St. Isaac's Cathedral – Palace Square loop from Saint Petersburg

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St. Isaac's Cathedral – Palace Square loop from Saint Petersburg

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St. Isaac's Cathedral – Palace Square loop from Saint Petersburg

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9.87km

50m

Running

Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 24, 2026

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Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 1.48 km for 332 m

Closed: • April-November: 1:25 AM-2:45 AM & 3:10 AM-5:00 AM (otherwise open)

After 3.52 km for 238 m

Closed: • April-November: 2:00 AM-2:55 AM & 3:35 AM-4:55 AM (otherwise open)

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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274 m

St. Isaac's Cathedral

Highlight • Religious Site

My tip: It makes sense to buy online tickets directly on the official website of the cathedral before embarking on the trip to St. Petersburg: isaak.ticketnet.ru/en. (550 rubles per person, as of summer 2019). You can get to this, without any long queues at the ticket office, directly to the cathedral and the tower.

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729 m

The Bronze Horseman (Statue of Peter the Great)

Highlight • Monument

With the popular name The Bronze Horseman, the bronze equestrian statue of Tsar Peter the Great, erected in 1782, is named on the Senate Square in Saint Petersburg. The equestrian statue is one of the landmarks of Saint Petersburg. The figure was created by Étienne-Maurice Falconet on behalf of Catherine the Great. This can also be seen as an inscription on the very mopdern acting pedestal. I was told that Katharina as a German tried u.a. to engrave a statue dedicated to this Tsar Peter into the tradition of the Russian tsars.

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3.38 km

Rostral Column on Birzhevaya Square

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Rostra columns on Birschewaja Ploschad directly opposite the Hermitage. Visit!

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5.49 km

View of the Peter and Paul Fortress

Highlight • Historical Site

the Peter and Paul Fortress (Russian Петропавловская крепость / Petropawlowskaja krepost) is a fortress from the early 18th century, which is the origin and historical center of the city of Saint Petersburg. The complex, located on Rabbit Island in the Neva, today mainly houses exhibitions and museums and is both a tourist magnet and a place to relax for St. Petersburg residents. The fortress is a central part of the Historic Center of Saint Petersburg, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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wikipedia
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter-und-Paul-Festung
By Alex 'Florstein' Fedorov, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20632875

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7.08 km

Hermitage Museum

Highlight • Historical Site

The Hermitage Museum houses about 3 million exhibits. If you just want to see a cross-section, you have to plan the appropriate time.

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7.65 km

Palace Square

Highlight • Historical Site

on of the greatest place i have ever seen. great to run, too!

detailsPalace Square (Russian: Дворцо́вая пло́щадь, tr. Dvortsovaya Ploshchad, IPA: [dvɐˈrtsovəjə ˈploɕːɪtʲ]), connecting Nevsky Prospekt with Palace Bridge leading to Vasilievsky Island, is the central city square of St Petersburg and of the former Russian Empire. Many significant events took place there, including the Bloody Sunday massacre and parts of the October Revolution of 1917. Between 1918 and 1944, it was known as Uritsky Square (Russian: площадь Урицкого), in memory of the assassinated leader of the city's Cheka branch, Moisei Uritsky.The earliest and most celebrated building on the square, the Baroque white-and-turquoise Winter Palace (as re-built between 1754 and 1762) of the Russian tsars,[1] gives the square its name. Although the adjacent buildings are designed in the Neoclassical style, they perfectly match the palace in their scale, rhythm, and monumentality.[citation needed] The opposite, southern side of the square was designed in the shape of an arc by George von Velten in the late 18th century. These plans came to fruition half a century later, when Alexander I of Russia (reigned 1801–1825) envisaged the square as a vast monument to the 1812–1814 Russian victories over Napoleon and commissioned Carlo Rossi to design the bow-shaped Empire-style Building of the General Staff (1819–1829), which centers on a double triumphal arch crowned with a Roman quadriga.In the centre of the square stands the Alexander Column (1830–1834), designed by Auguste de Montferrand. This red granite column (the tallest of its kind in the world) is 47.5 metres high and weighs some 500 tons. It is set so well that it requires no attachment to the base.The eastern side of the square comprises Alexander Brullov's building of the Guards Corps Headquarters (1837–1843). The western side, however, opens towards Admiralty Square, thus making the Palace Square a vital part of the grand suite of St Petersburg squares. source
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_Square
By Andrew Shiva / Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50827438

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9.87 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.53 km

743 m

612 m

Surfaces

7.67 km

1.96 km