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Saint Petersburg, northernmost city in the world

Petersburg is divided in : Admiralteysky, Frunzensky, Kalininsky, Kirovsky, Kolpinsky, Krasnogvardeysky, Krasnoselsky, Kronshtadsky, Kurortny, Lomonosovsky, Moskovsk, Nevsky, Pavlovsk, Petrodvortsovy, Petrogradsky, Primorsky, Pushkinsky, Tsentralny, Vasileostrovsky and Vyborgsky.

City of St. Petersburg is known all around the world for the beauty of its architecture, its incomparable museums and monuments and its achievements in science and technology [ city centre is a Unesco World Heritage Site ].

 "The Venice of the North", "The Pearl of the Baltic" - these are among the exotic names given to St. Petersburg by those who have visited and admired the city on the Neva. Today the "Venice of the North" at the mouth of the Gulf of Finland, with its myriad islands, palaces, bridges and architectural treasures attracts a multitude of tourists from various countries.

St Petersburg is surrounded with imperial residences, some of which were inscribed in the World Heritage list together with the city.


car hire, hotels, tour operator, travel guides, transportation / traveling to petersburg

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Car Rental 

See the page Rental Cars.

Hotels in Petersburg

 Expedia.com
 Hotels.com
 Allrussianhotels.com
Gateway to over 100 bookable hotels in Russia, Ukraine, Baltic States and countries of the former Soviet Union and CIS.

Hostels

 Petersburg Hostel
Youth hostel located in very center of St.Petersburg [ 20m to the Palace Square - the major square of St.Petersburg ]. Provides cheap accommodation, visa and registration for young travelers.

Holiday Homes / Apartment

 St. Petersburg Apartment Rentals
Luxury apartments in the historical center of St. Petersburg
 Eenkamerappartement - one room apartment
In nieuwbouwwijk, 35 minutes from the center.

Travel Agents / Tour Operator




Travel Guides St. Petersburg / Related books

 Amazon.com  -  Books about St. Petersburg

The Rough Guide To St. Petersburg -  by Dan Richardson
The Rough Guide to St. Petersburg is the most comprehensive and detailed guide on the market and a necessity for anyone who hopes to travel to this stunning, historically rich and vibrant city. From the imposing imperial palaces to the prison fortress of Shlisselburg; from the Kronstadt, Vyborg and Karelian Isthmus to the Medieval city of Novgorod this guide has it all. The guide is packed with all the practical details you have come to relie on Rough Guides for as well as the low-down on the city's history, the rich culture and the ever-changing but forever fascinating and enticing St. Petersburg society.
Paperback 480 pages (September 30, 2004); Publisher: Rough Guides, 978-1843532811
St. Petersburg - Eyewitness Travel Guides - by Anna Streiffert (Editor)
Paperback: 264 pages; Publisher: DK Travel; Rev Upd edition (January 15, 2007); Language: English; ISBN-13: 978-0756624361
National Geographic Traveler: St. Petersburg 
By Jeremy Howard (Author)
This new Traveler guide brings you the best of St. Petersburg, the enchanted, canal-crossed gem built by Peter the Great. Having survived three revolutions and three name changes, the city still lives on gloriously. The guide reviews St. Petersburg's remarkable history, illuminating the city's love affair with history, architecture, ballet, and painting. You'll find directions to and descriptions of all the main sites—the formidable SS. Peter and Paul Fortress; the famed Hermitage Museum, housed in a series of historic buildings including the baroque Winter Palace; Palace Square; St. Isaac's Cathedral; Nevsky Prospekt—along with such lesser known attractions as the Church of Spilled Blood, Peter the Great's cabin, and the fascinating Museum of Musical Instruments.
Paperback: 272 pages; Publisher: National Geographic (March 20, 2007); Language: English; ISBN-13: 978-1426200502
Crime and Punishment (Penguin Popular Classics) - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Paperback: 448 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books; New edition (January 25, 2007); ISBN-13: 978-0140621808
Nikolai Gogol's the Nose - Nikolai Gogol
Reading level: Ages 4-8; Hardcover; Publisher: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books; 1st ed edition (September 1994); Language: English; ISBN-13: 978-0688104641
 Bronze Horseman (BCP Russian Texts) - Aleksandr Pushkin
This last and most brilliant narrative poem by Russia's greatest poet, Alexander Pushkin, should form an essential part of all courses in Russian literature. It combines praise of Peter the Great and his city of St Petersburg with a dramatic account of the devastating flood of 1824 and a lowly individual's resultant insanity . The political, historical, religious, ecological, and metaphysical-existential questions which Pushkin formulates with dazzling power and concision have been the subject of endless critical debate. This new student edition includes an interpretative introduction which seeks to accommodate conflicting critical readings, copious linguistic and literary commentary, and a separate short essay on the poem's St Petersburg background.
Paperback: 120 pages; Publisher: Duckworth Publishers (November 7, 2000); Language: English; ISBN-13: 978-1853995750

Transport / How do I travel to St. Petersburg

 Airport St. Petersburg  -  Pulkovo Airport

www.austrian.com  
By travelling with Austrian via Vienna Airport, you can fly comfortably and quickly anywhere in the world. On average, you won't need to spend any longer than 30 minutes between the arrival of your aircraft in Vienna and your onward connecting flight – and that's unique in Europe!

