From St. Petersburg to Pushkin

When planning on visit Russia you must be thinking about coming to St. Petersburg. You are right, this is a "must see place", which combine in it a mighty of the past, where everything is at least 300 years old, with intence life of one of the biggest cities of Europe. But what is probably even more interesting is the surrounding of St. Petersburg.

Czars of past often didn't like to spend their time in a busy city. Around Petersburg there are many palaces that manarch have build, now these are little towns that are still leavnig in a spirit of that time. This towns are Pushkin, Pavlovsk, Gatchina, and Petrodvoretz. When you travel to Russia probably only there you will find past like it was 3 centuries ago. In this post I would like to tell you a little bit about Pushkin.

Pushkin, or Tzarskoe selo (Czars village) is located at the south of St. Petersburg, about 17 miles away. You can get there my train (25 min) from Vitebsky train station, or by bus (40 min). Some of the St. Petersburg tours also include a visit to the Pushkin. It was a present of a Peter the Great to his wife and at next emperior of the Russia, Catherine the First. Peter has build a estate for his wife that was named after her. It was a beautiful palace that was surrounded by parks and ponds, and the town was build around it to support it. There is a great number of monuments and cathedrals in Pushkin, that were build to pleasure the eye of her majesty.

The royal families for the next 300 years have always spent their summer in this pallace. It was famous for it carnivals and balls.Today Pushkin is small city that remember it glorious past. People around are kind and willing to help. It seems like a whole city is like a museum, or beautiful park. You feel free and comfortable there.

St. Petersburg Travel

St. Petersburg is Russia's second largest and Europe’s fourth city after Moscow, London and Paris. The city has more than four million inhabitants. St. Petersburg is located on the Neva River at the head of Gulf of Finland. The city offers numerous sights, which are of great interest for the tourists looking for St. Petersburg Russia tours.

The historical center of St. Petersburg and related groups of monuments constitute a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The historical center of St. Petersburg is full of monuments representing the 18th century, when the city was founded. Every corner of this great city is full of monuments, museums and art galleries representing cultural and historical heritage of the country.

Also, wonderful hotels in St. Petersburg, Russia would make it easy for tourists to enjoy their time. There are business, family and luxury hotels in the city. Each of the hotels make the stay in the city really unforgettable.

The city is full of restaurants, nightclubs and bars, where tourists can spend an unforgettable time and get acquainted not only with Russian cuisine, but also with Russian people, their customs and traditions.

A travel in St. Petersburg will become one of the most unforgettable experiences in the life of any person. St. Petersburg is really the most beautiful and fascinating cities in the world.

While traveling in the city tourist can also go to Moscow, the capital of Russian Federation. Tourists can get to Moscow either by train or by plane, or they could use one of the most spectacular way of traveling and take a Russia river cruise, where they would enjoy faschinating scenes. The transportation system between two great cities work very well.

Sights of St. Petersburg

Tourists who are favor in St. Petersburg tours and coming to see the city will surely be interested in visiting numerous sights of the city. St. Petersburg has always been a very important cultural center of Russia.
Being founded in the 18 century St. Petersburg has become one of the central cities in Russia. Russian tsar Peter the Great decided that St. Petersburg should become the capital of Russia.

During following 200 years, St. Petersburg has remained the capital of Russia. Many new palaces and cathedrals were built in the city. Nobles coming to live in the city wanted to live in luxury. That’s why all their palaces and houses were constructed according to the projects of the foreign, mostly Italian architects.

Some of the palaces and houses of that epoch were preserved during the time, even after the Second World War. Nowadays some of the hotels in city are located in the historical buildings with modern décor and architectural style of the 18th century.

Peterhof is considered one of the most beautiful and magnificent palaces in St.Petersburg, which is situated on the right coasts of Gulf of Finland. Peterhof is not only a palace, but also a park, including more than a hundred fountains and several cascades. Several big and small palaces are located on the territory of Peterhof.

