Why this ride
A 73 km round trip from Kronstadt - roughly 1 h 25 in the saddle. The stops in between: The Mordvinov's Estate, P.K.Alexandrov's Datcha and back through The Mordvinov's Estate.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Kronstadtskoe Highway and P.K.Alexandrov's Datcha
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 73 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 25
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 23 km this is Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 23 km
- Named road
- Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Kronstadtskoe Highway
Anyone who rides to Kronstadt today does it along one of the strangest roads in Europe, a long causeway that crosses the Gulf of Finland on top of a flood barrier. The barrier was built to protect Saint Petersburg from storm surges, which have flooded the city many times since its founding, and the road runs along its top. On either side the water is open, grey and wide, with the cranes of the port and the low grey shapes of ships on the horizon. There is little to hold the wind, and a rider will feel every gust.
Read the complete Kronstadtskoe Highway write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Kronstadtskoe Highway is where the day begins. Next is The Mordvinov's Estate.
2. The Mordvinov's Estate
Peterhof's fountains get the attention, but the coast road west of it, running along the Gulf of Finland toward Oranienbaum, is the better introduction to the landscape. The Mordvinov estate, named for a family of Russian statesmen and naval officers, belongs to the string of country houses that nobles built along this shore in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when Peter the Great's new capital pulled the whole aristocracy to the Baltic.
Read the complete The Mordvinov's Estate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The Mordvinov's Estate comes up about 23 km into the recorded legs. Next is P.K.Alexandrov's Datcha, 17 km on.
3. P.K.Alexandrov's Datcha
Strelna lies at the beginning of the road to Peterhof, on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, and its main feature is the Konstantinovsky Palace, begun in the reign of Peter the Great and named for a later grand duke, Konstantin. Like Peterhof, it was heavily damaged in the Second World War and later rebuilt, and in the early 2000s it was restored for the three-hundredth anniversary of Saint Petersburg. The park, with its canals and ponds, runs down toward the water, and the view across the gulf is wide and grey.
Read the complete P.K.Alexandrov's Datcha write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 36 km into the recorded legs you reach P.K.Alexandrov's Datcha. Next is back through The Mordvinov's Estate.
4. back through The Mordvinov's Estate
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Mordvinov's Estate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through The Mordvinov's Estate, late in the day. Next is Kronstadtskoe Highway.
5. Kronstadtskoe Highway
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Kronstadtskoe Highway write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Kronstadtskoe Highway. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Kronstadtskoe Highway to The Mordvinov's Estate
Kronstadtskoe Highway → The Mordvinov's Estate is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The Mordvinov's Estate to P.K.Alexandrov's Datcha
The Mordvinov's Estate → P.K.Alexandrov's Datcha is 13 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
P.K.Alexandrov's Datcha to back through The Mordvinov's Estate
P.K.Alexandrov's Datcha → back through The Mordvinov's Estate is 13 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The Mordvinov's Estate to Kronstadtskoe Highway
back through The Mordvinov's Estate → Kronstadtskoe Highway is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.