Catherine Palace hosts Palace of Three Empresses on 14 November

Catherine Palace (Ekaterininsky dvorets) in Pushkin begins the Palace of Three Empresses on 14 November 2026, introducing a combined guided route through three museum tours. The new format links the residence's private rooms, state rooms and chapel in one visit.

The programme gives travellers a new way to read the palace as a sequence of imperial interiors rather than as separate routes.

Palace of Three Empresses starts at Catherine Palace

The State Museum-Reserve Tsarskoe Selo announced the Palace of Three Empresses on 11 November 2026. It is available from 14 November 2026 on Saturdays, with the tour beginning in the Zubov Wing and continuing through Tour 1, Tour 3 and Tour 4.

The museum describes the offer as a guided tour for groups of fewer than 10 people. Tour 4 covers the private rooms of Catherine II, Tour 1 covers the suite of state rooms, and Tour 3 covers the Palace Chapel and the rooms associated with Paul I. The official programme for the new route names the Zubov Wing as the starting point.

The route is therefore tied directly to the building, not to a separate city event. Its three stops bring together the palace's courtly apartments, ceremonial rooms and religious interior under one programme.

Three centuries of interiors in one palace route

The first section begins in the private rooms of Catherine II in the Zubov Wing. The museum attributes their late eighteenth-century design to Charles Cameron and Giacomo Quarenghi, making the starting point a meeting of two major architects of the imperial residence.

The route then moves to the mid-eighteenth-century Golden Enfilade, designed by Francesco Rastrelli and including the Amber Room. It finishes with Cameron's rooms for Grand Duke Paul, later Emperor Paul I, and Rastrelli's Chapel. The report on the restored Zubov Wing also places the palace in Pushkin and records the restoration of its interiors.

This order gives the new visit a clear architectural logic. The private apartments provide the opening chapter, Rastrelli's state rooms supply the central ceremonial sequence, and the chapel closes the route with a different function within the same residence.

Visiting Catherine Palace: what travellers from Western Europe should know

• The Palace of Three Empresses begins at Catherine Palace in Pushkin on 14 November 2026 and is scheduled for Saturdays.
• The visit is a guided route for groups of fewer than 10 people, starting in the Zubov Wing and continuing through Tours 1, 3 and 4.
• The route includes the Amber Room, the Palace Chapel, Paul I's rooms and the private rooms of Catherine II, as listed by the museum.
• Pushkin lies south of St Petersburg, and the palace is at 7 Sadovaya Street within the Tsarskoe Selo museum and heritage site.
• Visitors should expect historic interiors and a sequence of rooms rather than a single open-plan exhibition; the route joins separate palace sections in a fixed order.
• Russia's official language is Russian and its national currency is the rouble.
• Entry requirements depend on your nationality; UK travellers can check the FCDO travel advice at gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice, Irish travellers the Department of Foreign Affairs at ireland.ie.

The new route places the Zubov Wing at the centre of the visit from 14 November 2026.

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Frequently asked questions about Catherine Palace

When does Palace of Three Empresses take place at Catherine Palace?

The new guided route begins on 14 November 2026 and is scheduled for Saturdays.

What does Palace of Three Empresses include?

It combines Tours 1, 3 and 4, including the Amber Room, the Palace Chapel, Paul I's rooms and Catherine II's private rooms.

Where is Catherine Palace and how do you get there?

The palace is at 7 Sadovaya Street in Pushkin, within the Tsarskoe Selo museum and heritage site south of St Petersburg.