The name of this state can be translated as "Orange tree". Alexander Menshikov, following Peter I's example sought to create his own "paradise" here and filled extensive hothouses with orange trees.

Today you may visit here The Coasting Hills with the famous Porcelain Cabinet, the Palace of Peter III where they display a collection of 17th and 18th century Western European paintings, the Chinese Palace, perhaps the only Rococo monument in Russia and Menshikov's Palace.

Oranienbaum is the only residence in the environs of St. Petersburg that was not under Nazi occupation during the war: the estate was part of the small patch of land on the coast of the Gulf of Finland that was covered by the batteries of Kronstadt.

Please note, that only 2 sites are usually included in the general tour (the ones you choose to visit)