Excursions

Pushkin and Pavlovsk, palaces and parks

During the excursion tourists visit 2 palaces and 2 parks. Catherine's Palace in Pushkin is a brillian example of baroque style, erected by Rastrelli. The museum houses remarkable collections of paintings, porcelain, furniture and fabrics. Visitors can explore Rastrelli's Grand Hall, Portrait Hall with its canvases by Dutch, Flemish, Italian and French artists and other rooms of so-called "Golden Corridor". They admire the new-made world-famous Amber Room , which disappeared during the Second World War. The Great Palace in Pavlovsk, a splendid specimen of Russian Neoclassicism, is remarkable for its proportionalism and refined decor. Together with the low galleries, leading to the wings), the palace looks out onto a large open courtyard.

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