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.

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.