The road to Peterhof is one of the most picturesque routes for long walks. The road from St. Petersburg to Peterhof in the XVIII - XIX centuries was primarily an imperial road. For the summer, the emperor, together with his family and his entourage, would go to a country palace. One of the most favourite country palaces of many emperors was the palace in Peterhof. In the XVIII century it was very prestigious to have a plot of land with an estate near the road leading from St. Petersburg to Peterhof.
The whole area adjacent to the Peterhof road was turned into a succession of parks that replaced each other. The estates and parks began just outside the city boundary. Part of these ancient parks was swallowed up by urban development in the XIX century. But the mass housing construction of the XX century was more sparing and treated the architectural heritage with great reverence. Starting from Avtovo, the old parks have survived to this day, and it's a great place for walking - especially cycling.
On this day, I wasn't going to ride far. It was quite cold in the morning, and I was only going to ride around the house for a while. But soon the sun came out, the air warmed up and I decided to continue my walk and ride through the parks along the Peterhof road. The whole route turned out to be about 30 kilometres. I decided to go ahead until I started to get tired - and then return home by suburban train.
The first part of the route is the parks along the upper Peterhof Road. The second part of the route is the so-called ‘Lower Road’. The upper road is a multi-lane motorway nowadays. It is the upper road that most motorists take. It doesn't matter as long as you drive through the park alleys, but on some sections you have to leave the parkland and then the neighbourhood of a large number of cars is not very pleasant. So I chose the Lower Road for the second part of the walk.
The Lower Road is a two-lane motorway laid parallel to the Upper Road, closer to the coast of the Gulf of Finland. There are very few cars on this road, it is used only by locals. But there are always a lot of cyclists and runners on this road. The Lower Road is less picturesque than the Upper Road. Palaces and manor houses are located along the Upper Road. But the Lower Road is closer to the Gulf of Finland, and there are several places where you can turn off and find yourself in the coastal recreation area.
I turned towards the Gulf of Finland twice. The first time I took a side path along the Strelka River and drove up to the embankment near the yacht club. From the observation deck there is a beautiful view of the sea surface. But this place is not very suitable for long stops, so I soon returned to my route. For a rest I planned another place, a little further away.
A glade on the shore of the bay, where you can sit and relax overlooking the bay, has long been familiar to me. Until recently, the place had not stood out in any particular way, but it had recently been completely landscaped. Gazebos, benches, swings, skater slides, and sculptures have been installed. This place was the furthest point of my walk. I only had to ride about three kilometres to the suburban train station to get home.
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It feels incredibly weird to try and imagine life back then with much fewer ppl living on earth and much more nature, without cars and any other modern facility. I would've been a lot cooler though if they had bicycles hahaa
Love the autumn colors
Come to think of it, it wasn't that long ago - even our parents lived in a completely different world.
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Right?! I was playing around on familysearch.org the other day and was able to track up to my mom's great-grandfather who was born sometime in mid to late 1800's. The funny thing is that the farther we go into the past, the 'less we need to go' in terms of time to find more relatives, because ppl had kids so early in life and lived shorter lives. Anyways, we're talking about only four generations going back 150 years, considering we live up to 80 nowadays, that's nothing
It's like looking into a deep well and my head starts to spin. But no one would say that 20, 30 or even 100 metres is a great distance. Time is so much and so little at the same time.
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Beautiful route... 30 km? Wow! 😁 And the best thing is that you can appreciate the autumn landscape, the water mirror, the sea, the architecture, the art... an all-inclusive experience.
Warm weather and golden autumn - I didn't want to end this walk 🚴♀
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I can imagine. And you have a very nice bike.
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What a lovely autumn colors! It's fascinating when you think that hundreds of years before emperors also used that same road.
Thanks for sharing!
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It was a beautiful autumn day, bright and sunny! Thank you so much!
I can totally imagine how refreshing it must be to explore both the Upper and Lower Roads, especially with those coastal views of the Gulf of Finland. It feels so adventurous yet peaceful.
This walk really turned out great, thank you very much!
What a scenic route! Such a cool way to spend a while cycling whether it's at the weekend or early in the morning! Would love to ride my bike on that path one day too :)
Thank you so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed my walk! Have a great day:)
Thank you!! You too!! :)
What a landscape!! I imagine that cycling over there must be an incredible experience! And extremely healthy for the body and mind! I love it!
This walk really turned out to be delightful! I'm so glad you share my impressions when viewing these photos.
It's nice the old parks survived the development and people can still enjoy a good ride or walk there
It really is a lovely place, thank you very much!
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Место очень хорошие, уютные я бы сказал, а разноцветность осени только добавляет красивости 👍
Это красивый парк и очень приятное место для прогулок:) Спасибо!