Pavlovsk. The royal song of its parks. Walk through Pavlovsky Park. Route "Secluded" Excursions in Pavlovsk Park

In the country

Duration: 7 hours

On this excursion you will find the history of two summer imperial residences, stories about the splendor and luxury of the Court, about the difficult post-revolutionary 20-30 years. twentieth century and about the most tragic pages in the history of the suburbs during the German occupation of 1941-1944.

In the country

Go to the most comfortable imperial residence and take a walk through the magnificent landscape park

Duration: 6 hours

Pavlovsk is the third largest and most important palace and park ensemble in the vicinity of St. Petersburg. The Palladian-style palace and pavilions, immersed in the greenery of a huge park, are reminiscent of antiquity. But the exquisite simplicity of the landscapes, slender birch trees and the almost homely atmosphere of the residence make it homely charming and pastoral. You will feel harmony and comfort, remember the history of the country and admire the interiors of the palace of Paul I and his family.

Price: 1600 rub. per person

In the country

Visit three residences of Russian monarchs in the vicinity of St. Petersburg in one day

Duration: 10 hours

This excursion will open the doors of three beautiful palace and park ensembles of the 18th century. In the brilliant Tsarskoe Selo, the landscaped Pavlovsk Park and the romantic Gatchina, you will learn about the country life of the imperial family, look at authentic interiors and look into the private chambers of Russian monarchs.

Price: 2600 rub. per person

History and architecture

Walk through the Catherine and Pavlovsk palaces and discover the secrets of the Amber Room

Duration: 7.5 hours

Pushkin and Pavlovsk are places shrouded in the atmosphere of tsarist times. You will visit the former imperial residence and palace and park ensemble of the 18th century. You will follow in the footsteps of historical figures and look into the imperial chambers. I will reveal the secrets associated with the Amber Room, tell you what Catherine the Great did in Pavlovsk, and show you the majestic monument of Russian classicism - the Pavlovsk Palace.

Price: 2500 rub. per person

In the country

History, landscapes, gardens and landscape architecture of one of the largest parks in Europe

Duration: 5 hours

I offer you a tour of the park of the city of Pavlovsk, its gardens and pavilions, during which you will learn the history of this place and be able to admire its charming landscapes, beautiful at any time of the year, landscape architecture, man-made waterfalls, dams and gardens.

Pavlovsk

Stroll along the alleys of the park, the endless palace enfilade and learn about the fate of “Russian Hamlet”

Duration: 5.5 hours

A ceremonial classical palace, cascades of ponds and a large landscape park where Catherine II formerly loved to hunt - Pavlovsk will take you into the atmosphere of past centuries. You will see the works of architects Giacomo Quarenghi and Carl Rossi, the works of famous artists and sculptors and learn the secrets of the imperial family.

Price: 2000 rub. per person

In the country

Imperial architecture and romantic shady alleys of the State Museum-Reserve

Duration: 3.5 hours

I invite you to enjoy the natural and architectural beauty, as well as the history of the Pavlovsk ensemble, which is called the most romantic and shady. And - the most poetic of the park ensembles of the suburbs of St. Petersburg.

Overview

Friendly overview of the city and surrounding area

Duration: 4 hours

Cycling is a great way to a short time explore the historical center of Pavlovsky Posad and its surroundings. You will learn the main thing about the history of the city, look at the architecture and shrines, enjoy the landscapes, and I will try to show you the city the way I love it.

Price: 400 rub. per person

History and architecture

Take a walk along the ancient streets of the city and find out the most Interesting Facts its rich history

Duration: 2 hours

Located at the confluence of the Vokhna and Klyazma rivers, Pavlovsky Posad will captivate you with its idyllic atmosphere, ancient temples and cozy neighborhoods of two-story merchant houses built in the middle of the nineteenth century. I will tell you who they belonged to and help you feel the measured rhythm of a small county town.

