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The most beautiful suburb of St.Petersburg
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Time consuming until you're actually in the palace!
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This is interesting ,inside and outside of palace.
Amber Room in the Catherine Palace
eksvist Says: The original Amber Room in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg was a complete chamber decoration of amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors. Due to its singular beauty, it was sometimes dubbed the "Eighth Wonder of the World".The Amber Room...
another one of the great diningrooms
globetrott Says: In a way it seems that this palace consists mainly of different diningrooms and this one is another very good excample for them: just take a look at these very special table-decorations made of precious porcelain, the fine tableware and the precious porcelain that is set at...
The Amber-room / Bernsteinzimmer
globetrott Says: This is the famous Amber-room: that is what most of the tourists are coming for although what you will see it is just a modern replica of the real amber-room, that is considdered lost since WW II.This room is held quite dark, because they say that the amber might fade its...
globetrott Says: Empress Katherine I was the 2nd wife of Peter the Great, who gave this palace as a present to his wife in 1708. It soon became one of the favorite royal palaces of Katharina and it was soon rebuilt in baroque style by the architect Francesco Bartholomeo Rastrelli. In my main...
some more photos of different rooms of the palace
globetrott Says: Here in this tip I combined some photos of different rooms, so you have an idea what it will be like to take the tour through the Katherine Palace of Tasarkoje Selo / Pushkin. The whole tour lasted a bit more than 40 minutes maybe, it is mostly quite hard to take photos...
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There is a small selfservice-restaurant inside of the Katherine Palace in Tsarskoe Selo / Pushkin at a place where only people with a valid ticket can go. They have nice, round tables with tablecloth that add a lot to the atmosphere, see my main photo.
The windows are facing the park at the backside of the palace.
Favorite Dish: I had some coffee and applecake, that was fine and also not more expensive than other places in St. Petersburg. In my 3rd pic you see a greek salad and some sandwiches,that salad also tastes really fine in Russia.
Updated Mar 20, 2010
Website: www.museumrestaurants.com
globetrott Says: I got to Pushkin by an organized halfday-bustour from our river-ship-company and the total price was about 50 euros and included the entrancefees to the palace.There was almost no waitingtime at the palace, and we passed by a long queue of waiting tourists, who came on their...
globetrott Says: This "Pushkin-parktrain" might be a good solution to see ALL of the park around the famous palace. In fact I did not take it, but just saw it passing by. It seems to be mainly for the russian tourists, because organized bustours will never give you enough time to take that...
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Tsar's fabulous eggs return to Russia
New York
February 6, 2004
Russian oil and metals baron Viktor Vekselberg
has bought the Forbes family collection of Faberge Russian
Imperial Easter Eggs and other pieces for more than
$US90 million ($SA118 million), months before Sotheby's
was to auction them.
The nine eggs and 180 other Faberge treasures collected
by the late publisher Malcolm Forbes were to have been
sold in New York on April 20-21.
Mr Vekselberg quickly moved to return them to Russia.
A spokesman said the eggs would be displayed in
Moscow and St Petersburg then regionally.
Faberge eggs, considered a standard for rare treasures
were first commissioned by Tsar Alexander III from the
House of Faberge in 1885 as Easter gifts for his wife,
Tsarina Maria Feodorovna. The tradition continued for
30 years in the Romanov imperial family.
What to buy:
Faberge Russian Imperial Easter Eggs
What to pay:
$US90 million
Written Apr 27, 2006
a local "boy-group" in the blue pavillon
globetrott Says: In the "blue Pavillon" you will attend a short performance of some chorus singing in a sidehall with excellent accoustics and at the end you are able to give some donations and/or buy their CDs and tapes.I really enjoyed their singing a lot, but I did not buy any of their...
globetrott Says: You always have to cover your shoes before you are allowed to enter the Katherine Palace of Tsarskoe Selo, that is quite the same for many museums in Russia. They had some kind of a plastic-bag with a rubber around it that would fit all sizes of shoes and they will also last...
aukahkay Says: Before entering the Catherine Palace, you will need to put on a shoe cover over your shoe to protect against damage to the wooden flooring. Do be very careful as the floor is very slippery. An elderly member of my tour group slipped and fell as she stepped into the Grand...
globetrott Says: There is a really giant park around of the Katherine palace and I think you could stay there for a full day in order to explore and really enjoy all of its sights.That little "park-train" that I show in my transportation-tips might be a good idea in order to get a good first...
globetrott Says: We saw this "egyptian gate" in the centre of a roundabout on our way to Katherine palace, while sitting inside the tourbus. That is why there are some reflections in my photos. The tourguide did not mention this gate at all, so maybe it is something new.I think it looks...
globetrott Says: The Upper Bath Pavillon is another building that I would have wished to have more time for, but we were in a hurry and could take just a few photographs.The upper bath was built by I.Neyelov in 1780 and when you take a look at my other photos you can imagine what a great and...
globetrott Says: The Cameron Gallery is a building that obviously everybody is just passing by, maybe that is because after the Katherine Palace you are exhausted of seeing too much architecture and prefer to walk through the lovely park instead.Cameron Gallery was named after the architect...
globetrott Says: This is the parkside of the palace and the place where we gathered after the guided tour through Katherine Palace. At this side the facades are renovated already and it is much better to take your photographs.In my last photo you will also see the queue of people who would...
globetrott Says: Dont miss to take a look inside of this lovely blue pavillon that is obviously also used for local wedding-ceremonies and similar private occasions. On that hot day in june 2009 it was also a pleasure to get inside and breath some cool air after a walk through the park in...
A.Pushkin was a student of the Lycee Zarskoje Selo
globetrott Says: Tsarskoe Selo was the old name of this town and it was renamed Pushkin in 1937, because Alexander Pushkin was a student there in the local Lycee Zarskoje Selo,that was founded in 1810 by Tzar Zar Alexander I. in order to educate his own children togeather with sons of the...
globetrott Says: I have no idea about the real name of this lovely blue pavillon next to one of the lakes in the park behind of Katherine Palace, that is why I use the name "Blue pavillon" for it.We were taken there by our tourguide and had some time there as well to listen to a men's...
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The famous "amber-room" & a lot more !
Pushkin is a great halfdaytrip from St. Petersburg and it really makes sense to calculate a full day, when you want to see ALL of its beauty and not just rush through the palace and the Amberroom /......
I came here many Summers when I lived in Leningrad now St.Petersburg and my first visit was a cold winters day in 1989 to get some used military uniforms from one of the military academies to take...
We combined a trip to Tsarkoe Selo with a visit to nearby Pavlovsk in one day. Tsarskoe Selo, still commonly referred to as Pushkin, is home to Catherine Palace & Park, one of the imperial estates...
I had a daily trip to visit Pushkin and the main reason to visit this city is basically for the visiting the incredible beautiful palace and the park around it.
Tsaskoe Selo (Tsar's Village) was prepared as a surprise for Peter the Great by his wife Catherine. It was under Empress Elizabeth and Catherine the Great between 1744 and 1796 that the palace at...
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