What to do and see in Peterhof, Northwestern District: The Best Sights & Landmarks

November 9, 2021 Emerita Lamoureux

Discover the best top things to do in Peterhof, Russia including Church of St. Olga, Grand Cascade, Grottoes of the Grand Cascade, Sea Channel, Golden Hill Cascade, Grand Peterhof Palace, Gothic Kapella, The Marly Palace, House With Lions, Peterhof Gymnasium of Emperor Alexander II.
Restaurants in Peterhof

1. Church of St. Olga

Sankt-Peterburgskoye Hwy., 109A, Peterhof, St. Petersburg 198510 Russia
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Church of St. Olga

2. Grand Cascade

Razvodnaya, 2, Peterhof, St. Petersburg 198516 Russia +7 812 450-52-87 [email protected] https://peterhofmuseum.ru/objects/peterhof/bolshoy_kaskad/info
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Grand Cascade

The Grand cascade is one of the largest fountain structures in the world - it consists of three waterfall stairs and two grottoes, 75 fountains and 255 bronze sculptures.

3. Grottoes of the Grand Cascade

Razvodnaya, 2, Peterhof, St. Petersburg 198516 Russia +7 812 450-52-87 [email protected] https://peterhofmuseum.ru/objects/peterhof/muzei_groti_bolshogo_kaskada
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Grottoes of the Grand Cascade

The upper and Lower grottoes are the architectural center of the Grand cascade, so in the XVIII century the Grand cascade was often called the Grand grotto with cascades.

4. Sea Channel

Lower Park, Peterhof, St. Petersburg Russia
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Sea Channel

The channel in the Lower Park from the Big fountain cascade towards the Gulf of Finland.

5. Golden Hill Cascade

Lower park, Peterhof, St. Petersburg 198516 Russia +7 812 450-52-87 [email protected] https://peterhofmuseum.ru/objects/peterhof/kaskad_zolotaya_gora
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Golden Hill Cascade

One of the remarkable and large-scale fountains in the Lower Park. Cascade Golden mountain is built in the 18th wreath in the shape of a rectangle, the Central part of which is a ladder with a length of 14 meters and consists of 21 steps, lined with marble. The sheer walls of the ledges are covered with copper gilded sheets, on which silvery streams of water flow.

6. Grand Peterhof Palace

Razvodnaya St., 2, Peterhof, St. Petersburg 198516 Russia +7 812 450-52-87 [email protected] http://peterhofmuseum.ru
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4.5 based on 12,662 reviews

Grand Peterhof Palace

Once a formal garden built for Peter the Great, this popular park still has more than 80 of the original marble statues and sculptures and houses Peter's Summer Palace, a simply designed two-story building that now displays many of the ruler's own artifacts.

Reviewed By lionusc

Peterhof Palace is one of the best preserve palace n museum in Russia and have good antique collection and also beautiful cascade garden n fountain from the period of Peter the Great.

7. Gothic Kapella

Park Aleksandriya Peterhof State Museum Preserve, Peterhof, St. Petersburg 198510 Russia +7 812 450-56-52 [email protected] http://peterhofmuseum.ru/objects/aleksandriya/goticheskaya_kapella/info
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4.5 based on 102 reviews

Gothic Kapella

8. The Marly Palace

Razvodnaya ul., d. 2 Peterhof, State Museum Preserve,, Peterhof, St. Petersburg 198516 Russia +7 812 450-56-52 [email protected] http://peterhofmuseum.ru/objects/peterhof/dvorets_marli
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4.5 based on 453 reviews

The Marly Palace

9. House With Lions

Park Aleksandriya, 2, Peterhof, St. Petersburg Russia
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House With Lions

10. Peterhof Gymnasium of Emperor Alexander II

Sankt-Peterburgskiy Ave., 43, Peterhof, St. Petersburg Russia +7 812 450-69-07 http://school415.narod.ru
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Peterhof Gymnasium of Emperor Alexander II

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