Accommodation in St. Petersburg

Angleterre
Singles $230-$250, doubles $260-$280, suites $320 and up. Breakfast $15-$20. Operates in conjunction with its sister establishment the Astoria next door. Views onto St. Isaac's Square and Cathedral. Borsalino Brasserie, casino, nightclub, exchange office, sports club, dry cleaning, limousine hire, 24-hour room service. 39 Bolshaya Morskaya Ul., Tel: 313-5666, fax 313-5125, M. Gostiny Dvor, reservations@angleterrehotel.spb.ru. Cards: V, MC, AE, DC.

Astoria
Singles $280-$310, doubles $310-$340, suites $390 and up, four-room presidential apartments $2000. Breakfast $15-$24. Next to St. Isaac's Cathedral. Davidov's restaurant, The Bar, Lobby Lounge, gym, business center, 24-hour room service, concierge which provides services, tours, car and limousine hire. Facilities of the adjacent Angleterre hotel are available. 39 Bolshaya Morskaya Ul., Tel: 313-5757, fax 313-5059, M. Gostiny Dvor, reserv@astoria.spb.ru, www.rfhotels.com, Credit: V, MC, AE, DC.

Bolshoi Teatr Kukol
Singles $15, doubles $22, suite $24-$29. Small and basic, but good location not far from center, next to the Big Puppet Theater. Lounge, rooms with refrigerator, radio, telephone available upon request.
Fourth floor, 12 Ul. Nekrasova, Tel: 273-3996/272-3055, M. Chernyshevskaya. Cards: None.

B&B; Nevsky Prospekt
Singles $79, doubles $99, including red caviar and blini or continental breakfast. Cosy, friendly place at an unbeatable location. Prides itself on no-frills approach but offers free transfer from the airport or train station and tea at 5 p.m.
Apartment 8, 11 Nevsky Prospect, M. Nevsky Prospekt, Tel: 322-3122, kangal@online.ru. Cards: V, MC.

Gavan
Doubles with bath reasonably priced. Located on Vasilevsky Island, old but clean. Two restaurants, two buffets, bar. Unexciting location requires catching bus No. 30 to Hermitage to get to the city center.
88 Sredny Pr., Tel: 356-8504. Cards: None.

Grand Hotel Europe
Singles $295-$335, doubles $335-$375, penthouse $415, executive suite $850, Rossi suite $975. Breakfast $24. Impressive building with Baroque, Rossi-designed facade, A popular meeting place for local businessmen, right in the center near metros Nevsky Prospekt and Gostiny Dvor. Boasts a list of famous clientele. Four restaurants, caviar bar, lounge, nightclub, beauty salon, fitness center, dry cleaning, business services, limousine hire, 24-hour room service.
1/7 Mikhailovskaya Ul., Tel: 329-6000, fax 329-6676, res@ghe.spb.ru, www.grandhotel-europe.com. Cards: V, MC, AE, DC.

Helen-Sovietskaya
Singles $65, doubles $105, breakfast included. A Finnish-Russian joint venture that includes a bar, three restaurants, cafe, fitness center, hairdresser, business services, travel agent. Rooms with TV, radio, telephone, bath. Not easily accessible to public transport.
43/1 Lermontovsky Prospekt, Tel: 329-9150/0186, fax 329-0188, M. Baltiyskaya, sovot@pop.convey.ru. Cards: V, MC, AE, EC.

Holiday Hostel
Bed in shared room $22, breakfast included. Second youth hostel to appear in St. Petersburg (in 1994), though still less popular than St. Petersburg International Hostel. Located on the Neva near Finland Station with nice view and rooftop cafe (9am-9pm), albeit also right next to Kresty Prison. E-mail, fax, kitchen, laundry, telephone.
Third Floor, 1 Ul. Mikhailova, Tel: 327-1070, fax 542-7364, M. Ploshchad Lenina, postmaster@hostelling.spb.ru. Cards: V, MC.

Karelia
Singles $26 ($20 for second and subsequent nights); doubles $38 ($31). Not highly recommended, inconvenient location requires a long trollybus ride to Ploshchad Lenina.
27/2 Tukhachevskogo, 226-3515/19. Cards: None.

Kievskaya
Singles $18, doubles with showers $28. Breakfast $5. Located on Obvodny Canal, an inconvenient walk to closest metro. Restaurant and buffet.
49 Dnepropetrovskaya Ul., Tel: 166-0456/5398, fax 166-8250, M. Ploshchad Vosstania. Cards: None.

Mercury
Singles $58, doubles $68, suites $75 and up, breakfast included. Close to Smolny Cathedral, nice neighborhood not far from center. Bar, restaurant, fax, laundry.
39 Tavricheskaya Ul., Tel: 275-8745, fax 276-1977, M. Chernyshevskaya. Cards: None.

Moskva
Singles $82, doubles $102, suites $162 and up. Large hotel near city center. Convenient access to metro. Boutique, bar, restaurants, cafe, buffet, conference facilities, dry cleaning.
2 Ploshchad Alexandra Nevskogo, Tel: 274-3001, 274-2030, M. Ploshchad Alexandra Nevskogo. Cards: V, MC, AE, DC.

