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Excursion To Grigori Rasputin’s Apartment In St. Petersburg

11.02.2018

64, the Gorokhovaya street in St. Petersburg is the final address of the ‘holy man’ and the ‘holy devil’ Grigori (Grigory) Efimovich Rasputin, a man whose life and activity left more questions than answers. A mystic, healer, peasant, “a friend of the Emperor”, whose nickname is translated as “debauched one”, left this flat on the evening...

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How to Get to Veliky Novgorod from St Petersburg

28.01.2018

You can get to Veliky Novgorod (or Novgorod the Great) from St Petersburg (only 194 km) in three ways: by bus, by a commercial minibus taxi, and by a suburban train. St Petersburg – Veliky Novgorod Charter Minibus This transport mode is the most convenient. The route operated by a private transport company Novgorod-Avto which uses minivans accommodating...

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buses , neighboring regions , places of interest , railway stations , trains , Veliky Novgorod

St. Petersburg Cruise Port Marine Façade: Tips, Disembarkation Rules, Recommendations

25.01.2018

Almost all cruise ships dock in St. Petersburg in the Marine Façade, a newly built terminal, established back in 2008. Read our post to get informed on how to get from the cruise port to the center of St. Petersburg, disembarkation rules, visa free stay for 72 hours and what you can see in case you have only one day here. What’s My Terminal In St....

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cruise , Marine facade , traveler's advice , visa

Toilets in Saint Petersburg

09.12.2017

Many websites write about the beauty of Saint Petersburg, the White nights, the Hermitage, the magnificent suburbs – Pushkin, Petrodvorets (Peterhof), Pavlovsk, Vyborg, etc. Who will provide travelers with regularly updated information about the toilets? Judging by the letters we receive, potential guests of the city have got a lot of questions on...

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airport , cafes , metro , museum , trains , traveler's advice

List Of Tax Free Shopping Malls And Shops In St. Petersburg

07.12.2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law establishing in Russia a tax free system to let non-Russian residents get value-added tax on their goods refunded upon leave the country. The system will be valid as of 1 January 2018. The Ministry of Industry and Trade has published a list of shops in six Russian regions, including St. Petersburg, which...

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money , shops , tax-free

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