Welcome to the majestic and truly tourist-friendly city – Saint Petersburg! Touch its history, taste the spicy mixture of cultures, breathe in the Northern crispy air, listen to the music of Neva river waves, contemplate white sleepless nights! Both headlong entertainment and total cultural exposure await you here! Day in and day out brand-new developments in infrastructure and event venues keep changing the city’s image due to cutting-edge technologies and innovations. Come here by yourself and discover your own Saint Petersburg!
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Shops are usually open from 10 am until 10 pm. Most shops are open on Sundays. Many shops and supermarkets are open for 24 hours a day. The opening hours of most banks are 10 am to 6 pm, Monday-Friday.
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City Tourist Information Bureau
Offices:
14/52, Sadovaya ul.
Tel: +7 812 242 39 09
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Gostiny Dvor Metro Station
Opening hours: Mon-Sat 10 am - 7 pm
37, Sadovaya ul..
Tel: +7 812 242 39 04
Sennaya Metro Station
Opening hours: Mon-Sat 10 am - 7 pm
25, Milionnaya ul.
Tel: +7 812 417 22 16
Nevsky Prospect Metro Station
Opening hours: Mon-Fr 10 am - 7 pm
Information pavilions:
- Pulkovo Airport (daily 9 am - 8 pm)
- Palace Square (daily 10 am - 7 pm)
- St.Isaac's Square (daily 10 am - 7 pm)
- Aleksandrovsky Park (daily 10 am - 7 pm)
- Vosstaniya Square (daily 10 am - 7 pm)
- Rastrelli Square (weekdays 8.30 am - 4 pm, May-September)
- Marine Facade Seaport (daily 10 am - 7 pm, May-September)
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The City
Dreaming about visiting a paradise-like place on Earth? Come to Saint Petersburg – the so-called museum in the open air. There is no need in visiting any places at all: you can just admire its lavish baroque or reserved classicism architecture and picturesque ribbons of canals by taking leisurely strolls or boat trips. Most daring tourists are welcome to discover city’s diversity by taking helicopter or segway rides. Have never been here before? Professional guides will make your trip as comfortable and enlightening as possible. Have been here for numerous times before? Try to go around the city using our new official mobile application Visit Petersburg.
Saint Petersburg is a caring city which thinks of all types of tourists. It is a real kingdom of heaven for kids. Let them enjoy interactive science museums, puppet theatres and contact zoos here. Young people will be amazed by the number of music events and social venues where they can make new friends. Gourmands are free to reveal tastes of Russian and all international cuisines. Several business areas and complexes are at the disposal of businessmen to participate in plenty of congresses and conferences. Bohemia has a great opportunity to fulfill its potential via taking part in various creative workshops, festivals and experimental projects. Travel and enjoy in winter or summer, rain or shine, young or old!
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Top 10
We have picked 10 most popular places, the so-called brands of the city for you to see and explore in Saint Petersburg. These are genuine treasures of the city which you have definitely seen many times on photos, souvenirs and heard of from your friends. Travelers who have visited them at least once will return here more and more times in future to attend current exhibitions and festivals.
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The Russian Museum of Ethnography
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Peter and Paul Fortress
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Erarta Museum and Galleries of Contemporary Art
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Nevsky Prospect
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Military-Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineer and Signal Corps
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St. Isaac's Square
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The Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad
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The State Hermitage Museum
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The Russian Museum
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Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood
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Do & See
Do and see things you’ve never done or seen before in your life! Visit a soviet-time apartment with sovietic relics and learn about lives of plain soviet factory workers, pioneers and farm workers. Walk along the pages of Dostoevsky somber novels and meet its heroes on the dusky embankments or shaded parks. Dress up for masquerades and ballrooms, get ready to waltz in the same magnificent dancing halls as Pushkin in the 18 century. Not only learn but also take an active part and interact!
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Palace Square
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Yusupov Palace
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Alexander Nevsky Lavra
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The State Museum of the History of Religion
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St.Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music Art
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The Dostoevsky Museum
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The Pushkin Apartment Museum
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The Summer Garden
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Kunstkamera
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Yelagin Island
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Smolny Cathedral
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The Bronze Horseman
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Pavlovsk Park
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Peter the Great Aquatoria
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The Saint Petersburg Chamber Opera
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The State Museum of Political History of Russia
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Rimsky-Korsakov Museum
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Chaliapin Memorial Apartment
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Sheremetev Palace — Museum of Music
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Alexandrinsky Theater
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ROSPHOTO Exhibition Hall
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The Tin Soldier museum
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Gatchina Palace and Park
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Oranienbaum Palaces and Park
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Mikhailovsky Theater
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St Isaac’s Cathedral
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Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin)
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Boat Trips and River Cruises
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Mariinsky Theatre
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Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan
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Events
Don’t miss out on special days and nights when the sky gets brightly colored in all possible hues of fireworks and parade floats as well as crowds of disguised people march along the festively adorned streets and squares. More than 300 events are annually held in the open air or on the best Russian theatre stages: musical, poetic, theatre, patriotic, religious events, etc. Watch the burning of Maslenitsa effigy, crack painted eggs in the course of Easter Fair, greet a ship with spectacular scarlet sails, ride a legendary Harley Davidson bike at the August festival, be the first to watch recently shot movies at the cinema festivals. Saint Petersburg offers events to suit all tastes!
