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Saint Petersburg Travel Guide

Russia breathes superlatives: the world's biggest country; its largest supplier of natural gas and second-largest oil producer; and home of the planet's longest railroads, busiest subway system (Moscow's), and one of its deepest, biggest, and oldest lakes (Baikal, in Siberia). It even boasts balmy beach resorts (on the Black Sea), though the Kremlin and the snowcapped cupolas of its cathedrals seem truer reflections of this northern nation's might and mysticism. Read More

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Hotels

Angleterre Hotel

Bolshaya Morskaya 39
St Petersburg 190000 Map

Distance: 2.8 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 4 class stars

Expert Rated & Recommended
4.0

Renaissance St. Petersburg Baltic Hotel

Pochtamtskaya Str. 4
St Petersburg 190000 Map

Distance: 2.9 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 4 class stars

Expert Rated & Recommended
4.0

Grand Europe

NEVSKY PROSPECT
St Petersburg 0

Distance: 3.9 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 5 class stars

Expert Rated & Recommended
5.0

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Attractions

The State Hermitage Museum and the Winter Palace

expert favorite attraction
Entrance to Hermitage main collection: through courtyard of Winter Palace, from Palace Sq
1 Palace Sq
St. Petersburg, Russia

Distance: 1.6 mi. (from destination center)

Description:

The Winter Palace would be a museum itself even if it didn't... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended
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Peterhof

expert favorite attraction
18 miles west of St. Petersburg
2 Razvodnaya Ulitsa
St. Petersburg, Russia

Distance: 12.3 mi. (from destination center)

Description: The Peterhof royal estate is a spectacular series of palaces, gardens, and fountains that were... Read More
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Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood (Tserkov Spasitelya Na Krovi)

Embankment of the Griboyedov Canal
2b Naberezhnya Kanala Griboyedova
St. Petersburg, Russia

Distance: 1.6 mi. (from destination center)

Description:

St. Petersburg's most-photographed church, this cathedral is a mountain of blindingly... Read More

Expert Rated & Recommended
4_0

Airports

Major Airports near St. Petersburg

Distance (mi.)
Helsinki-Vantaa Airport 183.9 map

Other Smaller Airports near St. Petersburg

Distance (mi.)
St Petersburg Pulkovo Airport 8.4 map
Tallinn Ulemiste Airport 193.0 map
Tampere-Pirkkala Airport 246.4 map

Feature Articles

  • A Window to the West
    Peter the Great's phrase for St. Petersburg rings true as the once capital city transforms itself into one of Russia's best-kept secrets.


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