PRIMORSKIY PARK
English and French style alleys, cafes, ponds, beautiful grass-plots
and numerous squirrels running up and down the trees make the place excellent
for a romantic walk and picnics. Excellent site for roller skaters. There
is also large Kirov Stadium, which was reconstructed on the Gulf of Finland
for the Olympic Games of 1980.
Address: 21, Krestovskiy Pr., Metro: Krestovskiy Ostrov.
BOTANICAL GARDEN
One of the largest botanical gardens in Russia, Laid out by the order
of Peter the Great in 1714. Contains a large collection of plants all
around the world. More than 9 000 kinds, forms, sorts and varieties
of trees, bushes, shrubs, lianas, grassy and water plants are in the
collection of the Botanical garden. It features one of the largest
collection of tropical and subtropical plants in the world.
Address: 2, Professora Popova str., Metro: Petrogradskaya.
UDELNYI PARK
Popular outdoor escape for city dwellers. The part of the park was planted
by Peter I (He raised there a pine for the ships). Picnic in the park,
walking or cycling along the leafy avenues provides a pleasant half-day
excursion.
Address: 21, Fermerskoye shosse, Metro: Udelinaya.
Metro: Nevsky Prospekt/Gostiny Dvor
CENTRAL RECREATION PARK
Maslyany (buttery) meadow near Yelagin Palace (a traditional place of
folk celebrations), gardens, ponds, groves, boating station (during
wither time is skating rink and ski lodge). Children's town with workshops,
school of fugure skating etc., catamarans and boats on hire (about
US$2 an hour), sideshows, bars, parachute jumps (US$120, Sunday), paraplane
and helicopter flights. Aerodrome is situated at the embankment of
Sredniaya Nevka river, opposite to yacht-club. Here you also can order
a walk at motor ship along Neva River or Finsky gulf. Wax figures exhibition,
where daily, from noon to 8:00 p.m. you can see copies of many celebrities.
Address: 4, Yelagin Island, Metro: Staraya Derevnya, Krestovskiy Ostrov,
Chornaya Rechka.
SEVERNYI SKLON (NOTHERN SLOP) IN KAVGOLOVO/TOKSOVO
20 km from St.Petersburg. 2 slops: "Baletnyi" - length 300 m, incline
15-20%, "Severnyi" - 220 m long. 2 lifts, cafe, parking. Route taxi
("marshrutka") No 205 from metro station Prospekt Prosvesheniya.
ORLINAYA GORA (EAGLE'S MOUNTAIN) IN KAVGOLOVO/TOKSOVO
20 km from St.Petersburg. Slop length - 200 m. 2 lifts, cafe, restaurant, Equipment
hire (ski, snowboard, snowblade, snowmobiles), parking, skating rink, children's
slope and baby lift, mini-golf. Suburban train from Finlyandskiy Railway
Station to Kavgolovo station, then 7 minutes by foot. Route taxi from metro
station Prospect Prosvesheniya.
ORLINAYA GORA (EAGLE'S MOUNTAIN)
ZOLOTAYA DOLINA RESORT (GOLDEN VALLEY) IN KOROBITSINO SETTLEMENT
100 km from St.Petersburg. 9 slopes, elevators, a slope for beginners. Drop
- 105 ?, Length - 800 m. Snowboard Park. Facilities: Parking, equipment hire,
cafe, restaurant, the instructors. Minivans from metro station Ozerki and back.
Driver's licence or the full cost of the hired equipment in rubles have to
be left as a deposit.
SNEZHNYI RESORT (SNOW RESORT) IN KOROBITSINO SETTLEMENT
100 km from St.Petersburg. The resort was opened in 1999 and is the only one
in Russia that has FIS certificate (the international federation of mountain
skies). 5 slopes, the longest in St.Petersburg ski-tracks, which can satisfy
both the professional sportsman and the beginner. Drop - 100 m, length -
600 m. Facilities: Parking, cafe, equipment hire, the instructors, cottages
accommodation, WC. Bus from metro Moskovskaya (Aviatsionnaya street) and
from Ozerki (Vyborgskoye shosse) to resort and back.
KRASNOYE OZERO (RED LAKE) IN KOROBITSINO SETTLEMENT
100 km from St.Petersburg. Drop - 1020 m, length - 1 km. 3 long flat slopes,
one short steep track. 2-seats lifts, bow lifts, baby lift. 3 km-length racing
track. Snowboard facilities, mountain skis, skates, tobogganing. Facilities:
Cottages, equipment hire, 2 cafes, bar, night disco on Friday and Sunday,
sauna, parking, children's mountain-skiing school/individual instructors.
Bus from metro station Ozerki and back; Suburban train to Sosnovo station,
then bus to Korobitsino.
OKHTA PARK IN KOROBITSINO SETTLEMENT
100 km from St.Petersburg. Slopes length - 300 ?. Three lifts, baby lift. Restaurant,
bistro, equipment hire shop, children's sport school, the instructors. Snowboard
Park. Air-sledges, sleigh-mountain, snowmobile, arbalest shooting-ground,
parking place (free and paid).