巴甫洛夫斯克宫殿及公园

Beautiful"small" palace well restored. Quite intimate for a palace. Some fabulous interiors and well displayed. The park is also lovely...we took a troika ride (arranged separately) which was magic!

We were there after a snowfall and as a resold were able to go on a troika ride through the park.The palace is beautiful and has been fully restored from the extensive damage the Nazis left in the scorched earth retreat policy. (Senseless vandalism)

This palace is more human in terms of its size Tsarski Selo which belonged to Pavel's Mother, Catherine the Great. Pavlovsk is probably however the most exquisit of the palaces, due to its delicate design, which is not all about grandeur but exquisit taste. It still contains many original tea sets and china

Home of Cathrine the Great's probably illegitimate and neglected son Paul the First and his second wife, the wonderful (German) Empress Maria Feodorov. I really loved this place for its magnificent wood and marbled tiled floors. Just Spectacular. I thought the wonderful chandeliers and the lighting in general was also a hi-light. (Well., it would have to be, wouldn't it!?) I love the Russian use of the pastel colours blue and green, not only on the Hermitage Palace and Cathrine's Palace, but on the interior here too. It really works.The curved long room with it paintings again was different, who else has a curved long room? And the floor with its marquetry - absolutely wonderful.I thought the Malachite Room with its malachite green ornamental columns just marvelous too.But the cafe on the left was also beautifully set up, and the coffee and cake were very welcome. Please do not miss this Palace, if you love Style, Taste and Class.Brian, from Perth. Western Australia.

Just like Pushkin, it's a beautiful place and palace. You can't stop surprising how much wealth and beauty old Russia had. You can't find anything like this anywhere in the world.

The palace is beautiful - the tsarina loved collecting foreign artworks from Western Europe. So indulge yourself into a rich and diverse art collection!

The 'problem' with St Petersburg is that there is too much to see! At the end of a two-day Fabergé Symposium we had two days of sightseeing. The Saturday seemed fine, The morning at The Hermitage, lunch at Vladimir's Palace and then on a coach to Pavlovsk Palace. Things started to go awry when those who had opted to tour the Vladimir Palace instead of lunching there, then decided to stay on for lunch. We therefore started an hour late and then ran into the most horrendous traffic jams. We therefore arrived very late. Thankfully, the Director kept the Palace open for us. Three hardstone figurines had been taken from the vault so, upon arrival, we were taken in a side entrance to go immediately to the library to see those. We then had a very quick tour of the Palace. We did not do it justice, but, I do not think anyone visiting would certaoinly not be disappointed. It is well furnished and was a joy - but, not when you are rushing! If time is scarce in St Petersburg it would come after Catherine and Peterhof Palaces but before Alexander. However, if you can squeeze another palace in after these two but don't want to travel, consider Yusupov Palace in the city centre.

Don't miss seeing this palace. It is not as big as the Czar's estates, but it is really special The grounds are very beautiful and although the Palace is much smaller, it is still very beautiful inside. There are so many beautiful pieces of furniture and art on display. We just enjoyed the afternoon taking in how the Russian nobility lived during that time.

After reading so many reviews we decided to go to Pavlovsk, and it was worth the visit, we didn't only experience the park and palace we also experience the suburbs of st. peters burg, and also its public transport, the locals in pavlovsk are very helpful, they guided us in a proper way though they don't know English but we communicated with them. when we went to the park it was enormous and beautiful, the palace is not as big as hermitage but i love it as its beautiful you can give time to stay there and enjoy the beauty of the nature.

This place is not as grand as Catherine's Palace, but it's quite charming. You can almost imagine how Paul and his wife, Maria, used to live before. This palace is more "homey" and the stuff that you see inside are more practical. If you have extra time at St Petersburg (maybe more than 4 days), visit this palace as well.

Park is really old and enormous, there is some wide part, a well-groomed part and spacious famous russian fields. You can spend a whole day walking there. Not crowded, cheaper then the others, free of charge after 6 p.m. (as most of the parks). There are a lot of squirrels, and nuts for sale, so you can feed them. Palace is beautiful and good for those who are interested in palace interiors.

A previous reviewer has said that "if you don't see Pavlovsky, you have not seen Russia" What I liked about is was that it was not as 'over-the-top' as some of the other palaces.

We didn't take photos in this one, you have to pay an extra fee to do so and to be honest had I known how cool it was inside I would have paid the extra! As it was not a royal palace I expected it to be not as interesting... wrong! It seemed to have the most original items in it and wow for a non royal they lived really really well! It is also where Rasputin was killed, that comes with an interesting story (which most of us know a version of) and atmosphere. Definitely worth a visit!

Beautiful place to visit...the sun shine made it even more wonderfulDon't visit St. Petersburg and miss this

Pavlovsk Palace is, by far, the best of all the sights in and around St. Petersburg. I've made forty trips to Russia and speak from experience. This palace was the elegant, charming and gracious home of Emperor Paul I of Russia and his incredible wife, Marie Feodorovna…a role model for all women. The other palaces in and around St. Petersburg are grand and breath-taking; Pavlovsk is all of that and more. It is easy to envision Paul and Marie raising their large family in this charming home which is surrounded by gardens and a most incredible park with nooks and crannies and incredible vistas, pavilions, streams, bridges, look-outs…. Plan to spend an entire day in the Park and it will be time well spent. Plan to spend another day in the Palace and you will see art and artifacts which are mind boggling. Pavlovsk Palace and Park will provide you with an unforgettable glimpse into Russia's fascinating history and its people.