Nevsky Prospekt
Nevsky Prospekt
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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.
Duration: 2-3 hours
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Neighbourhood: Nevskiy
How to get there
- Ploshchad Vosstaniya • 2 min walk
- Mayakovskaya • 5 min walk
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- Sajad IzadiIsfahan, Iran14 contributionsi love st pitsburgI love old neighborhoods, but I'm not interested in history During my trip to St. Petersburg, there was only one place where I walked for hours and it became the best place in the world for me. On a rainy day, walk on Nevsky Street with an umbrella and get hot coffee from the shops and stay on the street until late at night. Go on a boat ride with a Russian shawarma sandwich and see the bridges open and you will definitely fall in love with St. Petersburg. . But remember that residents of the Middle East get cold in the Russian summer. Goodbye Nevsky, hope to see you againVisited August 2023Travelled with familyWritten 29 February 2024
- Marina and Co. LtdSt. Petersburg, Russia85,569 contributionsOnly in the late evening!Nowadays, we began to walk with friends along Nevsky only in the late evening, since from 20:00 the counter stops ticking and there are noticeably fewer people here. We put the car in the parking lot at Isakiya’s and drive ahead at full speed all the way to the square. Alexander Nevsky. This is, offhand, only a dozen (round trip) km. it turns out, but as much pleasure as it does for health is beneficial.👍 The beauty around you, you will fall in love!!!😍😍😍Visited March 2024Travelled with friendsWritten 1 March 2024
- Channel DKYBengaluru, India18 contributionsExploring gems of RussiaAmazing spot in SP . So many cafes and shopping areas nearby. Basically the city center of SP. Don't forget to take a boat ride in the canal that takes you to the bay area and you will see many destinations on the way. Try eating at Lubyat Cafe . Its so awesome in coffee and bakes .Visited July 2024Travelled soloWritten 12 September 2024
- Igor AlexeevMoscow, Russia133,894 contributionsNevsky Prospekt, another walk...As you know, Nevsky Prospekt is an integral element to the historical part of St. Petersburg and with all its many historical monuments and attractions is on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Including and for this reason, any tourist has an unlimited number of walks in Nevsky. This autumn, a tourist bus ride was once again added to their many walks around Nevsky. Summary: great walk!Visited September 2024Travelled with familyWritten 20 October 2024
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Igor Alexeev
Moscow, Russia133,894 contributions
Sept 2023 • Family
Stretching for 4.5 km from the Admiralty to the Alexander Nevsky Lavra through the most tourist-intensive areas of St. Petersburg, Nevsky Prospekt virtually eliminates the possibility for tourists to avoid walking along it. Yes, as a matter of fact, we didn’t even try... Moreover, a walk along Nevsky is interesting at any time of the year, at any time of the day or night...
Written 21 December 2023
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CATIWARIG
Noida, India471 contributions
Aug 2019
Nevsky Prospekt is the main street of saint petersburg and all the prime malls, shopping complexes, restaurants, bars etc are situated. wide road with european architecture buildings on the both sides. An evening walk from palace square to the other end of the road is a very enjoying journey. You can see lots of hawkers, street performers and shops to make it lively. There are many small streets that start from this road and one of them is dumskaya ulitsa which is famous for many joints specially for young crowd.
Written 1 June 2020
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MANsour ABDoli
Tehran, Iran110 contributions
Feb 2022
Long street that is impossible to visit saint petersburg without walking on this street. Starting from Winter Palace toward old Lavra and passing next to main train station.
I highly recommend you to book a hotel on this street and walk on Nevsky every day, Dont miss any building because they all have different stories.
I highly recommend you to book a hotel on this street and walk on Nevsky every day, Dont miss any building because they all have different stories.
