Explore Europe Attractions

Explore Europe Attractions

Discover iconic landmarks, historic sites, and incredible attractions across Europe.

Hermitage Museum Winter Palace in St. Petersburg with its ornate green and gold façade
Saint Petersburg

Hermitage Museum (Winter Palace)

Russia's imperial Winter Palace and one of the world's greatest art museums, holding about three million works on the Neva embankment.

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Peterhof Palace and Grand Cascade with ornate fountains and golden statues in St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg

Peterhof Palace & Gardens

Peter the Great's seaside palace and park near St Petersburg, famed for its golden Grand Cascade and more than 150 fountains.

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Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood with colorful onion domes in St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg

Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood

A Russian Revival landmark on the Griboedov Canal, built where Alexander II was fatally wounded and lined with over 7,000 square meters of mosaics.

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St. Isaac’s Cathedral with its golden dome and grand columns in St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg

St. Isaac’s Cathedral

A golden-domed landmark on St. Isaac's Square, with a lavish marble and mosaic interior and a colonnade offering panoramic views over the city.

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Peter and Paul Fortress with its golden spire overlooking the Neva River in St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg

Peter and Paul Fortress

The original citadel of St. Petersburg on Hare Island, home to a golden-spired cathedral, Romanov tombs and a notorious political prison.

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Palace Square in St. Petersburg with the Winter Palace and Alexander Column
Saint Petersburg

Palace Square, St. Petersburg

The grand central square of St. Petersburg, framed by the Winter Palace and the sweeping General Staff Building, with the Alexander Column at its center.

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Catherine Palace in St. Petersburg with its blue-and-gold Baroque façade and formal gardens
Saint Petersburg

Catherine Palace

A blue-and-gold Baroque palace at Tsarskoye Selo, famed for its Great Hall, Golden Enfilade and the reconstructed Amber Room.

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Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg lined with historic buildings, shops and busy streets
Saint Petersburg

Nevsky Prospekt

St. Petersburg's famous main avenue, a 4.5 km boulevard of palaces, churches, canals, shops and cafes from the Admiralty to Alexander Nevsky Lavra.

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Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg with its grand colonnade and green dome
Saint Petersburg

Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg

A Neoclassical cathedral on Nevsky Prospekt with a sweeping colonnade, the tomb of Field Marshal Kutuzov and the revered Our Lady of Kazan icon.

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Fabergé Museum in St. Petersburg with its ornate coral and white historic façade
Saint Petersburg

Fabergé Museum

A private museum in a restored Neo-Renaissance palace, home to nine imperial Fabergé Easter eggs and over 4,000 works of Russian decorative art.

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Russian Museum in St. Petersburg with its grand yellow-and-white neoclassical façade
Saint Petersburg

Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

The world's largest museum of Russian art, set in Carlo Rossi's Mikhailovsky Palace, with icons, masterworks and avant-garde from the 10th century on.

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Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg with its ornate mint-green and white façade
Saint Petersburg

Mariinsky Theatre

One of Russia's most celebrated opera and ballet houses, opened in 1860 on Theatre Square, home to the Mariinsky Ballet, Opera and Orchestra.

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Summer Garden in St. Petersburg with classical statues, fountains and manicured flowerbeds
Saint Petersburg

Summer Garden, St. Petersburg

Peter the Great's formal garden of 1704, with linden-lined alleys, marble statues and a famous cast-iron railing beside the Neva and Fontanka.

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Yusupov Palace in St. Petersburg with its ornate yellow and white neoclassical façade
Saint Petersburg

Yusupov Palace

A lavishly decorated 18th-century palace on the Moika, once home to the Yusupov family and the setting of Rasputin's murder in 1916.

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Kunstkamera in St. Petersburg with its distinctive turquoise-and-white Baroque façade
Saint Petersburg

Kunstkamera, St. Petersburg

Russia's oldest museum, founded by Peter the Great in 1714 and housed in a Petrine Baroque building on Vasilievsky Island facing the Neva.

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