From St. Petersburg you will go to Pavlovsk, where you will visit the picturesque Pavlovsky Park - one of the largest landscape parks in the world. Get acquainted with the Pavilion of the Three Graces, the Temple of Friendship, the Cold Bath, and also visit the luxurious Pavlovsk Palace.

Traveling with Maria Anashina A walk through Pavlovsky Park

I think I won’t be mistaken if I say that Pavlovsky Park can be called one of the most beautiful not only in Russia, but throughout the world. Regular and landscape parts, pavilions and sculptures, the picturesque Slavyanka River and numerous ponds, bridges and baths harmoniously coexist here. It is impossible to explore it in one day. This time I wandered around the park for several days, took photographs, and enjoyed the scenery. And then, a significant part, alas, turned out to be unreached.

It is difficult to talk about all the attractions of Pavlovsk Park in one post. Therefore, for convenience, I will divide my story into several parts. And today - an introductory part, a brief introduction to the park.

The history of the creation of Pavlovsk Park

Pavlovsk was given by Empress Catherine II to her son, Tsarevich Pavel Petrovich and his wife Maria Feodorovna in 1777. And soon construction begins here summer residence the Grand Duke and his wife, and after Paul's accession to the throne in 1796, Pavlovsk became the imperial residence. After his death in 1801, Pavlovsk passed to the Dowager Empress, Maria Feodorovna. After her death in 1828, Pavlovsk was inherited in the Romanov family, and after the 1917 revolution it was converted into a museum. Great damage was caused to Pavlovsk in general and to the Pavlovsk park and palace in particular during the Great Patriotic War. After the victory, the Pavlovsk Museum-Reserve was restored thanks to the activities of director Anna Ivanovna Zelenova.

The most famous architects of the 18th and early 19th centuries took part in the creation of Pavlovsk Park: C. Cameron, V. Brenna, A. Voronikhin, J. Quarenghi, J. Thomas de Thomon, C. Rossi... A grandiose palace was created on an area of about 600 hectares -park ensemble.

Pavlovsk Park consists of seven landscape areas:
◾Big star,
◾Valley of the Slavyanka River and Krasnodolinnye ponds,
◾Pridvortsovy district,
◾Old Sylvia,
◾New Sylvia,
◾White birch,
◾Parade field.

Charles Cameron, who supervised the construction of the park in 1780-1786, determined the layout of the main areas and laid the main roads. Under his leadership, the Pavlovsk Palace and many park pavilions were built. In 1796-1801, construction continued under the leadership of the architect V. Brenna. In 1801-1828, the work was headed by P. Gonzago.

Main attractions of Pavlovsk Park, photos

Now let’s walk along the paths of the park and look at its main attractions.

Railway station in Pavlovsk

District Big Star, Alley of the Young Groom

Lantern near the former Music Station

The Great Station Pond and the buildings of the former Music Station

View of the Pavlovsk Palace from the Valley of Ponds

Colonnade of Apollo

Cold bath and Centaurs' bridge

Colonnade of Apollo and bridge

Pavlovsk Palace

, pavilion “Three Graces”

Maria Feodorovna's own kindergarten

Pedestrian bridge

Black Bridge

Big circles

Statue

Poultry house, or Aviary and Aviary pond

Labyrinth and rose garden

"Rossi Pavilion" and the monument to Maria Feodorovna

Green Hall, or "Air Theater"

Dairy

Temple of Friendship and Cast Iron Bridge

Pavlovsk Park is rightfully considered one of the most beautiful examples of landscape art and is one of the largest landscape parks in Europe (its area is over 600 hectares). But not only famous park attracts the attention of numerous guests of St. Petersburg and local residents. An unusually harmonious combination architectural structures, included in palace and park ensemble, with the picturesque surroundings of the Slavyanka River, touched up by the skillful hands of architects and masters of landscape art, amazes and enchants. The proportionality of artificial buildings and natural landscapes, the consonance with the secret strings of the human soul of the entire Pavlovian ensemble is the merit of both talented creators and members of the imperial family, namely Paul I and his wife Maria Fedorovna, who not only poured their soul into their beloved country estate, but and spent the happiest years of their lives here.

