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Wizz Air To Launch New Four Flights To St. Petersburg ✈️

23.01.2020

Wizz Air, the biggest low-cost airline in the Eastern and Central Europe, has announced it would start flights to St. Petersburg airport Pulkovo from Sofia, Bucharest, Vilnius, and Bratislava in summer 2020. The minimum fare starts from just 29.99 euro one way (all taxes included) with significantly reduced rates available for members of the company’s...

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Runway View Gastro Market Opened At Pulkovo Airport

15.01.2020

Having a cup of coffee or a lunch and looking at a runway, and landing and taking off aircraft is a special «dish» for not only spotters. Now you can taste it at St. Petersburg Pulkovo airport when traveling to any Russian city, for example Moscow. Gastro market Craft has been opened on January 14, 2020 in the concourse for domestic flights. In...

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airport , border , cafes , eat and drink , shops

First Russian Capital Included Into River Cruise Routes For First Time

14.01.2020

Staraya Ladoga (Old Ladoga), a township near St. Petersburg, just a two-hour trip by car away from the city, is a new point on the Russian river cruise map after a pier capable of serving passenger ships had been launched into operation last summer. What’s Staraya Ladoga In Brief? Russian history is a rather complicated subject with a lot of theories...

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boat trips , excursions , history , Leningrad region , museum , places of interest , river cruise , Valaam

Public Transport Fares In St. Petersburg Have Sharply Increased In 2020

04.01.2020

Fare for a single ride has gone up in St. Petersburg as of January 1, 2020, especially for subway. The move is mainly targeted at visitors who are typically pay per ride and are not aware of the fact that fares via travel cards are much lower (that’s not you as you will know the truth in a second, just don’t stop reading the post). In 2020 one ride...

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buses , essentials , metro , money , prices

Ice Sculpture Festival In The Peter And Paul Fortress Until February 9, 2020

24.12.2019

A fairy tale embodied in ice figures is the best feature of the Ice Fantasy festival, which is held annually in the Peter and Paul fortress. It turns into a place of pilgrimage for St Petersburg residents and tourists, especially during the New Year holidays. This season’s theme «Live Planet». Well, sounds timely, doesn’t it? A...

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animals , exhibition , festival , free time , kids , places of interest

Moby SPL Canceled Departures Of Princess Anastasia Till January 8 With Uncertainty For Future UPDATE

30.11.2019

The only St. Petersburg ferry operator, Italian Moby SPL (former St. Peterline, now owned by Moby Group), has announced all the departures planned till December 18 will be canceled due to repair of its only ferry Princess Anastasia. This three-week long cancellation came after the company had canceled runs several times for shorter periods. It’s still...

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ferry , incident

Warning For Those Who Travel To St. Petersburg In Middle 2020 And Later

13.11.2019

If you are going to St. Petersburg in 2020, then you’d better be on alert regarding how to get to major sightseeings and get around the city. Local authorities are now undertaking a big transport reform which one day in July 2020 will make all your print and online guides on the city out of date. The reform will change the routes of public transport,...

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authority , buses , getting around , traveler's advice

Tourist Tram Route Launched In St. Petersburg

10.11.2019

A replica of a mid-XX century tram dubbed «American» has started its daily tours through the downtown of St. Petersburg on November 7, 2019. It will get you past some major sightseeings for rather little money. Till the end of 2019, the route will be operating in a test mode. UPDATE: one more tram added to the route for weekends and holidays...

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excursions , free time

Chinese Payment Systems AliPay And WeChat Pay Can Be Used In Sapsan Train

09.11.2019

The Russian Railways (RZD) announced today that passengers of Sapsan train can buy onboard services and souvenirs with WeChat Pay and AliPay just like they do it anywhere else. According to RZD’s statement, all Sapsan trains have been equipped to accept payments through Sendy, the provider of WeChat Pay and AliPay systems in Russia. The only thing...

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money , Moscow , Sapsan , trains

Ferry Line MOBY SPL Opened Sales For Season 2020. Prices And Schedule UPDATE COVID 2019

17.10.2019

UPDATE: MOBY SPL has canceled all departures due to COVID 2019 till July 21, 2021. MOBY SPL with ferry Princess Anastasia going between St. Petersburg, Helsinki, Tallinn, and Stockholm and, occasionally, Riga has opened sales for 2020. The first sail is scheduled for March 21, 2020, when the ferry will leave St. Petersburg for Helsinki. MOBY SPL operates...

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Estonia , ferry , Finland , Helsinki , prices , Riga , schedules , Stockholm , Tallinn

Beware Of New Kind Of Pickpocketing In St. Petersburg

16.10.2019

St. Petersburg’s pickpockets can leave you without money and passport just before you’re going to board a train, thus making your trip impossible or almost impossible, guides warned through social media. The pickpockets use the way how Russian railway stations operate, that is security checkpoints which you must pass to enter a station. One St....

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emergency , incident , railway stations , safety , security

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