Close message

Hi there. We use cookies to improve your experience on our website. Find out more about how we use cookies.

You can update your settings by clicking the Cookie Policy link which can be found anytime at the bottom of the page.

St Petersburg Sights

Mikhailovsky Castle

Be the first to write a review

  • Address
    • Sadovaya ul 2
  • Transport
    • Gostiny Dvor
  • Website
  • Phone
    • 812 595 4248
  • Price
    • adult/student R350/150
  • Hours
    • 10am-5pm Mon, to 6pm Wed-Sun

Correct these details

Lonely Planet review for Mikhailovsky Castle

Rastrelli’s fairy-tale wooden creation for Empress Elizabeth was knocked down in the 1790s to make way for the bulky Mikhailovsky Castle. The pale-orange-painted building was briefly home to Paul I, who was suffocated in his bed only a month after moving into the castle. Later it became a military engineering school (hence its more common name Engineers’ Castle). Inside are some finely restored state rooms, including the lavish burgundy throne room of the tsar’s wife Maria Fyodorovna and some of the original statues from the Summer Garden.

 

Traveller reviews for Mikhailovsky Castle (0)

  • Avatar
    To write a review sign in, register or   Connect_light_large_long
    Recommend
     
    Add your experience “ ”
    Say more…