ALEXANDROVSKY PARK IN PUSHKIN. SIGHTSEEING TOUR.
Alexandrovsky Park usually remains outside the boundaries of known tourist routes. In comparison with its “promoted” neighbor - Catherine Park, it is in some tourist oblivion and serves as a home and favorite park for the residents of Pushkin. Due to its considerable size, a rare tourist is able to get to all the protected corners of the park, and acquaintance is usually limited to the regular part adjacent to the Catherine Park.
The park owes its name to
, built by Catherine II for her grandson and future Emperor Alexander I.
You can learn more about the history of the creation of Alexander Park
In Alexander Park, the administration of the Tsarskoye Selo State Museum actually (for now)
It is not prohibited to ride bicycles*, skis or cheesecakes
, although the official rules for visiting the park have long been saying otherwise.
The main entrances to Alexander Park are located at
located on the western edge of Alexandrovsky Park (from the village of Alexandrovskaya), there is a large free parking area.
(*) -Alexandrovsky Park is open after a long Covid break, but with new rules. All entrances to the park where there was no security were closed. You can only go through the entrances at the Lyceum, the Alexander Palace, the Pink Guard, the Great Chinese Bridge, as well as from the parking lot near the village. Aleksandrovskaya and from Fermskaya road.
In connection with the change in the operating hours of Tsarskoye Selo parks and the rules for visiting them, residents of Pushkin created a petition on the CHANGE.ORG portal demanding that the operating hours be returned to pre-COVID times. Please caring people to support the petition "Give back the parks to the Pushkin people."
