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Trip By Hydrofoil To Kronstadt

24.09.2019

The trip by meteor (hydrofoil) from St. Petersburg to Kronstadt, free time in the town and the way back to St. Petersburg takes approximately six hours, of which you spend almost two and a half hours on board. To visit the sea fortress and its forts will be especially interesting for those fond of Navy and the art of fortification. Kronstadt is one...

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Top-9 Russian Cuisine Restaurants In Downtown of St. Petersburg

16.09.2019

We’ve chosen for you nine restaurants specializing in Russian cuisine, from democratic ones to posh fine dining establishments. Menus features from what you can taste at an average Russian’s kitchen (that’s where we usually eat every day’s meal) to rather exotic dishes dating back to the Russian Emperor times in the early XXth century. If you...

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eat and drink , prices , restaurants

Self-Guided Quest Tours Around St. Petersburg In English

09.09.2019

You download a mobile app and, solving puzzles thrown by this application, go through a small route quest. Alone or with friends; for one sitting or with a break for rain and a cup of coffee; can be taken separately to a museum or around town. The main thing: you do not need to look for a guide, you are completely on your own. Not to mention it’s...

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excursions , I don't speak Russian

Seven Hotels Near St. Petersburg Pulkovo Airport

20.08.2019

Strictly speaking, only two hotels at St. Petersburg Pulkovo airport can be called a true «airport hotel» as such — Park Inn by Radisson Pulkovo which is just a few meters from the Pulkovo terminal and the Aerosleep capsule hotel inside the terminal. There are a few more hotels in the area nearby that are also good for an overnight stay...

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airport , hotels , traveler's advice

Visiting Rules For The Catherine Palace

10.08.2019

Rules for visitors who come to the Catherine Palace at the Tsarskoe Selo (town of Pushkin) eager to see the famous Amber Room and other beautiful premises don’t differ much from the ones accepted at other great museums around the world. What makes these rules special is that missing them may result into a mess and less comfort during overcrowded high...

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Amber room , I don't speak Russian , museum , palaces , suburbs , taboos , Tsarskoe Selo

How To Get To Gatchina

15.07.2019

Gatchina, a small cosy town 10 km away from St. Petersburg, doesn’t enjoy the status of a tourism hot spot, but is still anyway a lovely place to make a day trip. The town has something to offer: the Gatchina palace (on the cover photo), now hosting a museum, the Priory palace and very big parks around the two palaces perfectly designed for walking....

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day trip , Leningrad region , palaces , places of interest , suburbs

Guide To Pulkovo Airport

06.06.2019

St. Petersburg has only one airport Pulkovo (IATA code LED, ICAO code ULLI) that’s located just 19 km from the city center (Nevsky prospect) and 9 km from the nearest subway station Moskovskaya. Currently, it runs one terminal serving both international and domestic routes. Address: Pulkovskoe shosse (road), 41, lit. ZA. The address in Russian: Пулковское...

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airport , aviation , eat and drink , flights , shops

CNN Made Russians Laugh Out Loud By Incredible Description of National Breakfast

03.06.2019

CNN’s review «Breakfast around the world: How different countries start the day» took its readers to a not existing (and never existed) world of luxury eating in Russia saying that local residents prefer … caviar, a delicacy that most people cannot afford even on big occasions. The text published by CNN Travel and written by Casey...

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eat and drink , facts , Russian life

Hostels In St. Petersburg

16.04.2019

We found more than 200 hostels for you in St. Petersburg and made up a list of them for you. All the hostels are categorized by subway stations they are located close to so that you could find the best location. What may be of surprise for you is that a lot of accommodation is in the very city center making it enable for you to stay just a few hundred...

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hostels , metro

Lost&Found On Russian Railways

09.03.2019

If you happened to have traveled on Russian long-distance trains and lost your belongings, now there is a quick and simple online service to apply for their return. Russian Railways (RZD) have recently launched the service which is now available only in Russian, but we provided translation of the application form. Three important notes: • The online...

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emergency , I don't speak Russian , trains , traveler's advice

Horse Drawn Sleigh Ride in Pushkin

16.02.2019

Alexandrovsky Park in Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo), a European park sledge, a coachman in a beautiful livery, the unhurried pace of a pair of Russian trotting horses – it is so easy to feel like a court nobleman, a prominent dignitary, or even the Emperor or the Empress. Sleighing plunges into the atmosphere of a snowy Russian winter, Russian forest,...

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day trip , free time , outdoor , places of interest , Russian life , suburbs , Tsarskoe Selo

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