CATHERINE'S PALACE IN PUSHKIN. TOUR OF THE HALLS OF THE PALACE.

Visit Catherine Palace included in the mandatory minimum for every tourist visiting Pushkin (Tsarskoe Selo). It is in the Catherine Palace that the recreated the Amber Room, the original of which disappeared during the Great Patriotic War.

The Catherine Palace itself serves as a monument to the patience and hard work of the Russian people, who restored the palace from ruins. Almost 70 years have passed since the war, and painstaking restoration is still ongoing in some of the palace halls. More information about the history of the creation of the Catherine Palace can be found at another page our site.

Opening hours and cost of excursions to the Catherine Palace in 2023:

In the “low season” the museum is open from 10-00 to 18-00 (ticket office until 16-40);

In May and September the museum is open until 19-00 (ticket office from 12-00 to 18-00).

From June to Augustthe museum is open until 20-00 (box office for individual visitorsfrom 12-00 to 19-00, on Monday and Wednesday until 20-00.).

Weekend: Tuesday (throughout the year) and the last Monday of the month (except from May to September).

When visiting the palace, bags and women's backpacks are a musthand over to the cloakroom.

The museum's opening hours may change unexpectedly, so check the current operating hours of the Catherine Palace and the Catherine Park pavilions in advance on the official websiteGMZ "Tsarskoe Selo" and by phone (812) 465 20 24.

Visiting the palace after the pandemic is only possible with a personalized electronic ticket, which can be purchased on the palace website for certain sessions.

The price of a ticket to the palace includes an entrance ticket to Catherine Park, excursion services and a radio earpiece.

Unsold tickets are sold at palace box office (near the Lyceum), but not worth it

hope very much for their presence.

Ticket prices to the Catherine Palace and Park in 2023:

Adults (citizens of EAEU countries) - 1000 rubles;

Pensioners (citizens of EAEU countries) - 500 rubles;

Students and students (from 14 years old) - 500 rubles;

Children under 14 years old without excursion services are free.

It is currently possible to get acquainted with the exhibition of the Catherine Palace either independently or as part of an excursion group (if the group consists of 15 to 20 people).

If it is not possible to book tickets in advance and you don’t want to hope for luck at the box office, it’s easier to use the services of numerous travel agencies and book bus tour to the Catherine Palace with a visit to the Amber Room from St. Petersburg. Tickets for excursions are more profitable and easier to purchase through the Internet - this turns out to be 10 percent cheaper than travel agents on the street.

You can estimate the number of people wishing to visit the Catherine Palace at the moment via web cameras located below on the page.

The plan shows a diagram halls of the Catherine Palace in the order in which it was previously held full sightseeing tour around the palace. In recent years it has been divided into two shortened routes I and II With separate entrances to the palace.

Route No. I includes the following halls: Main Staircase, Great Hall, I-II Anti-Chambers, Cavalier Dining Room, White Main Dining Room, Crimson Pillar, Green Pillar, Portrait Hall, the Amber Room , Picture Hall, Small White Dining Room, Chinese Living Room of Alexander I, Pantry, Green Dining Room, Waiter's Room,

Stasovskaya staircase.

Route No. II includes: I-III Anti-chambers, Great Hall, exhibition rooms, Grand Staircase, exhibition “The Romanovs in Tsarskoe Selo”, the Amber Room , Picture Hall, exhibition “Memorable Rooms of Alexander I”, Front Office of Alexander I, Vaulted Entrance, Oval Front, Green Dining Room, Waiter’s Room, Stasov Staircase.

PHOTOS FROM THE EXCURSION TO CATHERINE'S PALACE IN PUSHKIN