Written 1 October 2022
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Marina and Co. Ltd
St. Petersburg, Russia85,569 contributions
Aug 2023
Is it possible to describe in more detail and colorfully one of the main attractions of St. Petersburg - Nevsky Prospekt, after the publication of a traveler from Moscow under the nickname “Taty1602”??? All that remains is to curtsy! And we, hiding from the scorching August sun, walked along its odd side from the Admiralty towards the Moscow Station and made our way through the crowds of tourists who had come here. But for some reason my summer photos have already jumped to the October 2022 review and are stuck there.🤣
Written 11 August 2023
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BrakiWorldTraveler
Belgrade, Serbia20,344 contributions
Apr 2021
Nevsky prospekt is the main and longest street of Russian Imperial capital.
It runs from the Admiralty by the Palace square to the Moscow railway station going over several canals. It's a main shopping street with boutiques, shopping malls, restaurants,...etc.
Of special interest I'd point out the Kazan Cathedral and the Singer building across it.
It runs from the Admiralty by the Palace square to the Moscow railway station going over several canals. It's a main shopping street with boutiques, shopping malls, restaurants,...etc.
Of special interest I'd point out the Kazan Cathedral and the Singer building across it.
Written 22 May 2021
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Mr-Akbarizad
Yazd, Iran144 contributions
Sept 2018 • Friends
24 hours live street with many Artists, tour operators, shoppings, fast foods, restaurants and everything .. every thing you may need can be find here😄
It’s the main street of Saint Petersburg and most of must-see sights are here around and easily achievable. So a great recommendation for you is choosing your hotel or hostel here on this nice street😊
It’s the main street of Saint Petersburg and most of must-see sights are here around and easily achievable. So a great recommendation for you is choosing your hotel or hostel here on this nice street😊
Written 19 January 2019
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svegor
St Petersburg792 contributions
If you want to explore the main part of St Petersburg’s main street, start from Mayakovskaya metro station and walk down Nevsky in the direction of the Admiralty (you will see its gilded spire at the very end of Nevsky). This section of Nevsky is built up with 19th-century houses: don’t miss the classical yellow-and-white building of the former rental house that used to be owned by the wealthy family of the Yusupovs, and the pinkish building of the Beloselsky-Belozersky mansion right on the corner of Nevsky prospect and the Fontanka river.
Cross the Fontanka by the famous Anichkov bridge decorated with sculptures of horse-tamers and proceed down Nevsky walking past the Anichkov Palace on your left and Ostrovsky square with the monument to Catherine II and Alexandrinsky Drama Theater in the background. Take a picture of the ornate building of the Yeliseev food store (now closed for renovation) across the street from the square.
Keep walking down Nevsky passing Gostiny Dvor (the Merchants’ Yard), the huge 18th-century building of the city’s biggest department store (generally overpriced, but there might be some sales going on). Cross Nevsky to Grand Hotel Europe (one of St Petersburg’s finest hotels) and walk past the hotel down the short Mikhailovskaya street, which connects Nevsky to Arts Square (Ploshchad’ Iskussv), one of the most elegant classical style architectural ensembles in Europe. Cross the square to the Russian Art Museum and turn left, walking past the museum building to the Griboedov canal. Turn right and walk in the direction of the Church on Spilled Blood down the canal embankment. Stop on the bridge across the canal to admire the famous view of the church (consider visiting the church – it is open every day except Wednesday). Beware of pickpockets – the area around the church is notorious this way! There is a big souvenir market on the other side of the church – walk through the market to the furthest stalls for the best prices (the ones at the entrance are normally the most expensive). Take another shot of the Church on Spilled Blood from the “Brides’ bridge” behind the market (the bridge where wedding parties come to pose for a beautiful picture after the wedding ceremony).
Walk back towards Nevsky down the opposite bank of the Griboedov canal. The impressive building on the corner of the canal and Nevsky Prospect (the former office of the Singer Company) now houses the city’s central bookstore, the House of Books. Books on St Petersburg (in many different languages) are downstairs on the main level. Consider having a cup of coffee in the Singer Café upstairs with a splendid view over the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan across the road.
