Podzemnyy Khod

The underground passage leading from the palace to the grotto on the bank of the Silver Pond was dug out in the time of Paul. He liked to surprise guests by appearing unexpectedly. Now it's a turn, part of the exposition ...

We were here in July 2019. Very interesting! It was the best excursion in the world!

I was a child (5 years old) here, I almost died of fear, why scare me with light and scary sounds ???

Who rules here? Pavel ... Pavel ..... The echo answers "questions" if you ask aloud, for example: Who stole the entrecote? Cat .... Cat .... Well and so on. :)) I will definitely return more than once to Peter Kronstadt and Gatchina. I miss you already!

Under the first owner of the Gatchina Palace, Grigory Grigorievich Orlov, an underground passage was built, which led to the Silver Lake. It was possible to go down there directly from the Main Halls and first get into the echoing basements, where behind massive wrought-iron doors a unique idea of ​​the 18th century was hidden for entertaining guests, which has survived to the present. The corridor of the underground passage, one hundred and thirty meters long, is lined with natural limestone and illuminated by four round windows arranged in the vaults. Thanks to good acoustics, the echo here repeats up to four syllables, which is why the exit to the shore of the Silver Lake was named the "Echo" grotto.