Menshikovskiy Dvorets

We visit it at start of January about 3pm it was really wet and grey and didn't look very nice how you can expect from pictures.When it get's darker outside,everything start to look better and more alive.I didn't been inside at any of these buildings so can make my opinion only about view from street side and inside of park.As any of these ancient buildings it's still nice to see at least once so not a big deal to go 29 kilometers from city to have a look at it and take some good pictures.I bet is absolutely different view at summer or even spring but I doubt what I gonna come back to see it again.Wish you good luck and best impressions

A gorgeous palace with intense meaning for my family as many of my ancestors were Volga Germans who first came to Russia from Western and Southwest Germany via Saint Petersburg, arriving first at the gates of the Oranienbaum, some possibly greeted by Catherine The Great herself from her balcony, many of the Germans having been invited to Russia while she was Empress. The gardens are stunning and we only bought tickets for these outer courtyards but it was moving to stand where my immigrant ancestral grandparents likely also stood as they entered Russia en route to a new life on the Volga.

The visit to the palace interior was rather short and not specially interesting... not to mention the price if your are not russian. The exposition through the ages was much better with nice audio visuals

Perfect place for evening walk. Free entrance after 6 pm. Almost no people. Highly recommended for visiting

Absolutely beautiful. Free for parents with infants too