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December 12, 2019 - January 13, 2020: St. Petersburg Christmas Fair
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30 December 2019 - 8 January 2020: The New Year's Fair in Gatchina
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All year round: Russian Music Seasons
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January, 2020: Christmas Star Fire Festival
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Till 28 December 2019: Japanese autumn in St. Petersburg
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21 December 2019: The Race of Fathers Frost
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Saturdays: JazzLike evenings of live jazz
Yakobson Ballet
25 November 2019: The Nutcracker
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Till 9 March 2020: Ilya Repin. To the 175th Anniversary of the Artist's Birth
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6, 7 January 2020: Don Quixote
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Foutain show "Prince of the Сircus"
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Till 16 February 2020: Zulkarnain Ismail. Augmented Reality
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14-15 December 2019: Show me the Korea Festival
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28 December 2019: Concert “Music by Candlelight. Christmas Melodies"
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24 January 2019: Concert "Rachmaninoff. Piano" by Amadeus Concerts
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21 November - 31 December 2019: XIV Mariinsky International Piano Festival
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All year round: Roof Music Fest
Музыкальный Клондайк
14-24 December 2019: International Music Festival "Arts Square"
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31 December 2019: New Year`s Eve in St. Petersburg
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7-9 February 2020: Nevsky Casket
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29 September - 22 December 2019: Classics. Ethno. Jazz.
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21 February 2020: Kurt Cobain Birthday Fest
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Till 13 December 2019: Theatre Olympics 2019
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9-12 November 2019: Digital Opera 2.0
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Dining
What can be more inspiring than observing marvelous architecture masterpieces through floor-to-ceiling windows and tasting something delicious at the same time? Panoramic views, exquisite menus, mouth-watering desserts, considerate personnel will undoubtedly spice your trip up! Restaurants offering Russian traditional cuisine will not only treat you with well-known borscht, shchi, solyanka, vareniki, Russian salad, and blini but also entertain you with vibrant folk shows! However sophisticated you can be, an abundance of international cuisine restaurants will not fail to surprise you!
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Imperial Restaurant
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The Idiot Restaurant
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Tandoor Indian Restaurant
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Literary Сafe Restaurant
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Gogol Restaurant
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Ivanoff House
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Shaliapin Restaurant
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Sadko Restaurant
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Russian Fishing Restaurant
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Capuletti
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Restaurant COCOCO
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Restaurant F. Dostoevsky
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Gzhel Restaurant
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Russian Vodka Room №1
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Arcobaleno Restaurant
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L'EUROPE Restaurant
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Percorso Restaurant
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Taleon restaurant
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Russian Ampir Restaurant
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Ribeye
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VOX
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Meat Head
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Golden Café
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Gustomaestro
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Erivan
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Il Lago dei Cigni
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TSÉ FUNG
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Dans le Noir
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Old Customs House
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Ukrop Restaurant
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Pacman
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RaFamily
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ChaCha
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Tomle
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Pryanosti&Radosti
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O! Cuba Restaurant
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Las Torres
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Del Mar Nevsky
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Severyanin
Invite Studio
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Blok
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Banshiki
Ресторан FermA
Ferma
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In Your Pocket
Katyusha
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Terrassa
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Mansarda
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Gastronomika
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Baklazhan
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Khochu Kharcho
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The Repa
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Volga-Volga
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Moskva
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Jamie's Italian
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Edim Rukami
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Begemot is Back
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Gelsomino Cafe
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“BRUNO” Maison de la Truffe
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Ivan da Marya
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Cafes
Saint Petersburg offers a great variety of cafes for all tastes. Some of them maintain historic city traditions while others concentrate on the latest tendencies in culinary art. Enjoy majestic views of the city from windows of cosy, elegant, rattling, designer and other types of cafes.
