Known for
Smolny Cathedral, the Tauride Garden and the quarters where a facade means a state office.
The state’s people
Smolny and the Tauride Garden
Smolny
Shpalernaya Street, Tavricheskaya Street, Smolnaya Embankment
Smolny Cathedral, the Tauride Garden and the blocks where the city was a chancellery. The facades here are about office, not about Nevsky’s shop window.
Why go
By day: the cathedral and the garden. In the evening the garden stays alive longer than the offices.
Where to stay
Far for a first night. Worth it if you want quiet by the garden and do not mind the ride to the centre.
Local guide
Fedor Samorodov · guide
Smolny and the Tauride Garden are on the same side of the city, and they are separate places: Shpalernaya and Tavricheskaya lie between them. Walk the garden from Tavricheskaya. See the cathedral from the square in front of it; from the embankment you get the side facade, and the main front is on the square.
Places
- Suvorov Memorial Museum
- Tauride Garden
- Водонапорная башня — музей «Вселенная воды» — Башня первого городского водопровода, ставшая музеем воды
Where to have it
- Ruc’s Heaven — Бар на 9-й Советской, 9. Его собрали те же люди, что бар «Полторы комнаты» на Маяковского, но дверь здесь своя. Osteria Betulla занимает дом 1 на той же улице.