Saint-Petersburg Hotel: Saint-Petersburg, Russia

	Saint-Petersburg Hotel
		Rate from: 73 USD Address: 5/2 Pirogovskaya Embankment, Saint-Petersburg, Russia The Saint-Petersburg Hotel is often selected for holding major international conferences, symposia, training sessions, conventions, receptions, exhibitions and banquets, but is equally ideal place for tourist groups and individual travelers. The Hotel St.Petersburg boasts two large restaurants and three lively bars. A wide range of additional services is available tourists and business travelers alike. In the Hotel you will find qualified and attentive personnel, good service and pleasant environment, 24-hour-a-day Security service.

LOCATION

The Hotel St.Petersburg is a large and comfortable hotel offering a stunning view of the Neva River, the main waterway of Saint-Petersburg, the Liteyny Bridge and just opposite the mighty infamous battleship Cruiser Aurora. The Hotel's location allows you to walk to some attractions on the right bank of the Neva River: Cabin of Peter the Great, Peter and Paul's Fortress or Cruiser Aurora.

If you arrive by train from Finland, it is the nearest Hotel to the Finland Railway Station. And if you don't have your own transport, a tram will take you to the nearest Metro station Ploschad Lenina (2 tram stops away) or even directly into the city centre. The Hotel is 35 minutes from the airport Pulkovo. The Saint-Petersburg Hotel was built in 1970 and reconstructed in 2000.

The Hotel is conveniently close to many others landmarks of 18th-19th centuries Imperial Russia: The State Hermitage Museum, St.Isaac's Cathedral, the Summer Gardens, the Field of Mars, the Summer Palace of Peter The Great and many other attractions every visitor will want to explore.

Area Attractions

• less then 1 km from Peter & Paul Fortress, former political prison; it is the burial place of Romanov dynasty and presently an exhibition of the city's history
• Cruiser Aurora, a historic ship of the Russian Navy built in 1897-1900 is moored just across the river from St. Petersburg hotel
• Cabin of Peter the Great was the first living quarters built in St. Petersburg in 1703. A wooden log cabin was built very quickly and was painted as if it was built of bricks
• Artillery, Engineering and Communication Forces Museum is opposite the Peter and Paul's Fortress and features tons of historical artifacts on war history. Although not a hands-on museum, outdoor display of canons, missile launchers and other equipment is a fun place to visit with kids
• 2 km from Church of the Resurection (The Savior on Blood), an important landmark that was created on the exact site where the Russian Emperor Alexander II was assassinated in 1881; here you will see the fantastic art of Russian mosaics, which covers an enormous area
• 2 km from the Hermitage (Winter Palace), the largest museum in the world; former winter residence of Russian tsars
• 2 km from Russian Museum, the collection of Russian art from medieval icons to realistic paintings
• 2,5 km from the St.Isaacs Cathedral, the 4th greatest cupola cathedral in the world, richly decorated with monolithic columns, paintings, mosaics, sculptures, marble and semi-precious stones
• 3 km from Kazan Cathedral, an outstanding example of the early 19th-century Russian architecture, erected on the site of a small stone church to hold the ancient icon of Our Lady of Kazan
• 3 km from Alexander Nevsky Lavra, one of the four lavras in Russia; it contains cemetery monuments to famous persons from the 18th and 19th century
• 4 km from Yusupov Palace, a beautiful example of St.Petersburg's early 18th century architecture; there you will have a chance to see the room where Rasputin was killed.
• 4 km from Mariinsky Theatre, where act one of the best troupes in the world, classical ballets and international operas
• 25 km from the Suburbs (Peterhof, Pushkin, Pavlovsk), former summer residences of Russian tsars with beautiful parks

ACCOMMODATION

The Saint-Petersburg Hotel has 410 rooms, which can accommodate up to 720 people. The Hotel offers mainly double room accommodation with 100 single rooms and 10 suites on the front of the Hotel feature a breathtaking view of the Neva River.

Guests of the Hotel may use refrigerators located on the Hotel's floors and safes placed at the Reception desk.

The Hotel offers a possibility to put an extra bed to the room.

While room quality does vary, the Hotel's public areas are large and impressive on the whole.

