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This hotel, formerly knew as Nevsky 22, is comfortable, if you desire to spend your stay in the city centre of Petersburg.
In fact, it takes just a few minutes to get to the Hermitage (what a museum!). What is more, Nevsky Prospect is amazing: this boulevard was built in the 18th century and it is full of Italian and French influence: Saint Petersburg is really the union of two different cultures!
10 Bolshaya Konyushennaya St, 191186 St. Petersburg.
Tel: +7 812 3123131
Fax: +7 812 7033861
Website: www.nevskygrandhotel.com
Not particularly easy to find, as even when you’ve located the street, it’s hidden away in a courtyard behind a black wooden gate with a step-through opening. Once you do find it however, there awaits an interesting insight into the life of Russia’s most famous poet. It’s a fairly typical museum house, with all the usual artifacts, so you need the audio guide to fill in the stories behind them. It’s very likely you’ll have the place to yourself as it’s off the beaten tourist track. There’s a café there too, once you’ve had your fill of Pushkin.
Naberezhnaya Reki Moyki (near the Hermitage)
Museum of the history of vodka making in Russia, tours in English available - all displays are in Russian, You get to try the produce at the end of the tour!
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