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Cathernine’s Palace is over my shoulder, the small pavilion was just for concerts.

Thursday May 25th. We decided to be extravagant and we booked a guide, car, and driver to take us to Catherine’s Palace about 20 miles outside of St Petersburg in the town of Pushkin. The cost of the excursion and guid proved worth it as we were able to jump the huge line waiting to enter AND our guide Andrey proved to be a wealth of information and showed great patience with our endless questions.

More of the gardens around the palace

Endless questions from the boys.
This room was modeled after the hall of mirrors in Versailles. Notice, we were all required to wear booties to protect the floors.
The Amber Room. We were forbidden to photograph here so the pictures are from Google.

The amber room is a reconstruction as the original decoration was stolen by the Nazis in the war and never recovered. Both Catherine’s and Peter’s palaces outside of St Petersburg were extensively damaged during the war and almost everything we saw except for the exterior walls were reconstructions. Although they were of the highest quality as the state spared no expense and employed expert craftsmen in the restoration.

All carved pieces are amber. As is the wall surfaces around it.
One of nine Faberge Eggs in the museum collection.
Exterior of Catherine’s Palace.
One of only two remaining statues of Lenin still left in St. Petersburg.
Tom insisted we stop for a photo.

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