(private) Day tour of Tsar's Village and Pavlovsk Palace

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Stop At: Tsarskoye Selo State Museum Preserve, Sadovaya St., 7, Pushkin, St. Petersburg 196601 Russia

[tickets included] ★ MUSEUM-RESERVE “TSARSKOYE SELO” (TSAR’S VILLAGE) is located 26 km south of St. Petersburg. It consists of the Grand Catherine Palace, the Catherine Park, the Alexander Palace and the Alexander Park. The main thing that attracts crowds of tourists is the Catherine Palace. The palace, built in the Baroque style, delights with its size, powerful spatial dynamics and “picturesque” decor. Wide azure ribbon facade with snow-white columns and gilded ornaments. Palace facades are decorated with figures of Atlanteans, caryatids, lion masks and other stucco decorations.

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We will visit the luxurious halls, the main suite, decorated with golden carvings, as well as the apartments of the Catherine Palace. The creation of which worked the true masters – architects and sculptors, artists and stone-cutters, and later – restorers, meticulously restoring the destroyed masterpieces after the Great Patriotic War. But perhaps the most famous room in the palace is the amber room, a magnificent work of art with a bright and interesting fate.

After the excursion program in the Catherine Palace, we will stroll through the Catherine Park and go to lunch.

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[not included] ★ TIME FOR REST AND LUNCH. In the Pushkin city, there are plenty of restaurants for every taste – from expensive to fully democratic. On the territory of the park there is also a restaurant of Russian cuisine “Compound”, where Vladimir Putin is often.

Duration: 4 hours

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

[tickets included] ★ Literally 8 kilometers away, there is a palace and park ensemble of federal significance, which in the 18th century was the country residence of Emperor Paul I. The park adjoining the palace is one of the largest landscape parks in Europe. First of all, we will visit the Pavlovsk Palace, restored by titanic labor, after the bombing and almost complete burning during the Second World War. Pavlovsky Palace and Park Ensemble was included in the UNESCO list, including by the criterion, which was the scientific methodology and methods of restoration and reconstruction. We will get acquainted with the difficult history of this palace and, of course, plunge into the imperial life of country life.

Duration: 2 hours