Peterhoff-the Park of fountains

Near the end of our stay in Russia we visited the magnificent park where Peter the Great and royalty after him spent many of their summer days.
The setting and layout of the grounds was so overwhelmingly beautiful, that only words as "vast", "splendid", "sparkling", and "over the top" come to my mind.

We rode kind of a speedboat down the river Neva in order to reach the sea-bound shore of the property. Since the weather treated us to a sunny afternoon we were truly blessed.

Many of the Statues show a man fighting with a lion and opening the lions mouth, which should symbolize the victory over the Swedish army from which, the land St.Petersburg sits on was conquered.

Here a few snapshots!