The cultural capital of Russia, northern Venice, the child of Peter - so often called St. Petersburg, the second largest city of our vast with a population of 4.8 million people..Few cities in the world can boast of so many attractions, museum collections, opera and drama theaters, estates and palaces, parks and monuments..The literary and musical heritage of Peter is no less outstanding - the number of writers, poets and composers inspired by his misty shores is astounded even by the most daring imagination..Along with Paris, Rome and Venice, St. Petersburg is included in the UNESCO list as a city in which the entire historical center is taken under patronage .Among other things, there are temples of 42 confessions, including an amazing mosque with a porcelain dome, the only Buddhist monastery in Europe and one of the most beautiful chapels of the Order of Malta..And St. Petersburg is a "city of bridges" .Sixty-eight rivers, canals and ducts cross the city in different directions, forming on its territory forty-two islands .Now in St. Petersburg and its suburbs there are 580 bridges, including 20 razvodnye .
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How to get to St. Petersburg
By air
St. Petersburg Pulkovo Airport consists of two terminals and is located near the city. The nearest metro station is Moskovskaya. Pulkovo-1 (a terminal for domestic flights in Russia and CIS countries) is located 18 km from the city center, Pulkovo-2 (international flight terminal) is located 17 km from the city center. Regular flights of Aeroflot, SCC Rossiya and Transaero fly to St. Petersburg. The time of flight from Moscow to St. Petersburg is approximately 1 hour 15 minutes.
Between the city and the airport, regular express buses run: the K-800 route is served by the Pulkovo-1 terminal, K-900 by Pulkovo-2. The interval of traffic is 20-40 minutes, the journey costs within 200 RUR.
To reach the Pulkovo-1 terminal you can also take a bus or a fixed-route taxi No. 39, which departs from the station. m. "Moscow". From there, the buses No. 13, which follow to Pulkovo-2, also start. Travel time - 20-25 minutes, fares: 21 RUR on the bus and 30 RUR in the minibus.
From Sennaya Ploshchad, Spasskaya and Sadovaya to Pulkovo-2, there is a minibus No. 3. From Kupchino - No. 113. It is also possible to get to the suburban train, which departs from the Baltic Station to the "Airport" station, not far from from the Pulkovo-2.
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By train
There are five train stations operating in St. Petersburg (Moscow, Finland, Vitebsk, Ladoga, and Baltic) arriving from all corners of our country and cities of the near and far abroad .Moscow and Peter are connected by a steady railway connection: trains depart almost every hour .The distance between the two capitals is 651 km, the time of the journey is about 8 hours by the fast train and about 4, 5 hours by high-speed trains Aurora, Krasnaya Strela, ER-200 or Nevsky Express .Time to travel from Moscow to St. Petersburg on a high-speed train "Sapsan" - from 3 hours 45 minutes to 4 hours 15 minutes .Every day 6 trains run in both directions .St Petersburg Stations are conveniently located near metro stations .
By bus
You can also arrive to the northern capital by intercity (or international) bus .This mode of transportation is not too comfortable, but extremely cheap .He enjoys special popularity among citizens of states closest to Peter: Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania..There are also bus routes from the cities of Ukraine and Belarus .Most international buses arrive at the main bus station, the nearest metro station is Ligovsky Prospekt..By bus you can also get to Petersburg from Moscow..Travel time - about 10 hours .
On the water
The longest, but the most interesting way to travel from Moscow to St. Petersburg is a river cruise. In addition to the actual destination, you can see a lot of wonderful cities on the route Volga-Balt: Uglich, Myshkin, Cherepovets, Belozersk, Kizhi, Petrozavodsk, Valaam, etc. The distance traveled is almost twice as much as the land: 1300 km. The duration of such a trip is from 5 to 7 days; Navigation is open from April to October.
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How to navigate in the city
Numerous rivers and canals divide Petersburg into islands and islets connected by bridges, stationary and divorced. The three main tourist districts of St. Petersburg (and the three most extensive "pieces" of land) - the historical center, the Petrograd side and Vasilievsky Island.
- In the historical center of St. Petersburg, the lion's share of attractions is located: the Hermitage, the Russian Museum, Nevsky Prospekt, the Field of Mars, St. Isaac's and Kazan's cathedrals.
- On the Petrograd side there are the Peter and Paul Fortress, the Prince Vladimir Cathedral, the Zoo and the Artillery Museum. Here the islands were also beaten: Petrogradsky, Zayachy, Aptekarsky and Krestovsky.
- Vasilievsky Island (VO) with its picturesque arrow, Rostral Columns, the Exchange building and the Kunstkamera, the Menshikov Palace and St. Petersburg University plus the island of the Decembrists - is the western seaside part of the city that was formed due to the forking of the Neva into two large arms - the Bolshoy and The Little Neva.
Other districts of St. Petersburg:
- North (Vyborg side): Polustrovo, Piskaryovka, Brooks, Citizen, Murino, Devyatkino, Ozerki, Shuvalovo.
- South: Kupchino, Obukhovo, Avtovo, Dachnoe, Ulyanka, as well as part of St. Petersburg to the south of the Obvodny Canal.
