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Peterhof = Petergof
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  • By globetrott on December 10, 2004
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  • ПETEPГOФ / Peterhof - Peterhof
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    Petergof = ПETEPГOФ
    Our letter for "H" does not exist at all in the russian language or alphabet *, and so you might hear or read sometimes Petergof instead of Peterhof on your foreign map.
    Also, when you talk with local people about Peterhof, they will mostly know only of Petergof / ПETEPГOФ !

    *) of course the letter "H" is used in the russian alphabet, BUT for our letter of "N" !
    So you see it makes a lot of sense to learn at least the russian alphabet before you go there on a vaction !

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  • Directions: ПETEPГOФ / Petergof is in the west of St.Petersburg

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    Peterhof - the summerpalace of Peter the Great
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    One day in 1705 Peter the Great passed by an old farmstead on his way from Kronstadt to St.Petersburg and decided to build his summer-residence there and called it Peterhof.
    In 1714 the construction of the big palace was started and it took more than 7 years to build the palaces, gardens and fountains.
    There were various architects from Germany, France and Italy and mostly they had between 500 and 2000 people working each day on that project.

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  • Directions: This side of the palace is facing the sea and the landing-stage of the hydrofoil Meteor / Meteop

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    Peterhof / Petrodvorets / Petergof
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  • By globetrott on December 10, 2004
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    Peters Palace in Peterhof
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    Peterhof was called Petrodvorets ( Peter's palace ) in communiste times, when I was able to go there twice (1978+1979).
    Everything looked a lot worse from inside and outside at that time, but it was really impressive anyway, and one of my very best memories about Russia in the times of the CCCP.
    At that time it was impossible to get inside the palace, except for tourists arriving by organized bustours, and of course you could also queue for several hours at the entrance with the local people.

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  • Directions: Peterhof is outside of St.Petersburg - take the local bus or the hydrofoil "Meteor"

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    the big cascades & the golden sculptures
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  • By globetrott on December 10, 2004
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    The big cascades and its golden sculptures are certainly the strongest impression that you will get in Peterhof.
    It looked impressive already in Communiste times, as you may see on my pics, that were all taken on a foggy day in 1978.
    Today they are even more colorful, carefully cleaned and restored.
    Bartolomeo Carlo Rastelli was the main architect of the cascades and sculptures and still today the fountains and cascades may run 10 hours a day simply by the pressure of waterpipes coming from a watertank , hidden on a hill in a big distance from the castle.

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  • Directions: Peterhof / Petergof is a palace west of St.Petersburg - take the bus or the hydrofoil

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    ПETEPГOФ - opening times
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    I hope to be able to return to Peterhof in summer 2004 and have searched my guide-books for the lastest opening times of the various attractions in Petergof / ПETEPГOФ
    The Big Palace of Petergof :
    Tuesday-Sunday 11.00a.m. - 05.00 p.m.

    Monplaisir-Palace :
    Thursday-Tuesday 11.00a.m.-06.00p.m.
    (closed in winter and bad weather !!!)

    The Cottage in Alexanderpark :
    End of May till October
    11.00 a.m. - 05.00 p.m.

    Benois-museum :
    Tuesday - Sunday 11.00a.m. - 06.00 p.m.

    Marly - another small castle in the park :
    Wednesday - Sunday 11.00a.m. - 06.00p.m.

    You see it might be best to get there between Thursday and Sunday in order not to miss any of the museums.

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  • Directions: Peterhof is west of St.Petersburg - take the local bus or the speed-boat Meteor !

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    Benois Museum
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    In 1794 a french cook named Benois came to work for the Tsar and plenty of his descendants were famous painters, architects and actors.
    One of them was Sir Peter Ustinov and in 1988 this small part of the palace was used to make a museum about the family Benois.
    Opening times of the Benois-museum are :
    Tuesday till Sunday
    11.00 a.m. - 06.00p.m.
    This part fo the palace was used for some sort of a gambling-hall, when I visited Peterhof in 1978.
    Read more about that in my next tip !

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  • Directions: The Benoit-museum is next to the big castle in a distance of maybe 100 meters.

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    You might need the whole day to explore Peterhof
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  • Peterhof - Peterhof
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    In Peterhof / ПETEPГOФ you might need the whole day in order to explore everything, as the garden is quite large and plenty of seperate pavillons, smaller Palaces, The St.Peter and Paul cathedral, a vogliere and several trick-fountains are spread over quite a large park.
    Get there as early in the morning as possible and make sure to take a day with great sunshine, as the golden sculptures will look best that way !
    Be prepared for some long waiting-lines at the cashier or castle-entrance, especially when cruise-ships are in the Port of St.Petersburg .

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  • Directions: The castle of Peterhof is west of St.Petersburg -take the hydrofoil or the local bus to Petergof / ПETEPГOФ

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    what have they done to the castle in CCCP-times...
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    Inside this part of the palace, there was a gambling hall during the communiste times in 1978 !
    This was something I would have never expected to be found in a communiste country at all and the most ridiculous thing was a machine , where you put in money in order to have a chance to grab "precious things" with a power-shovel.
    In Austria we had a similar machine and you could grab there things like golden rings and watches...

    In the Russian "Communiste paradise" you could grab for soap and toothpaste...
    It was simply so ridiculous and sad at the same time to see the local people trying to get these "precious things" out of the machine...

    ...and while I may understand the people fishing for soap, I still cannot understand that the communist rulers did not understand that they somehow revealed their own poor system that way...

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  • Directions: This is one of the side-wings of the big palace in Peterhof / Petergof

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    Grand Cascade Sculpture
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    Aside from the statues, there are also 64 fountains and 142 jets of water making up the Grand Cascade

    The fountains are usually turned on from May to October, but, if it is important to you, I would recommend calling first. I will freely admit that if the fountains had not been running, I wouldn't have been nearly as satisfied with the visit.

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    Grand Cascade & Marine Canal
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    From the terrace of the Great Palace, you can look back over the route you have just covered, from the Gulf of Finland to the palace door.

    Note the tour groups (Russian & Spanish were the languages we heard) in the right of the photo. If they join you in a palace room, it's best to stand back and let them pass. They'll be led at a quick pace (and given viewing priority), so it's easier to do that than to try to rush ahead of them.

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