Why this ride
A 179 km round trip from Peterhof - roughly 3 h 06 in the saddle. The stops in between: Fort «Constantin», Sestroretsky Razliv, Terioki and back through Sestroretsky Razliv. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
The Alexandriysky Park and Terioki
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 179 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 06
- 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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
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 30 km this is Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 30 km
- Named road
- Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. The Alexandriysky Park
The garden at Alexandria is a nineteenth-century romantic dream laid out at Peterhof for Tsar Nicholas I and his wife, Alexandra, a place of Gothic towers, winding paths and a small cottage palace by the sea. It lies a little to the west of the great fountains of the lower park, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, and its mood is quite different: quiet, wooded and slightly melancholy. The Gothic Chapel, designed in the style of an English country church, stands among the trees, and the Cottage Palace beside it was a family retreat where the emperor could escape the formality of court life.
Read the complete The Alexandriysky Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The Alexandriysky Park is where the day begins. Next is Fort «Constantin».
2. 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
Fort «Constantin» comes up about 30 km into the recorded legs. Next is Sestroretsky Razliv.
3. Sestroretsky Razliv
Sestroretsk is a small town on the north shore of the Gulf of Finland, in a landscape of pine-covered dunes, shallow bays and lakes, and it has an industrial origin that surprises visitors. In 1721 Peter the Great founded an arms factory on the Sestra river here, and a dam created a broad reservoir to power it. That reservoir, Razliv, which means flood or spill, is the lake that gives the place its name. The water, ringed by reeds and birches, is a favourite spot for locals to swim, fish and walk.
Read the complete Sestroretsky Razliv write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 54 km into the recorded legs you reach Sestroretsky Razliv. Next is Terioki.
4. Terioki
Terioki, or Terijoki in Finnish, is the old name of Zelenogorsk, a resort town on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, about fifty kilometres from St Petersburg. Until the Winter War, it was part of Finland, and before the revolution it was one of the favourite dacha destinations for the wealthy of the imperial capital, who came by train to spend summers among the pine trees and sandy beaches. After the Soviet Union took the Karelian Isthmus in 1940 and again in 1944, the Finnish population left, and in 1948 the town was renamed Zelenogorsk, the green hill.
Read the complete Terioki write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Terioki, about halfway. Next is back through Sestroretsky Razliv.
5. back through Sestroretsky Razliv
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sestroretsky Razliv write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Sestroretsky Razliv sits at 106 km, about halfway. Next is back through Fort «Constantin».
6. back through Fort «Constantin»
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
back through Fort «Constantin» comes up about 146 km into the recorded legs. Next is The Alexandriysky Park.
7. The Alexandriysky Park
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Alexandriysky Park write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The Alexandriysky Park closes the day.
Leg by leg
The Alexandriysky Park to Fort «Constantin»
The Alexandriysky Park → Fort «Constantin» is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort «Constantin» to Sestroretsky Razliv
Fort «Constantin» → Sestroretsky Razliv is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sestroretsky Razliv to Terioki
Sestroretsky Razliv → Terioki is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Terioki to back through Sestroretsky Razliv
Terioki → back through Sestroretsky Razliv is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Sestroretsky Razliv to back through Fort «Constantin»
back through Sestroretsky Razliv → back through Fort «Constantin» is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort «Constantin» to The Alexandriysky Park
back through Fort «Constantin» → The Alexandriysky Park is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.