One day in Saint Petersburg, Russia

A day through Saint Petersburg’s best-known sights that lie close together: Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Isaac's Cathedral, Nevsky Prospect, Hermitage Museum, Peter and Paul Fortress and Russian Museum. 6 stops, about 4.7 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Mariinsky TheatreTheatre or opera house · On the map
  2. Saint Isaac's CathedralMuseum · 1.1 km on from Mariinsky Theatre · On the map
  3. Nevsky ProspectMonument · 0.6 km on from Saint Isaac's Cathedral · On the map
  4. Hermitage MuseumMuseum · 0.4 km on from Nevsky Prospect · On the map
  5. Peter and Paul FortressMuseum · 1.1 km on from Hermitage Museum · On the map
  6. Russian MuseumMuseum · 1.5 km on from Peter and Paul Fortress · On the map

6 stops, 8 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 42 min of walking.

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Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.

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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