Stop At: Pavlovsk State Museum
Timing is flexible and you can start the tour any time you prefer.
This tour can be customized to make it a unique experience for you. Your private local guide will meet you in the hotel lobby and discuss the tour itinerary with you at the beginning of the tour.
Pavlovsk traces its history since 1777, when Empress Catherine II presented the estate near Slavyanka River to her son Paul. Built in 1780s, Pavlovsk Palace is an architectural monument, the center of the Pavlovsk Museum-Reserve.
Stop At: Pavlovsk History Museum
10.00am Take a journey into Russian classicism and see the State Rooms, the Egyptian vestibule with the main staircase, the Italian hall, the State Library of Paul I, the Carpet Study, the Hall of War, the Greek Hall, the Hall of Peace, the Boudoir, the State Bedroom, the Picture Gallery (Currently the art collection of the Pavlovsk Palace Museum includes works by Western European artists of 16th -19th centuries: Austrian, English, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, German, Flemish and French painting).
Stop At: Pavlovsk State Museum of History and Local Lore
11.00am Then check out the Throne Room and the Chapel, Living Rooms, the Raspberry Study, the Common Study, the Corner Drawing Room, the White Dining Room, the Old Drawing Room, the Ball Hall.
Stop At: Pavlovsk State Museum
12.00pm If you have an appetite for scenic views and landscapes, Pavlovsk Park is the place to storm! It is one of the largest landscape parks, both in Russia and Europe (about 600 hectares). 7 landscape areas make up Pavlovsk Park: Pridvortsovy, Slavyanka River Valley, Big Star with the valley ponds, Old Sylvia, New Silvia, Ceremonial Field and White Birch.
1.00pm Break for Russian traditional lunch.
Stop At: Round Hall
2.00pm Your explore with the decoration of the park pavilions, both of classic and pastoral nature: the Temple of Friendship, Apollo Colonnade, Aviary, Cold Bath, Round Hall, Rose Hall, Dairy, Pill Tower.
Stop At: Monument to the Parents
See Memorial Monument to Parents, Mausoleum of Spouse-Benefactor, bridges over the Slavyanka River, marble and bronze sculpture.
Pass By: St. Petersburg Metro
3-4pm Trip back to your hotel in St Petersburg
