First walk
Saint Petersburg: Palace Square and the Admiralty
The Winter Palace, Alexander Column, Admiralty, Bronze Horseman and Saint Isaac’s Cathedral. Stops, walking map, terrain and GPX for an independent walk
Russia / CITY GUIDE
Saint Petersburg, on foot
Neva palaces, Nevsky Prospekt and canals. 11 walks, 36 places. Area guides and walking routes
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Neighbourhoods
St Petersburg walking map: Nevsky, canals and Anichkov Bridge
A 2.9 km route from Kazan Cathedral via the Church on Spilled Blood and Russian Museum to Anichkov Bridge. Metro approach, map, GPX and a shorter option
All walking routes
Palace Square and the Admiralty ↗
The Winter Palace, Alexander Column, Admiralty, Bronze Horseman and Saint Isaac’s Cathedral
Nevsky Prospekt and the canals ↗
From Kazan Cathedral along Griboyedov Canal to the Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood, Russian Museum and Anichkov Bridge
Extended central walk: Saint Petersburg ↗
The main stops from the first themed central walks; additional districts are covered by separate routes
Kolomna, theatres and New Holland ↗
The Moika, palace façades, the naval cathedral and a red-brick island
Gardens and palaces of the Fontanka ↗
A jewellery palace, Paul I’s castle, a formal garden and a memorial field
The Neva and early Petersburg ↗
Menshikov Palace, the museum tower, the Spit and Peter and Paul Fortress
Moika and Nevsky: Pushkin and Petrikirche ↗
Pushkin Apartment Museum → Winter Palace → Petrikirche → Kazan Cathedral
Smolny and Tauride Garden ↗
Smolny Cathedral → Tauride Palace → Tauride Garden
Petrograd Side: mosque, artillery and Aurora ↗
Artillery Museum → Saint Petersburg Mosque → Cruiser Aurora
Kolomna: synagogue, theatre and naval museum ↗
Grand Choral Synagogue → Historic Mariinsky Theatre → Central Naval Museum → New Holland
Vasilyevsky Island: Erarta and Sevkabel waterfront ↗
Erarta → Sevkabel Port
Places on the map
- Winter Palace
- Alexander Column
- Admiralty Building
- Bronze Horseman
- Saint Isaac’s Cathedral
- Kazan Cathedral
- Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood
- Mikhailovsky Palace
- Eliseyev Emporium
- Anichkov Bridge
- Yusupov Palace on the Moika
- Historic Mariinsky Theatre
- New Holland
- Mikhailovsky Castle
- Fabergé Museum in Shuvalov Palace
- Summer Garden
- Menshikov Palace
- Kunstkamera
- Rostral Columns
- Peter and Paul Fortress
- Field of Mars
- Blue Bridge
- Saint Nicholas Naval Cathedral
- Mikhailovsky Garden
- Pushkin Apartment Museum
- Petrikirche
- Smolny Cathedral
- Tauride Palace
- Tauride Garden
- Saint Petersburg Mosque
- Artillery Museum
- Cruiser Aurora
- Grand Choral Synagogue
- Central Naval Museum
- Erarta
- Sevkabel Port
How these guides are made
Sources: tourism organisations, museums and heritage sites. Distance follows the walking track; time and elevation are estimates. Sources are checked remotely; an on-site walk has not been confirmed