Petrodvorets

Pros: The buildings and appointments were magnificent and the grounds were vibrant and well-manicured.
Cons: A stark comparison to the living conditions of the average Russian.

Our odyssey continued as ms Noordam made her landing at St. Petersburg, Russia. [This is the ninth in a series of postings on our Scandinavian holiday and sequentially follows my September 30th posting, “Our 2001 Sea Odyssey – Day 8 – At Sea...

Pros: Fabulous suburb with a great landscape
Cons: only for the summer time

Technically, Petrodvorets is a suburban town near St. Petersburg. It's relatively big, people live there, go to school, work. But for almost everyone outside of the town Petrodvorets associates with something marvelous, extremely beautiful and...

Pros: Absolutely wonderful palace and grounds
Cons: Inflated admission price for non-Russians (I think this is fair enough, personally, given the massive gap between Western and Russian incomes, but if you have a Russian friend who can buy the tickets, you can save a few bucks/quid)

Review Topic:  Sights & Attractions

A must for the visitor to Saint Petersburg: there are few better ways to spend a warm Baltic afternoon than exploring the gardens of Petrodvorets (also known as Peterhof or Petergof), an...

Pros: Fountains! Beautiful beyond belief!
Cons: Fountains only work from late May to early September

Petrodvorets (also known as Petrohof) is one of the most amazing places I've ever been! Wow! That is really all I could say the day after visiting this place when I tried to describe it to a friend. Eventually I collected my thoughts and am now able to...