landed at Pulkovo Airport St. Petersburg at noon after a stopover in Warsaw with Polish Airlines LOT. The border formalities were quick and fluid, unlike the bad reputation of Russian customs. In fact, the police gave us an entry stamp was on the phone and do not even pay attention.
To reach the center we took a van line (marshrutky), very popular in Russia, which left us at the metro station Moskovskaya . Then continue by subway to get to Hostel Nord, the hotel we had booked online.
appears in the Lonely Planet located within walking distance of Winter Palace, but in reality there are only receiving and dorms. Rooms have spread in the private apartments, but are not misplaced. Ours was crying out for reform, but the room was acceptable and the shared bathrooms were a little makeup itself. The double cost us 75 euros per night. To pay three advance gave us the fourth. The registration of the visa cost 6 euros, but forgot to charge us and set us free seal.
St. Petersburg, built at the mouth of the Neva River , and crossed by an extensive network of channels is without doubt one of the most beautiful cities in Russia. Its historic center, replete with sumptuous palaces and buildings of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, is ideal for walking. Stresses the
Winter Palace, former residence of the czars and spectacular scenery of the Bolshevik revolution. Now houses the Hermitage collection , one of the world's leading art galleries. Entry costs 400 rubles (10 euros) but worth it to pay to visit its hundreds of rooms. All tickets are expensive tourist attractions in St. Petersburg.
The magnificent Winter Palace Square with the Alexander Column in the center, is the most iconic and photographed in the city. Nearby are the gardens of Admiralty and enormous St. Isaac's Cathedral, from whose dome is getting good views the Neva.
Another highlight is the strength Peter and Paul, the oldest building in the city, which stands on the island of Petrograd, across the Neva. Within is the church of San Pedro and San Pablo , with a golden needle-shaped dome of 122 m, visible from anywhere in St. Petersburg. Along the walls of the fortress there is a beach where locals sunbathe and swim in the cold waters of the Neva. The busy
Nevsky, the main commercial artery of St. Petersburg is another good place to stroll watching the colorful domes of the church Savior on Spilled Blood and Kazan Cathedral. Further away is the baroque Smolny Cathedral , designed by Rastrelli, the architect of the Winter Palace.
the Soviet lovers should not miss the monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad and Moskovskaya square, dominated by a huge statue of Lenin in front of the former home of the soviets.
must also spend a day visiting the palaces near St. Petersburg. We went to Catalina in Tsarkoie Selo, which hides the famous Amber Room , and that of Petrodvorets, noted for its spectacular fountains along the Baltic Sea.
To
beers can go to the plaza Sennaya , with many bars with terraces and restaurants nearby. It's worth dining at the nearby St- Lenin's Bar, a Soviet restaurant with good food, decorated with busts of Lenin and communist paraphernalia. Unfortunately
St. Petersburg is also famous for the racist . always think you exaggerate the tour guides when they see this phenomenon, but sadly we were witnessing a part of two Russian military against a boy of Indian or Pakistani appearance. That day the city was full of military Russian Navy celebrating some sort of party. All were dressed in typical sailor shirts and carried on drinking plenty of plazas and parks since the morning. The assault occurred in a subway car full of people, around 8 pm. Without a word the boy approached and began punching and kicking. Nobody intervened. In St. Petersburg
spent four nights and we bought the train tickets to go from Novgorod to Moscow in the office of Russian Railways, which appears in the Lonely Planet, near the Kazan Cathedral (2,800 rubles / 71 euros) . A Novgorod went by bus and we bought tickets before leaving on the same bus Avtovokzal 2. Leaves one almost every hour, so no problem finding seats. The ticket costs 340 rubles (8 euros). It takes 4 hours.
To reach the center we took a van line (marshrutky), very popular in Russia, which left us at the metro station Moskovskaya . Then continue by subway to get to Hostel Nord, the hotel we had booked online.
appears in the Lonely Planet located within walking distance of Winter Palace, but in reality there are only receiving and dorms. Rooms have spread in the private apartments, but are not misplaced. Ours was crying out for reform, but the room was acceptable and the shared bathrooms were a little makeup itself. The double cost us 75 euros per night. To pay three advance gave us the fourth. The registration of the visa cost 6 euros, but forgot to charge us and set us free seal.
St. Petersburg, built at the mouth of the Neva River , and crossed by an extensive network of channels is without doubt one of the most beautiful cities in Russia. Its historic center, replete with sumptuous palaces and buildings of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, is ideal for walking. Stresses the
Winter Palace, former residence of the czars and spectacular scenery of the Bolshevik revolution. Now houses the Hermitage collection , one of the world's leading art galleries. Entry costs 400 rubles (10 euros) but worth it to pay to visit its hundreds of rooms. All tickets are expensive tourist attractions in St. Petersburg.
