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Children’s Attractions

stuffed animals, is sure
Sportivnaya Troitskiy to capture the interest
NAB KUTUZOVA
Most
Birzhevoy of children (see p91).
Most Neva
NAB MAKAROVA
VASILEVSKIY DVORTSOVAYA NAB
OSTROV TSENTRALNYY LITEYNYY PROSPEKT 4 Grand Model of
UNIVER SITETSKAYA NAB NEVSKIY PR Prospekt Tsvetochnaya ulitsa 16
Russia Museum
RAYON
Nevskiy
A NGLIYSKAYA NAB Admiralteyskaya Gostinyy Dvor • 495 5465 • Open 10am–
NEVSKIY PR
Sadovaya SADOVAYA UL Mayakov- 8pm daily • Adm
• www.grandmaket.ru
skaya
UL DEKABRISTOV VOZNESENSKIY PR Sennaya Pl/ NAB REKI FONTANKI The Grandmaket Rossiya
Zvenigorodskaya
0 km 1 Spasskaya ZAGORODNYY PR (Grand Model of Russia)
features an 800-sq-m-
0 mile 1 30 km 6 km (8,611-sq-ft-) miniature
model of Russia on a
Circus
1 1:87 scale, depicting everything from
rivers and mountains to bridges, ports,
MAP P3 • Nab. Reki Fontanki 3
• 570 5198 • Shows 3pm, 7pm • Adm cities and villages. Children will enjoy
This is Russia’s oldest circus, built pressing the buttons that activate the
in 1877. It puts on some of the movement of objects such as trains.
country’s best performances, and is
Oceanarium
a fun place to visit with children. 5
MAP D6 • Ulitsa Marata 86
• 448 0077 • Open 10am–8pm
• Adm • www.planeta-neptun.ru
Opened in 2006, St Petersburg’s
Oceanarium was the very first in
Russia. It features over 4,500 species
of fish, includ ing 25 sharks, and
numerous squids. There is an oddly
captivating shark-feeding show every
day at 7pm. The souvenir shop has a
large selection of mementoes,
including decorative shells.
Chocolate Museum
Performance at the Circus 6
MAP L3 • Nevskiy prospekt 17
Puppet Theatre
2 • 315 1348 • Open 11am–9pm
Not a museum as such, the Chocolate
MAP E3 • Ulitsa Nekrasova 10
• 273 6672 • Shows 11:30am, 3pm, Museum is a shop displaying and sell-
7pm • Adm ing all manner of items crafted from
While the language barrier may chocolate. With lions, chessboards,
make a lot of children’s entertain ment Lenin and pop stars among the many
inaccessible, a performance at a creations, the Chocolate Museum is
puppet theatre poses no problems. worth half an hour of anyone’s time,
The best is the Bolshoi Puppet espe cially people with children.
Theatre, where shows are based
Children’s Music Theatre
around Russian fairy tales. 7
MAP P4 • Ulitsa Rubinshteyna
Zoological Museum
3 13 • 570 3346 • Call for timings
A superb attraction for young
• Adm • www.zazerkal.spb.ru
and old alike, the sheer variety of The musical theatre is another form
specimens here, from dinosaurs to of entertainment where the language
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