Best places: Fortresses in Russia

Founded by Peter the Great, this fortress contains a museum about the early city & a cathedral.

This sprawling, iconic citadel known for its imposing defensive walls, courtyards & archways.

Semi-ruined walls, towers & courtyards around a 14th-century fortress famed for withstanding sieges.

Red-brick medieval fortress with 12 towers along its walls, now home to museums & concert venues.

Kids' park with a replica fortress, a giant dragon sculpture & a petting zoo with llamas & camels.

👍 Необычное место, ехать нужно на машине по горной местности, лучше механика или 4 WD. Вьезд в заповедник 150 руб. С человека. Башни повсюду. Восхищает, как они это строили на горах и все до сих пор стоит.

Set in a lakefront fortress tower, this museum displays scientific & historical exhibits on amber.

Riverside castle founded in 1492, with walkable ramparts, picture gallery & local history displays.

👍👍 A place with simply stunning views of the Russian Bridge, Ajax Bay and the eastern entrance of the Eastern Bosphorus Strait, which this complex was intended to protect. The battery itself, built at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, was restored only in 2012 - more than a century later. The te...

👍 Форт конечно развален и наверно его уже скоро не будет, хотя очень жаль, так как это достояние нашей страны. Рядом хороший пляж. И пирс, который ведёт к самой западной точке нашей страны. Форт находится на Балтийской косе. На кому ходит паром. Но чтобы посмотреть все достопримечательности косы лучше...

👍👍 IMPORTANT! Some of the entrances are closed with metal doors with bars (for security reasons, of course) As far as I understand, it is necessary to contact representatives of the Vladivostok Fortress Museum in advance in order to visit this object. An excellent place to go there in the summer; it of...

Historic ancient fortress complex that includes a regional archaeological museum & exhibition hall.

👍👍 Nice place .

Old fortress on a hilltop featuring military artifacts & exhibits, plus panoramic vistas.

👍👍 Wonderful place with a beautiful view! Even the children really liked it. You can walk around the fort inside, but be sure to take a flashlight; there is a cliff or it descends even lower - we haven’t checked. One minus is the road to the fort.

Prominent, well-preserved sections of a fortress constructed between 1595 & 1602 with many towers.

Tours of a a 19th-century artillery fortress, with tunnels & dungeons, overlooking the Kerch Strait.

👍👍 A landmark of Russian Island, one of the forts that is also a must-see. It’s a beautiful place, you can climb up the fort so that you get a beautiful view of Cape Tobizin. Nice place to stay

👍👍 The fort is quite small, but in Soviet times a coastal 180mm battery was built on its territory, and a command post was located in the fort itself. The battery position is nearby, and inside the fort there is a shaft leading into a tunnel to the firing position, although the tunnel is flooded, as fa...