Why this ride
An 82 km round trip from Peterhof - roughly 1 h 25 in the saddle. It goes by way of Tallinskoe Highway, Kievskoe Highway and back through Tallinskoe Highway.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
The Palace and Park of the Znamenskaya Dat and Kievskoe Highway
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 82 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
Slow enough to look. The surface follows the shoreline, so the corners arrive where the water decided, not where an engineer did. Water arrives beside the road and stays for 18 km. The line follows the shore because there is nowhere else for it to go.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 19 km
- Named road
- Saint Petersburg Imperial Shore
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. The Palace and Park of the Znamenskaya Dat
South-west of Saint Petersburg, along the shore of the Gulf of Finland, the land is a continuous belt of imperial estates. Peterhof is the best known, with its gilded fountains and long terraces, but behind it and around it is a countryside of parks, dachas and country palaces built by the imperial family and the aristocracy from the eighteenth century onward. Znamenka was one of these. The name comes from the Znamenie, the Sign, and the estate had a palace and a park that served as a summer residence, laid out in the landscape style that was fashionable in the nineteenth century.
Read the complete The Palace and Park of the Znamenskaya Dat write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The Palace and Park of the Znamenskaya Dat 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Tallinskoe Highway comes up about 19 km into the recorded legs. 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
about 45 km into the recorded legs you reach Kievskoe Highway. Next is back through Tallinskoe Highway.
4. 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 The Palace and Park of the Znamenskaya Dat.
5. The Palace and Park of the Znamenskaya Dat
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Palace and Park of the Znamenskaya Dat write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at The Palace and Park of the Znamenskaya Dat. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
The Palace and Park of the Znamenskaya Dat to Tallinskoe Highway
The Palace and Park of the Znamenskaya Dat → Tallinskoe Highway is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tallinskoe Highway to Kievskoe Highway
Tallinskoe Highway → Kievskoe Highway is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Kievskoe Highway to back through Tallinskoe Highway
Kievskoe Highway → back through Tallinskoe Highway is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Tallinskoe Highway to The Palace and Park of the Znamenskaya Dat
back through Tallinskoe Highway → The Palace and Park of the Znamenskaya Dat is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.