The park amazes with its size and individual areas, completely different in character and composition, and all together forming one organic whole. A whole day is not enough to explore all of Pavlovsk, because only the path from the main entrance (from railway station) to the Pavlovsk Palace takes about half an hour at a leisurely pace. What about those who came to St. Petersburg for only a week and cannot afford to set aside a few days to explore Pavlovsk Park alone?

Recently, visitors to the park have the opportunity to save valuable time and rest their tired legs by exploring some of the sights, comfortably sitting on the benches of a sightseeing locomotive equipped with an audio guide. The cost of such a service is low: an adult ticket costs 300 rubles, a child ticket costs 150 rubles. The excursion, which takes place in the areas of Bolshaya Zvezda, New and Old Sylvia, is accompanied by musical and poetic works, one way or another connected with the Pavlovsk palace and park ensemble.

The train departs from the Pavlovsk Palace, elegant and majestic in its yellow and white decoration. It was created by Charles Cameron at the end of the 18th century, and then expanded and modified by architects V. Brenna, A. Voronikhin and G. Quarenghi. From the main square in front of the palace, the train will proceed along Triple Linden Alley, which is the leading axis of the palace part of the park, and will take passengers directly to the Aviary pavilion, or Poultry House, where under Maria Feodorovna there were greenhouses with exotic flowers and plants and small “chamber” balls were held.

The next point on the route is the Milk House, skillfully hidden in dense thickets of trees. Under the empress, there was once a stable with cows here, and everyone close to the royal family could taste the freshest dairy products. Next, the train will proceed to New Sylvia, at the entrance of which there is a statue of Apollo Musageta with a cithara in his hands, then through Old Sylvia, and along one of its alleys it will reach the Stone Amphitheater, located on the right bank of the Slavyanka.

On the left bank there was the Zemlyanoy Amphitheater, where performances took place, and spectators enjoyed the action from the right bank. Next, passengers will see the Visconti Bridge, which connects the Lilac and Cricova paths, and will follow the Alley of the Green Woman, one of the twelve paths of the Big Star area, which suffered greatly at the hands of the German invaders. In the center of Big Star there is a Music Salon, where music concerts are still held today.

The subsequent route of the train passes by the Cast Iron (Nikolaevsky) Gate, installed at the entrance to the park from Tsarskoe Selo. These gates were a gift from Nicholas I for the birthday of his mother, Empress Maria Feodorovna, who doted on her country residence - Pavlovsk. From the Cast Iron Gate the train will go to the Celebration Square, whose name speaks for itself, proceed along Krasnodolinnaya Alley, the longest in the park, and pass the Temple of Friendship, created by Charles Cameron in the form of an antique rotunda with columns. Along Slavyanka, past Staroshaleinye ponds, the train will go to the Piltoshenny Bridge and the tower of the same name, which was once used as a resting place at the bathhouse.

From the bridge, the excursion will continue towards the Ruin Cascade, designed by the architect V. Brenna, and return to the area of 12 paths (the Old Sylvia area). From there, the train will follow the path along the Parade Field, which was created by the Italian decorator P. Gonzago, and before that Paul I used it as a parade ground for soldiers, and past the Rose Pavilion, located at the junction of three areas of the park: Parade Field, White Birch and Old Sylvia. Concluding the trip, the train of two carriages along Teatralnaya Alley will return to the square in front of the Pavlovsk Palace.

Route:

Pavlovsk Palace - Triple Linden Alley - Aviary - Dairy - Statue of Apollo Musageta - Stone Amphitheater - Viskontev Bridge - Alley of the Green Woman - Musical Salon - Cast Iron Gates - Celebration Square - Red Valley Alley - Temple of Friendship - Staroshaleinye Ponds - Pilltower Bridge - Ruin Cascade -12 paths - Parade Field - Theater Alley.

