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vodka, including dried, there are some good DIRECTORY
salted fish, dried squid hotels further out as well.
and anchovies. Expect impeccably clean TOURIST
The city’s main rooms, efficient service, INFORMATION
restaurant areas are en-suite air-conditioned
Nevskiy prospekt and rooms and free Wi-Fi Saint-Petersburg.com
∑ saint-petersburg.com
the surrounding streets, from both international
and the area around the chains and privately-run St Petersburg in Your
Mariinskiy Theatre. hotels recommended Pocket
∑ inyourpocket.com/
Most restaurants and in this guide. st-petersburg
cafés open around noon. Short-stay apartments
Many stay open until the with kitchen facilities are Visit St Petersburg
∑ visit-petersburg.ru/en
last guest leaves, but some a good alternative option
close their doors from for families or small TOUR OPERATORS
around 11pm. In top-end groups and can often be Anastasia Travel Group
hotels, restaurants open found in central locations. ∑ anastasia.travel
for breakfast, as do Note that some of the
many cafés in the city. top establishments in the Anglotourismo
∑ anglotourismo.com
Alcohol can be bought city have metal detectors
24 hours a day. and bag searches at their Astra Marine
English-language entrances. This is simply ∑ astra-marine.ru
menus can be found in a precaution for the City Tour
the majority of restaurants protection of guests, and ∑ citytourspb.ru
in the centre, but further is nothing to be overly Maxi Balt Tours
afield they are likely to be concerned about. ∑ maxibalttours.com
in Russian only. Most hotels have an Neptun-boat
It is common to tip online booking system ∑ neptun-boat.ru
the waiting staff in and should be able to Skatprokat
restaurants – 10 to 15 per assist guests with visa ∑ skatprokat.ru
cent of the bill will suffice. support prior to their
Vegetarians used to arrival in Russia. St Petersburg Free Tour
∑ petersburgfree
have a very hard time International hotel tour.com
in St Petersburg, but the reservation sites, such as
city now has a good choice Booking.com, and Hotels. SHOPPING
of vegetarian and vegan com can be a useful tool DHL
restaurants and cafés. for finding the best places ∑ dhl.ru
In more upmarket to stay in the city, but it Galeria
restaurants, it is usually is worth checking the MAP E5 • Ligovskiy
advisable to book ahead, hotel’s own website prospekt 30A
especially during the before you book, as this Gostinyy Dvor
White Nights Festival (see can often offer the best MAP N4 • Nevskiy
p62), when tables can be deals or promotions. prospekt 35
booked up weeks or even Payments can be made
months in advance. in the top hotels by credit Imperial Porcelain
Factory
card or cash. In smaller ∑ ipm.ru
Where to Stay hotels, cash may be your
only option. Be aware Ministry of Culture
St Petersburg has that some hotels do not MAP K3 • Ministerstvo
Kultury, Malaya Morskaya
accommodation to suit include local taxes in the ulitsa 17 ∑ mkrf.ru
all tastes and budgets, prices they quote. These
from sociable hostels can be a significant HOTEL BOOKING
with dorm rooms to addition to the bill. SITES
lavish historic hotels in Prices increase Booking.com
palatial buildings. significantly during the ∑ booking.com
The main five-star peak of the White Nights Hotels.com
hotels are located in the period – book well in ∑ hotels.com
centre, on and around advance for a trip during
Nevskiy prospekt, but this time.

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