This 256-page guidebook to St Petersburg presents the city's highlights in a comprehensive but portable format, with the following key features: the Best of St Petersburg - overview of vital information for visitors, including money- and time-saving tips and the most family-oriented attractions; places - district-by-district guide, with top attractions highlighted and cross-referenced with detailed local maps; restaurant guide - a pull-out, pocket-size "Z" map, with review listings of recommended restaurants and bars; photo features - magazine-style full-colour features on some of the city's most famous sights, including museums and galleries; essay features - incisive essays on history, people and culture; travel tips - practical listings, covering accommodation, entertainment, transport and more; and a street atlas - colour maps of St Petersburg's main streets, with grid-referenced index.
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Full colour photographs throughout
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Höhe: 195 mm
Breite: 135 mm
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978-981-258-150-1 (9789812581501)
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Introduction: A City Reborn. History: A Window on the West; Notes of a Blockade Survivor; Decisive Dates; The City Today. Features: People of Peter; The Influence of Religion; Art and Architecture; The Performing Arts; Literary Lions;, Food; Shopping. Places:Introduction; Along the Embankment; The Hermitage; Nevsky Prospekt; From St Isaac's to St Nicholas; The Russian Museum;Peter and Paul Fortress; Petrograd Side; Vasilievsky Island; Vyborg Side; Southern Suburbs; Peterhof Palace; Day Trips from St Petersburg; Gulf of Finland. Information Panels: Peter the Great; The Great Architects;The Great Composers; The Birth of a Collection; Grigory Rasputin; On the Trail of Rublev; Ilya Repin; The Death of Pushkin. Travel Tips: Transport; Accommodation; Activities; The Arts; Cinema; Festivals; Nightlife; Shopping; Sport;Other Activities. A-Z: PRACTICAL INFORMATION: Budgeting for your Trip; Children; Climate; Customs; Disabled Travellers; Embassies; Emergencies; Gay Travellers; Money; Tour Companies; Tourist Information; Visas; Websites; Women Travellers. LANGUAGE. FURTHER READING. MAPS: Map Legend; Street Atlas;St Petersburg front flap; Along the Embankment; Nevsky Prospekt; Alexander Nevsky Monastery; From St Isaac's to St Nicholas; Peter and Paul Fortress; Petrograd Side; Vasilievsky Island; Vyborg Side; Southern Suburbs; Peterhof; Excursions from St Petersburg; Novgorod; City Metro; The Hermitage back flap; The Russian Museum back flap.
