My mother, a passionate admirer of A. S. Pushkin, asked me to organize a trip for her to St. Petersburg to visit Pushkin's places. She wanted, if possible, to book her a hotel as close as possible to the Lyceum. I did not compromise and booked her a hotel in the guest wing of the Catherine Palace. Very many TurPravdintsy have been in five-star hotels.
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My mother, a passionate admirer of A. S. Pushkin, asked me to organize a trip for her to St. Petersburg to visit Pushkin's places.
She wanted, if possible, to book her a hotel as close as possible to the Lyceum. I did not compromise and booked her a hotel in the guest wing of the Catherine Palace.
Very many TurPravdintsy have been in five-star hotels. Some have been to seven-stars. A few stayed in hotels located in French castles. And no one has yet spent the night in the imperial palace.
Inside, "Ekaterina" is almost an ordinary hotel. The rooms are small.
Pros.
Silence and peace.
Possibility of walking in Catherine's park. Free in the mornings and evenings.
Possibility to drive a car around the territory of the palace complex.
One of the first to be in line at the ticket office of the palace. (The lines are huge. )
Price. It is even lower than other average St. Petersburg hotels.
Minuses.
To go to breakfast, you need to leave the hotel and walk 200 meters.
In winter it is uncomfortable.
If you plan to visit St. Petersburg, then the road will take a fair amount of time. I lived on the Petrograd side with friends and spent about 45 minutes to get to Tsarskoye Selo.
It's boring in the evening. The territory of the palace complex is almost completely empty and deserted. (Nurses with children and athletes enliven the picture a little. ) The city of Pushkin itself is pleasant, but sleepy. The problem is even to have dinner.
Crowds of tourists during the day.
Who is Catherine suitable for?
Admirers of Alexander Sergeevich. Everything there breathes Pushkin.
Lovers of silence, peace and beauty of nature. The park is partly regular and partly wild. So for all tastes.
Pontyarshchiki. It's nice to live in a palace. Photocazza. Moving by car, pushing with your hood a crowd of German tourists who came to see how their compatriot lived in a foreign land. (As expected, their bus was not allowed into the territory. )
She wanted, if possible, to book her a hotel as close as possible to the Lyceum. I did not compromise and booked her a hotel in the guest wing of the Catherine Palace.
Very many TurPravdintsy have been in five-star hotels. Some have been to seven-stars. A few stayed in hotels located in French castles. And no one has yet spent the night in the imperial palace.
Inside, "Ekaterina" is almost an ordinary hotel. The rooms are small.
Pros.
Silence and peace.
Possibility of walking in Catherine's park. Free in the mornings and evenings.
Possibility to drive a car around the territory of the palace complex.
One of the first to be in line at the ticket office of the palace. (The lines are huge. )
Price. It is even lower than other average St. Petersburg hotels.
Minuses.
To go to breakfast, you need to leave the hotel and walk 200 meters.
In winter it is uncomfortable.
If you plan to visit St. Petersburg, then the road will take a fair amount of time. I lived on the Petrograd side with friends and spent about 45 minutes to get to Tsarskoye Selo.
It's boring in the evening. The territory of the palace complex is almost completely empty and deserted. (Nurses with children and athletes enliven the picture a little. ) The city of Pushkin itself is pleasant, but sleepy. The problem is even to have dinner.
Crowds of tourists during the day.
Who is Catherine suitable for?
Admirers of Alexander Sergeevich. Everything there breathes Pushkin.
Lovers of silence, peace and beauty of nature. The park is partly regular and partly wild. So for all tastes.
Pontyarshchiki. It's nice to live in a palace. Photocazza. Moving by car, pushing with your hood a crowd of German tourists who came to see how their compatriot lived in a foreign land. (As expected, their bus was not allowed into the territory. )
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