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Metro   Saint Petersburg

Metro, Saint Petersburg

 85 Reviews  Saint Petersburg is one of the deepest subway system in the world and the deepest by the average depth of all the stations (105 m below ground) For one day it serving 2,5 million passengers and it is... 

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Buses   Saint Petersburg

Buses, Saint Petersburg

 31 Reviews  Besides the local buses, St Petersburg's public transport also consists of marshrutkas (minibuses). They usually follow a fixed route between the city centre and the suburbs. You can hail one or get... 

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Trains   Saint Petersburg

Trains, Saint Petersburg

 35 Reviews  We went there by a train from Warsaw. To minimize costs we bought tickets from Warsaw to Terespol (town on the border). Price 35 PLN (9 USD). Travel time: 3,5h. Then from Terespol to Brest (Brzesc -... 

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By Plane   Saint Petersburg

By Plane, Saint Petersburg

 24 Reviews  The city has several train stations as well as airport Pulkovo. Trains start in evening in Moscow and in early morning you arrive to Saint Petersburg. The same is for the way back. The prices depend... 

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By Sea   Saint Petersburg

By Sea, Saint Petersburg

 12 Reviews  A visit to St Petersburg would not be complete without a trip to one of the fabulous palaces located out of the city centre - We chose to visit Peterhof. There are couple of ways to get there from... 

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Taxis   Saint Petersburg

Taxis, Saint Petersburg

 12 Reviews  Do not hire a taxi near the airport - the men offering a taxi will charge you a double or three times price. You can do this by a small taxi desk inside the airport, they inform about price. Say, from... 

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Outing   Saint Petersburg

Outing, Saint Petersburg

 14 Reviews  Saint Petersburg is made for walkers. Even in Winter you can find plenty to see. But if you get tired, the Metro subway systems is fun and only about 17 Rubles. The long escalators into these tunnels,... 

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By Car   Saint Petersburg

By Car, Saint Petersburg

 10 Reviews  Firstly, unlike in Estonia, where oil is about 1.2 euros per 1 liter , in St.Petersburg it is about 29 RUB - it is about 0.60 euros per 1 liter. So you can see the difference between countries. That's... 

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Canals and Rivers   Saint Petersburg

Canals and Rivers, Saint Petersburg

 4 Reviews  There are 4 lines of aquabuses in St.Petersburg: 1.Primorskaya line (from Staraya Derevnya to Arsenalnaya embankment - Zelenogorsk) 2. Central line (from Sinopskaya embankment to University... 

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by Bike   Saint Petersburg

by Bike, Saint Petersburg

 2 Reviews  With the increasing automobile traffic and lack of bicycle lanes or paths, St. Petersburg is difficult for bicycles. Not to mention icy roads in winter. However, outside the city there is almost... 

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cars in St.-Petersburg

by eksvist

Traffic in St-Petersburg is quite crazy. I prefer to move in there by metro, bus or marshrutka.Marshrutka is a share taxi in Russia. The role of the modern Marshrutka is basically similar to the minibus in other countries except some implementations of Marshrutka do allow standing capacity.The cars, what moving on the streets of the city, are usually very expensive (Hummer limousines) or in bad condition russian cars (Lada). Often the traffic rules not matter for drivers. So we saw, when one driver stop the car right on the pedestrian crossing and started to read the newspaper.I put in here one photo about militsia (russian police) car too.

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Saint-Petersburg Metro

by eksvist

Saint Petersburg Metro is formerly known as Leningrad Metro, the system exhibits many typical Soviet designs and features exquisite decorations and artwork making it one of the most attractive and elegant metros in the world. Due to the city's unique geology, the Saint Petersburg Metro is the deepest subway system in the world (~80m). Serving nearly three million passengers daily, it is also the 16th busiest subway system in the world.The Leningrad Metro, which was designed before the war in the 1930s, was finally completed and opened in 1955.The metro works between 5:45 and 24:00 and trains run every 95 seconds during rush hour and every 4 minutes the rest of the day. FARES Single ticket (zheton - token) - 17 roublesSmart Cards: 10 rides in 7 days - 140 r.; 20 rides in 15 days - 268 r.; etc.

