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Visiting St. Petersburg as a part of a cruise is a very popular choice, as for arriving this way entitles you to enter Russia visa-free for 72 hours. This allows you to see St. Petersburg without going through hell preparing visa. Don't listen to cruise ship staff, saying that nobody will let you go through customs without an excursion with cruise ship. They are trying to promote only their excursions, it is a trick! You are allowed to go through customs if you have a tour ticket from a company. If you are about to travel to Russia and St. Petersburg and have a lot of questions, just contact me and I will help you^^ Port of arrival
The nearest subway station is "Primorskaya", from where only two stops to the "Gostiniy Dvor" station right at the center of the city. If you are traveling on your own, you have a few options: take a taxi (500 rub/8 USD) to the city center, take a bus (30 rub/50 cents), that will bring you to the "Primorskaya" station from where you will travel to the city center by subway. In the subway you buy token (zheton) that allows you to travel for as much as you want, without exiting the subway. Zheton costs 35 rub (about 60 cents)
Tours Spend time choosing a tour company before you go on a cruise. One of the worst options is to buy a tour on a cruise ship, they offer a lot of tours, but all of them cost three times more than tours that you can buy from a local tour company. What is more, tours offered by cruise ships consist of just a couple of museums, you will not see as much as you could with a local company. And the worst thing is: cruise ships offer group tours and you will find yourself in a huge bus, with 50 other tourists, some of them will definitely get lost in the Hermitage museum and everybody else will be looking for the lost guy more time than you spent inside the museum. Guys, please, don't travel with huge buses. Once I've been on such a tour and God save you from such experience.
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AuthorHi there! My name is Mila, I have been working as a local guide for six years and I've decided to share with you essential information about St. Petersburg, life in Russia and Russian culture. I hope you will enjoy! Archives
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