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Day Trips

The imperial summer residence in Pushkin, south of Saint Petersburg: the blue-and-white Catherine Palace with the rebuilt Amber Room, two parks and…

Day Trips

Peter the Great's seaside estate west of Saint Petersburg: the Grand Cascade, more than 150 fountains in the Lower Park and a…

Hotels

An independent hotel with 85 rooms in a 19th-century mansion on Marata Street, a few minutes' walk from Nevsky Prospekt and four…

Hotels

A five-star hotel with 79 rooms in the restored 1912 Wawelberg bank building at the start of Nevsky Prospekt, one minute from…

Hotels

A five-star hotel in a mid-19th-century mansion on the Moika Embankment, formerly the Kempinski, close to Palace Square and the Hermitage.

Hotels

A large five-star hotel at Nevsky Prospekt 57, made from three 19th-century buildings, about four minutes on foot from Mayakovskaya metro station.

Hotels

A five-star hotel in an 1817 palace by Auguste de Montferrand, known as the House with Lions, facing St Isaac's Cathedral.

Hotels

A five-star hotel in a 1912 building on St Isaac's Square, with 213 rooms and a spa, about six minutes on foot…

Hotels

A five-star hotel opened in 1875 on Mikhailovskaya Street, a few minutes' walk from Nevsky Prospekt metro station and close to the…

Restaurants

Palkin serves aristocratic Russian cuisine in restored historic dining rooms on Nevsky Prospekt, continuing a restaurant tradition dating to 1785.