St Petersburg Sights

Botanical Gardens

#80 of 498 things to do in St Petersburg

#327 of 2693 things to do in Russia

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  • Address
    • ul Professora Popova 2
  • Transport
    • Petrogradskaya
  • Phone
    • 812 234 0673
  • Price
    • grounds R50, all greenhouses R150
  • Hours
    • 10am-6pm May-Oct, 11am-4pm Sat-Thu Nov-Apr

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Lonely Planet review for Botanical Gardens

Once the second-biggest botanical gardens in the world, behind London’s Kew Gardens, the botanical gardens contains giant dilapidated greenhouses on a 22-hectare site and, although very much faded since its glory days, it’s still a pleasant place to stroll. A highlight is the ‘tsaritsa nochi’ (Selenicereus pteranthus), a flowering cactus that blossoms only one night a year, usually in mid-June, when the gardens stay open all night for visitors to gawk at the marvel.

 

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