It's time to walk through Pavlovsky Park.
I laid out dozens of routes for myself there.

Today I will show you the Secluded route.

This - best route, if you have been sitting too long and want to properly walk through the most remote and romantic places parka.
A route through the most secluded areas of the park, without visiting the Palace and places where tourists gather.
I was delighted with this route.
You can have a great rest and take a walk.

Do you have time to see the most Beautiful places“White Birch”, walk along Slavyanka.

The route begins and ends on the beautiful, straight, seemingly endless Izhora Alley.
To view the map in more detail, you need to click on it:

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It is convenient to go to Pavlovsk via Pushkin. And there you definitely want to go to the Feodorovsky Cathedral.

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Monument to Nicholas II near Feodorovsky Cathedral. I see people come here often. I saw people praying near the monument. The people's love for their history is strong, although often not noticeable.

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Just a beautiful building in Pushkin. There is a great amount here beautiful buildings.

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Well, here I am again in Pavlovsk. That's why I'm so pleased. We'll walk for two or three hours.

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This is why (although not only this) we love Pavlovsk.

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These are the Christmas trees.

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And this is my favorite birch alley. It goes from the "Round Dance of Birches" to the border of the park.

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Birch Alley from the "Round Dance of Birches". Wonderful, isn't it?

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We go out to the "Round Dance of Birches".

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Another look at the birch alley.

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And immediately behind the birch tree the pine alley begins.

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Again.

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Meadows

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Next to the birch alley

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Valley of the Slavyanka River

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Peel Tower (architect V. Brenna, 1795)

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Valley of the Slavyanka River

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Peel tower. Around 1798, P.-G. was painted. Gonzaga. The painting gave the impression of being destroyed medieval tower, repaired with boards and adapted for housing.

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Ruin Cascade

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For some reason I thought the lonely sculpture to the left of the Ruin Cascade was some kind of Greek goddess.

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And it says Apollo :)

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One of the most mysterious and beautiful buildings is the mausoleum of Paul I

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Mausoleum of Paul I

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There is a marble sculpture inside the Mausoleum. This sculpture, like the tombstone of the Parents' Monument in Old Sylvia, was created by I. Martos.
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The tour ends near the eastern border of the park. Gate and exit to the village of Glinka, Tosnensky district. The park is St. Petersburg, and the dacha in the background is the Tosnensky district.

For several years now we have been trying to meet the golden autumn in the picturesque park. Finally this year we were able to implement old dream, going to Pavlovsky Park on the right day!

We met this park many years ago at a friends wedding. But we walked there just a little, not really seeing anything around except the newlyweds. 🙂 But we clearly remembered that in the park there are very friendly squirrels, which you don’t have to lure for a long time in the hope of feeding.

Therefore, when choosing a place for a walk this time, we gave our preference to Pavlovsky Park: the place is beautiful, the entrance is not expensive (100 rubles per adult, a child got in for free), and even contact proteins.
The journey took us 1.20, there were a lot of cars! Moreover, there were a lot of people in the park too! The people, like us, were eager to go for country walks.

We immediately had a problem with the entrance... The park covers an area of about 600 hectares! We indicated in the navigator the official address (20 Sadovaya Street), where the Grand Palace and, apparently, the administration are located museum complex. In addition, it was there that we entered the park for the very first time (as it turned out later). However, as we approached the given point, we counted 2 more entrances, and a little further on the third. All are equipped with ticket offices and turnstiles. We were unable to determine offhand which of them was the main one or the front one.

Therefore, advice: before you go for a walk in Pavlovsky Park, take a look at the map and select the area of the park that you would like to go around. This will help you decide on the right input.

