When you travel to someplace new, there are lots of things that you should try, especially if that place is one of the greatest tourist destinations in that country, such as St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg is the former capital of Russia, and for two centuries, it was the main place for every major cultural and artistic event that happened in Russia. There are lots of things that you can do in St. Petersburg, from visiting museums, exploring historical sites, and cultural centers to spending time in major shopping centers and recreational centers. Besides that, there are also several activities that you can try while you visit St. Petersburg, such as trying the boat riding in St. Petersburg’s canals or exploring the roofs of the historic center of the city. While there are a hundred ways to spend time during your tour to St. Petersburg, nobody has enough time to explore everything in this beautiful city, especially if you’re traveling with groups. We at the Star Travel Group, as one of the top Russia tour operators, have gathered lots of useful information about that matter for our tourists, so they would choose between their options to have the best travel to Russia. One of our services is to introduce top Russia attractive places and travel guides, and here we’re going to introduce the things that you can do in one of the famous streets of St. Petersburg, the Nevsky Prospect.
Nevsky Prospect is one of the essential streets in St. Petersburg. While at the beginning it was only the road to the ancient city of Novgorod, eventually it became the center of the city and the most important street of St. Petersburg, in which you can find everything, from shopping centers, important building, such as banks and government buildings, top St. Petersburg attractive places, beautiful sights, parks, restaurants, cafes, cultural centers, art galleries, and many more things. Nevsky prospect starts from the Admiralty Building, which is only a few meters away from the Palace Square and the Winter Palace, goes all the way to the Moskovsky Railway Station, and after a slight change of direction, ends at the foot of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. If you start walking towards the street from the Admiralty building, you can get to the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in about an hour on average, considering you that you will not stop at any point. However, you should stop, because Nevsky Prospect has lots of amazing things to offer you on your tour to Russia.
Right at the beginning of your journey through Nevsky Prospect, there are the Winter Palace and the Admiralty Building, which each of them has an exceptional history behind them. Winter Palace was the main residence of the Russian Tsars for two centuries, and the Admiralty Building was the former headquarter of the Russian navy. So even though you’ve not started your walk, you’ve got the most major attractions of Russia tour in St. Petersburg, the State Hermitage Museum.
After a ten-minutes-walk, you’ll see the Stroganov Palace, which besides its architecture that has been a delightful attraction for many tourists on tour to Russia, it’s also one of the branches of the State Russian Museum, which you have to visit if you travel to Russia. Then after a couple of meters, you’ll find yourself between two of the most significant attractions of St. Petersburg tour; on the one hand, you’ve got the Singer House, also known as Dom Knigi or House of Books, which is one of the best examples of art nouveau architecture in St. Petersburg, and one of the largest book stores in the city; on the other hand, you’ll see the famous, majestic, beautiful Kazan Cathedral. Each one of these places is a must-see-place on your list of visits during your tour to Russia.
When you pass the Griboyedov canal, just a few steps off Nevsky Prospect, you’ll find the Arts Square, which houses several major attractions in St. Petersburg, such as the MIkhailovsky Palace, also the headquarter of the State Russian Museum, the Mikhailovsky Theatre, and several other attractions. If you don’t get distracted from the main street and continue your walk, right before you pass the Anichkov Bridge, you’ll find several other significant attractions of St. Petersburg around Nevsky Prospect. First, there’s the Shuvalov Palace, which houses the famous Faberge Museum, and one of our top suggestions during the tour to Russia, then you’ll find the Alexanderinsky Theatre and Russian National Library on the Ostrovsky Square, which also houses several other attractions, including the Museum of Theatre and Music, and of course, the Anichkov Palace, in which you can also find the Carnival Concert Hall. By this point of your tour to Nevsky Prospect during your tour to Russia, you have only seen half of the street.
Remember, these attractions are only the ones near Nevsky Prospect, if you move a couple of blocks up or down the street, you’ll find even more attractions, such as the Church of the Savoir on the Spilled Blood or the National Pushkin Museum. However, sightseen is not the only activity that you can try while you’re visiting Nevsky Prospect on your tour to Russia, as we mentioned, several interesting cultural centers on this street required your attention. If you continue your walk, you will find other attractions of St. Petersburg on Nevsky Prospect, such as Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace. Eventually, you’ll reach the Moscovsky Railway Station, and after a few minutes, you’ll see the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, which means that your journey on Nevsky Prospekt has ended. However, remember, this was only sightseeing and finding the tourist attractions on the street, there are the whole bunch of other things that you can do on your tour to Russia on Nevsky Prospect, which you can find them on our weblog at the Star Travel Group.
While Sightseen is one of the main activities on tour to Russia, Nevsky Prospect is also an ideal place for people who want to explore the art and culture of St. Petersburg during their Russia tour as well as an excellent place for people who want to shop on their tour to St. Petersburg. You can learn about all of these things on our weblog, as well as our tips and pieces of advice on how to have the best travel to Russia.
