During the summer tourist season, you can get to Kronstadt from St. Petersburg quickly, beautifully, but not cheaply, by commercial meteors departing from the Palace Embankment (in the Hermitage area), the English Embankment (in the Bronze Horseman area) and from the pier near the Kunstkamera.
HOW TO GET TO KRONSTADTFROM SAINT-PETERSBURG
Option 1. Meteor to Kronstadt from St. Petersburg. Meteor schedule and prices.
Option 2. From the Staraya Derevnya metro station to Kronstadt.
You can get to Kronstadt by ground transport mainly from the northern part of St. Petersburg: from the Staraya Derevnya metro station, Grazhdansky Prospekt and Chernaya Rechka.
Option 3. From Prospekt Prosveshcheniya metro station to Kronstadt.
From the Prospekt Prosveshcheniya metro station you can get to Kronstadt by bus No. 207.
Option 4. From Lomonosov (st. Oranienbaum-I) to Kronstadt.
From the southern part of St. Petersburg you can get to Kronstadt from the Lomonosov area. From the city of Lomonosov itself (Oranienbaum-I railway station) to the departure point of bus No. 175 you will have to take 2 more stops by train to the railway station. platforms Kronstadt colony.
Option 5. By car to Kronstadt.
Kronstadt (Kotlin Island) can be reached by car only along the Ring Road (KAD) from both northern and southern St. Petersburg. The only road leading to the central part of Kronstadt is the Kronstadt Highway; you can see the driving directions by clicking on the map. On weekends, especially in the afternoon, there are noticeable traffic jams at the entrance to Kronstadt, in which you can lose an extra half an hour, or even more. There are no problems with parking in the historical part of the city; you can leave your car on the street anywhere, for example, next to the Naval Cathedral on Sovetskaya Street.
Option 6. Excursion to Kronstadt from St. Petersburg by bus or meteor.
For tourists visiting St. Petersburg, the most convenient way to go to Kronstadt is as part of a group bus tour, which starts from the very center of the city - from the Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro station (Nevsky Prospekt 87/2). In this case, the time spent on a short journey will not be in vain. Experienced guides will tell you about the history of Kronstadt and the founding of St. Petersburg, about the sights encountered along the route, as well as about the unique hydraulic structure - a protective dam along which the road to Kotlin Island, on which Kronstadt is located, runs.