The magnificent Winter Palace Square with the Alexander Column in the center, is the most iconic and photographed in the city. Nearby are the gardens of Admiralty and enormous St. Isaac's Cathedral, from whose dome is getting good views the Neva.
Another highlight is the strength Peter and Paul, the oldest building in the city, which stands on the island of Petrograd, across the Neva. Within is the church of San Pedro and San Pablo , with a golden needle-shaped dome of 122 m, visible from anywhere in St. Petersburg. Along the walls of the fortress there is a beach where locals sunbathe and swim in the cold waters of the Neva. The busy
Nevsky, the main commercial artery of St. Petersburg is another good place to stroll watching the colorful domes of the church Savior on Spilled Blood and Kazan Cathedral. Further away is the baroque Smolny Cathedral , designed by Rastrelli, the architect of the Winter Palace.
the Soviet lovers should not miss the monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad and Moskovskaya square, dominated by a huge statue of Lenin in front of the former home of the soviets.
must also spend a day visiting the palaces near St. Petersburg. We went to Catalina in Tsarkoie Selo, which hides the famous Amber Room , and that of Petrodvorets, noted for its spectacular fountains along the Baltic Sea.
To
beers can go to the plaza Sennaya , with many bars with terraces and restaurants nearby. It's worth dining at the nearby St- Lenin's Bar, a Soviet restaurant with good food, decorated with busts of Lenin and communist paraphernalia. Unfortunately
St. Petersburg is also famous for the racist . always think you exaggerate the tour guides when they see this phenomenon, but sadly we were witnessing a part of two Russian military against a boy of Indian or Pakistani appearance. That day the city was full of military Russian Navy celebrating some sort of party. All were dressed in typical sailor shirts and carried on drinking plenty of plazas and parks since the morning. The assault occurred in a subway car full of people, around 8 pm. Without a word the boy approached and began punching and kicking. Nobody intervened. In St. Petersburg
spent four nights and we bought the train tickets to go from Novgorod to Moscow in the office of Russian Railways, which appears in the Lonely Planet, near the Kazan Cathedral (2,800 rubles / 71 euros) . A Novgorod went by bus and we bought tickets before leaving on the same bus Avtovokzal 2. Leaves one almost every hour, so no problem finding seats. The ticket costs 340 rubles (8 euros). It takes 4 hours.
The magnificent Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. 
Rastrelli was the architect of this baroque jewel. 
The Alexander Column in the center of the great Winter Palace Square. 
Interior the Winter Palace, which houses the Hermitage collection. 
Admiralty The golden needle rises to the bottom of the street. 
The canals of St. Petersburg. 
Griboedova Channel at sunset. 
Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood. 
Nevsky Street is the busiest in the city. 
Walking along Nevsky Prospekt . 
Finding who fined. 
Catherine the Great in the theater chairs Aleksandrinsky. 
Sunset in Nevsky Prospekt. 
Smolny Cathedral. 
Soviet Wide avenues can be seen from the Smolny Cathedral. 
View from the belfry of the Smolny Cathedral. 
the street from our hotel. Little care, but central. 
Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad. 
Another image of sculpture reminiscent of the siege of Leningrad by the Nazis. 
The heroic Soviet victors. 
Soviet-designed Broad Avenue. 
Lenin points against the impressive House of the Soviets. 
Detail of the House of Soviets. 
Hawking watermelon and cantaloupe. 
The typical McDonald's in Cyrillic. 
patrol car in St. Petersburg. 
St. Isaac's Cathedral. 
View from the dome of St. Isaac. 
Views Neva from St. Isaac's Cathedral. 
The fine needle Peter and Paul Fortress. 
Sunbathing on the walls of the fortress. 
Beach St. Petersburg near the Neva. 
A dip in front of the Winter Palace. 
The Russians like banning things. Poster entry to the fortress of Peter and Paul. 
Relieves Dvortsovy Communists on the bridge. 
Street downtown St. Petersburg. 
far has come the old Lada. 
underground Boca Sennaya Square. 
Restaurant Interior St. Lenin's Bar 
The St. Petersburg metro. 
Catherine Palace in Tsarkoie Selo. 
Can you be more baroque? 
golden domes of Catherine Palace. 
Fantastic Petrodvorets Palace sources. 
Petrodvorets Palace. 
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