The Rough Guide to St Petersburg 4

by Richardson, Dan

• ISBN13: 9781858286938
• ISBN10: 185828693X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-04
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Part One: Basics	1	(58)
Getting there form Britain	3	(8)
Getting there from Ireland	11	(2)
Getting there from North America	13	(4)
Getting there from Australasia	17	(4)
Red tape and visas	21	(3)
Insurance	24	(1)
Health	25	(2)
Travellers with disabilities	27	(1)
Points of arrival	28	(2)
City transport and tours	30	(6)
Information, maps and addresses	36	(4)
Costs, money and banks	40	(2)
Mail and telecommunications	42	(3)
The media	45	(2)
Opening hours, public holidays and festivals	47	(1)
Popular culture: sport, music and the arts	48	(3)
Security, police and the Mafia	51	(2)
Women's St Petersburg	53	(1)
Directory	54	(5)
Part Two: The Guide	59	(206)
Introducing the City	61	(3)
Within the Fontanka	64	(66)
The Hermitage and the Russian Museum	130	(39)
Vasilevskiy Island	169	(18)
The Peter and Paul Fortress, Petrograd Side and the Kirov Islands	187	(28)
Liteyniy, Smolniy and Viadimirskaya	215	(27)
The Southern Suburbs	242	(10)
Vyborg Side	252	(13)
Part Three: Listings	265	(56)
Accommodation	267	(8)
Eating and Drinking	275	(20)
Nightlife	295	(4)
The arts	299	(8)
Shops and markets	307	(5)
Children's St Petersburg	312	(2)
Sport, outdoor activities and bathhouses	314	(7)
Part Four: Out from the City	321	(92)
Introduction	323	(2)
The Imperial palaces	325	(51)
Kronstadt and the Karelian Isthmus	376	(24)
Novgorod	400	(13)
Part Five: Contexts	413	(36)
A History of St Petersburg	415	(21)
Books	436	(5)
Language	441	(5)
Glossary	446	(3)
Index	449