Standard rooms of the Hotel Saint Petersburg have a laconic decoration, at the same time, disposing of everything necessary to create comfort. All standard rooms have satellite TVs and telephones. Each room of this class consists of a comfortably furnished living room, measuring 15 square meters in single and 19 square meters in double room, and a bathroom, equipped with toilet bowl, wash basin and bath. There is a bed (two beds in a standard twin room), an armchair, and a table with a socket to connect computer or modem, located close by. Windows of these rooms look to the Neva or to the inner yard. Standard Rooms are clean, plain and basic, but with older furniture.

Superior rooms of the Hotel Saint Petersburg in 2000 were refurbished to the European standards and equipped with new furniture, combining modern design with elements of classical style. All of the rooms have satellite TV with satellite and local channels including CNN and Euro Sport, telephones with Direct dial-up and possibility to connect computer and modem. Rooms of this category consist of a living room of 15 square meters in single and 19 square meters in double rooms, and a bathroom, equipped with toilet bowl, wash basin and bath. There is a comfortable bed (or two separate beds in twin rooms), a working corner with table and a comfortable armchair. Elegant curtains and floor lamps, night-lights and coffee tables communicate charm to these rooms. Big windows of the Hotel look to the Neva or to the Hotel's inner yard.

Suite rooms of the Hotel Saint Petersburg were refurbished to the European standards in 2000 and equipped with modern furniture with elements of classical style. Suites consist of a spacious bedroom with a king-size bed, a sitting room, a bathroom and an anteroom. Suite measures 30 square meters. Modern elegant furniture with elements of classical style, watercolours with architectural motives on the walls and a wonderful view to the Neva make suite rooms especially attractive. Substantial furniture weds modern comfort: satellite TV, telephones with Direct dial-up with availability to connect computer or modem, refrigerator and spacious wardrobes. Roomy bathrooms are equipped with extra class sanitary wear - toilet bowl, washbasin and bath of modern design. There are personal refrigerators at every room. Major part of windows boasts a wonderful look to the Neva.

FOOD AND BEVERAGES

Winter Garden restaurant is a good food and magnificent hall. Whatever is the weather like, you will always feel comfortable in the atmosphere of green leaves of the "Winter garden", and sight from the window to the Neva embankment will only accompany the pleasant impression. Breakfast at the restaurant will mark a good day's beginning. You may taste dishes from the cold table or book continental breakfast at the restaurant.

Zerkalniy (Mirror) restaurant (on the upper lobby level) is near the Concert Hall. Glow of mirrors will give chic to your lunch or dinner at the restaurant. Menu offers Russian and European cuisine dishes: a wide range of salads and cold starters, soups, black and red caviar, traditional "Kiev cutlets", "Diplomat" pork, desserts, cocktails and fruit.

Tuborg (on the upper lobby level) bar offers wide selection of wines from the exporters from Spain, France, Moldova, Chile. Nice atmosphere for a chat at a cup of tea or coffee.

Carlsberg bar (on the lobby level) is especially for those, who arrives at the Hotel early in the morning or is going to leave late at night. Here you can also have a snack - sandwiches for light breakfast, starters, salads, tea and coffee for lunch or dinner. And, of course, you may taste a mug of the famous "Carlsberg" or one of the best Russian beers. Wine card will neither disappoint you.

Neva Bar is open 7:30 am to 1 am.

SERVICES AND AMENITIES

• Service bureau
• Laundry & Drycleaner's
• Beauty parlour & Barber's
• Dentist & Doctor
• Shoe & Clothes repairs
• Sauna
• Post office
• 24-hour Reception desk
• Currency exchange
• Concert Hall
• Photo shop/Newsstand
• Souvenir shop and stalls
• Pharmacy kiosk
• Book kiosk
• Florist
• Taxi desk offers taxis and cars with dRivers for hire

MEETING AND EVENT FACILITIES

BCL International Communications Centre (at the lobby level) permits carry out in the Hotel conferences, seminars, high-level symposia. In 2000-2003 important international medicine conferences, ballet and artistic festivals and competitions were carried out at the Hotel.

The Saint-Petersburg Hotel has:

• Large Congress Hall (796 seats)
• White Conference room (100 seats)
• Blue Conference room (50 seats)
• Glass Conference room (100 seats)
• Exhibition facilities

Halls are equipped with all the necessary modern techniques, including:

• Amplifiers
• Radio microphones
• Simultaneous interpretation
• LCD-project
• Video recorder
• Slide project
• Conditioners

The St.Petersburg Hotel guests will appreciate Business centre with:

• Printing service
• Fax
• Telex
• Photocopier
• International telephone
• Exchange
• Computers connected to the Internet

	Saint-Petersburg Hotel