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We have a wide choice of various types of accommodation to offer you in Russia. To make it easier for our clients, we have divided the selection according to prices and types of accommodation.
Here is what we have to offer in Saint Petersburg:
Apartments in Saint Petersburg:
In terms of price and quality, renting an apartment is the best way of living in Saint Petersburg.
Here are a few reasons as to why most of our clients prefer apartments to any other type of accommodation during their holidays in Russia:
The apartments are situated in the city centre, close to the main monuments, museums and theatres: they are often just as well if not better situated than the most expensive city hotels.
You will find that they have fully equipped kitchens, which enables you to avoid eating out in restaurants every day.
You are free to invite friends to spend evenings in your apartment, which is rarely possible in hotels and hostels.
The price of apartments is equal to or inferior to the price of a double room in a mini hotel.
And on top of this, you can share an apartment between as many people as you fancy, as the price of the rent does NOT vary according to the number of people occupying it.
Groups of friends and couples tend to particularly take to this offer, as we have apartments with a capacity of up to 10 people.
We have a list of about 200 apartments available for short term rent in Saint Petersburg.
Apartment prices in Saint Petersburg for the year 2008
Summer period: from 60 to 170 euros
Winter period: from 45 to 120 euros
Please note that our company does not own the apartments: we will help you to choose, introduce you to the owners, provide help with the paperwork and garantee the quality and reliability of your accomodation.
Hotels in Saint Petersburg:
The current situation concerning hotels in Saint Petersburg is the following: there are about 135 “classic” hotels in the city (Paris for example has over 1500), which is not nearly enough to cater for all the tourists during the period of the white nights or during international events. Especially at present times, when Saint Petersburg is making attempts to be included in the group of the 5 most visited cities in the world. This is why prices often seem extortionate.
Prices vary considerably according to the season.
Recently it is becoming almost impossible to find a room in a hotel at a reasonable price during the months of June and July.
We have often had clients turning up spontaneously during the white nights period, guide book in hand, thinking it would be easy to find a nice small Bed and Breakfast at low cost: there are some, but most have been fully booked months in advance! Luckily there are always landlords willing to cater for tourists and flats to rent.
Hotel prices in Saint Petersburg for the year 2008
5 Stars
Summer period: from 480 to 670 euros
Winter period: from 250 to 450 euros
4 Stars
Summer period: from 250 to 360 euros
Winter period: from 150 to 290 euros
3 Stars
Summer period: from 120 to 220 euros
Winter period: from 80 to 130 euros
*Please note that the prices vary according to the number of people per room.
Bed and Breakfast (mini hotels) in Saint Petersburg:
The word Bed and Breakfast does not have the same meaning in Russia as it does in Europe or the United States. Here, Bed and Breakfasts have nothing in common with the small English cottages. They are a recent phenomenon in Russia, growing thanks to the lack of room in “classic” hotels. In actual fact, they are small versions of hotels, with usually 5 to 10 rooms, hence their second name: mini hotels. There are approximately 230 of them in Saint Petersburg. In most cases, they are built in the old Saint Petersburg communal flats dating back to the Soviet days, which have been renovated and transformed. You will find the service varies according to the size of the mini hotel and the owners: they are sometimes run by a small family business and at other times belong to a chain. But generally these places have a friendly atmosphere. Prices of Bed and Breakfasts are lower than hotel prices, but the difference is not enormous.
Bed and breakfast (mini hotels) prices in Saint Petersburg for the year 2008
Double room
Summer period: from 110 to 230 euros
Winter period: from 60 to 120 euros
Per person
Summer period: from 25 to 40 euros
Winter period: from 20 to 35 euros
Rooms for rent in Saint Petersburg:
What better way to discover the local culture? Renting a room has become increasingly popular in Saint Petersburg over the last few years, also due to the fact that accommodation is ever harder to find in the summer season. It is also a means for some Russians to earn a little money by renting rooms out in their large ex communal flats.
All the rooms we have to offer are situated in the city centre. Their location will allow you to wander by foot day and night and avoid public transport, enabling you to stay out late without having to wory about transport home.
This option is ideal for those who want to learn a little more about the local way of life: these apartments are often very typically Russian, with large warm kitchens, old court yards and dark stair cases. Do not expect European standards or the flats to be doted with modern decoration, but they are large and clean.
Renting a room in a Russian flat is cheaper than staying at a hotel or even in a Bed and breakfast, and you have all the advantages of living in an apartment: a place to cook and wash your clothes and a house key allowing you to come and go as you please.
Furthermore, you will find a lot of the landlords will be only too happy to give you advice on the various places to visit in the city and tell you a little about Saint Petersbug.
Prices of rooms in Saint Petersburg for the year 2008
Summer period: from 35 to 50 euros
Winter period: from 25 to 35 euros
* Please note that the prices vary according to the number of people per room.
Hostels in Saint Petersburg:
Saint Petersburg only has about 10 hostels, and we advise you strongly to consider only the ones situated in the city centre.
There are several reasons for this, the first being that the money you will save on the price of the room you will spend on public transport.
Furthermore, some of these hostels are situated up the 15 kilometers from the city centre, which, considering Russian public transport and bad traffic, can take you up to 3 hours return. And lastly, the bear comfort you can expect to find in a city centre hostel will be reduced in the decentralized hostels: the further away the hostel from the city centre, the less chances you will have of finding english speaking staff and the worse the general standards.
The price difference between central hostels and the outer ones is minimal. In the last couple of years, decent hostels with reasonable prices have flourished in the city center, Antonio House is a good example.
Hostel prices in Saint Petersburg for the year 2008
Summer period: from 35 to 40 euros
Winter period: from 20 to 35 euros
* Please note that the prices vary according to the number of people per room.
Please note that the accommodation prices in Saint Petersburg between Christmas and the 11th of January are the same as the ones indicated for the summer period.
To choose your type of accommodation:
E-mail your request with the following information:
-number of people
-length of your stay
-date of arrival
-preliminary accomodation budget.
We will send you a list of apartments available according to you wishes with photos and prices.
If you book accommodation in one of our apartments for a minimum of 5 days, transfer from the airport OR your invitations are free of charge!
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