The Winter Palace
The Winter Palace Reviews
 I you have the time! Nov 03, 2009
Ok... some may say… you see one palace you've seen them all. I’d probably agree with that considering the number I’ve seen. The Winter Palace is most defiantly no Versailles. The grounds are well kept and I'd estimate only 30% of the palace is restored and open to the public tour. If you have the time, consider it a ‘been there done that’ event.
Important: The comments express are mine and in no way intended to promote any product, service or tour. Also, I’m not here to write full ‘play by play’ reports on my experience simply to provide short first hand personal impression. As with all comments, reviews, recommendations on the internet, in books or magazines, they are SUBJECTIVE! We all have individual likes and dislikes and it is your responsibility to perform your own ‘due diligence’ and make educated choices. The bottom line… we live on an amazing planet and I’ve been fortunate enough to have explored a large piece of it. My only suggestion would be to get out there and enjoy every bit of it whenever you’re able. |
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 Dec 14, 2005
The Winter Palace with huge dimensions, rich decorative svheme and grand appearence is a personification of the might of the Russian Empire and the supreme power of its autocrat. The palace is on the left bank of the Neva.
Walking along suites of state rooms in the Winter Palace and the Hermitages, you can enjoy really superb examples of interior decoration ranking with the worlds best achievments. Visiting The Winter Palace is a must when you visit St. Petesburg. As a museum including all the famous painters in the world, it is outstanding. I read in a guide that experts means that it takes 11 years if you study each exhibit. I will recomend you to have a guided tour becaus it is difficult to chose what to see, and the guide will lead you to the most famuos paintings.  Part of the World Championship Handboll in St Petersburg, December 2005 travel blog
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The Winter Palace Blogs
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Dec 16, 2005
From the 1760s the Winter Palace was the main residence of the Russian Tsars. Magnificently located on the bank of the Neva River, this Baroque-style palace is perhaps St. Petersburg’s most impressive attraction. Many visitors also know it as the main building of the Hermitage Museum. The green… The Winter Palace |
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May 12, 2008
Petersburg is the Winter Palace, the palace of Catherine the Great all the way through the last Romanovs. Today it is open to the public as a museum. I can not emphasize enough how large this place truly is. It is practically impossible to see the hundreds of rooms… An Introduction to St. Petersburg |
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Jul 29, 2006
The main building was the Winter Place in the Baroque style designed by Rastrelli, the famous Italian architech who also designed some of the Peterhof rooms, and rooms in Catherine's Palace. The Winter Palace was the official residence of the tsar family. In the 1917 revolution, the battleship Aurora… The Hermitage and walk around town |
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Jul 30, 2009
The museum is set in what was originally the palace of the Tsars known as the winter palace and placed at the vantage of the Neva river. We found so many tourists there who had made a special trip just to visit the Hermitage. I have always loved art and the appreciated of it came… UNESCO World Heritage Site: St Petersburg |
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Mar 11, 2007
…Over the coming days, we made sure we visited as many of the city’s highlights as we could, including the fabulously beautiful Winter Palace, stunning St Isaac’s Cathedral, the Church of the Saviour on the Spilled Blood, The Hermitage, the incredible Kunstkammer - Peter the Great’s collection of grotesqueries, and the sumptuous apartments of the Yusupov Palace. We were thwarted at the latter, as we missed… St Petersburg to Moscow |
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