Why this ride
105 km from Pavlovsk to Pavlovsk, about 2 h 09 of riding. It goes by way of Dudergofskaya Elevation, Tallinskoe Highway and back through Dudergofskaya Elevation. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
The Park «Alexandrova Datchs» and Tallinskoe Highway
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 105 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 09
- 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.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. The Park «Alexandrova Datchs»
Pavlovsk is among the largest landscape parks in Europe, and it began as a gift. In 1777 Catherine the Great gave the land to her son Paul, and he and his wife built a palace and a park here, which was designed by the Scottish architect Charles Cameron and then expanded over decades. The park covers more than five hundred hectares, and its mix of woods, meadows, rivers and pavilions is a model of the English landscape style adapted to the Russian plain.
Read the complete The Park «Alexandrova Datchs» write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The Park «Alexandrova Datchs» is where the day begins. Next is Dudergofskaya Elevation.
2. Dudergofskaya Elevation
The land around St Petersburg is almost perfectly flat, so any hill gets noticed. The Duderhof Heights, a pair of wooded hills rising south of the city near Krasnoye Selo, are the highest ground for many kilometres around, with the higher one, Voronya Gora or Crow Hill, reaching a little under two hundred metres above sea level. From the top, on a clear day, you can see the gilded domes of the city and the waters of the Gulf of Finland.
Read the complete Dudergofskaya Elevation write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Dudergofskaya Elevation comes up about 32 km into the recorded legs. Next is Tallinskoe Highway.
3. 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
about 52 km into the recorded legs you reach Tallinskoe Highway. Next is back through Dudergofskaya Elevation.
4. back through Dudergofskaya Elevation
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Dudergofskaya Elevation write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Dudergofskaya Elevation, late in the day. Next is The Park «Alexandrova Datchs».
5. The Park «Alexandrova Datchs»
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Park «Alexandrova Datchs» write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at The Park «Alexandrova Datchs». That is the ride.
Leg by leg
The Park «Alexandrova Datchs» to Dudergofskaya Elevation
The Park «Alexandrova Datchs» → Dudergofskaya Elevation is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Dudergofskaya Elevation to Tallinskoe Highway
Dudergofskaya Elevation → Tallinskoe Highway is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tallinskoe Highway to back through Dudergofskaya Elevation
Tallinskoe Highway → back through Dudergofskaya Elevation is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Dudergofskaya Elevation to The Park «Alexandrova Datchs»
back through Dudergofskaya Elevation → The Park «Alexandrova Datchs» is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.