- The right bank of the Neva, eastern part of the city: Rzhevka-Powder, Utkina Zavod, Merry Settlement.
In addition, almost in walking distance are the famous suburbs of St. Petersburg.
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Useful phone numbers are
Tourist Information Office: Sadovaya St., 14/52, metro station "Gostiny Dvor". Phone / fax: +7 (812) 310-28-22. Working hours: Mon-Fri 10: 00-19: 00, Sat 12: 00-18: 00, Sun - the day off.
Information for tourists (Tourist Helpline): +7 (812) 300-33-33 or 0333 (free of charge for guests and subscribers of the mobile network "MegaFon")
Information Offices:
- Pulkovo-1 (10: 00-19: 00 daily)
- Pulkovo-2 (10: 00-19: 00 every day) is
- Dvortsovaya Square, 12; tel .: +7 (812) 982-82-53; working hours: 10: 00-19: 00 every day
- pl. Rastrelli;
- Peter and Paul Fortress (10: 00-19: 00 every day)
- St. Isaac's Square (10: 00-19: 00 daily), phone: +7 (812) 331-38-62
The website of the St. Petersburg Tourofis: www.ispb.info, the tourist portal of the city: www.visit-petersburg.com
Transport in the city
Metro
The first horn of the subway train in St. Petersburg was sounded only in November 1955 .Today, the St. Petersburg subway - the second largest in Russia is .These are 5 railway lines, 64 stations (see diagram), 3, 5 thousand trains and 2, 5 million passengers per day .There are several closed stations - the platforms are separated from the tracks by the doors, unlike the open ones, where people see the approaching train .Such stations were created to protect against floods, because Peter is a city on water .Well, the stations of the St. Petersburg metro are decorated in our way, in imperial way: stucco molding, mosaics, sculptures, valuable minerals and artistic illumination .The fare on the metro is 31 RUR .
Ground transportation
On the surface of the earth in St. Petersburg you can travel by trolley, trams, buses, and shuttles. The cost of one trip in a municipal transport is 21 RUR, in a minibus you will have to give a little more: 25-35 RUR depending on the direction and range of the trip.
By rivers and canals
Water transport (boats, rockets, meteors, etc.) is in demand mainly for relocations from the suburbs of St. Petersburg to the center and back. In summer, a large number of water excursions are organized around Peter and the surrounding area. The two main starting points for such trips are the Marine and River stations.
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The climate of St. Petersburg is
| Average monthly temperature, ° C | ||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| in the daytime | -5 | -4 | + 1 | + 8 | + 16 | + 20 | + 22 | + 20 | + 15 | + 8 | + 2 | -2 |
| night | -11 | -10 | -5 | + 1 | + 7 | + 11 | + 14 | + 13 | + 8 | + 3 | -2 | -7 |
St. Petersburg is located in a temperate climatic zone with a transitional climate from continental to marine..Sunny days in the year are few - only about 60, in the remaining three hundred the sky is closed by a cloud that gives Peter his famous melancholic diffuse illumination, a nutritious substrate for a poetic soul..Summer in St. Petersburg is not hot thanks to a large number of channels .Even on a clear day, it is recommended to take an umbrella with you - rain is spilled unpredictably .The St. Petersburg winters, though not too cold, are dank: there is a choppy, damp wind here, and the frost often pierces just to the bone..Another characteristic feature of the weather is variability .In summer, a cold wind can fly from where, and in winter everything suddenly drowns in a white mist of snowfall .
See also the current weather forecast for St. Petersburg for the next 10 days.
White nights
The famous weather and cultural phenomenon of St. Petersburg - "white nights", lasting officially from June 11 to July 2 with "lightness peak" on June 22 .In fact, the time of lighter than usual nights lasts from May 25-27 to July 15-17 .The sun during this period falls over the horizon line by no more than 9 °, and the evening twilight smoothly passes into the morning .White nights are the most popular time for visiting St. Petersburg, and if you want to see "transparent twilight, the moonless splendor", hotels and tickets should be booked as soon as possible .In addition, during the white nights in St. Petersburg, many festivals are held and special excursions are organized .
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Shopping and shops of St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg assortment of souvenirs, designed for foreign guests, does not differ much from Moscow. The same commonly used keychains-postcards, everyday items and clothes of the Soviet era, knives, wristwatches and various products of folk crafts: nuts, boxes, trays, etc. What is recommended to buy in St. Petersburg, are the products of the Imperial (Lomonosov ) porcelain factory and northern carving for bone and wood, the benefit of production centers are in the immediate vicinity of the city.
Fans of the military style will gladly find in St. Petersburg a large number of specialized shops of ammunition and other military goods. Particularly noteworthy are the "navy" departments - the equipment of the glorious sailors of the Baltic Fleet, ship interest and a bunch of albums and books on Russian naval history.
In addition, it is worth to go to the art and antiques shops of St. Petersburg. The choice of paintings is as great as anywhere, and those wishing to decorate the house with a picture are guaranteed not to leave without buying. Antiquity lovers will appreciate antiques with a touch of imperial history.
