Tsarskoye Selo palace and park ensemble — a brilliant monument of world architecture and landscape art XVIII — early XX century. A whole group of architects, sculptors, painters embodied the desires of their royal customers. In Tsarskoe Selo concentrated best samples baroque and classical architecture; it is here were first in the Russian capital interiors, decorated in Art Nouveau style.
The Catherine Palace, located in the town of Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), 25 km south-east of St. Petersburg was the summer residence of the Russian tsars. The palace is a part of a marvelous ensemble of palaces and parks. It was almost totally destroyed during The Second World War. Now the palace is impressive post WWII reconstruction. The Catherine palace nowadays contains exclusive decorative objects, furniture, Russian and West-European paintings, unique collection of porcelain, amber, weapons, decorative bronze, sculptures, etc.
The Tsarskoye Selo palace-and-park ensemble (the Tsarskoye Selo State Museum-Preserve) is a superb monument of world-ranking architecture and garden-and-park design dating from the eighteenth to early twentieth centuries. A whole constellation of outstanding architects, sculptors and painters made the ideas of their crowned clients a reality here. Tsarskoye Selo is a cluster of very fine examples of Baroque and Classical architecture and it was also the first place in the Russian capital where interiors decorated in the Moderne (Art Nouveau) style appeared.
The compositional centre of the ensemble is the Great Tsarskoye Selo or Catherine Palace – a splendid example of Russian Baroque. Visitors are enraptured by the sumptuous décor of the Great Hall and the Golden Enfilade of state rooms that includes the world-famous Amber Room now returned to life. Today, as we enter the palace, we can sense the spirit of the times of Empresses Elizabeth and Catherine II and admire unique works of fine and applied art.
Tsarskoye Selo is also home to one of the finest creations of Classicism in architecture – the Alexander Palace (currently under restoration). Passing through the rooms of the living apartments that are open to visitors, you can get an idea of the aesthetic preferences of the last members of the Romanov dynasty and view the Emperor’s State Study that was decorated in the Moderne style.
More than a hundred historical monuments are scattered across the Catherine and Alexander Parks that have a joint area of 300 hectares: there are grand palaces and intimate pavilions, bridges and marble monuments, and also exotic structures imitating Gothic, Turkish and Chinese architecture that invest little corners of the parks with a romantic atmosphere.
Included:
1.Visa support (visa-free service for cruise ship passengers «Cruise visa»)
2. Tickets to all museums under the program
3. English-speaking guide (any other European language is available)
Not included :
1. Transport (on request)
Note! For regular partners – a separate price. For cooperation with us, please write to the mail: info@bptravel.spb.ru
To serve groups applications with tickets are taken:
– the 15th of the month for a period of from 01 to 10 of the following month
– 25 th current month for the period from 11 to 20 of the following month
– up to 05 of the period from 21 to 30 (31) of the current month.
Important!
1. In case of delay the group for more than 30 minutes, the museum has the right to refuse service to the group that day.
2. Treasury ticket exchange and non-refundable.
3.Since the time available unpredictable museum visits, ask for the planned day of your visit to Catherine while in the program did not put. Best time to be considered, but not guaranteed.
The Catherine Palace is located in the town of Pushkin, the State Museum-Preserve “Tsarskoye Selo” at Sadovaya, d 7, Pushkin, St. Petersburg…
Working hours: 10:00 – 17:00, Tuesday – closed.