Visiting Catherine Palace | Tsarskoye Selo!

I show you how to get to Catherine Palace aka. Tsarskoye Selo, south of St. Petersburg, Russia!

Today we are heading to Catherine Palace, Tsarskoye Selo in Russian. It is located in Pushkin, south of the city, so I am going to show you how to get there. You are going to want to head over to the Vitebskiy Vokzal train station, which is close to Puskinskaya Metro Station, Red Line. When you get to the Train station, go around the right side to the suburban train lines. There you’ll get your tickets to Puskin, we got round trip tickets for 100 roubles, which is approximately $1.5 USD.

We’ve reached the Pushkin train station, and now we will take a local bus to Catherine Palace. If you have a metro card you can use it on these buses as well, just cross the street from the train station and you’ll see the bus stops. There are maps at the bus stops that show you which bus number to take, just ask the driver if he’s going to Tsarskoe Selo.

Our first stop is going to be the Hermitage Pavilion, it was begun by Mikhail Zemtsov in 1744 and completed by Rastrelli in 1756. A “Hermitage” means a private secluded place, and Empress Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great, wanted a place that was both private and stunning for guests to visit.

The story of the Amber Room is fascinating so I suggest you read it if you’re into art history. I can give you a basic introduction. The Amber room was made in Berlin, then part of Prussia, completed in 1707. In 1716 Prussian King Frederick William I gifted the room to Tsar Peter the Great of the Russian Empire, so it was taken apart and reinstalled in Catherine Palace. During WWII, the Amber room was looted by the Nazis and taken to Konigsberg to be put on display. From there, the Amber room was either destroyed by the fire-bombing of Konigsberg, Red Army artillery fire, or it was hidden somewhere and still hasn’t been found. The reconstruction of the amber room began in 1979 and was inaugurated by Putin and Angela Merkel in 2003.

Follow me on Instagram: @ricardojposada
  / ricardojposada  

Watch The Vlog: Season 1 here:
   • The Vlog: Season 1 (Russia)  

All music from Epidemic Sound
https://www.epidemicsound.com

Current list of countries with regular travel to Russia:
https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/worl...