The main places for purchasing souvenirs are the mass-market - open trays and special shops in the historical center of the city, especially in the area of St. Isaac's Cathedral, the Church of the Savior on Blood, the Winter Palace and the Hermitage. At Petersburg museums there are necessarily mini-boutiques with albums on art and other souvenir products.
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Kitchen and restaurants
Russian folk catering establishments in St. Petersburg are represented primarily by pancakes and potato ".The best pancakes are served in specialized snack bars "Samovar", "At the mother in pancakes", "Tea spoon", "Teremok" .Portion will cost in the amount of 40 RUR .It is inexpensive to refresh yourself with Russian cuisine dishes in popular "Little Potato" and "Yolkah-Palks" - here for a full dinner of three dishes will take about 500 RUR .Modest cafes with a basic assortment of dishes will certainly be found near the city's sights .
More extensive gatherings at the table will cost 1500-2000 RUR for a good dinner for two with wine. Location of restaurants with a name - as elsewhere in major cities: closer to the center.
Well, of course, as in any civilized city, in St. Petersburg there are a lot of restaurants of national cuisines. The most popular establishments of Uzbek, Georgian, Ukrainian and other friendly and close to us countries, in excess of French and Italian restaurants, as well as more exotic - Thai, Japanese, American, etc.
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Entertainment, excursions and sights of St. Petersburg
One of the first associations that comes to mind when Peter is mentioned is, of course, the Rostral columns. The height of 32 meters, at one time they served as beacons for ships going to the port. Earlier in the bowls on the top of the columns poured resin and set it on fire, in 1957 gas was brought here.
The project of the buildings of the Sinat and the Synod, located on the Senate Square, belongs to the legendary architect of Rossi (1829-1834) .The buildings are interconnected by an arch, crowned by a bronze group embodying "Justice and Piety" .Over the columns of the arch there are figures of "Geniuses holding the law" .On the attic of the arch, under the sculptural group, there are three bas-reliefs: on the left - "The Law of God", in the center "The Law of Naturalness", on the right "The Civil Law" .In the niches of the facades of the Senate and the Synod there are 16 statues of allegories: Truth, Wisdom, Hardness, Law, Faith, Justice, and others..
Monuments of St. Petersburg: The Bronze Horseman (in fact, a monument to the founder of the city Peter I) is named after the eponymous poem by Alexander Pushkin .It was erected during the reign of Catherine II, in 1778, and is unique in that it has only three points of support: the hind legs of a horse and its tail .Address: Decembrists Square .Another popular monument in St. Petersburg - Chizhik-Pyzhik (1994), which at the Fontanka vodka drank .A lot of urban beliefs and legends are associated with the jig..Tourists, for example, throw luckily coins on the pedestal to the bird, and newlyweds on the rope lower the glass to Chizh and clink glasses with his beak .Address: 1st Engineering Bridge, opposite house No. 12/1 .
In addition, a lot of remarkable buildings have survived in Peter: the house of Strauss (1870, address: VO, 2nd line, 9), the house of architect DA Trezini (Universitetskaya nab., 21), the palace I. I. Shuvalova (Italian street, 25), Wawelberg's house (Nevsky prospect, 9), the house of the merchant K. B. Kotomin (Nevsky prospect, 18), the house of the architect Paul Jacquot (1837-1838, Morskaya Str. 11) and the house of Siegel (1888-1890-ies, address: Marata St., 63).
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Museums and theaters of Peter
The museums of St. Petersburg are one of the most interesting and diverse in the world: from the famous Hermitage Museum to the Museum of Gramophone, from Egyptian mummies to the glass man in the Museum of Hygiene, from icon painting to pop art, as well as museum ships and much more. There are more than 200 museums in the city. The cost of excursions: from 20 to 400 RUR, for foreigners - an order of magnitude higher.
Theaters of St. Petersburg: the Mariinsky Opera and Ballet Theater (formerly the Kirov Theater), the Tovstonogov BDT, the Maly Drama Theater (Theater of Europe), the Academic Alexandrinsky Theater. Theater concerts and festivals are constantly held in the city, the best troupes of Russia come here with tours. Ticket price: from 50 to 3000 RUR, average - 250 RUR.
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Petersburg for children
Children can be taken to the zoo, dolphinarium or oceanarium, where a collection containing more than 4,500 fish and aquatic invertebrates is represented. In addition, the Planetarium operates in St. Petersburg, which accurately reproduces the starry sky of the Earth, the movement of the comet Donati, the diurnal movement of the celestial vault, the annual movement of the Sun and planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn).
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Clubs of St. Petersburg
In St. Petersburg - a great many clubs, restaurants, cafes and other places of entertainment. Here are some of the clubs, especially popular ones: "USSR" (metro station "Gostiny Dvor"), "Ice and Lemon" (metro station "Nevsky Prospekt"), "Stables yard" and Rossi's (metro station "Nevsky Prospekt"), Papanin "(metro station" Moscow Gate "). Separately it is worth mentioning the club "Purga" (metro station "Gostiny Dvor"). In one of its halls every day celebrate the New Year, and in the other - celebrate the wedding. And in the club "Metro" grandparents over 25 years old, most likely, will feel uncomfortable.
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