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Side Trips from St. Petersburg
295
Viborg
Zelenogorsk
A122
Gulf of
Finland
Sestroretsk
Vsevolozhk
Kronshtadt
Nevskaya
guba
Lomonosov
St. Petersburg
Peterhof
(Petrodvorets)
M18
Otradnoe
Kolpino
17
Pushkin
M10
M11
Pavlovsk
Gatchina
Tosno
pavilions and gazebos. Park pavilions have opening days and admission fees different
from those of the palace; weekends are the only time everything is open.
Peterhof (Petrodvorets) Palace and Park is at 2 Razvodnaya Ulitsa ( & 812/427-
9223 ). Admission to the palace costs 520 rubles adults, 250 rubles college students and
children; admission to the park alone costs 300 rubles adults, 150 rubles students and
children. The palace is open Tuesday through Sunday from 11am to 6pm (closed last
Tues of each month). Monplaisir and other buildings on the grounds have different
hours.
WHERE TO DINE
The most convenient dining options are on the grounds of the park itself. Imperatorsky
Stol, in the orangerie near the Triton Fountain, is a cozy place for tea, snacks, or a full
meal of decent and inexpensive Russian-European cuisine ( & 812/450-6106 ). The
Standart restaurant ( & 812/450-6281 ), at the center of the Lower Park near the canal,
has more elegantly and expertly prepared Russian fare, for a higher price. It's housed in
the former Illumination Yard, which was used to store pyrotechnic equipment for the
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