Salt Town

Unusual excursions in St. Petersburg - Salt Town!

This picturesque site on the shore of Fontanka is undeservedly overlooked, although on the example of the Salt Town you can trace how the architecture and development of St. Petersburg developed, as well as learn many interesting facts about Russian industrialists, philanthropists, architects, writers and even revolutionaries. On the tour, we will explore part of Gangutskaya Street, the picturesque Salt Lane and part of Pestel Street and find out how much the boat cost in the era of Peter I, how the All-Russian Industrial Exhibition was held, why the Empty Market received such a name, where one of the richest people of the Russian Empire invested money, what was hidden behind the Leningrad affair, why Pushkin quarreled with a janitor and much more.

Tour service. There are no additional costs.