Petersburg in pocket. The Guide-book. The series «Welcome». – St.Petersburg: Publishing Company «Welcome», 2009. ISBN 978-5-93024-057-3.

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Introduction:

The guide-book «Petersburg in pocket» is published specially for those, who are going to visit St.Petersburg. The aim of this book is to make the stay in St.Petersburg easier and more interesting. On the pages of the guide-book all the necessary information concerning the preparation for the trip is included. In the book there is information about: hotels and places for accommodation, hotels reservation; the city's transport, shops and restaurants; places of interest, museums, all kinds of excursions, theatres, nightclubs etc.

One of the chapters is devoted to the suburbs of St.Petersburg.

To the guide-book the map of St.Petersburg with the plan of the city's metro is applied.

Contents:

Welcome to St. Petersburg! Visa regulations. You've arrived. Airports. Railway Stations. Bus Stations. Sea and River Terminals. Customs. Currency Exchange. Accomodation. The first-class hotels. The medium-class hotels. The economy-class hotels. Apartment-hotels. Hostels. How to book a room. The types of room. So, you're in St. Petersburg! General Information. Geography. Climate. A Little Bit of History. Population. Telecommunication. City transport. Ground Transport. Metro. Electric Trains. Taxi. How to rent a car. How to rent a car without a driver. How to rent a car with a driver.Food. Traditional Russian Cuisine. Restaurants. Russian Cuisine. European Cuisine. Italian Cuisine. German Cuisine. French Cuisine. Latinoamerican Cuisine. Japanese Cuisine. Ukrainian Cuisine. Georgian Cuisine. Czech Cuisine. Jewish Cuisine. Spanish Cuisine. Vietnamese Cuisine. Indian Cuisine. Chinese cuisine. Korean cuisine. African cuisine. Restaurants on water. Beer Restaurants. Pubs. Fast Food. Business-lunch.Shopping. Department Stores (Univermagi) and shopping centres. Shopping and leisure centres. Boutiques. Bookshops. Curiosity Shops (Antiques). Jewelry. Souvenirs. Art Galleries.Places of interest. Petrogradskaya Storona (Side). Peter and Paul Fortress. Peter the Great's Cottage (Domik Petra). Ostrova (Islands). Elaginskiy Palace. Vasilyevskiy Island (Vasilyevskiy Ostrov). The Spit of the Vasilyevskiy Island (Strelka). The Stock Exchange. The Rostral Columns. The Kunstkamera. The Academy of Sciences. The Building of «The Twelve Collegiums». Manege of the First Cadet School. Menshikovskiy Palace. Academy of Arts. Sphinxes. Kolomna. The Palace of Labour (former Nikolaevskiy Palace). «New Holland». Yusupovskiy Palace. The Academic Mariinskiy Theatre («the Kirov»). The Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory. St. Nicolas Naval Cathedral (The Sailors Cathedral). Admiralteyskaya Storona (Admiralteyskaya Side). Dvortsovaya Square. The Admiralty. The Winter Palace (The State Hermitage). The General Staff. The Alexander Column. Senatskaya Square (Decembrists Square). The Statue of Peter the Great or The Bronze Horseman. The Senate and Synod. The Konnogvardeiskiy Manege. The Main Admiralty. St. Isaac's Cathedral. St. Isaac's Square. Behind the Grille of the Summer Garden. The Summer Garden. The Field of Mars (The Marsovo Pole). The Michailovskiy (Inzhenerniy) Castle. Michailovskiy Palace and Arts Square. The Saviour on the Spit Blood (Cathedral of the Resurrection). Smolnaya Storona ( Smolnaya Side ). The Smolnyy (Resurrection) Convent. The Smolnyy Institute for the Girls of the Nobility (Institut Blagorodnykh Devits). Tavricheskiy Palace. The Alexander Nevskiy Lavra. Nevskiy Prospekt. Insurrection Square (Vosstaniya Square). Moskow Railway Station. The BeloselskikhBelozerskikh Mansion. The Anichkov Bridge. «The Taming of the Horse» sculptural group by Klodt. The Anichkov Palace. Ostrovskaya Square. Alexandrinskiy Theatre. Russian National Library. The Comedy Theatre and Eliseevskiy Shop. Gostinyy Dvor (Merchants Yard). Dom Knigi (Book House). The Kazan Cathedral. Stroganovskiy Palace. Cafe «Wolf and Berange». Nevskiy prospekt,14. Moscow prospekt. Moscow triumphal gates. The Chesmenskiy Palace (The Chesme Palace). The Chesmenskaya Church. (The Church of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist). Monuments to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad. Victory's Square. The Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery. Bridges. Churches and Cathedrals. Russian Orthodox. Baptists. Roman Catholic Churches. Lutheran Churches. Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church of St. Catharine. Old Orthodox Pomorskaya Church. Buddhist Temple. Choral Sinagogue. Mosque of the Congregation Of Moslems. Excursions. Bus Tours. Boat Excursions on Rivers and Canals. Flights over the city. Tours outside St. Petersburg. Museums. Art museums. Cultural and historical museums. Scientific museums. Memorial museums. Other museums. Entertainment. Entertainment and Leisure Centres. Aquaparks. Entertainment. Parks of Attractions. Cinemas. Internet Clubs, Cafes. Carting. Skating-rink. Paintball. Golf. Horse-riding. Ski-resorts. Bathhouses (banyas, saunas). Holidays, festivals. Theatres and concert halls. Nightlife. Night clubs and Casinos. Jazz. Bowling. Discotheques. Surburbs of St. Petersburg. Peterhof (Petrodvorets). Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin). Pavlovsk. Gatchina. Strelna. Lomonosov (Oranienbaum). Kronshtadt. The other necessary information.