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Stolle
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Schastye
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Brynza
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Café Singer
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Sladkoezhka
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Polet Cafe
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Sever-Metropole
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Troitsky Most Vegetarian Cafe
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Botanika
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Zoom Cafe
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Sunduk Art Cafe
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Del Mar
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Avsteriya
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C1tizen cafe
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Tartarbar
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Caffe Italia
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Frida vegetarian cafe
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LaCelletta Caffé
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GYROGRILL
Mia casa
Venezia
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Korjov bakery
Ruspeach
Na parakh (Cooked on steam)
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Pirogoviy Dvorik
Check point
Check Point Cafe
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Smoke BBQ Texas Restaurant
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Hard Rock Cafe
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Rimini
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Grand Cafe Frida
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Art Buffet
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Bars & Nightlife
St Petersburg’s bars tend to have themes - sports, Irish, British-style pub, hip Soviet nostalgia - they serve food, usually have DJs or live music and 02.00 is considered early closing. The scene is constantly changing, so check weekly listings and posters around town. Most clubs serve food and are open until 06.00 or later.
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Nebar
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JFC Jazz Club
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Metro Club
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Barrel
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Lomonosov Club and Bar
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Coyote Ugly
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Daiquiri Bar
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Dead Poets Bar
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Money Honey
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PMI Bar
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Raskolnikov Bar
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Red Fox Jazz Club
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Estrada Club
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Skazka Club
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Kosmonavt Сlub
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JAMES COOK
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Santa Barbara Club
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Shopping
All the top international brands and designer fashion names are here, lining up on Nevsky Prospeсt, and the shops are as glitzy and glam as in any European capital.
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Gostiny Dvor
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Passage
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DLT
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Eliseev Store
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Dom Knigi Book Store
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Galeria
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Nevsky Сenter
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Pik
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Sennaya Shopping Mall
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Babochka
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Grand Palace Boutiques Gallery
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H&M
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Souvenir Boutique
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Unique Spots
Alongside internationally acclaimed sights such as the Hermitage, Peterhof and Tsarskoye Selo, Saint Petersburg has a number of lesser known but equally interesting attractions, Among them are modern art galleries, contact zoos for kids, interactive museums equipped with cutting-edge technologies, audiovisual effects and optical illusions.
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Fabergé Museum
Military Medical Museum
Military Medical Museum
Deskgram
Russian Railway Museum
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Planetarium 1
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Loft Project ETAGI
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Russian Levsha, museum of microminiature art
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Museum Complex 'The Universe of Water'
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The Necropolis of the of Art Masters
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The Freud Museum of Dreams
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The Museum of Live Butterflies "Tropical Paradise"
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Art of Fan Museum
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Museum of the Soviet Slot Machines
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Petersburg Museum of Dolls
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The Petrodvorets Watch Factory «Raketa»
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The Botanical Garden
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Pushkinskaya-10 Art Center
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Cat Republic Museum
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Piskaryovsky Memorial
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Arts Square
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Lenfilm Motion Picture Studio
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The National Congress Palace
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Museum of Emotions
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The topsy-turvy house
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Five corners
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Divo Ostrov
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Maza Park
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Creative cluster "ArtMuza"
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Museum of Soviet Life Style
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The Museum of St. Petersburg Art (20th–21st centuries)
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My History Park
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Creative cluster "Golitsyn Hall"
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Perfume Museum
Untruth Museum
Untruth Museum
Энциклопедия Царского Села
World War I Museum (The Martial Chamber)
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Museum of the Petersburg Avant-garde
Музей Анны Ахматовой в Фонтанном Доме
Anna Akhmatova Museum
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Malaya Sadovaya Pedestrian Street
ЦВМ
Central Naval Museum
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Accommodations
St. Petersburg is one of the most popular tourist destinations of Europe.
The city’s hotel infrastructure never stops its development.
The largest international hotel brands operate in St. Petersburg, such as Best Western, Marriott, Kempinski, Radisson SAS, Accor, Rocco Forte Hotels, Corinthia and Sokos.
Today Petersburg is the leading Russian city due to the availability of on-line booking.
