Peterhof Palace and Gardens
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Peterhof
- July 22, 2001
- Rated 3 of 5 by
Mashka from Brooklyn, New York
Peterhof is frustrating, but fun. There are many seperate buildings, and for each one you have to buy a seperate ticket. It's frustrating because each building costs about $6 ($3.50 for students) to enter but the Russian price is about 5 to 10 cents. Sometimes my friends asked Russians to buy our tickets (which they always obliged to) and in exchange we bought them their tickets. Maybe not really kosher, but we saved a lot of money. Everything is very beautiful. Take a nap on the lawn, there's lots of space.
It's a full day trip, so get an early start.
From journal Studying Abroad in Peter
Peterhof
- July 17, 2001
- Rated 4 of 5 by
Andrew_vodo from Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
If you are going to visit St. Petersburg in the summer, you absolutely must visit Peterhof, the summer residence of the Russian emperors. This residence is one of the most beautiful and most luxuruous palaces in Europe. You'll be amazed by its beauty; by the beauty of the fountains and the park.
From journal The city of marvelous nights
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Peterhof
- June 6, 2000
- Rated 4 of 5 by
barbara from Atlanta, Georgia
The Peterhof Palace was Peter the Great’s and Catherine the
Great’s summer palace respectively. It was my favorite large palace owned by the Imperial Family because the grounds were so beautiful. It is situated on the
Finish Gulf, and the back gardens are wild and natural looking. Peter the Great had a great sense of humor, too, and there are trick fountains that turn on when you hit certain triggers, such as the bench that squirts water
when you sit down. I saw several people running on the grounds---entrance for Russians is very cheap---and would say that I would have loved to have run there, too. To see all of the Palace and to explore all of the grounds in just one day, you could use the speed generated by a nice jog! The place is HUGE. And the front grounds are styled completely differently from the back - more formal and controlled. Less like the Tsar that originally built the place. Peter preferred the sea and untamed trees in the back of the palace.
From journal Peter’s City