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St. Petersburg Slideshow
Top Hotels in St. Petersburg
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Hotel Tchekhov St. Petersburg
3 reviews -
Mini Hotel Katyusha St. Petersburg
11 reviews -
Hotel Sputnik St. Petersburg
2 reviews
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Motel Voyage St. Petersburg
1 review
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Piter Hotel St. Petersburg
2 reviews
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Hotel Suvorov St. Petersburg
6 reviews -
Kholstomer St. Petersburg
1 review
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Comfort Hotel on Chekhova St. Petersburg
7 reviews -
Residence on The Moika Hotel St. Petersburg
5 reviews
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Hotel Nouvelle Europe St. Petersburg
20 reviews
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Northern Lights Hotel St. Petersburg
120 reviews
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Hotel Egoeast St. Petersburg
3 reviews
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Marshal Hotel St. Petersburg
4 reviews
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Club Hotel Agni St. Petersburg
17 reviews
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Ermitage Hotel St. Petersburg St. Petersburg
6 reviews
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German Club St. Petersburg
2 reviews
St. Petersburg
Travel Blogs from St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
St Petersburg
... ago it would have been nearly impossible for me to get a visa to Russia, now it IS possible, but still somewhat difficult. St Petersburg is only about a 3 ½ hour drive away from Helsinki (by bus) but with boarder customs youd better set aside a whole ...
Some Pictures from Petersburg
So this afternoon I went out to the airport to meet Benny and Tom, who arrived in St. Petersburg today. We had a good time walking around the center of St Pete, stopping a few times at some outdoor cafes for food and beer. They were quite ...
Commie Underpants
... of the world. And before we knew it the skies were dark purple and we were packed up and off saying good-bye to St. Petersburg. We were on the overnight train to Moscow. We had a 4 bunk berth and after boarding held out hope that we ...
Back in the USSR
Arrived in St. Petersburg yesterday ona bus from Tallinn. The bus left at midnight which meant that we crossed the border at about 3am. Bleary eyed we had our first encounter with the Russian 'no smiling' policy (apparently it is concidered to be ...
ST. PETERSBURG - Arrival!
... did in the time of Peter the Great. Thus, this part of the city is spectacularly beautiful and considered a "living museum". And, since St. Petersburg was created on a swamp, the entire metro system had to be built 150+ meters underground, in a layer of ...
I'm on a boat
... . I have learnt to read the letters they use so I will just have to learn the language that can't be too hard right :). In st Petersburg we have seen some amazing palaces and churches. And I can really picture my self as a Russian emporess, too bad they ...
To the last bit of Russia we will see. St. P
... climb over the seats to get the big bags out when he finally let us pay the 300 and opened up the back doors. I hate Russian taxi drivers. Elissa was going to go to the Dostoevsky Museum (absolute bore!) and I was gonna hit the internet, in shifts so ...
Wrecked at Peterhof
... in particular was intrigued. We were even happier because we figured out how to catch it for our thirty minute drive back to St. Petersburg. In fact, we were feeling so good that we had the ipods on and were rocking out. I was listening ...
St. Petersburg
... better design with a better price. Before we knew it our bus tour was loaded with Russian nesting dolls. We visited the St. Petersburg Hermitage museum which had an impressive display of cultural artifacts. I can't say ...
St. Petersburg
... better design with a better price. Before we knew it our bus tour was loaded with Russian nesting dolls. We visited the St. Petersburg Hermitage museum which had an impressive display of cultural artifacts. I can't say ...
St Petersburg
... them - There were men selling smeely eels on the street corner near our hotel - There are lots of parks in St Petersburg - The Catherine Palace and Church on Spilled Blood were both incredible. Catherine's Palace had a fantastic Amber room with ...
Cruising the St.-Petersburg Waterways
The skies are perfect this afternoon, and as the boat is just a few steps from our apartment, why not go for a ...
2nd day in St. Petersburg and the Neva River Cruis
... (but it had been raining a bit, sooo). Back on the bus we headed back to the port. Our ship departed at 7pm from the St. Petersburg port. The breakwater seemed very close to the ship as we left. I went up on deck and began taking more ...
Zimski san
Krećemo iz Zagreba u 6:55 letom za Frankfurt te u Frankfurtu nakon nekoliko sati vrludanja nastavljamo put za Petrograd. Iz Frankfurta kreĉemo u 13:35, a stizemo na nase odrediste u 18;40, ne zbog duljine puta nego zbog druge vremenske zone koja ...
Hangover Central
... solid without stopping gains our full respect! Anyhow, time to hang around until our sleeper train leaves for Moscow at 12am. All in all St Petersburg has been good but we think the people we've met have made rather than the city itself. Next up - ...
The Orthodox Churches
Two of the most distinctive sights on the St Petersburg skyline! The great Golden Dome of St Issacs Church, it is the largest Russian Orthodox church and took 40 years to build, They had to build a railway and dock to transport its pillars! The ...
Prison Museum and night train
... and royal family are buried, including Nicholas II and his family. Once out of the main prison part there is a river beach were hairy Russian men in thongs work on their tans! This evening we took the metro to the train station to take the night train to ...
St Petersburg
St Petersburg was the highlight of the cruise, where we spent two days visiting the Resurrection Church of the Spilled Blood, Peterhof palace and fountains, and the Hermitage. At the Hermitage it was "no dogs" - ...
Sunset by Neva
I was coming from Diksi (a grocery store) in the evening around 9pm and saw the wonderful colours in the sky as the sun was going down. I ran upstairs, grabbed my camera and went to take the ...
Winter impressions
Even though I'm from Finland and used to riding my bike to school with temperatures beyond -20 c as a child, I must say that winter in Russia is something else. As we lived by the river Neva, our way to the university was rather windy and cold. The ...
Last day in Saint Petersburg
... but why not leave some sights for a return trip? Had a hilarious time getting to the State Museum of the History of Saint Petersburg...including being completely mis-directed on the stop I needed from Bus #22, (more on that on an update)...then a woman ...
Sightseeing in St Pete
... works, and i'm pretty sure i don't how how to use it, but it's lovely, and if i come by some patience, i'll use my russian dictionary to read the instructions! we booked our train to moscow, or rather scott did with a phrase book and a clever ...
St. Petersburg
... idea of what he's on about, here's some excerpts from an amusing and loosely relevant article we came across in a copy of St.Petersburg's english street press, interviewing the 'super kids' of St. Petersburg: Anton Ivanov, 11, of School No.590 has ...
Window to the West
... an eight hour train ride. We shared our cabin with a man named Igor who is a professor of international relations in St. Petersburg. He has written books about international relations and has been published in the US. We also shared it ...
Around Petersburg
... 000 000 items of art. THE ADMIRALTY The original Admiralty was created by Peter the Great. The Admiralty is one of St.Petersburg's oldest constructions, dating back to 1704, when it started its life as a fortified shipyard. The now existing Admiralty ...
Church on Spilled Blood...
Yes, that's the name of this famous Church...and we're told potatoes were stored inside at one time...but now it has been restored to its former splendor...and can be seen by everyone from Nevsky Prospect as they cross the ...
From Russia With Love
... see the medal ceremony in our room. After a nice dinner we went for an evening cruise on the Neva river, the main river here. St Petersburg is situated on 65 rivers and canals and is sometimes called the Venice of the north. We had a glass of champagne ...