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WTA’s St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy To Be Held January 30 — February 5

07.01.2017

V. Williams, Vesnina, Kuznetsova, Bencic, Vinci, Pavluchenkova — they all are to compete to win the St. Petersburg women’s tournament which was upgraded to the WTA Premier status in 2016 and is experiencing growing popularity over recent years. The players list is really impressive this year with the former World No. 1 Vinus Williams as...

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Russians Suffer From Frost, But Don’t Give Up Standing In Queues For Museums

06.01.2017

Three major state museums in St. Petersburg — The Hermitage, The Catherine’s Palace in Pushkin and The Russian museum — see visitors lined up in long queues. What’s normal for summer time looks unbelievable under current weather conditions with 20 C under zero. An even half an hour wait may cause light freezing injury (we’ve...

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Amber room , culture , Hermitage , holidays , museum , palaces , Russian life , weather , weird news

Vyborg Castle Festivals Schedule For 2017 Announced

05.01.2017

In 2017, one of the most visited museums in Russia, the Vyborg castle is going to hold a few events which proved to be of high interest and popularity attracting crowds even from other regions of the country. Tickets are often sold out months before the start so booking in advance, when available, makes sense. June 10 — June 12, 2017 The Medieval...

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festival , free time , Leningrad region , museum , places of interest , schedules , Vyborg

First Lotte Hotel To Open In St. Petersburg In May 2017

04.01.2017

The Korean Lotte Group launches a luxury 154-room hotel in St. Petersburg in May, the company said. Filled with spas and other pleasant amenities and perfectly located, the hotel promises to be highly popular, though those whose rooms overlook on streets and canals will hardly be glad to day-and-night traffic noise. Lotte Hotel St. Petersburg will...

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hotels

Lux Express Buses Were Denied Entry To Finland, Returned Home

03.01.2017

A serious and unexplained incident happened to Lux Express buses going from St. Petersburg to Helsinki at the Russian-Finnish border checkpoint on January 2. The Russian border service didn’t let the vehicles pass the border, passengers had to get to Helsinki on their own or return to St. Petersburg. What makes the situation more complicated is...

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border , buses , Finland , Helsinki , incident

World New Year Party For Kids

02.01.2017

You can take on a virtual trip around the globe to see how the New Year’s arrival is being celebrated in various countries at the biggest exhibition center in St. Petersburg. A show for kids is held till the end of Russian long January holidays. A mix of different entertainments within The World New Year show will help keep children occupied...

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exhibition , holidays , kids , music , Russian life

St. Petersburg Tourism Statistics 2016

01.01.2017

2016 was successful for St. Petersburg tourism in terms of overall number of tourists and profitability. 2017 promises to be nearly these figures and maybe slightly up mostly due to ongoing Chinese wave and the FIFA Confederations Cup to be held in May and June. The preliminary statistics say that about 7 mln tourists visited the city in 2016, 4.7 mln...

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airport , Confederations Cup , ferry , hotels , trains

Happy New Year! Read Us, Follow Us, Visit Us!

31.12.2016

The first year of the St. Petersburg Travel Guide’s life (which, in fact, expires only on January 15, but shhhh) proved to be exciting as many of you asked us and we were ready to help with a piece of advice. And your readership was encouraging as well. There is more content to come in 2017! While Russia is celebrating the New Year’s arrival...

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Confederations Cup , holidays

Transport And Weather In St. Peterburg On New Year’s Eve 2017

31.12.2016

The city seems to be prepared well for the coming of the year 2017. Tranpost will get you almost everywhere throughout the city, a show program will be extensive and the weather is predicted to be like of a tropical country. Transport Subway will be in operation through the night, but at longer intervals than usually. Please, mind that fare, we...

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buses , essentials , holidays , metro , weather

Estonian’s Passport Was Stolen At The Russian-Estonian Border By …Crow

30.12.2016

A story that sounds more like an anecdote happened at the Russian-Estonian border crossing Ivangorod-Narva. An Estonia’s resident was attacked by a crow who grabbed his passport and flew away. Russian customs officers tried to catch the bird, but had no success. So in addition to the possible traffic jams we wrote about be aware of the Russian...

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animals , border , Estonia , fun , incident , Leningrad region , weird news

Estonia-Russia Border Traffic Jams Warning

28.12.2016

The Estonian border service issued an warning about possible delays when crossing the Estonian-Russian border during the New Year holidays. It’s wise to have a couple of hours and great amount of patience in reserve. The most intensive traffic falls on the following periods: — in the direction of Estonia from December 24 to January 4 as...

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border , Estonia , holidays , Leningrad region , Tallinn , traffic

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