Considering I’ve never actually dedicated a post to Peterhof, and also considering there was a blog reader who asked me about it recently, I decided it was high time I do a brief write-up and photo gallery from a day at Peterhof.
This past June when I was back in Saint Petersburg for a visit, I decided to go back to Peterhof for a day. I had been there two years previously, but the weather had not been as nice as this past June and I wanted to go get some photos of the park.
The park at Peterhof is famous for it’s Grand Palace and many fountains. Seriously – this place has a lot of fountains and the park is quite extensive. One of the things I love about some of the large parks surrounding the palaces outside of Petersburg is that you can seemingly walk forever in them and have a relaxing day in nature. One of the perks of the park at Peterhof is that it’s right on the Baltic Sea. In summertime, the park comes to life with tourists and locals alike.
I decided to take the Elektrichka (local train) to Peterhof and walk from the train station into town. You can also get there via Marshrutka (which is like a shared taxi or mini-bus), but it takes a bit longer. The park has an upper garden and a lower garden. The upper garden is free of charge and really quite lovely and peaceful. The lower park (where everyone goes to see the fountains), requires paid entry and is well worth it. You can take a picnic and make an entire day of it.
I won’t go much into detail, as I have many photos highlighting how lovely the park is (and I was also camera spying on lots of people there!) But I do want to provide this website for further information about the park and how to get there, in case you happen to be visiting St. Petersburg. Also, there are a few small fast food joints on the premise, so if you don’t want to bother bringing a lunch, there are other options.
Sometime in the future, I want to go back to the park at Peterhof in winter and photograph everything there in the snow……..
a man waiting on a train platform (while on my way to Peterhof).
train platform – Novyy Petergof (New Peterhof).
a woman with her son – approaching the center of town, Peterhof.
Russian cyrillic spelling of “Country Chicken”.
the center of town – Peterhof.
two women tending the flower beds in Peterhof park.
in the upper park – Peterhof.
the woman with her umbrella.
the upper park, Peterhof.
a little boy happily playing with the ducks in the fountain pool.
a young woman with her children in the lower park.
a mother and daughter getting a photo taken with the people in costume.
the Grand palace and many fountains.
a little girl sitting near a fountain.
the statue of Eve.
The Marli Palace.
a bride and his groom.
the circle trees along the hillside – one of my favorite images at Peterhof.
The Marli Palace.
the pool in front of the Marli Palace.
stairway on the hill.
I love this view of the trees on the hillside with the brick wall below.
a little boy in his stroller.
the Hermitage Pavilion.
by far my favorite picture from Peterhof – the couple walking next to an iconic old Lada.
a couple embracing in the Baltic Sea.
the little girl in her pink polka-dot dress and bonnet.
all dolled up.
the Grand palace.
more views of the Grand Palace.
newlyweds posing for a photo.
another statue and fountain.
among the dandelions.
peaceful Peterhof.
fountain – in the middle of the maze.
a little girl playing under a fountain.
children playing near a fountain.
trying not to get wet!
a little girl getting soaked playing near the water-squirting rose garden.
another palace (not sure of the name of this one).
The entrance to the lower gardens.
the Church at the Grand Palace.
the center of town, Peterhof.
the little elderly couple eating their ice cream cones on the train ride home 🙂
Life in Russia. 
So fun to see a part of the world I only get to hear about! Thanks for sharing your day in the park in Russia.
My day in Peterhof was in 1998. It seems it has not changed since then:
Love that woman’s glasses 😉
Great pictures! Glad to see Peterhof vicariously through you! The only time I ever made it to Piter was in January… A bit too cold to enjoy Peterhof.
I was just looking at these beautiful pictures obviously taken on a warm day. My father was there in late December, so I am curious what it is like in the winter.
It is very similar to world in Croatia. Even some landscapes are so much the same, especially if you look some old palaces in Croatian region Slavonia. Very beautiful, thank You for shearing.
Nice photos! I love Peterhof very much. Thanks for this post & udachi!
Agreed that it is so nice yo read about your first hand experience!
Love the post and photos. I was just there last June and do wish to go back to have time to walk around and see the lovely side of Peterhof as you showed here 🙂
All of these photos were breathtaking… and it looks like you captured many happy moments spent in Peterhof. I will certainly be subscribing to your blog to view more photos of your Russian travel in the future. I also have some photos on my company blog of all my travels to Russia and all sorts of information regarding traveling to Russia. Please feel free to stop on by there. I’m looking forward to your future photos. Thanks for sharing these! http://blog.russiantourguide.com/blog
Really good photographs! Very interesting.