GUIDE SAINT PETERSBURG 2018 WELCOME TO SAINT PETERSBURG 2 SSAINTaint PETERSBURGPetersburg 3 Free ride for Fan ID football fans, FAN ID is a small volunteers and laminated form FIFA accredited with the holder’s guests in urban personal data. and suburban transport (except taxi). Also free of charge are electric trains that run on the routes between sports FAN ID and the match ticket are obligatory Addresses and opening events (including documents to show at the entrance hours of FAN ID collec- the metro) to a match. You should have had it tion points are beforehand. It is issued for free at www.fan-id.ru FAN ID and the match ticket al- low a free ride in transport in the FAN ID is a visa-free travel to cities and between them on the the Russian Federation as 2018 FIFA World Cup days well free of charge excursions and tourist routes 4 Russia 5 EXPECTATIONS Foreigners often think that the Kaliningrad everlasting winter and snow hills ST. Petersburg two meters high are Russia. Even COPENHAGEN EDINBURG in summer it’s freezing cold and +20 uncomfortable. May be there is no summer at all. Follow me! Moscow To be continued on the next Nizhniy Novgorod page. Saransk REALITY Kazan In fact in most parts of Russia summer is a warm Volgograd Rostov-on–Don Samara and nice season. By compari- Yekaterinburg son, Moscow summer is like Minne- Sochi apolis (the USA) summer, the summer weather in Saint Petersburg is just like the weather in summer Copenhagen (Denmark), the weather in Kazan in summer resembles the weather in Chinese Harbin. It’s as hot in summer in Sochi as it is in Buenos Aires (Argen- tina) or Porto (Portugal). A LOT OF siLLY Myths and Legends are The country is so huge that there are Created abOut Russia, and FOreigners practically all climate zones here: from beLieve theM TO be the truth. the everlasting winter to the endless But sure enough it is an absolutely different country. summer. And the Russians are not the people from those legends. This tour guide will introduce you to the real Russia and its people. Later you will see everything with your own eyes. 6 Russia 7 For more than 1000 years of its existence Russia has left an enormous mark in the world history, culture and science. Our achievements are as great as the territory of the country. Tolstoy Russian Ballet SAME AS THE RUssIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE… Yashin The Russians were the first to launch a man into the space, we gave the world great writers, artists and music composers, Tchaikovsky Mendeleev we made outstanding discov- eries in chemistry, phy sics, mathematics and other sci- ences, we achieved consider- able success in sports. THE coUNTRY IS so VAST THAT IT CAN’T BE soMEHOW LIMITED Gagarin Dostoevsky 8 Russia 9 Matry Oshka BA LA reaLity Layka If you expect to see wild Russia, cities that look like villages, where bears walk along dirty paths, then you are terribly mistaken. RUSSIA... Our country is in step with the time. The Russians love EXpeCtatiON their culture, no less than modern technologies that became part of their lives long time ago. As far as bears are concerned, 99% of the Russians have seen them twice in their life at the zoo or in a cir- cus. Matryoshkas and samovars are just souvenirs for fo reign tourists. 10 Russia 11 The Russians are kind, friendly and hospitable people, always ready to help. They are not aggressive. We are the same people like you are. RUSSIan And no, the Russians don’t drink vodka all the time. peOPLE... EXpeCtatiON reaLity Traditional Russian breakfast? There is no place for ra cism or intolerance in Rus- sia. People of more than 200 nationalities call Russia their home. It takes all sorts of people to make Rus- sia and we are happy to be different. 12 Russia 13 the estuary of the River torical center is a UNESCO abOut the City Neva. It is moderate and World Heritage Site. More damp, transitional from than 10% of the city terri- continental to marine. The tory is covered with water, Saint Petersburg capital city of сulture. It’s average air temperature in so the city is sometimes (Russians CALL it PE- an important scientific, June-July is 18-20°C. called Venice of the North. ter) is Russia’s second- cultural, and economical large city, its Northern center. BY EurOpean and The MuseuM treas- capital city. Asian stan dards Saint ury – The Hermitage is It’s the most European The CLIMate OF the Petersburg is a young city. there. Millions of tourists Russian city and the City is determined by the It is only 314 years old. from all over the world most Russian city in the north-west geographical However, the significance flood to Saint Petersburg Euro pean part of Russia. position on the coast of of it has been constantly to enjoy its brilliant archi- People often call it the the Gulf of Finland and in increasing. The entire his- tecture. 