One day in Gatchina, Russia

A day through Gatchina’s best-known sights that lie close together: Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Carmel, Saint Paul Cathedral in Gatchina, Priory Palace, Baltic rail terminal, Gatchina Palace and White Lake. 6 stops, about 3.4 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of CarmelTemple or shrine · On the map
  2. Saint Paul Cathedral in GatchinaCathedral · 0.4 km on from Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Carmel · On the map
  3. Priory PalacePalace · 0.9 km on from Saint Paul Cathedral in Gatchina · On the map
  4. Baltic rail terminalLandmark · 1 km on from Priory Palace · On the map
  5. Gatchina PalacePalace · 0.5 km on from Baltic rail terminal · On the map
  6. White LakeLandmark · 0.6 km on from Gatchina Palace · On the map

6 stops, 4.7 km on foot along the streets: about 59 min of walking.

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Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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