Nevsky Palace Hotel
Singles $280, doubles $334, suites $365 and up, presidential suites $851-$1155. Breakfast $20. Run by Austrian hotel chain Marco Polo Hotels and centrally located. Luxurious, though actually rooms feel a bit bland. Restaurants boasted as some of the best in town, shops, bar, cafe, full business services, babysitting, fitness center, hairdresser.
57 Nevsky Prospekt, Tel: 275-2001, fax 301-7323/7524, M. Mayakovskaya, sheraton.hotels.spb.ru. Cards: V, MC, AE, DC.

Okhtinskaya Viktoria
Singles $80, doubles $100, suites $175, breakfast included. Large French-Russian joint venture, offering sauna, restaurant, bar/cafe, some rooms with nice views of the river. Slightly inconvenient location. Business conference facilities available.
4 Okhtinskaya Ul., Tel: 227-4438/3767, fax 227-2618/2514, M. Novocherkasskaya. Cards: V, AE, DC.

Oktyabrskaya
Singles/doubles $25/$30, breakfast included. Centrally located directly opposite Moscow Station. Large, Soviet-style hotel with a changeless feel and somewhat sleazy decor. Conference center, hairdresser.
10 Ligovsky Pr., Tel: 277-6330/7281, fax 315-7501, M. Pl. Vosstaniya, hotel@cometo.spb.ru. Cards: V, MC.

Peterhof
Hotel ship off Vasilevsky Island with cabin rooms (small) $115-$190, breakfast included. Swiss managed, Russian staffed. "A little slice of Switzerland in St. Petersburg," including resturant, bar, disco, business services, fitness club, travel agent.
Naberezhnaya Makarova, near Tuchkov Bridge, Tel: 325-8888, fax 325-8889, M. Vasileostrovskaya. Cards: V, MC, AmEx, EC.

Pribaltiskaya
Singles $140, doubles $155, suites $230-$340. Large, clean rooms, some with nice views of the Gulf of Finland. Services include bowling alley, billiards, shops, nightclub, business/conference center, taxi service, four restaurants, three bars, buffets. Location somewhat inconvenient for access to city center.
14 Korablestroitely Ul., Tel: 356-4135/4563, fax 356-6094, M. Primorskaya. Cards: V, MC, AE, DC, EC.

Pulkovskaya
Singles $140, doubles $160, suite $240, breakfast included and all with bath, some with view of the Victory Monument. Eight km south of the city center, 15 minutes to the airport by bus No. 13, two restaurants, bar, transport to center not the most convenient.
1 Ploshchad Pobedy, Tel: 123-5122, fax: 264-6396, M. Mokovskaya. Cards: V, MC, AE, DC.

Rus
Singles $45, doubles with bath $70, $100 for connected two-room suites. Breakfast $4. Large hotel not far from the city center, just south of Ploshchad Radishcheva. Bars, restaurant, mobile phone hire, fitness club, conference facilities, hairdresser, shop.
1 Ul. Artilleryskaya, Tel: 273-4683/272-6654, fax 279-3600, M. Chernyshevskaya. Cards: V, MC, AE.

Sputnik
Singles $40, doubles $55, suites $80, breakfast included. Not conveniently accessible from city center. Restaurant, bar, conference hall, laundry, hairdresser.
34 Morisa Toreza, Tel: 552-5632, fax 552-8084, M. Pionerskaya or by bus from M. Ploshchad Muzhestva. V, MC, AE.

St. Petersburg
Singles $75-$100, doubles $95-120, suites $150-$200, breakfast included. Located on the Vyborg side opposite the Avrora cruiser, some traffic noise but nice views of the Neva from the front rooms. Restaurant, bar, concert hall. 15 minute walk to nearest metro.
5/2 Vyborgskaya Naberezhnaya, Tel: 542-9411/8149, fax 248-8002, postmaster@spbhotel.spb.ru, M. Gorkovskaya or Ploshchad Lenina. Cards: V, MC, AE, EC.

St. Petersburg International Hostel
$18 for a bed in shared room, breakfast included. Centrally located, just a short walk from Pl. Vosstannia with an English-speaking tourist infomation office, helpful staff, visa assistance, video room and cafe, excellent budget travel office Sinbad Travel. Book early -- rooms fill up fast.
28 3ya Sovietskaya, Tel: 329-8018, fax 329-8019, M. Ploshchad Vosstania, ryh@ryh.ru, www.ryh.ru. Cards: None.

Summer Hostel
$8-$10 per bed in communal rooms, including breakfast. Inconvenient location, but boasts cheap prices and employs helpful English-speaking students from the Industrial Teachers' College. Central common space with TV, pool table, kitchen, sauna, hairdressers.
Third Floor, 26 Baltiyskaya Ul., Tel: 252-7563, fax 252-4019, M. Narvskaya. Cards: None.

Vyborgskaya
Singles $14, doubles $24, suites $50. Two restaurants, sauna, buffet. Located north of Kamenny Ostrov.
3 Torzhkovskaya Ul., Tel: 246-9141/2319, M. Chornaya Rechka. Cards: None.

Short-term apartment rental
Check the latest listings of the Real Estate section of the St. Petersburg Times web site for options such as short-term apartment rental, with prices of current options ranging from $30-$70 per day and about $250 and up per month. Start looking early to find a good deal.