Operation days

Daily, except Tuesday and last Wednesday

Duration

5 hours

Description

We invite you to join our excursion to Oranienbaum — one of the most beautiful monuments of Russian Baroque architecture. Originally the city was called Oranienbaum which means “an orange tree” in German. The name was given by Peter himself, who, according to a legend, noticed a small greenhouse with wild orange trees near the city. During the great Patriotic war Oranienbaum was the only suburb of Leningrad that German army didn’t occupy. Palaces and parks were damaged but not destroyed and looted. Therefore, palaces and gardens of Lomonosov have a great cultural and artistic value as genuine architectural and landscape monuments. On a guided tour you will see the beautiful interior rooms of the Grand Menshikov Palace and enjoy the sophisticated Chinese Palace. After that you’ll get a chance to take a pleasant walk in the splendid landscape park of Oranienbaum, which harmoniously combines complex geometric patterns of lanes and tracks, mazes, ponds and sumptuous architectural monuments such as bizarre Sliding Hill Pavillion (in the 18th century the prototype of a modern roller coaster was located here) and ceremonial Stone hall which served as a local theater.  

Itinerary

10:00 Meeting with your guide;

11:00 Arrival at Oranienbaum;

11:10-12:00 Excursion in the park;

12:10-13:50 Excursion in the palace;

14:00-15:00 Return.