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Kazan Cathedral
St. Petersburg

Kazan Cathedral

March 31, 2015 / by Broke Tourist

Free: All time Strolling down the main street of St. Petersburg – Nevsky Prospekt, you’re bound to come across the impressive Cathedral of Our Lady of...

Piskariovskoye Memorial Cemetery
St. Petersburg

Piskariovskoye Memorial Cemetery

March 31, 2015 / by Broke Tourist

Free: All time Piskariovskoye Cemetery serves as a reminder and memorial for the tragedy the city lived through during World War II – specifically during the...

St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral
St. Petersburg

St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral

March 31, 2015 / by Broke Tourist

Free: All time Located in the sailor quarter of St. Petersburg, this impressive baroque Cathedral was named after Nicholas – the patron saint of seamen. It...

The Bronze Horseman
St. Petersburg

The Bronze Horseman

March 31, 2015 / by Broke Tourist

Free: All time The Bronze Horseman is an equestrian statue of Peter the Great – the founder of St. Petersburg immortalized in the poem of the...

Strelka (The Arrow)
St. Petersburg

Strelka (The Arrow)

March 30, 2015 / by Broke Tourist

Free: All time Strelka, literally translated to “arrow”, is the eastern tip of Vasilyevsky Island and is one of the oldest parts of St. Petersburg. Strelka...

Chesme Church
St. Petersburg

Chesme Church

March 30, 2015 / by Broke Tourist

Free: All time When Catherine the Great was delivered the news about Russian victory over the Turks in 1770, the Empress decided that a church was...

The Big House (Bolshoy Dom)
St. Petersburg

The Big House (Bolshoy Dom)

March 30, 2015 / by Broke Tourist

Free: All time Unofficially named “The Big House” (Bolshoy Dom), this great Soviet Constructivsm-styled building was where once the headquarter of Soviet secret police OGPU. The...