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Angleterre *****
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Grand Hotel Europe *****
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Sokos Hotel Palace Bridge *****
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Sokos Hotel Olympia Garden ****
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Herzen House ***
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Ibis ***
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Corinthia Hotel St Petersburg *****
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W St.Petersburg *****
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5th Corner Business Hotel St. Petersburg
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Holiday Inn St. Petersburg Moskovskye Vorota
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Grand Hotel Emerald *****
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Petro Palace Hotel
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Friends hostel
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Hostel Life
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Location Hostel
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Saint Petersburg Hotel ***
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Comfort Hotel
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AZIMUT Hotel ***
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Bristol Hotel ***
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Galerea Hotel ***
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GoodNight Hotel
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Cronwell Inn Stremyannaya ***
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Central Street Hostel
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Sky Hotel
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Nevsky Hotel Aster ***
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Palantin Hotel
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Lotte Hotel St. Petersburg *****
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Domina St. Petersburg *****
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Author Boutique Hotel *****
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SO Sofitel St. Petersburg *****
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Trezzini Palace *****
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Majestic Boutique Hotel Deluxe ****
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1852 Boutique Hotel ****
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Solo panorama ****
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Hampton by Hilton
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Vedensky Hotel
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Courtyard St. Petersburg Center West/Pushkin Hotel ****
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Rossi Hotel and Spa ****
Demetra Art Hotel
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Courtyard® by Marriott® St. Petersburg Vasilievsky
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Martin Hotel
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NasHotel ****
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Tchaikovsky Grand Hotel ****
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The Brullov Mansion
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Dostoevsky ****
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Kempinski Hotel Moika 22 *****
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Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace *****
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The Official State Hermitage Hotel *****
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Tourist Information
Airport
Airport Pulkovo Saint Petersburg is the third busiest airport in Russia after Moscow’s Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo airports.
It is located 23 kilometers away from the central Palace Square of the city. City bus number 39 and 39A run between the nearest Moskovskaya metro station and the airport. You can also take advantage of taxi or your personal car.
Airport code of LED1 derives from the city’s previous name under USSR — Leningrad.
Address: 41 lit. ZA, Pulkovskoye Shosse, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Email:
Phone: +7 812 337 38 22
Website: www.pulkovoairport.ru/en/
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Public Transport
The St.Petersburg metro has fives lines. Buy a token (45 RBL) or card for multiple journeys. No matter how far you ride you will always be paying the same fare. Time and distance covered will be unlimited.
Buses and trolleybuses are slow (40 RBL, tickets on board), while marshrutkas (mini buses) dash around, stop at passengers’ request, and cover countless routes. Fares 40 RBL.
The Metro and buses operate from 05.45 to 24.00 marshrutkas from 07.00 to 22.00.
Long distance and suburban trains depart from five major railway stations. A summer hydrofoil service to Petrodvorets (Peterhof) leaves from the Hermitage jetty.
There are also 5 night bus routes that duplicate metro lines and work from 0:00 till 6:00 on weekends.
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Taxi
If you want to take a taxi, you will need to call a reputable taxy company. You will need to give the operator a phone number that you can be contacted on.
Although it is possible to take a car in the street, but it is not advisable unless you have good Russian and a reasonable knowledge of the city. Apart from the obvious safety risks of getting into a stranger's car, the majority of "gypsy cab" drivers are now recent immigrants from Central Asia and the Caucasus who do not necessarily know the topography of St. Petersburg and rarely have GPS. A yellow sign or light on the roof of a car does not mean that it is an official taxi, whatever the driver may tell you.
Taxi companies:
- Taxovichkof
+7 812 333 00 00
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- Petersburg taxi
8 800 550 0 068
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- 6 million taxi
+7 812 6-000-000
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- Semerochka
+7 812 777 77 70
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Post
The Central Post Office is located in a historic yellow building one block away from St Isaac's Cathedral. It enables visitors to transfer money; buy stamps, cards and envelopes; wrap and pack packages and parcels; send telegrams; make phone calls, and use photocopier. There are additional post offices in the city centre:
18 Sadovaya Street
13 Sennaya Square
70 Fontanki Embankment
9 Kazanskaya Street
14 Stremyannaya Street
Address: 9 Pochtamtskaya ul., Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Phone: +7 812 315 80 22
Website: www.spbpost.ru/index.php?page_id=112
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Pharmacy
Saint Petersburg pfarmacy chain stores can be easily found near metro stations as wel as inside huge shopping malls and hypermarkets. They offer a diverse assortment of high-quality medicines, biological additives, beauty remedies, oral care products, items for kids (nutrition, cosmetic goods, diapers), medical equipment. Regular business hours for pharmacies are 09.00-18.00.
But many of them are open 24 h.
Pfarmacy chains:
Pervaya Pomosch
Ozerki
Nevis
Farmakor
Peterburgskie Apteki
Fialka
Raduga
36.6
Address: 22 Nevsky Prospekt, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Phone: +7 812 314 54 01
Website: www.petropharm6.webapteka.ru/
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Telephone
International dialing code of Saint Petersburg is +7 812
To save your money it is better to buy a local sim-card for economic mobile connection.
Sim-card outlets:
Megafon - 32-34 Nevsky prospekt; 18 Nab. Kanala Griboedova, 10 Karavannaya ulitsa
MTS - 32 Nevsky prospekt; 76 Nevsky prospekt, 8 Italyanskaya ulitsa
Beeline - 2 Malaya Morskaya ulitsa, 18 Nab. Kanala Griboedova
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Electricity
220v
Round two-pin plugs are used
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