Location: Nevskiy
Top Things to do in Nevskiy
Top Restaurants in St. Petersburg
Top 10 Sights & Landmarks in Nevskiy, Northwestern District
The second largest city in Russia, St. Petersburg is the country’s cultural heart. View splendid architectural gems like the Winter Palace and the Kazan Cathedral, and give yourself plenty of time to browse the world-renowned art collection of the Hermitage. Sprawling across the Neva River delta, St. Petersburg offers enough art, nightlife, fine dining and cultural destinations for many repeat visits.
Restaurants in St. Petersburg
1. Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 21,605 reviews
Built to memorialize Alexander II following his assassination in 1881, this magnificent church with Italian pink marble floors and numerous mosaics was modeled after 16th and 17th century churches, contrasting sharply with the prevailing architectural styles.
Reviewed By EileenMtShasta - Mount Shasta, United States
We went with Alla Tours while on a 24-hour stopover on our Norwegian Getaway Baltic cruise in August 2019. It was so crowded that we could hardly walk around! But, so gorgeously decorated inside, floor to ceiling filled with paintings, carvings, and very colorful mosaics! It is not a working church but just a tourist site.
2. Center of the Mikhail Chemyakin
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5.0 based on 16 reviews
Open space for the dialogue of science and art, classics and modernity, physics and metaphysics The Mikhail Shemyakin Center regularly hosts lectures, master classes, performances, concerts and, of course, exhibitions of works by Shemyakin and his contemporaries.
3. Nevsky Prospekt
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4.5 based on 4,709 reviews
This famous Russian street that cuts through the center of St. Petersburg is a hub for shopping, nightlife and entertainment, and is lined with historic and picturesque buildings and churches.
Reviewed By Ralstonc - St. Petersburg, Russia
Great street with wonderful restaurants and souvenir shops , also great bars and clubs. A MUST street to visit in this beautiful city
4. Kazan Cathedral
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4.5 based on 4,143 reviews
Built in the early 1800s to duplicate the Vatican's Basilica of St. Peter, this huge cathedral served as a monument to Russia's victory over Napoleon in the War of 1812 and today houses the Museum of Religion.
Reviewed By Pranavito - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
It is a lovely, imposing structure from the outside, but a bit bare and not decorative from the interior but I guess the comparison with the Cathedral of the Spilt Blood is unfair. Kazan is an active church, you could see a line of people waiting to kiss one of the icons and many of them sitting around in prayer and lighting candles. The ambience is spiritual and surely worth a visit, to get a peek into the daily life of ordinary Russians.
5. Anichkov Bridge
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4.5 based on 1,319 reviews
This bridge, the first to cross the Fontanka River, has undergone a series of reconstructions and is noted for its elaborate cast-iron fencing and striking horse and human sculptures.
Reviewed By Kosmo63 - Santa Fe, United States
In addition to the ironwork, the statues, the boat tour accesses, and the history of this bridge as a reason to drop by, we really had the sensation that we were in one of the epicenters of people and buzz and vibe in St. Petersburg. We did end up grabbing a boat tour here. One tip is that Pelmenya cafe is half a block from this, well-rated on Tripadvisor and we can confirm a great, cheap place to eat (and/or drink).
6. Bank Bridge
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4.5 based on 153 reviews
Two pairs of mythological cast-iron griffons guard each end of this narrow footbridge, which incorporates some of the best artistic and architectural features of 19th-century bridges.
7. Monument to Catherine the Great
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4.5 based on 194 reviews
The beloved ruler, whose reign is called the "golden age" of Russia, is memorialized in this statue of Catherine with carvings of dignitaries at her feet.
Reviewed By drogilmour - Guatemala City, Guatemala
Ended up here while in on our way to the Yusupov palace on the Moika River. The monument stands in front of the Alexandrinsky Theater at the Catherine Garden. This wonderful bronze depicts Ekaterina standing tall above orderly state men, all key players in her reign, as commander Suvorov, Count Potemkin and the poet Derzhavin. The empress rises above everyone and looks at Nevsky Prospect with a smile.
