Pharmacy Museum of Dr Pel

St Petersburg


This late-19th-century pharmacy still houses a medical clinic; it has a beautifully preserved facade as well as the original pharmacy interior on the ground floor.

Transportation

  • metro: Vasileostrovskaya

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