Why this ride
195 km from Shushary to Shushary, about 3 h 27 of riding. On the way it passes Tallinskoe Highway, Kievskoe Highway, Peterhofskaya Road and Petrovsky.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk and Petrovsky
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 195 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 27
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Scenic road chapters
Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk → Tallinskoe Highway
18 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it — speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 18 km
A-121 Ladoga and Sortavala
For 18 km this is A-121 Ladoga and Sortavala, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it. Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 18 km
- Named road
- A-121 Ladoga and Sortavala
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk
Pavlovsk station has a story that every Russian railway enthusiast can tell. The line from Saint Petersburg to Tsarskoye Selo opened in the late 1830s, the first public railway in the country, and it was soon extended to Pavlovsk, where a grand station building became a place of concerts and summer entertainment. Johann Strauss the younger came to conduct there in the nineteenth century, and the rich of the capital rode out in their finery to hear him. The railway still runs, though the trains are electric and the concert hall has long gone quiet.
Read the complete Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk is where the day begins. Next is Tallinskoe Highway.
2. Tallinskoe Highway
Not every historic road is a pretty one, and the Tallinn highway on the south-western edge of St Petersburg is not trying to win prizes for charm. It is, however, one of the old imperial routes out of the capital, the road toward Narva and Reval, today's Tallinn, and as such it forms part of the UNESCO listing of the historic centre of St Petersburg and its related monuments, which includes the network of roads tying the city to its palaces and estates. Along it, the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries planted suburban residences, military camps and post stations.
Read the complete Tallinskoe Highway write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Tallinskoe Highway comes up 18 km in. Next is Kievskoe Highway.
3. Kievskoe Highway
South of Saint Petersburg, the flat, damp plain of Ingria runs off towards Pskov and the old western frontier, and the Kievskoe Highway is the road that heads that way, the route to Kyiv that gave it its name.
Read the complete Kievskoe Highway write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
36 km in you reach Kievskoe Highway. Next is Peterhofskaya Road.
4. Peterhofskaya Road
Peterhofskaya Road was once the grandest road out of St Petersburg. Running southwest from the city along the shore of the Gulf of Finland toward Strelna and Peterhof, it was lined in the eighteenth century with country estates, dachas and palaces built by the nobility, who wanted to be close to the imperial residences along the coast. Peter the Great started the trend, granting plots to courtiers along the road, and the result was a chain of estates with gardens, parks and ponds stretching for miles. Many of these estates survive in some form, and the road and its surroundings are part of the UNESCO listing of the historic centre of St Petersburg and related groups of monuments.
Read the complete Peterhofskaya Road write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Peterhofskaya Road, about halfway. Next is Petrovsky.
5. Petrovsky
The label is a puzzle: Petrovsky could refer to any of a dozen places in a city named after Peter the Great, and it is safest to treat it as a viewpoint on his great project, the opening of Russia to the sea. Whatever the exact spot, the landscape is unmistakable: flat shore, reeds, wide grey water, and on the horizon the dome of the Kronstadt cathedral and the line of the flood barrier.
Read the complete Petrovsky write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Petrovsky sits at 72 km, about halfway. Next is back through Peterhofskaya Road.
6. back through Peterhofskaya Road
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Peterhofskaya Road write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Peterhofskaya Road comes up 89 km in. Next is back through Kievskoe Highway.
7. back through Kievskoe Highway
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Kievskoe Highway write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
107 km in you reach back through Kievskoe Highway. Next is back through Tallinskoe Highway.
8. back through Tallinskoe Highway
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Tallinskoe Highway write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Tallinskoe Highway, late in the day. Next is Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk.
9. Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 195 km.
Leg by leg
Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk to Tallinskoe Highway
Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk → Tallinskoe Highway is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tallinskoe Highway to Kievskoe Highway
Tallinskoe Highway → Kievskoe Highway is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Kievskoe Highway to Peterhofskaya Road
Kievskoe Highway → Peterhofskaya Road is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Peterhofskaya Road to Petrovsky
Peterhofskaya Road → Petrovsky is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Petrovsky to back through Peterhofskaya Road
Petrovsky → back through Peterhofskaya Road is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Peterhofskaya Road to back through Kievskoe Highway
back through Peterhofskaya Road → back through Kievskoe Highway is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Kievskoe Highway to back through Tallinskoe Highway
back through Kievskoe Highway → back through Tallinskoe Highway is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Tallinskoe Highway to Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk
back through Tallinskoe Highway → Railway Saint Petersburg - Pavlovsk is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.