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Lada, Russia's people's car.

by mwe

If Chevrolet is the iconic American brand, then Lada is surely the car that symbolises Russia and (especially) the latter years of the USSR. I feel this page will be incomplete without paying tribute to this modern classic.Lada is the brand name which the cars made by Autovaz (ABTOBA3) are known by in the west.Lada first came to Britain at the 1973 London motorshow & debuted in 1980 in Canada. They were never sold in the USA.After a slow start in Britain, Ladas became very popular during the late 1970s & 1980s. When you looked at their prices & saw what alternatives were available for Lada money you can see why:In 1979 in Britain (source: "What Car?" March, 1979), a 4-door Lada 1200 saloon cost £2,056.The Lada 1200's rivals on price included the 3-wheel, 2-door Reliant Robin (£2042) & the basic Mini 850, £2157.The Lada 1200 was based on the 1966-'74 Fiat 124. The price rival in the 1979...

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Taxidrivers in CCCP times

by globetrott

Taxidrivers in CCCP-times were easily to be found at the port - It was a special type of driver, not afraid of police-controls - or rather with good connections to the police.To get crew-members from the ship to town, was a good chance to get foreign currencies - worth a fortune in Russia.Taxidrivers in the city would normally not understand foreign languages,and be afraid to be cought with Dollars.. - and tourists were easily to be detected in the streets - these taxis would not have stopped for a tourist.

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The ship "Meteor" to St.Petersburg from Petergof

by LanaFromRiga

After exursions and walking in Petergof you can go to St.Peterburg bu speed ship "Meteor". Ships cruise regulary and the price is 400 RUB (11,60EUR). After 40 min and you are in St. Petersburg near the Copper Horseman.

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Maxi taxi bus to Pushkin town

by LanaFromRiga

Ekateina's II residence, Pushkin town. You have to go by metro till station "Moskovskaya" and find maxi taxi buses. Ticket costs 25 RUB (0.72EUR). The town's name Pushkin because there is the school where Alexandr Pushkin was learning. Befor that time the town name was "Tsarskoye selo" ("Kings residention). In the Ekaterina's II palace is famous Amber room. It isn't original amber room, but the great renovated variant.

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Maxi taxi bus to Petergof

by LanaFromRiga

Petergof or Petrodvorec was Russian kings summerresidence. Petergof is 28 km far from St.Petersburg. You can go there by metro till station "Avtovo".Then take one of maxi-taxi buses (price 25 RUB - 0,72EUR). Usually there are many long rows of people who waiting for maxi taxi. You will find the stopeasy.

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Ships

by LanaFromRiga

As a mentioned in my first St.Petersburg travel page there are many canals and rivers. You will have an interesting exursion by ship an time you like: morning, day or night. Night trips by ship are expensive than day exursions. For example, for the day trip you will pay 200 RUB (5,8EUR) for the night trip - 400RUB (11.60EUR).In the photo is Moyka - the most famous river in St.Petersburg.

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Take a cruise-ship

by globetrott

To take a cruise-ship is certainly the most elegant way to visit this beautiful place.And while our passengers were forced to book for guided tours in order to go ashore and had to strictly stay with the group......Crewmembers could go ashore WITHOUT any visa and go where-ever they wanted !

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Volga cars.

by mwe

If Lada are cars for the masses, then Volgas are the iconic big car in Russia & the former USSR.Wikipedia seems to be the best website, detailing past & present models.

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Top 3 Hotels in Gorod Sankt-Peterburg

Grand Hotel Europe  Saint Petersburg

 11 Reviews and 210 Opinions  I wish I could have described my stay here, but I only passed by almost every night. The building is... 

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Friedental Mini-Hotel  Pushkin

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Taleon Imperial Hotel  Saint Petersburg

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Q:  Does the Smolny Institute in Saint Petersburg still exist? If not, does the building still exist, and if so, where is it located?... 

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A: Google has all sorts of info. It does still exist in the form of a building that houses the city government. Address is 1 Smolny Passage. You can look up the sites for... 

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