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First day in St Petersburg
We arrived in St Petersburg after spending hours trying to get off the boat, Russian immigration is thorough to say the least, it took the passport control woman a whole 2 mins to process each of us - think the people behind us were getting fidgetty by the time we got through! Then we got on a bus, In St P you get on one of the back two doors ( …
Welcome to St. Petersburg
... the Square is the Russian Arch, with the world's longest facade- 580 meters. On top is the angel and the snake. The snake is the symbol of Napoleon, we'll see it in other monuments, often times under the foot of a strong horse! From here we can see Peter and Paul Cathedral across the river on the Petrograd side. It was the city's first building and no other building is permitted to be higher than its 122 meter gold spire. The first museum ...
Texas Charm and an IPhone
... what the Russians had destroyed in other parts of the world (and in their own, for that matter). We had just been in Estonia, where we heard about all that the Russians had demolished. While I felt comfortable talking to Rene in Berlin about how they acquired some of their art, I didn’t see the point here. The stock answer is that they were part of a private collection later given to the state. Right.
We got back to the starting place ...
This is the end
... leidt. Het is hier voor velen moeilijk om de eindjes aan elkaar te knopen, maar de twee heren hadden een manier gevonden om wat extra centjes bij te verdienen. Het waren namelijk autosmokkelaars!
In Nizhny Novgorod, een stad op een paar honderd km van Moskou, zijn we nog eens gaan ‘couch-surfen’, deze maal bij Grigory, een toffe 30’er met retro-flat. Hij had voor ons twee leuke evenementen in petto tijdens het weekend. Het eerste was een bezoek aan de ...
Saint Petersburg
... have remained outside of Russian cuisine. And most of the best meals in Russia have been the ones we cooked ourselves.
The highlight of our cooking spree has to be the St. Petersburg Chili Extravaganza. Feeling a bit nostalgic for home, Kristin and I decided that the 5-day period in St. Petersburg would be an excellent time to cook up a pot of chili. We had brought taco seasoning and chili powder from Helsinki, but our first attempt at finding the ...
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Other places to stay in St. Petersburg
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Grand Hotel Europe by Orient-Express
1, St. Petersburg | 5 star hotelfrom $381- Shabby room, depressing beds
- Grand Location, Grand Lobby, Not Such A Grand Value
- Relying on a reputation long gone
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Park Inn Pulkovskaya, St. Petersburg
?47, St. Petersburg | 4 star hotelfrom $140 -
Sokos Hotel Olympia Garden
1, St. Petersburg | 4 star hotelfrom $139 -
Holiday Inn St. Petersburg Moskovskye Vorota
1, St. Petersburg | 4 star hotelfrom $162 -
Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya St Petersburg
1, St. Petersburg | 3 star hotelfrom $140- Too large and cold
- Very nice and really not that far out,if you can manage the metro 10minute walk.
- Nothing to Write Home About
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Saint-Petersburg Hotel
1, St. Petersburg | 3 star hotelfrom $86 -
Sokos Hotel Vasilievsky
?7, St. Petersburg | 4 star hotelfrom $161 -
AZIMUT Hotel St. Petersburg
?6, St. Petersburg | 3 star hotelfrom $98 -
Ambassador Hotel
1, St. Petersburg | 4 star hotelfrom $127 -
Radisson Royal Hotel, St.Petersburg
Downtown/Center City/Historic Area, St. Petersburg | 5 star hotelfrom $226- Great Location
- Loved Radisson Royal
- Great Hotel & Staff
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Corinthia Hotel St. Petersburg
Downtown/Center City/Historic Area, St. Petersburg | 4 star hotelfrom $232- Zufriedenstellend
- Great Hotel!
- Fine
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Novotel St Petersburg Centre
Downtown/Center City/Historic Area, St. Petersburg | 4 star hotelfrom $185 -
Petro Palace Hotel
1, St. Petersburg | 4 star hotelfrom $181- Excellent Hotel
- Delighted with our choice
- Good, but not really 4 star
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Courtyard St Petersburg Vasilievsky
?8, St. Petersburg | 4 star hotelfrom $163 -
Rossiya Hotel St. Petersburg
?47, St. Petersburg | 3 star hotelfrom $112 -
Dostoevsky Hotel
1, St. Petersburg | 3 star hotelfrom $125- Dirty rooms, unfriendly staff.
- OK - not much more
- Very good Hotel
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Rocco Forte Hotel Astoria
?7, St. Petersburg | 5 star hotelfrom $331- Our Oasis
- A Hotel with history.
- Good service, overpriced meals
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Kempinski Hotel Moika 22
1, St. Petersburg | 5 star hotelfrom $342- Agree with everyone. Terrific hotel
- Excellent
- Fantastic hotel, perfect location
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Hotel Ibis St. Petersburg Centre
University City/West Philadelphia, St. Petersburg | 3 star hotelfrom $104 -
Business Hotel Karelia
1, St. Petersburg | 2 star hotelfrom $102 -
Angleterre Hotel
1, St. Petersburg | 5 star hotelfrom $212- Best bet in St. Pete
- Overpriced
- Good Location poor service
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Sokos Hotel Palace Bridge
?7, St. Petersburg | 5 star hotelfrom $210 -
Hotel Oktiabrskaya
Downtown/Center City/Historic Area, St. Petersburg | 3 star hotelfrom $114 -
Andersen Hotel
1, St. Petersburg | 3 star hotelfrom $112 -
Nevsky Grand Hotel
1, St. Petersburg | 3 star hotelfrom $97- Ubicazione fantastica. Prezzo accessibile. Staff cordiale.
- Super Location
- Small yet Clean
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Radisson Sonya Hotel
1, St. Petersburg | 4 star hotelfrom $157