Why this ride
68 km from Strel'na to Strel'na, about 1 h 22 of riding. The stops in between: The Mordvinov's Estate, Fort «Constantin» and back through The Mordvinov's Estate.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
P.K.Alexandrov's Datcha and Fort «Constantin»
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 68 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 22
- 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 13 km this is Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 13 km
- Named road
- Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. 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
P.K.Alexandrov's Datcha 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 13 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fort «Constantin».
3. Fort «Constantin»
Fort Constantine sits off the western end of Kotlin Island, out in the Gulf of Finland, and the sea is the whole point of it. Kotlin is a long, thin strip of land with the island city of Kronstadt at its heart, built by Peter the Great as the base of the Baltic fleet and the shield for St Petersburg. The forts around it were built on shoals and artificial islands to close the channels, which means several of them can only be seen from a distance, or from the water.
Read the complete Fort «Constantin» write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 33 km into the recorded legs you reach Fort «Constantin». 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 P.K.Alexandrov's Datcha, 17 km on.
5. P.K.Alexandrov's Datcha
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
Back at P.K.Alexandrov's Datcha. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
P.K.Alexandrov's Datcha to The Mordvinov's Estate
P.K.Alexandrov's Datcha → The Mordvinov's Estate is 13 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The Mordvinov's Estate to Fort «Constantin»
The Mordvinov's Estate → Fort «Constantin» is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort «Constantin» to back through The Mordvinov's Estate
Fort «Constantin» → back through The Mordvinov's Estate is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The Mordvinov's Estate to P.K.Alexandrov's Datcha
back through 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.