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The city parks remain romantic and beautiful, whether dipped in sunlight or blanketed in snow.

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Botanical Garden
Botanical Garden
The Botanical Gardens are a gardeners paradise and a perfect place to spend a few relaxing hours.  The contemplative statue of Lenin fits in perfectly with the mood of the set up. Set amidst a large acreage to the north of the city centre, there's enough here to keep wanderers and green thumbs amused for ages. In parts, messy and overgrown, it seems frozen in time which makes it even more charming.
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PS, Aptekarsky pr.1

tel. (+7) 812 234 17 64

Open Sat-Wed 11:00 - 16:00, Thu 11:00 -14:00. Closed Fri.
 Metro station:

Petrogradskaya
Park Pobedy
Moskovsky Park Pobedy (Moscow Victory Park) is full of life. On the southern side, there is a small cafe which has drinks and hot snacks. Park Pobedy is a beautiful, quiet, large park, where students drink beer, families walk and pensioners sit on benches. Besides a childrens play park it has a Walk of Fame, where you can find statues of Russian WWII heroes. There are also some water attractions available, with water bikes and boats in the summer. The lakes are small though and the equipment doesn't always look trustworthy, but if you can swim... in summer terraces, beer and shasliki are available.
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Moskovsky pr.

tel. (+7) 812 388 08 81

Open 24 hours. The attractions are open daily 12:00 -23:00, weekends 11:00-23:00.  Metro station:

Park Pobedy
Primorsky Victory Park
Primorsky Victory Park is situated at the western end of Krestovsky Island. Here you can rent bikes and skates, or, if feeling less energetic, you can fill your stomach with shashlyk and beer. The Dino Ostrov amusement park has lots of fun for thrill seekers. The giant Kirov Stadium built in the 19 [...]



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Krestovsky pr. 21

tel. (+7) 812 235 20 48

Open 24 hrs. Metro station:

Krestovsky ostrov
Summer Garden (closed for reconstruction)
Tsar Peter the Great created the Summer Garden, surrounded by beautiful iron fences, in 1704. Most of the trees and all 250 statues were imported from Italy. For a century, it was the exclusive domain of people of the highest rank. Tsar Nicholas I opened it up to ‘well-dressed people,’ but these days they don't care what you wear.  These statues have seen it all.  There's a display of twelve funky handturned iron chairs positioned in a circle, each one made by different blacksmiths.
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tel. (+7) 812 314 03 74

Open Closed Metro station:

Nevsky pr.
Tavrichesky Garden
Half-naked people like to enjoy the sun in the Tavrichesky Garden. This is the park for ordinary people to come and take a short stroll, and fitness freaks go jogging. Once it belonged to Grigory Potemkin, the favourite lover of Catherine the Great. Red Mountain, the raised terrace and cafe, is mar [...]



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Ul. Potemkinskaya 2-4

Open 07:30 - 22:00 Metro station:

Chernyshevskaya
Yelagin Park
Yelagin Park
Laid out on Yelagin Island, the Central Park of Culture and Leisure (TsPKiO) is one of the most popular parks in town. Its acres are packed with things to see and places to eat and drink. There are wonderful walking paths and it is a popular destination for bicyclists and skaters. You can also rent [...]



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Elagin Ostrov 4

tel. (+7) 812 430 09 11

Open 06:00 - 23:00 Metro station:

Krestovsky ostrov
Yusupovsky garden
A wonderful little imperial garden that’s a perfect place to take a picnic made up from items bought from the nearby Sennoi market. You may notice some signs telling you that you can’t sit on the grass, but you can ignore that rule like everyone else here and sprawl out on the lawn to c [...]



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Sadovaya ul. 50

 Metro station:

Sennaya pl.