We can schematically offer you the following routes around Pavlovsky Park (walking time is about 2-3 hours):

So, I repeat, we went to Grand Palace. The main alley (Triple Lime Alley) leads from it to the square where the Memorial to the Victims of the Revolution is located.

On the right side you can see the Aviary, Labyrinth and Rossi Pavilion; on the left side there is the exhibition Great Circles and Rossi's Gazebo.

If you go to the right of the Memorial, you will come to another entrance (aka exit). Its value lies in the fact that it has snack bars (by the way, the pies were delicious!) and souvenir shops. If you go left from the Memorial, you will go to another area of the park.

After having a snack, we went left. 🙂 There are also paths directly, but the nearest marks on the map (the island and the column of Princess Lieven, the Deer Bridge and the Rose Pavilion Ponds) are quite far away.

By the way, be careful: carriages with horses are passing along the Triple Lime Alley and to the left.

But there, not far from the Milk House (where the cafe is now located), we met the first squirrels. With all the variety of pasture food (acorns, pine cones, etc.), squirrels eagerly swallowed and hid hazelnuts and walnuts. There was less interest in seeds and almonds.

But, to be fair, it was worth going to the Monument to Parents (dedicated to the parents of Maria Feodorovna, wife of Paul I), and then walking along the Slavyanka River. Then on the left we would see the Air Theater, and on the right - the Cast Iron Bridge and the Temple of Friendship (dedicated to Catherine II).

Then we went out to the Great Stone Staircase, looked at the Black Bridge and the Humpbacked Bridge, and returned along the Grand Palace to the entrance. But if we had walked a little further along the river, we would have looked at the Cold Bath and the Bridge of the Centaurs, and looked into the Own Garden and the Pavilion of the Three Graces.

In our opinion, this route (which took us more than 3 hours) is perfect for a first acquaintance with Pavlovsk Park! And if you still manage to get on an excursion to the palace itself (we didn’t go because the child was already tired and couldn’t stand the excursion), then it would be just great.

By the way, in addition to the squirrels, this time we also managed to hand-feed the birds! Tits and nuthatches (as it later turned out) took the same walnuts on an open palm.

For ease of movement, you can rent an electric car or take a sightseeing train.

And finally, a few more photos of the beautiful autumn Pavlovsk Park!

If you have already visited Pavlovsky Park and have something to tell, leave your feedback in the comments!

Address	Sadovaya st., 20, Pavlovsk
Coordinates	59.68514, 30.454101
Working hours	06.00 — 00.00 Temple of Friendship and Rose Pavilion: 11.00 – 17.00 (except Mon and Fri); Pavilion of the Three Graces and Private Garden: 11.00 - 19.00; Palace: 10.00 - 18.00 (except Fri and every first Monday of the month) Winter period (November 1 - April 30): Fri - day off
Ticket prices	Summer opening hours (May 1 - October 31): Park: 06.00 - 10.00 and 18.00 - 24.00 free; 10.00 - 18.00 adults - 100 rubles, children (7-14 years old) - 50 rubles. Palace: adults - 400 rubles, children (7-14 years old) - 150 rubles. Exhibits: adults - 150 rubles, children (7-14 years old) - 100 rubles. Exhibitions: adults - 50-150 rubles, children (7-14 years old) - 30-100 rubles. Own kindergarten: adults - 150 rubles, children (7-14 years old) - 100 rubles. Pavilion of Roses: adults - 150 rubles, children (7-14 years old) - 100 rubles. Temple of Friendship Pavilion: free with a park ticket. Photo and video shooting in the Palace, Pavilions and exhibition complexes: 100-200 rubles.
Park layout
Infrastructure	lack of parking spaces for vehicles (they can stand “second row” and block the exit); at two entrances there are stops public transport, one entrance next to the railway station; developed fast food chain; toilets in different parts of the park near the entrances, clean, free of charge (payment optional); a sufficient number of benches for relaxation; It is better to have a park map with you or purchase it immediately, otherwise you can get lost or the walk will be irrational.

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