St. Petersburg travel is a city, which attracts tourists not only for its marvelous monuments, but also for the White Nights, which start in June. Walks during the White Nights are really unforgettable.

Flights to Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg is the most beautiful city in Russia, which attracts numerous tourists from different parts of the world. All flights to the famous city are handled by the only city’s airport “Pulkovo”.

This airport handles both domestic and international flights. The airport is divided into two terminals, which are located in different places. Pulkovo I handles only domestic flights, while Pulkovo II handles international flights. The first terminal is located six kilometers from the city, while the second terminal is five kilometers from St. Petersburg travel.

Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg is one of the most developed airports in Russia. High quality of services provided by the airport, which received numerous international and Russian awards in the field of quality. Most of Russia travel guide are saying that Pulkovo is the best place for tourist to travel.

The airport works with more than seventy airports in various countries in the world. The infrastructure of the airport is very well developed and includes an airdrome with two runways, two terminals, cargo terminal, as well as many other infrastructure objects. You would find all kinds of information that you would wonder, including cheap hotels in St. Petersburg.

Tourists arriving and departing from St.Petersburg have an opportunity to visit Duty Free shops, where they can find souvenirs, jewelry and other goods. The tourists can pay in rubles or in any other basic currency both in cash and with credit card. The prices in the Duty Free shops are mush lower, than in ordinary shops of any other country.

Both terminals of Pulkovo Airport offer special halls for holding presentations, meetings, conferences, seminars and other business events. Without leaving the airport tourists have a chance to save their time and make all necessary arrangements for holding business meetings.

Services in the airport of St.Petersburg

Pulkovo Airport is one of the most developed airports in Russia. It offers wide range of services to the tourists who concerned about Petersburg flights. Both terminals of the airport have departure and arrival services. There are services for VIP-passengers, which include business lounges with telephony and facsimile, newspapers and magazines in various languages.

Departure services in Pulkovo I include departure lounge, individual check-in of passengers and baggage, delivery of passengers to the aircraft by personal car, providing information about the weather conditions in the airport of departure and destination. Arrival services include delivering of passengers from the aircraft by personal car, VIP-baggage check-in and many others.

Pulkovo II is the terminal, where most of the international flights are handled. This terminal offers wide range of paid services for business travelers. The departure services include meeting the passengers in the departure hall, baggage delivery, accompanying the passengers through passport control, to business lounge and for embarkation. The arrival services include meeting the passenger, accompanying through the passport and customs controls, as well as baggage delivery up to the exit from the arrivals hall and detailed information about hotels in St. Petersburg.

The terminals offer post-office, internet, telephone and fax services to the passengers who visit Russia. Post-office services include receiving of ordinary, registered and international mail, receiving of postal parcels, money transfers, telegrams, telephone calls, payment for money orders and photocopy.

Airlines working with Pulkovo Airport

All scheduled and non-scheduled flights St. Petersburg travel, in Pulkovo International Airport are exercised by numerous Russian and foreign airlines. About 120 Russian airlines work with this airport. The airlines handle international and domestic flights.Aeroflot and Siberian Airlines are the most developed ones. Both airlines offer full range of services to the passengers. There are surely other Russian airlines, such as Atlant-Soyuz, Gazpromavia, Skyexpress, Transaero, Volga Aviaexpress and many others collaborating with the Pulkovo international airport.

One of the largest airlines whe it comes to flights to Russia is Aeroflot. This airline was founded at the time when first international flights from Russia were made. It was in the middle of the 20th century, when Russian airlines began collaborating with international airports and airlines. Nowadays it is one of the leading Russian airlines known all over the world. In any part of the world, tourists can use the services of this airline, which will take them to any part of Russia. The airline has bought new and modern aircraft to offer perfect services to the passengers.

S7 Airlines or Siberian airlines is also one of the best airlines in the country who provide one of the most cheap flights to Russia. This airline has bases in the most developed airports in Russia, such as Domodedovo airport in Moscow and many others. The aircraft of this airline is modern with all the equipment needed for comfortable flights to different parts of the world.