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Nevsky Prospect

The city's grand main avenue, running 2.8 miles from the Admiralty to the Alexander Nevsky Monastery.

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Open
Always
Price
Free
Time Needed
2 hours
Address
Nevsky Prospect, St. PetersburgDirections
Getting There
Nevsky Prospekt and Gostiny Dvor metro stations.

Why Go

Lined with palaces, churches of many faiths, old shopping arcades and cafés, the avenue crosses three waterways, the Moika, the Griboyedov Canal and the Fontanka, where the Anichkov Bridge carries four bronze horse tamers.

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