent Amber Room, painstakingly recreated after Nazi soldiers looted the original during WWII. Afterward, spend some time exploring its surrounds—where photo ops are plenty.

If there are no tickets to the Catherine Palace, the tour operator can replace the Catherine Palace with Pavlovsk Palace.

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Pavlovsk State Museum, Sadovaya St 20, Pavlovsk, St. Petersburg 196621 Russia

Explore the beautiful Pavlovsk Palace, once home to Emperor Paul I, on a private 4-hour tour from St Petersburg. Avoid the main entrance lines with your pre-booked ticket and admire the courtyard of the neoclassical, 18th-century palace. Walk through the sumptuous rooms used by Paul, the son of Catherine the Great, and sometimes known as the ‘mad tsar.’ Discover strange facts about his life as you view the gilded halls, vestibules and family rooms.

Duration: 3 hours