Reviews of experts about the hotels of Peter

Editorial office of Tonkostey

St. Petersburg, called "Northern Venice", is known to tourists from all over the world, no less than its Italian prototype. The city on the Neva has a well-preserved historical center, plus many museums, palaces, beautiful temples attracting visitors from abroad and from all over Russia.

Seasonality of visiting St. Petersburg

The tourist season in St. Petersburg, despite all the attractiveness of the city all year round - still exists, and focuses on "white nights" in May-June and festivals held in their honor. At this time, it is extremely difficult to successfully accommodate in the city without prior booking. In addition, some hotels and apart-hotels in these days increase prices, especially if you are settling in them without a preliminary reservation.

It is quite comfortable to rest in St. Petersburg in the summer months - keep in mind that the climate here is quite severe, in autumn and winter strong winds are quite humid and cold. In addition, outside the season, the beautiful fountains of Peterhof and a number of other sights will be closed down.

Where to stay in St. Petersburg

Hotels in St. Petersburg will please newcomers with fresh repairs and good services - in contrast to a number of running hotels in Moscow for not at all th price. This is explained primarily by large-scale preparations for the 300th anniversary of the city, celebrated in 2003, making the city European-attractive for tourists.

The most expensive and chic decoration and service hotels are concentrated in the center of St. Petersburg, on Nevsky Prospekt. The entire central part of St. Petersburg is on the UNESCO World Heritage List, so the prices for accommodation in the historical center are justified. Here you can find representative offices of international hotel chains and local fashionable hotels

You can also look for budget hotel offers closer to the center - on small streets, famous wells, etc. The rule is simple: the closer to the center and the main tourist routes, the more expensive the accommodation: on the periphery to live is traditionally cheaper, but do not forget about the scourge of all major cities - traffic jams.

Hotels lower class - mostly multi-storey buildings of Soviet times, are some distance from center and are often quite far from the metro. Here, in most cases, reconstruction, renovation and renovation have been carried out, but the likelihood of plunging into the past is still great.

The best value for money is found in mini-hotels . St. Petersburg can be called "a city of mini-hotels ": Preparation for the 300th anniversary of the Northern Palmyra resulted in the opening of many small, cozy and quite inexpensive hotels . Some of them were located in the famous Petersburg communal apartments - of course, with good repair and modern interior decoration, however, seem to be quite messed up, and the elevator is out of the question . But they usually offer home-cooked breakfasts, Wi-Fi and TV, other amenities .

Most of the hotels in St. Petersburg are designed for business tourists or holidaymakers without children, that is, family hotels in the international sense here are quite rare. The exception is mainly hotels of international networks offering a single service anywhere in the world. Family hotels can also include hotels Corinthia Nevsky Palace 5 *, 5th Corner Hotel St. Petersburg, mini-hotel Alexander House and hotel Pribaltiyskaya - there are playrooms for children, you can take advantage of babysitting, etc.

As for the hostels, St. Petersburg seeks to keep up with the European capitals, where budget hostel youth hostels open in large numbers, including in the center, close to the main tourist routes. In St. Petersburg there are several hostels in the area of ​​Nevsky Prospekt, on Vasilievsky Island and other places popular with tourists.

If the hotels are decidedly unlucky - you can always find an option that is quite extreme and exotic, but it works without fail: grandmothers at the station enthusiastically offer To place tourists in their apartments or to rent out a room for any period.

Prices for hotels in St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg competes with many European capitals not only with their beauty, history, but also with the cost of living . So in the most chic hotels of the Northern capital, such as the famous "Astoria", the night can get by and in 15 000 rubles, in 4 * - 5 * hotels the prices are 7 000 - 10 000 rubles, and the number in a three-star hotel can be paid from 3 to 5 thousand rubles . However, outside the historical center the same three-star hotels can offer accommodation for 2 000 - 4 000 rubles, and in hostels and the cheapest mini-hotel You can also settle down for 1 500, but expect something more from a banal lodging. It's definitely not worth it .

Features of accommodation

Not all hotels include breakfast as payment - this should be clarified when settling in.

There are not many car rentals in every hotel, but you can ask for a taxi at the reception or take advantage of the popular service "trip to limousine. "

The rooms of" luxury "and" junior suite "in the hotels of Peter most often represent two rooms, and their size is not declared anywhere.

In older hotels the double room most likely means two beds. In modern hotels, you can choose from a "family" double room with a double bed or a double room with two separate beds.