Why this ride
139 km from Strel'na to Strel'na, about 2 h 24 of riding. On the way it passes The Datcha of the Hospital, Fort «Seraya Loshad» and back through The Datcha of the Hospital. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
The Monastery Troitse-Sergieva Pustin and Fort «Seraya Loshad»
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 139 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 24
- 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 38 km this is Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 38 km
- Named road
- Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. The Monastery Troitse-Sergieva Pustin
On the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, between St Petersburg and Peterhof, the old road runs past a string of palaces and estates that the Russian elite built in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to be near the sea and the court. Among them, near Strelna, stands the Trinity-Sergius Hermitage, a monastery founded in the eighteenth century as a dependency of the great Trinity Lavra of St Sergius near Moscow. It is part of the wide UNESCO listing of St Petersburg's historic centre and the monuments around it.
Read the complete The Monastery Troitse-Sergieva Pustin write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The Monastery Troitse-Sergieva Pustin is where the day begins. Next is The Datcha of the Hospital.
2. The Datcha of the Hospital
Somewhere between Bolshaya Izhora and Lomonosov, along the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, stood a summer house known as the Datcha of the Hospital. The name suggests one of the many country retreats built along this coast in the nineteenth century, when the road west from St Petersburg was lined with the estates of the aristocracy, merchants and institutions. Few of these houses survive intact, and the exact remains of this one are hard to pin down; it is better to take it as a pause on one of the most historic stretches of shore in Russia.
Read the complete The Datcha of the Hospital write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The Datcha of the Hospital comes up about 38 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fort «Seraya Loshad».
3. Fort «Seraya Loshad»
Along the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, west of Saint Petersburg, a low strip of pine forest and sand runs for kilometres between the road and the sea. Fort Seraya Loshad, the Grey Horse, stands in this coastal country, eleven kilometres from the village of Lebyazhye, among a group of forts built for the defence of the capital and the naval base at Kronstadt.
Read the complete Fort «Seraya Loshad» write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 70 km into the recorded legs you reach Fort «Seraya Loshad». Next is back through The Datcha of the Hospital.
4. back through The Datcha of the Hospital
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Datcha of the Hospital write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through The Datcha of the Hospital, late in the day. Next is The Monastery Troitse-Sergieva Pustin.
5. The Monastery Troitse-Sergieva Pustin
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Monastery Troitse-Sergieva Pustin write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at The Monastery Troitse-Sergieva Pustin. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
The Monastery Troitse-Sergieva Pustin to The Datcha of the Hospital
The Monastery Troitse-Sergieva Pustin → The Datcha of the Hospital is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
The Datcha of the Hospital to Fort «Seraya Loshad»
The Datcha of the Hospital → Fort «Seraya Loshad» is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort «Seraya Loshad» to back through The Datcha of the Hospital
Fort «Seraya Loshad» → back through The Datcha of the Hospital is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through The Datcha of the Hospital to The Monastery Troitse-Sergieva Pustin
back through The Datcha of the Hospital → The Monastery Troitse-Sergieva Pustin is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.