Accommodation: Hotel Ibis Saint Petersburg Centre Transport: The fare for a single journey to anywhere in the city is around $1. St. Petersburg’s metro still uses a system of tokens (“zheton”) the size of larger coins. These can be bought from the cashier windows operating in every station vestibule Things to see: State Hermitage Museum Tsarskoye Selo Mariinsky Theatre Savior on the Spilled Blood Faberge Museum Stroganov Palace Alexander Nevsky Lavra Smolny Cathedral Winter Palace The Menshikov Palace Amber Room Saint Michael’s Castle Bronze Horseman Pavlovsk Palace Peter and Paul Cathedral Yusupov Palace Palace Square Russian Museum Kazan Cathedral Peterhof Nevsky Prospect St. Isaac’s Cathedral Peter and Paul Fortress Tips: For more information, visit http://www.visit-petersburg.ru/en_saintpetersburg/ Follow Us:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Like this:Like Loading...