14 SAINT PETERSBURG 15 HOW TO GET Express-bus Taxi TO THE CITY Bus №39Э runs For a more comfortable travel non-stop to you can call a taxi at the official the city center counters of Taxi Pulkovo at the FROM Bus to Plostchad airport in the arrival or baggage the airpOrt There is an ordinary Vosstania metro reclaim zones or in the outdoor The airport is located bus №39 that runs with station. Working kiosks. Pay with your credit card in the south of Saint intervals of 12-20 minutes hours from 05:25 right at the airport on the fixed Petersburg 20 kilom- to Moskovskaya metro sta- till 00:20 with rate or pay cash to the driver at eters away from the tion. It makes stops on the intervals of about the end of the ride. You can also city center. There are way. Working hours from 25-30 minutes. use online applications. several ways 05:30 till 01:30. to get there. FROM the raiLway statiON FROM the COACH statiON You are lucky if you’ve arrived at Moskovsky Railway Baltiisky Coach station station for it is situated on the beautiful Ploshchad It’s easy to get to the city center by metro (the metro Vosstania (Uprising Square). Through the underground station is at the Coach station); by trolleybus №3 (get off walkway or by the surface level pedestrian crossing you at Vladimirskaya Ploshchad, Vladimirsky Prospect or come to the main street of Saint Petersburg – Nevsky Liteiny Prospect stops); by buses №10, 65, 71 or by Prospect. route taxis № K177 and K252. You can walk along it or take trolleybuses №1, 5, 7, 10, Obvodny Canal Coach station 11, 22 or buses №1M, 3, 3M, 4M, 5M, 7, 22, 24, 181 The following buses run to the city center – №65, 74, 76. and get to the main hotels and sights of the city. Another way is to go down to the metro station FROM the Passenger ship terMinaL directly from the building of the railway station. It’s You can get to the city by trolleybus №10. Its route an easy and quick way to get to any place of Saint goes through the historical center of Petersburg. Petersburg. You can also take route taxis №K6, K359, and K690 to get to the metro station Primorskaya. 16 SAINT PETERSBURG 17 EspinOsa WHAT TO SEE the bridges you Sigensia get the stun- One of the main characteristics of Saint Petersburg is ning view of Saint Darvin VinisiO, its position on the islands of the River Neva. Moreover, Petersburg (don’t neurologist, the historical monuments of the city are situated in forget to take Equador several historical areas. pictures). And the In the evening you bridges themselves can stroll along the deserve your special Neva Embankment MUST - SEE tiny Dvor, the Alexandrine attention. You can’t and watch the draw- Theatre, Anichkov Palace, cross Anichkov ing bridges. Ploshchad Vosstania, the Bridge without notic- Visit Catherine Park and Cather- Alexander Nevsky Lavra. ing the famous horse ine Palace in Pushkin. ADMiraLty ISLand Nevsky Prospect is also sculptures – The Horse Come aboard the Museum The main avenue the main shopping street Tamers. Ship Cruiser Aurora – a of the city, Nevsky with its fashion boutiques, symbol of the Russian revo- Prospect,stretches for 4,5 shopping centers, restau- You will be surprised lution, that signaled the kilometers across the is- rants and bars. by the architecture and bolsheviks’ storm. land. You won’t go wrong cultural monuments of if you walk along Nevsky Nevsky Prospect crosses the streets and alleys. Prospect. In any corner the main rivers: the Moika Wherever you turn you you look into, you’ll find a (Green Bridge), Gri- won’t go wrong. If you walk city sight and get the most boedov Canal (Kazansky along Griboedov Canal precise notion of Saint Pe- Bridge), the Fontanka from Kazan Cathedral, you’ll tersburg and its develop- (Anichkov Bridge). From see the gorgeous Church of the Savior on Blood, ment. Within the prospect then you turn onto Arts Square and you’ll find there you will see the greatest the Mikhailovky Theatre, the Russian Museum, the historical monuments like monument to A.S. Pushkin on Mikhailovsky Square, the Admiralty Building, Ka- zan Cathedral, Great Gos- 18 SAINT PETERSBURG 19 one of the most significant sights of the Northern Capital city – the Admiral- ty is nearby. Not far from it you will see St. Isaac’s Cathedral, Alexander Garden and one of the city’s most recog nizable monuments – the Bronze Horseman (the monu- ment to Peter the Great), that dominates the well- known Senate Square.