Saint Petersburg
Updated, Aug 2020
City
St Petersburg is the second largest city in Russia. its was the capital of Imperial Empire of Romanov family for about two hundred years. Standing on the coast of Baltics, it’s one of the most important port city of the country. Although visitors can travel on 3 day visa from Helsinki to Tallinn ferry/cruise tour included.
Getting In & Around
Getting in
20 km south, Bus: RUB 40, route 39, 39 Ex to Moskovskaya metro station, MiniBus: RUB 40, minivan K39 to Moskovskaya metro station, Taxi: RUB 800-1000, Uber Russia: RUB 500-900, download app
Connected by metro Ploshchad Vosstaniya(red) & Mayakovskaya(green) stations, Trains to moscow, Samara, Rostov-on-Don, Sochi, Volgograd and many other cities in the south as well as Tallinn in Estonia, Public facilities, lockers and waiting rooms are available. visit www.moskovsky-vokzal.ru
Finlyandskiy Railway Station
North of Neva river, connected by metro station Ploschad Lenina. Trains to north and in Helsinki and other parts of Finland
Connected to the Pushkinskaya Station of the Metro. Trains to Central Europe, Baltics, Ukraine, Belarus and the southern areas. Stations has luggage store, ATM, waiting rooms and more. vitebsky.dzvr.ru
Connected by metro station Baltiyskaya, cafe, stores, luggage store, waiting room and paid toilet available here, baltisky.dzvr.ru
Connected by Ladozhskaya metro station. Trains to Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Kazakhstan, Helsinki and other cities. Public facilities, lockers and waiting rooms are available. ladogsky.dzvr.ru
Getting around
Public Transport
Tickets: single ticket 40 RUB, 45 RUB (metro), 1 day pass 180 RUB, 2 day pass 255 RUB, 3 – 7 day pass 340-680 RUB,
Visit website
for more details on fare and monthly pass and luggage tickets read here
single ticket for all network is 65 RUb for 90 min.
See & Do
Palace Square:
public square | location: Palace Square, St Petersburg, Russia, 198324
Winter Palace | Palace
Alexander Nevsky Lavra | Monastery
Gazprom Arena | Stadium
Kazan Cathedral | Church
Mariinsky Theatre | Theatre
Mikhailovsky Theatre | Theatre
Peter and Paul Fortress | Fort
Peter and Paul Cathedral | Church
Saint Michael’s Castle | Church
St. Isaac’s Cathedral | Fort
Museums and Galleries
Peterhof Palace:
museum | opening hours: 10:30 am to 6 pm (tue-sun), monday closed, tickets: Ticket RUB1200, Combined ticket: RUB1500 ~ RUB 2000, *Reduced: RUB450 ~RUB900, for Russians RUB 300 ~ RUB 550, free for children under 16, Visit website, phone: +7 (812) 450-52-87, address: 198516 the Razvodnaya Street 2, Peterhof, St. Petersburg
State Hermitage Museum:
museum | opening hours: 10:30 am to 6 pm, to 9 pm (wed & fri), monday closed, tickets: Combined ticket: RUB700, one of the museum branch: RUB300, free for children under 18, Visit website, phone: +7 (812) 710-90-79, address: Russia, 190000, St Petersburg, Dvortsovaya Naberezhnaya (Embankment), 34
Faberge Museum | museum
Grand Maket Russia | museum
Savior on the Spilled Blood | museum
Russian Museum | museum
Parks and Outdoor
Botanical Gardens of Peter the Great |garden
Divo Ostrov | amusement park
Leningradskiy Zoopark | zoo
Moskovsky Victory Park | park
Okeanarium | aquarium
Park 300-Letiya Sankt Peterburga | park
Summer Garden | park