Cross Nevsky to the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan (the city’s major Russian Orthodox Cathedral, definitely worth a visit). There are lots of coffee shops nearby (and if you are looking for a fast food place, there is a Subway only a couple of minutes’ walk away, on the opposite side of Nevsky). Keep walking towards the Admiralty past the ornate pink-and-white 18th-century building of the Stroganoff Palace on the corner of Nevsky and the Moika River.
Crossing the Moika, you get to the former commercial part of Nevsky – many of the buildings still house banks and insurance offices, but there are quite a few expensive boutiques as well. Cross Nevsky again, and turn right to walk down the short stretch of Bolshaya Morskaya street that connects Nevsky to Palace Square, the city’s main square. Bolshaya Morskaya street is closed up by the arch of the General Army Headquarters building. Walk through the arch – and you will find yourself in Palace Square, one of St Petersburg’s most famous sights.
Return to the crossing of Nevsky and the Moika and take a pleasure boat (there are a few piers right by the bridge) for a cruise of St Petersburg’s rivers and canals – a must-do tour for anyone who comes to visit St Petersburg.
Cross the Fontanka by the famous Anichkov bridge decorated with sculptures of horse-tamers and proceed down Nevsky walking past the Anichkov Palace on your left and Ostrovsky square with the monument to Catherine II and Alexandrinsky Drama Theater in the background. Take a picture of the ornate building of the Yeliseev food store (now closed for renovation) across the street from the square.
Keep walking down Nevsky passing Gostiny Dvor (the Merchants’ Yard), the huge 18th-century building of the city’s biggest department store (generally overpriced, but there might be some sales going on). Cross Nevsky to Grand Hotel Europe (one of St Petersburg’s finest hotels) and walk past the hotel down the short Mikhailovskaya street, which connects Nevsky to Arts Square (Ploshchad’ Iskussv), one of the most elegant classical style architectural ensembles in Europe. Cross the square to the Russian Art Museum and turn left, walking past the museum building to the Griboedov canal. Turn right and walk in the direction of the Church on Spilled Blood down the canal embankment. Stop on the bridge across the canal to admire the famous view of the church (consider visiting the church – it is open every day except Wednesday). Beware of pickpockets – the area around the church is notorious this way! There is a big souvenir market on the other side of the church – walk through the market to the furthest stalls for the best prices (the ones at the entrance are normally the most expensive). Take another shot of the Church on Spilled Blood from the “Brides’ bridge” behind the market (the bridge where wedding parties come to pose for a beautiful picture after the wedding ceremony).
Walk back towards Nevsky down the opposite bank of the Griboedov canal. The impressive building on the corner of the canal and Nevsky Prospect (the former office of the Singer Company) now houses the city’s central bookstore, the House of Books. Books on St Petersburg (in many different languages) are downstairs on the main level. Consider having a cup of coffee in the Singer Café upstairs with a splendid view over the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan across the road.
Cross Nevsky to the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan (the city’s major Russian Orthodox Cathedral, definitely worth a visit). There are lots of coffee shops nearby (and if you are looking for a fast food place, there is a Subway only a couple of minutes’ walk away, on the opposite side of Nevsky). Keep walking towards the Admiralty past the ornate pink-and-white 18th-century building of the Stroganoff Palace on the corner of Nevsky and the Moika River.
Crossing the Moika, you get to the former commercial part of Nevsky – many of the buildings still house banks and insurance offices, but there are quite a few expensive boutiques as well. Cross Nevsky again, and turn right to walk down the short stretch of Bolshaya Morskaya street that connects Nevsky to Palace Square, the city’s main square. Bolshaya Morskaya street is closed up by the arch of the General Army Headquarters building. Walk through the arch – and you will find yourself in Palace Square, one of St Petersburg’s most famous sights.
