The Rough Guide to St. Petersburg Book

Colour section     1
Introduction     4
What to see     7
When to go     10
Things not to miss     12
Basics     17
Getting there     19
Red tape and visas     28
Health     32
Information     34
Arrival     35
City transport and tours     36
The media     43
Holidays and festivals     44
Trouble and the police     48
Travel essentials     50
The City     59
Within the Fontanka     61
The Hermitage     115
The Russian Museum     137
Vasilevskiy Island     151
The Peter and Paul Fortress, Petrograd Side and the Kirov Islands     166
Liteyniy, Smolniy and Vladimirskaya     190
The Southern Suburbs     213
Vyborg Side     221
Out of the City     231
The Imperial palaces     233
Kronstadt, the Gulf coast and Vyborg     281
Shlisselburg, Valaam and Kizhi     294
Novgorod     307
Listings     321
Accommodation     323
Eating and drinking     337
Clubs and live venues     355
The arts     362
Shopping     371
Children's St Petersburg     379
Sports     382
Contexts     389
A history of St Petersburg     391
Books     418
Language     425
Travel store     443
Small print & Index     449