 Aeroflot
Flights from London to St. Peterburg and further to other cities in Russia

 Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights

 Russian Railways

 Transrussia.net

 Public Transport St. Petersburg [ a.o. a metro ]

 Online Maps [ Uni Texas - Perry-Castañeda Library - Map Collection Europe  ]


Links 

 Travel Insurance -  online travel and holiday insurance for UK and Irish residents

 St Petersburg  -  oficial web site

 Drumskaya St.  -  souvenirs
 Hermitage - Museum - virtual visit possible
The State Hermitage occupies six magnificent buildings situated along the embankment of the River Neva, right in the heart of St Petersburg. The leading role in this unique architectural ensemble is played by the Winter Palace, the residence of the Russian tsars that was built to the design of Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli in 1754-62. This ensemble, formed in the 18th and 19th centuries, is extended by the eastern wing of the General Staff building, the Menshikov Palace and the recently constructed Repository.
 Konyushenna Square -  - souvenirs
 Nevsky Prospekt
St. Petersburg's Nevsky Prospekt is where most of the large stores are centred
 Peterhof - with the Grand Peterhof Palace and glorious fountain cascades
 Press - Delovoy Peterburg
Newsline | All about "Delovoy Peterburg" | History of St. Petersburg | Practical Information about St. Petersburg | City Government | Hotels | Museums | Restaurants | Advertising | Swedish Roots in St. Petersburg | Consulates in St. Petersburg | Articles on Demography | Land Investment Around St. Petersburg.
 Press - St Petersburg Times - english-language newspaper

Cuisine - Russian Cooking

 Russian Cuisine
Welcome to the world of authentic Russian cuisine and cooking recipes, the place for lovers of delicious dishes and culture of the Rus. In their Russian recipes cookbook you'll find a great number of palatable dishes (hors-d'oeuvres, main courses, desserts, beverages etc.) from ancient times to the present. With their help you'll taste and find out tales about the most popular ethnic dishes of Russian, Ukrainian, Byelorussian, Georgian, Armenian and other cuisines.

History of St Petersburg

Founded by tsar Peter the Great in 1703 as a "window to the west".

 St Petersburg's History - Wikipedia

 St. Petersburg - The First Three Centuries - Arthur L. George, Elena George
'No modern city has experienced such excruciating upheavals, violence, losses of its people, and suffering as Petersburg/Petrograd/Leningrad experienced in the first half of its 20th century.' St. Petersburg was commanded into existence by Peter the Great, and its inherent artifice has made it one of the world's most storied cities, the stage for political and artistic dreamers. This comprehensive and detailed narrative history chronicles what is perhaps the greatest story of any modern city anywhere, from its foundation in a swampy war zone in 1703 to its leading role in overthrowing Soviet power and bringing Russia into the twenty-first century. Extensively researched and documented yet entertaining and accessible for general readers, the book covers Petersburg's political, social, economic, architectural, cultural and intellectual history, recounting events of world importance, and the extraordinary and often tragic lives of the city's many great citizens such as Czar Nicholas I and poet Alexander Pushkin. The book focuses on the city's key role as a link to the West and in modernizing Russia and contributing to the growth of civil society and brings to life a St Petersburg steeped in a tumult of war, revolution and aesthetics.
Hardcover 672 pages (December 9, 2004); Publisher: Sutton Publishing
 Bucknell University - Russian History
This page attempts to capture the flavor of the rich diversity evolving over Russian history and hence depends as much on the endeavors of others as those of the Russian Studies Program.

Music, Culture & Entertainment

 Bucknell University - Russian Music
 Onno van Rijen's Shostakovich & Other Soviet Composers Page - Russian Composers

Web Portal / Search Engine / Directory

 Peterlink
 St-Petersburg.net  - city guide to hotels, tours, restaurants in St.Petersburg
 Leninburg.com - tells about the life in St. Petersburg as seen through digital photographs

 Aport
 Cyril & methodius
 City.ru - Russian cities on the web
 Rambler
 Tourintel.ru
Established in 1990, Academservice Travel Company is one of the leading incoming tourist company in Russia, CIS countries and the Baltic States (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia).
The company offers full range of travel services variety (hotel accommodation, transfers, transport services, excursions, air travel, VIP service in the airports, railway travel, cruises, visa support) in 133 cities of all the ex-USSR 15 countries

 Yellow Guide Russia
 InfoArt - Russinan search engine
 List.ru - Russian search engine


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