Return to the crossing of Nevsky and the Moika and take a pleasure boat (there are a few piers right by the bridge) for a cruise of St Petersburg’s rivers and canals – a must-do tour for anyone who comes to visit St Petersburg.
Written 14 September 2010
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TwoOhTravelers
Cincinnati, OH81 contributions
Jun 2013
I was warned by a friend to watch my wallet in St. Petersburg, so I did. I was not warned about the camera that was in my zipped backpack that I was carrying around and almost had it stolen as I walked down the street with my wife. Since returning home, we have done several searches about the crime and it is more rampant than we expected. Having to be on edge like this detracts from the rest of the offerings around you, in my opinion.
Our incident was on a rainy day and happened as I was pushing one man away from my wife as he tried to "sell" us a boat trip or something. I didn't even feel the unzipping and only realized what happened when a good citizen told me my camera was about to fall out of my backpack.
If you are going here, do some searches before you go.
Our incident was on a rainy day and happened as I was pushing one man away from my wife as he tried to "sell" us a boat trip or something. I didn't even feel the unzipping and only realized what happened when a good citizen told me my camera was about to fall out of my backpack.
If you are going here, do some searches before you go.
Written 15 July 2013
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cowfart
Singapore, Singapore281 contributions
Jul 2013 • Family
If staying at St Petersburg for tourism, make sure your hotel is somewhere near to Nevsky Prospect - most of the attractions are nearer to the northwest-end (where the house numbers are smaller), and accommodation gets cheaper as you go down the Nevsky towards the Southeast.
This is a very cool boulevard, much more interesting than the usual European shopping street Oxford Street / Champs-Élysées and the like, as the are enormously varieties of things on sale, and many stores are quintissentially Russian - of course one can't avoid "Макдональдс" and "Старбакc кофе", but this street is certainly less touristy than most other major European-capital boulevards.
I felt relatively safe here as I walked about only in broad daylight (which means 5am-11pm in July).
However, a simple Google search will reveal loads of brazen criminal activity along this street - be VERY aware of your surroundings, and please do not carry your valuables/passport around with you. Just some money (Rouble please), a credit card, and perhaps a photocopy of your passport and/your entry visa would suffice in a hidden pouch - and you can roam about with a peace of mind.
For history buffs, take note: Most buildings on Nevsky are monuments and the occasional buildings on the street built in the last hundred years are considered relatively new. One being the bizarre fortress-like former Aeroflot building at number 7, another on the same side is number 21 the former Mertens Fur Trade House. This Neo-Renaissance building has glass walls set in three arches mounted between slim rustic stone piers. Over on the north side at 28, is the old HQ of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, which is now Dom Knigi, the largest book store in town. On the upper section of Nevsky only 3 buildings have been erected since the Revolution, including the Central District Tax Office at 68 (destroyed), and the school house at No.14, upon which is a simple memorial recalling the days of the horrific German siege between 1941-44. A plain blue sign has the words "Citizens! This side of the street is the most dangerous during artillery bombardment" stencilled in white.
Somewhere along Nevsky is the Anichkov Bridge (reviewed separately), which bears WW2 scars.
Other information
- You can see St Issac's Cathedral and the Church of Spilled Blood from at the upper half of Nevsky Prospect.
- If you're taking the train to Moscow, the train station to go to is at the lower half of the Nevsky, it is called the "Moskovsky vokzal"
- TAKE NOTE that the train station here in St Petersburg is called the "Moskovsky vokzal", which actually means "Moscow Station" - and meanwhile the station which you will finally arrive at in Moscow is called "Leningradsky vokzal", which actually means "Leningrad (former name of St Petersburg) Station". Confusing? Welcome to Russia!
This is a very cool boulevard, much more interesting than the usual European shopping street Oxford Street / Champs-Élysées and the like, as the are enormously varieties of things on sale, and many stores are quintissentially Russian - of course one can't avoid "Макдональдс" and "Старбакc кофе", but this street is certainly less touristy than most other major European-capital boulevards.
