Weekend getaways from Saint Petersburg by car: 12 ideas for two days
Saturday-and-Sunday trips 110–360 km from Saint Petersburg: what to see, where to stay at a campsite and how far it is. Built from CAMPLY sights and campsites, not from someone else's lists.
Weekend getaways from Saint Petersburg by car: 12 two-day trips 110–360 km from the city. Each has its main sights close together, the straight-line distance from the city and a campsite within 30 km for the night. Sights are picked by the CAMPLY attractions ranking, campsites by ratings; the planner turns any idea into a day-by-day route.
- Updated 15 October
- 110–360 km from Saint Petersburg
Within 150 km
Doable as a day trip, no overnight stop needed.
Lake Ladoga
119 km from Saint PetersburgNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the mapPhoto: Yoneh at Finnish Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Vyborg
Mon Repos · Vyborg Castle · Vyborg Library
124 km from Saint PetersburgNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the mapPhoto: Krimarka · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
150–300 km
With an overnight stop: the nearby campsite is on each card.
Valaam
Valaam Monastery · Ladoga Skerries National Park
165 km from Saint PetersburgStay: Turstoyanka «North shorePhoto: Пресс-служба Президента Российской Федерации · CC BY 4.0 · source
Veliky Novgorod
Millennium of Russia · Saint Sophia Cathedral · Rurikovo Gorodische · Novgorod Kremlin · and 4 more
167 km from Saint PetersburgStay: KostrishchePhoto: Tsyganov Sergey · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Veliky Novgorod
Ilmen
194 km from Saint PetersburgStay: KostrishchePhoto: Sergei Rubliov, ssr.pp.ru, Ssr 22:27, 3 September 2006 (UTC) · Public domain · source
Kallaste
Lake Peipus
215 km from Saint PetersburgStay: Peipsi Caravan Park & Camping
Liljendal
Malmgård manor
251 km from Saint PetersburgStay: BestPark LoviisaPhoto: Motopark · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Pechory
Pskovo-Pechersky Dormition Monastery · Fortress of Izborsk
283 km from Saint PetersburgNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the mapPhoto: angelius1979 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Helsinki
Helsinki Cathedral · Lemminkäinen's Temple
299 km from Saint PetersburgStay: Pihjalajasaaren telttailualuePhoto: Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
300–400 km
Leave on Friday evening or early on Saturday.
Solnechny
Seliger · Stolobny Island
345 km from Saint PetersburgStay: Glemping "Shiksha"Photo: Kastey · Public domain · source
Shalsky
Lake Onega · Onega petroglyphs
349 km from Saint PetersburgNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the map
Mal'kovo
Kizhi Pogost · Kizhi museum
355 km from Saint PetersburgStay: Glemping na 10 domikov i palatokPhoto: Laban66 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
What every idea has
What to see
Places from the attractions ranking, not a random list: the main one comes first.
Where to stay
The best-rated campsite within 30 km; tent pitches and rest areas are on the map.
How far
Distance from the city centre; the planner works out the road and driving time.
Plan the route
The planner turns an idea into a day-by-day route with overnight stops that you can edit and save.