You’ll feel the spirit of the city by looking into the old entrances. Screw staircases, ancient patterns, stucco moldings and stained glass windows – all of this is hidden from eyes. The other side of St. Petersburg tells much more than the it’s facades. Entangled, incomprehensible, dilapidated, decorated or deprived of attention of the inhabitants, yards show the history of the city as it is, not embellished.
If you want to know St-P not from the central avenues, but look into its soul, hidden behind elegant facades, walk through the real labyrinths of St. Petersburg yards – this excursion is for you.
Have a peek at yards and entrances
We will:
- show several batches of yards
- explain and show the “staircase” and the “black staircase” difference
- go into a few yard-wells
- learn how to tell a communal apartment from an ordinary one
- visit 4 the most beautiful entrances in old houses of the 18th century, that saved the signs of the former luxury
The excursion lasts 1,5 hours.
It runs daily at 13:00 and 17:00 by appointment.
To shedule, write a message to administrator with a note “excursion to the yards,” the desired date and number of participants.
Cost: 1000 rubles per person