I felt relatively safe here as I walked about only in broad daylight (which means 5am-11pm in July).
However, a simple Google search will reveal loads of brazen criminal activity along this street - be VERY aware of your surroundings, and please do not carry your valuables/passport around with you. Just some money (Rouble please), a credit card, and perhaps a photocopy of your passport and/your entry visa would suffice in a hidden pouch - and you can roam about with a peace of mind.
For history buffs, take note: Most buildings on Nevsky are monuments and the occasional buildings on the street built in the last hundred years are considered relatively new. One being the bizarre fortress-like former Aeroflot building at number 7, another on the same side is number 21 the former Mertens Fur Trade House. This Neo-Renaissance building has glass walls set in three arches mounted between slim rustic stone piers. Over on the north side at 28, is the old HQ of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, which is now Dom Knigi, the largest book store in town. On the upper section of Nevsky only 3 buildings have been erected since the Revolution, including the Central District Tax Office at 68 (destroyed), and the school house at No.14, upon which is a simple memorial recalling the days of the horrific German siege between 1941-44. A plain blue sign has the words "Citizens! This side of the street is the most dangerous during artillery bombardment" stencilled in white.
Somewhere along Nevsky is the Anichkov Bridge (reviewed separately), which bears WW2 scars.
Other information
- You can see St Issac's Cathedral and the Church of Spilled Blood from at the upper half of Nevsky Prospect.
- If you're taking the train to Moscow, the train station to go to is at the lower half of the Nevsky, it is called the "Moskovsky vokzal"
- TAKE NOTE that the train station here in St Petersburg is called the "Moskovsky vokzal", which actually means "Moscow Station" - and meanwhile the station which you will finally arrive at in Moscow is called "Leningradsky vokzal", which actually means "Leningrad (former name of St Petersburg) Station". Confusing? Welcome to Russia!
Written 5 August 2013
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springbank
Greve, Denmark3,866 contributions
Jul 2013 • Couples
You find a street with everything. All the tourists but Russians as well. The street is great for strolling and visiting all the shops with the "right" brand, cafes, bars, .... You can visit it at midnight and there are still many people out walking around. Not to forget looking at the architecture of the buildings.
Written 15 July 2013
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Please can I get list of hotels or apartments on Nevsky avenue . ifeks2001@yahoo
Written 22 June 2018
bancos2018
Cordoba, Argentina
Hola. acabo de reservar un apartamento en san Petersburgo, en avenida liteiniy 13. es linda esa zona???
Written 2 January 2018
Die gesamte Stadt St.Petersburg ist sehr schön und angenehm
Written 2 January 2018
День добрый.
Я живу практически рядом с Невским, но меня от этой беды Господь отводил.
Где конкретно работают бомбилы?
Written 12 September 2017
Писал в ответ к сообщению Ирины
"Я живу в центре и хожу по Невскому каждый день. Особенно в туристический сезон, я почти каждый день вижу случаи воровства. Очень много карманников. Особенно часто обворовывают туристов с азиатской внешностью. Пожалуйста будьте очень бдительны. Да, у нас красиво, но сумку надо держать у груди,..."
Written 13 September 2017
s'il vous plait où je peux trouver les boutiques des foulards russe qui ne sont pas cher?! merci d'avance.
Written 6 March 2017
bonjour ou puis je trouver du champagne de crimee à St peter
merci
Written 11 April 2016
karabru29
Quimper, France
Bonjour, par où est-il conseillé de commencer la visite de la Perspective Nevski? Merci, Bruno.
Written 26 April 2015
Можно начать путешествие от Московского вокзала до Дворцовой площади по Невскому, хорошей прогулки, она займет около часа
Written 30 October 2015
karabru29
Quimper, France
Bonjour, par où est-il conseillé de commencer la visite de la Perspective Nevski? Merci, Bruno.
Written 26 April 2015
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