The Best Parks in Russia

Palace parks near Saint Petersburg

Peterhof, Catherine Park in Pushkin and Pavlovsk Park are all outside Saint Petersburg and charge entry to the park. Catherine Park has a formal Old Garden and an English Park with ponds and bridges. Pavlovsk Park is a landscape park of forest paths along the Slavyanka River. The Summer Garden in the city itself was founded by Peter the Great.

Moscow and Krasnodar

Zaryadye Park lies beside the Kremlin on a slope above the Moskva River. Tsaritsyno in southern Moscow covers 405 hectares around an unfinished palace of Catherine II; the park is free. Krasnodar Park covers about 22.7 hectares next to the city's stadium, is free to enter and does not admit dogs.