CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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88 km from Strel'na to Strel'na, about 1 h 51 of riding. On the way it passes Historical Centre of the Town of Peterhof, The Historical Part of the Town of Kronsta and back through Historical Centre of the Town of Peterhof. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 17 km this is Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Strelna is where Peter the Great first looked at the Gulf of Finland from the south shore and decided that his new capital needed a country palace worthy of Versailles. He began a residence here in the early eighteenth century, before settling on Peterhof, a few kilometres to the west, and the estate was later developed by his daughter Elizabeth and then given to the Grand Duke Konstantin, whose name it still bears in the Konstantinovsky Palace. In the 2000s the palace was restored and today it is used for state receptions and conferences, with the grounds open to visitors on a part-time basis. The historic centre of the village is a small area of old streets near the shore.
Read the complete Historical Centre of the Village of Streln write-up.
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Historical Centre of the Village of Streln is where the day begins. Next is Historical Centre of the Town of Peterhof.
Peter the Great wanted a palace by the sea that would rival Versailles, and he chose this stretch of the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, about thirty kilometres west of Saint Petersburg. What became Peterhof is a town built around an imperial residence: the Grand Palace on a terrace above the sea, the Grand Cascade of gilded statues and fountains falling toward a canal that runs straight to the water, and parks full of pavilions, including Peter's own small Dutch style house, Monplaisir, right on the shore. The fountains run on gravity, fed by springs on the higher ground inland, a feat of eighteenth century engineering.
Read the complete Historical Centre of the Town of Peterhof write-up.
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Historical Centre of the Town of Peterhof comes up 17 km in. Next is The Historical Part of the Town of Kronsta.
Kronstadt's gold dome is visible from a long way off, and it belongs to the Naval Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, a great Byzantine-style church that was finished in 1913 for the sailors of the Baltic Fleet. The Soviets turned it into a cinema and then a sports hall, and a long restoration returned it to its original purpose in 2013. It now stands in the centre of a town that looks like an eighteenth-century naval base surrounded by sea.
Read the complete The Historical Part of the Town of Kronsta write-up.
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34 km in you reach The Historical Part of the Town of Kronsta. Next is back through Historical Centre of the Town of Peterhof.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historical Centre of the Town of Peterhof write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Historical Centre of the Town of Peterhof, late in the day. Next is Historical Centre of the Village of Streln.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historical Centre of the Village of Streln write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Historical Centre of the Village of Streln. That is the ride.
Historical Centre of the Village of Streln → Historical Centre of the Town of Peterhof is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Historical Centre of the Town of Peterhof → The Historical Part of the Town of Kronsta is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The Historical Part of the Town of Kronsta → back through Historical Centre of the Town of Peterhof is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Historical Centre of the Town of Peterhof → Historical Centre of the Village of Streln is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.