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For dental issues, the close. If you do have Russian Museum have
MEDEM clinic provides property stolen, you will disabled access. Several
most dentistry services, need to report it to the four- and five-star hotels
but they are not cheap. local police station for are now equipped for
An alternative is to ask insurance purposes. disabled guests, but you
your hotel to find you an Take all your documents should call ahead to
English-speaking dentist. with you (passport, visa check the situation
Visitors are advised to and migration card). before you book your
drink bottled water. The You may also be asked accommodation.
tap water in St Petersburg to write a statement. Liberty provides tours
contains heavy metals and If this is the case, ask around St Petersburg
giardia, a parasite causing your hotel for assistance and its suburbs for
stomach problems. or call the Tourist disabled travellers.
Helpline; they should They use minibuses with
Personal Security be able to help provide lifts and folding ramps to
an interpreter. transport wheelchair
As in any large city, take St Petersburg has users around the city, and
all the precautions that seen a number of can also advise on the
you normally would to xenophobic attacks in best restaurants with
protect yourself. Avoid recent years so visitors of disabled facilities.
walking alone at night Asian, Arab or African
and keep your valuables descent should be Time Difference
in a safe place. Watch out particularly careful.
for scams, but try not to St Petersburg follows
be too paranoid. Disabled Travellers Moscow Time, which is
Petty crime can be a 4 hours ahead of
problem in St Petersburg, The city is severely Greenwich Mean Time
and pickpockets are lacking in facilities for the (GMT), and 9 hours
known to operate on disabled, although the ahead of Eastern
buses and the metro. situation is improving. Standard Time (EST).
Be on your guard and Of the museums, only Russia does not observe
keep your belongings the Hermitage and the Daylight Saving Time.
DIRECTORY
CONSULATES TRAVEL SAFETY Tourist Helpline
Australian Consulate ADVICE § 303 0555
MAP A2 • 14 Petrovskiy Australia HEALTH
prospekt § 325 7334 Department of Foreign
British Consulate Affairs and Trade American Medical
Clinic and Hospital
∑ dfat.gov.au
MAP G3 • Pl. Proletarskoy ∑ smarttraveller.gov.au MAP J4 • Nab. Reki
Diktatury 4 § 320 3200 Moyki 78
US Consulate UK § 740 2090
MAP E3 • Furshtatskaya Foreign and ∑ www.amclinic.com
ulitsa 15 § 331 2600 Commonwealth Office
∑ gov.uk/foreign-travel- MEDEM International
VISA CENTRES advice Clinic
Australia US MAP C1 • Ulitsa Mira 6
∑ sydneyrussian US Department of State § 336 3333
consulate.com/en/ ∑ travel.state.gov ∑ medem.ru
visa-section.html EMERGENCY DISABLED
Canada TRAVELLERS
∑ canada-ils.com Ambulance
03 Liberty
UK Fire Brigade MAP B1 • Ulitsa
∑ ru.vfsglobal.co.uk 01 Polozova 12
US Police § 232 8163
∑ ils-usa.com 02 ∑ libertytour.ru

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