Russia, St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg Travel Guide
St. Petersburg event calendar can be found on stpete.org
Saint-petersburg.com offers useful information about the city, accommodations, transportation, shopping, business, and visa requirements.
Official City Guide of St. Petersburg
Saint-petersburg.com offers useful information about the city, accommodations, transportation, shopping, business, and visa requirements.
Official City Guide of St. Petersburg
How to Get St.Petersburg
By Air
Pulkovo International Airport is situated fifteen kilometers from the city center.
There are directs flight from Europe; however, if your trip starts from Australia, Asia, or America you will have some stopovers in Moscow or other European hubs (depends on the airlines you choose).
The biggest Airlines that fly to St. Petersburg are:
By Train
There are high speed trains; Allegro, GoRail, Tolstoy, and Sapsan that run from Moscow, Tallinn, and Helsinki.
There are four main Railway stations that provide trains to different European cities:
1. Vitebsk Station (Vitebskiy vokzal) - it is the main train station where trains from abroad arrive.
2. Finland Station (Finlandskiy vokzal) - international fast trains from Finland arrive here.
3. Moscow Station (Moskovskiy vokzal) - a hub for Moscow bound train.
4. Ladoga Station (Ladozhskiy vokzal) - the newest station in the St. Petersburg and the most modern station in Europe.
By Bus
The central bus station (avtovokzal) is located on Obvodniy Canal (there is subway station Obvodniy Canal near).
The best way to travel is to take flight from Tallinn or Riga and then buy tickets to travel by bus to St. Petersburg.
The trip by bus from West-Eastern Europe takes up to thirty-seven hours; from Baltic or the Scandinavian States is up to sixteen hours.
The most popular bus service companies are:
You can buy tickets online on the bus companies websites. It can be complicated to buy the ticket directly at the bus station if you don’t speak Russian.
By Ship
You can get St. Petersburg by ferry or cruise ship.
The list of international cruise ships is provided below:
Pulkovo International Airport is situated fifteen kilometers from the city center.
There are directs flight from Europe; however, if your trip starts from Australia, Asia, or America you will have some stopovers in Moscow or other European hubs (depends on the airlines you choose).
The biggest Airlines that fly to St. Petersburg are:
- Aeroflot
- KLM
- Emirates Airlines
- British Airways
By Train
There are high speed trains; Allegro, GoRail, Tolstoy, and Sapsan that run from Moscow, Tallinn, and Helsinki.
There are four main Railway stations that provide trains to different European cities:
1. Vitebsk Station (Vitebskiy vokzal) - it is the main train station where trains from abroad arrive.
2. Finland Station (Finlandskiy vokzal) - international fast trains from Finland arrive here.
3. Moscow Station (Moskovskiy vokzal) - a hub for Moscow bound train.
4. Ladoga Station (Ladozhskiy vokzal) - the newest station in the St. Petersburg and the most modern station in Europe.
By Bus
The central bus station (avtovokzal) is located on Obvodniy Canal (there is subway station Obvodniy Canal near).
The best way to travel is to take flight from Tallinn or Riga and then buy tickets to travel by bus to St. Petersburg.
The trip by bus from West-Eastern Europe takes up to thirty-seven hours; from Baltic or the Scandinavian States is up to sixteen hours.
The most popular bus service companies are:
- Ecolines
- Lux Express
- Savonlinja
- Sovavto
You can buy tickets online on the bus companies websites. It can be complicated to buy the ticket directly at the bus station if you don’t speak Russian.
By Ship
You can get St. Petersburg by ferry or cruise ship.
The list of international cruise ships is provided below:
- Princess
- Norwegian
- Royal Caribbean
- Holland America
- Carnival
- Cunard Line
- MSC
- Celebrity
Accommodation
There are many options for accommodations in St. Petersburg.
Check the websites below to find the most appropriate variant:
Check the websites below to find the most appropriate variant: