The administration of many parks in the center of the Northern capital does not allow cyclists to ride along the alleys of their green areas.
Even at the entrance, athletes are greeted by a flashy, unfriendly sign “No entry with bicycles allowed.” But there are also those parks that are ready to welcome you and your two-wheeled friend and offer you plenty of rides in their open spaces.
Central Park of Culture and Culture named after.
Kirov The first place in the list of parks where you can go for a ride is almost always taken by avid cyclists.
Kirov on Elagin Island. Despite the fact that this green area is a unique cultural heritage site, the administration is not at all against cycling here. True, there are also reservations: for example, you and your bicycle will be warmly received on weekdays, but on weekends they will send you home - on Saturday and Sunday, entry with two-wheeled vehicles is strictly prohibited. The untold advantage is that the park is large. The downside, perhaps, will be the crowdedness, but on weekdays in autumn there are not so many people in the park - after all, many are already starting to move to cafes or simply sitting at home.
Udelny Park
Udelny Park - a huge green area in the northern part of St. Petersburg - is directly aimed at people who are especially passionate about active recreation.
Runners gather here, the largest outdoor skating rink operates in winter, and the city’s main football club, Zenit, trains here. It would be strange if cycling was prohibited in this park. Cyclists will not encounter any special reservations in Udelny, but they will be able to ride in places where Peter I himself ordered the cultivation of ship pine.
Park of the 300th Anniversary of St. Petersburg
One of the youngest and most progressive parks, where people roller skate, storm figures on skateboards and imposingly (or not so) ride a bicycle.
What’s good about the park is the variety of surfaces - here are the slabs on the central alley and well-trodden paths, and here is the stone embankment where you can ride and breathe the sea air.
Park of the 60th Anniversary of Victory
The largest fountain in the city is located here and people can ride a bicycle.
The site near the Peterhof highway is really large - 58 hectares of land. This means you can ride for hours.
Polyustrovsky Park
Originally named in honor of the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution (and, accordingly, opened in 1967), this park is poor in dense vegetation and dark alleys among the ship's pines.
But here there are three picturesque ponds at once, there is practically no dirt and, most importantly, on the territory there is a conservation zone of a mineral water deposit - the same Polustrovo mineral water that is bottled at a plant located in the depths of the park. Cyclists are allowed here, and they happily plow the paths. There are always not that many people. This place is very far from the metro.
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