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Kesha · Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 5:36 am Post subject: Petergof Fountains

My first visit to Petergof was in October (2001) and the fountains had been turned off and drained....
My second (and last) was (the following) end of April and only two or three were turned on (the rest were still being cleaned).

I'm curious if anyone knows if they'll still be up and running the end of August.

Spasibo!

nikir · Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 6:15 am Post subject:

Yes is the good news I was there in Aug/Sept 2004 and everything was running at full speed.

Kesha · Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 6:32 am Post subject:

Thanks for the info nikir!

Garfield · Frequent Guest Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 11

However they do turn them off at about 5pm during season.

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A105 · Just Starting Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 8

The Peterhof fountains are turned on at the beginning of May and are turned off in the middle of October (but I think it depends) The fountains are turned on daily at 11 a.m. and are turned off at 17 p.m. (on weekdays) and at 18 p.m. (weekends). Price on entrance to the park with palaces and fountains varies, but it’s approximately 100 rubles for Russians and 300 rubles for foreigners.