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Prices For Sightseeing Boat Tours In St. Petersburg For 2017 Announced

13.03.2017

Fares for boat trips along St. Petersburg’s rivers and canals in 2017 are a bit higher than last year, though are still quite affordable. Tour companies continue their policy of giving discounts when purchasing online. Taking a one hour trip by boat through the city’s center is number one entertainment in Saint Petersburg, the one that’s...

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First Bitcoin ATM Installed In St. Petersburg

11.03.2017

Despite the fact that Russia doesn’t support the bitcoin cryptocurrency and forbids any circulation of it in the country, first ATM to exchange the currency appeared in St. Petersburg. As Fontanka.ru news website reported, the gadget is located at the Ostrov (Island) business-centre on the Vasilievsky island. Address: 36, Sredniy Avenue of the...

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authority , money

Russian Orthodox Church To Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day … But On March 30

10.03.2017

The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has found another reason to hit the news. After launching a campaign to take back the St. Isaac’s Cathedral in St. Petersburg, it made headlines by announcement of the wish to celebrate the St. Patrick’s day and do it in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, i. e. on March 30 while the rest of the world...

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events , Orthodox , religion

St. Petersburg Taxi Illegally Charged $267 Instead Of $10

09.03.2017

An Irishman was forced to pay a huge amount of money for a 37-minute trip by taxi in St. Petersburg. Getting from the Hermitage museum to the Crowne Plaza hotel cost him 27 times more than expected. As Fontanka.ru website reported, a tourist hailed a taxi and was transported to the hotel by a black BMW. At the moment of payment, he was surprised by...

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getting around , incident , police , safety , taxi , traveler's advice

Gardiner-Smith: Playing In Russia Is Challenge For Me

08.03.2017

A new FC Zenit St. Petersburg player Jacob Gabriel Gardiner-Smith whose coming to the club surprised many football fans, including The St. Petersburg Travel Guide, gave his first interview in Russia (and in his career) with the Championat.com sports website. He denied that his father provided him any assistance in negotiating with Zenit, said he sees...

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FC Zenit , football , people , sport

International Women’s Day In St. Petersburg, Russia

07.03.2017

The way the International Women’s Day, 8th of March, is celebrated in Russia differs much from how they do it in many other countries. The most important thing you should know is that this is a day off, when governmental bodies and other public establishments are closed, with only emergency, transport units, shops and entertainments running. The...

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holidays

St. Petersburg Lovers Of Sunbathing Opened Their Season With -2 Celsius

06.03.2017

The sunbathers that take the sun every year at the beach of the Peter and Paul fortress have opened their 2017 season. A group of men and women gathered near the fortress’s thick stone walls on a sunny day March 5, surprising and shocking tourists and not surprising locals. What you see on the cover photo is not a flashmob, neither is a movie...

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people , Russian life , weather

Mariinsky Theater Launches Free Classical Music Concerts

05.03.2017

The Mariinsky Theater holds 12 free concerts of classical music on Wednesdays in March, April and May for everyone who will have free time in the middle of the day. The program features Raсhmaninov, Schubert, Grig, Ponce, Piazzolla, Shostakovich, Mozart, Beethoven and others. The concerts are held within the Open Wednesday project that makes it possible...

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culture , free time , music , theater

Video of Marching Song By Angola Military Students From St. Petersburg Went Viral

04.03.2017

Students from Angola studying at the St. Petersburg Military University of the Military Academy of logistics (MUoMAL) became YouTube stars after their incredible performing of a marching song at a contest recently held at the university. A rather weird way the Angolans performed in differs much from how Russian soldiers do it. The students study in...

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festival , military

Railway Steam Tour From St. Petersburg to Gatchina Launched

03.03.2017

As of March 8, RZD Tour, a subsidiary of the Russian Railways in charge of tourist services, launches a series of steam train tours that will be going throughout the year. This half a day tour includes an excursion on the Gatchina palace and some other interesting activities. Though, of course, the biggest advantage of the train steam trip is plunging...

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excursions , Leningrad region , railway stations , suburbs , trains

Three St. Petersburg Hotels Got Russian Hospitality Awards 2017

02.03.2017

Russian Hospitality Awards called best Russian hotels in 23 nominations. Three St. Petersburg hotels were named best in three categories: historic hotel, business hotel and apartment hotel. This year more than 570 hotels from 80 cities took part in the contest with 117 of them advanced to the final stage. St. Petersburg was best in three nominations: 1....

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hotels

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