TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Introduction 1
- Chapter One: St. Petersburg Overview 5
- St. Petersburg in Focus 7
- A Brief History of St. Petersburg 9
- St. Petersburg’s Language, People and Culture 11
- Chapter Two: Travel Essentials 15
- Visa and Passport Requirements 17
- Migration Cards 21
- Chapter Three: Getting In and Around St. Petersburg 25
- Chapter Four: 10 Best Hotels and Accommodations 39
- First – Class and International Hotels 42
- 1. The Akyan Hotel 42
- 2. Petro Palace Hotel 45
- 3. Pushka Inn Hotel 47
- 4. Kempinski Hotel Moika 22 49
- 5. The Taleon Imperial Hotel 51
- BOUTIQUE HOTELS 54
- 6. The Prestige Hotel 54
- 7. Art Hotel Mokhovaya 56
- 8. The Angleterre Hotel 58
- 9. Old Vienna Hotel Saint Petersburg 59
- 10. Arkadia Hotel 61
- Chapter Five: 10 Best Restaurants and Fine Dinings 63
- 1. The Chekhov 65
- 2. Gogol 66
- 3. Tsar 68
- 4. The Mari Vanna 69
- 5. Kvartika 70
- 6. The Cafe Central 72
- 7. The Cafe Shater 73
- 8. The Leica Cafe 74
- 9. The Cafe Du Nord 1834 76
- 10. The Mezzanine Cafe 77
- Chapter Six: 10 Best Shopping Malls in St. Petersburg 79
- 1. The Singer House 81
- 2. DLT Shopping Centre 83
- 3. The Moskovsky Department Store 84
- 4. The Galleria Shopping Centre 85
- 5. Stockmann Nevsky Centre 87
- 6. The Flea Market at Udelnaya 88
- 7. The Bolshoy Gostiny Dvor 90
- 8. The Passage 91
- 9. The Yellow Korner 92
- 10. Rumba Store 93
- Chapter Seven: 10 Best Tourist Spots in St. Petersburg 95
- 1. Hermitage Museum 97
- 2. St. Isaacs Cathedral 101
- 3. Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood 103
- 4. The Catherine Palace 107
- 5. Peterhof 109
- 6. The Winter Palace 110
- 7. Czar’s Village 112
- 8. Alexander Pushkin Museum and Memorial Apartment 113
- 9. Bridges in St. Petersburg 114
- 10. The Peter and Paul Fortress 116
- Chapter Eight: 10 Best Off – The Beaten Path in St. Petersburg 119
- 1. The Museum of Microminiature Art 121
- 2. The Divo Ostrov 123
- 3. St. Petersburg Wax Museum 125
- 4. The Leningradsky Zoopark 126
- 5. St. Petersburg Botanical Garden 127
- 6. The C-189 Submarine 129
- 7. Pulkovo Observatory 130
- 8. The Museum of Dolls 131
- 9. St. Petersburg Museum 132
- 10. The Chocolate Museum 134
- Chapter Nine: 10 Best Nightlife in St. Petersburg 135
- 1. The Fish Fabrique 137
- 2. The Fidel 138
- 3. The Club Rossi 139
- 4. The Dunes Beach Bar 140
- 5. Coyote Ugly 141
- 6. The Club Griboedov 142
- 7. The Buddha Bar 144
- 8. The Nebar Nightclub 145
- 9. The XXXX Bar 147
- 10. The Circus Club 148
- Chapter Ten: Festivals and Holidays in St. Petersburg 151
- 1. Traditional Grand Opening of the Peterhof Fountains 153
- 2. The Scarlet Sails Boat Parade 154
- 3. The White Nights Festival 155
- 4. The Russian Orthodox Christmas 156
- 5. New Year Celebration 158
- 6. The Maslenitsa Festival 159
- 7. The St. Petersburg Beer Festival 160
- 8. St. John the Baptist’s Day 162
- 9. The St. Petersburg Festival of Smelt 163
- 10. Victory Day and Russia Day 164
- St. Petersburg Quick Travel Guide 166
- 1. Russia Quick Facts 167
- 2. Transportation 168
- 3. Travel Essentials 169
- PHOTO REFERENCES 171
- REFERENCES 181
