never hire a taxi near the airport - men offering you a cab will charge you a double or thee times price! order a taxi from english speaking taxi service or hire from a taxi point inside the airport... more
I suppose this message is more for people whose mother language is Russian but they are not from Russia ( like me :-) )
I just wanted to say that you need to remember that ticket price is lower for... more
Along the Canal Griboedova behind the Church on the Spilled Blood is the main outdoor souvenir market in St. Petersburg. All the tour buses dump out scores of tourists every hour. You have a better... more
When your guide stop you from buying in a museum souvenir shop it means that she will bring you to another place where she is paid her 10-20% interest on your account. Just compare prices. Moderate... more
Russia still has a sort of dual-pricing system, according to which foreigners are charged often 3 to 10 times more at theatres, museums or sights than Russian citizens.
This price system is a relic... more
It will be a high tickets price for the opening date but sure depend on you. Do you like to be in a crowd and see nothing but people?
We like to enjoy the nature, sit down on the banch by every... more
A trick the staff seem to use here is when charging you in Rubles at hotels they make the exchange rate 27 instead of 25 to the dollar. They said all hotels do this when I queried them.
I can't... more
Hello everybody!My Name is Viktoriya (22 age)I am so sorry for my bad english =)I and my germany friend will visit St. Petersburg =) from 26 December till 6... more
The stands here tend to charge a lot more than in other places. Souvenirs tended to be much more reasonably priced in places like Pushkin or Petrodvorets.
If... more
White Nights in Summer!
Precious Summer in Saint Petersburg!
The fountains are running, days are long, nights are bright and short and an exuberance of life flows through St. Petersburg. Warm...
Saint Petersburg was already long time marked on my want-to-visit list.
And the seeing of all those images of the celebrations of 300 year anniversary of St Petersburg made that feeling only become...
In May 2003, just prior to the 300th Anniversary Celebrations, we spent eight days and nights in St. Petersburg.
Peter the Great modelled the city after European capitals and it has long been...
We have already been to the Ports of Stockholm and Helsinki, now, we have arrived at St. Petersburg at 7am, and will not be departing until midnight!
Great, as I believe there is a lot to see here!
In June 2005 I put my feet on Russian ground for the first time, which has always been a dream of mine. I arrived in St. Petersburg by train from Helsinki and the city was my holiday base for one...
Comments