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St. Petersburg Cruise Port Sea Façade Limited Taxi Operations

20.08.2017

Sea Façade, St. Petersburg’s passenger port, where most of cruise ships call, said only two taxi companies are allowed to operate within its territory. For passengers it means reduced ability to get out of the port and possibly higher prices for transportation from cruise terminals to sightseeings. St. Petersburg’s Sea Façade is located in the...

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George R. R. Martin, Father Of The Game Of Thrones Saga, Visited Vyborg

16.08.2017

George Martin, an American novelist, most prominent for his «A Song of Ice and Fire» saga, which was turned into The Game of Thrones series by HBO, arrived to St. Petersburg to take part in the Fantastic Assembly, a gathering of fantasy writers. On August 15, he visited the castle of Vyborg making headlines in the local press and promising...

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celebrity , Leningrad region , Vyborg

Tourists Pay Incredibly Inflated Prices For Food At Peterhof

09.08.2017

Two ice-creams for $15-20, while they normally cost $2, one juice for $16 (instead of just $2) — that’s what visitors to some popular places in St. Petersburg pay when unscrupulous vendors take advantage of the unawareness of tourists of real prices in the city, professional guides shared stories about their clients in a professional group...

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eat and drink , money , Peterhof , prices

Flight From St. Petersburg To Chengdu To Be Launched In The Autumn 2017

03.08.2017

China’s Sichuan Airlines will launch two-times weekly services from Pulkovo to Chengdu in the winter season 2017/2018 which starts on October 29, 2017, the company announced recently. For St. Petersburg Pulkovo airport, it will be the fourth China-bound route on the destination which increased 50% in the first half of 2017 in comparison to the...

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airport , aviation , flights , World Cup 2018

New Disembarkation Rules St. Petersburg Cruise Port For 2018 Navigation UPD

26.07.2017

Sea Facade, St. Petersburg Cruise Port, is going to implement a new disembarkation scheme from 2018 navigation onward, which can described as «ship-sponsored shore tours passengers come first». On August 15 this year, the scheme, which is said to be used only on highly busy days, will be tested within a one-day experiment. Like in most cruise...

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sea cruise , traveler's advice , visa

Tourist Toll Free Helpline Started In St. Petersburg

16.07.2017

You can get essential information and tips for your stay in St. Petersburg both in Russian and English languages daily, the city government’s tourism committee has announced recently. For getting information dial: 8 — (wait 2-3 seconds to hear bzzz) — 800-234-12-58 8 — (wait 2-3 seconds to hear bzzz) — 812-456-03-03 You...

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communications , I don't speak Russian , phone

Aeroflot Airlines Considers Using Cryptocurrency

15.07.2017

Aeroflot (SU), the biggest Russian airlines and one of the biggest in Europe, announced a tender to find a contractor to value the possibility of using cryptomoney in payments. That’s a good news for bitcoiners willing to travel to St. Petersburg as Aeroflot serves many routes connecting the city to Europe, and the St. Petersburg’s basic...

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aviation , money

Valaam Monastery Raises Peacocks

08.07.2017

The Valaam Spaso-Preobrazhensky monastery started to raise peacocks in order to get more food and possibly provide some kind of entertainment for tourists and pilgrims. That’s an initiative by Father Mefody, hegumen of the Monastery, Pankraty, wrote in his social media page. Totally, 20 species now live on the island, and most of them were born...

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animals , neighboring regions , places of interest , Valaam

Diego Maradona Caught In Sexual Scandal In St. Petersburg UPDATE

03.07.2017

A journalist, an unnamed young woman, reported that Diego Armando Maradona (yes, that one) offered her 500 euro for having sex which she refused and called the police, St. Petersburg Fontanka.ru news website has written today. Right now, the police cannot question the football star as he «is sleeping». Maradona arrived in St. Petersburg to...

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celebrity , incident , people , police

British Site Scared Their Readers By Dangerous St. Petersburg. What’s True And False Here?

03.07.2017

A British website Londonweekly.net published an article for football fans willing to visit St. Petersburg during the FIFA World Cup 2018 that will be held in a year. A scary thing called «What Europeans should be running scared of in St. Petersburg during the Confederations Cup and the World Cup: Truth and fiction» really contains both the...

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Confederations Cup , extremal , facts , football , incident , Muslim , night clubs , police , safety , traveler's advice , World Cup 2018

St. Petersburg’s Coffee Official Recipe Officially Presented

23.06.2017

The St. Petersburg coffee museum invented an official St. Petersburg coffee recipe based on old recipes and historic materials upon request by city authorities. From now on, this kind of coffee will be served at official events sponsored and organized by the city government. The government also wants to get it marketed so you could have a good chance...

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authority , cafes , eat and drink

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