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The St. Peter and Paul Fortress is on Zayachy Island outside of St. Petersburg.

The St. Peter and Paul Fortress is on Zayachy Island outside of St. Petersburg.

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Guilded statue in the Grand Palace of Peterhof in St. Petersburg.

Guilded statue in the Grand Palace of Peterhof in St. Petersburg.

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St Isaac's Cathedral, St Petersburg

St Isaac's Cathedral, St Petersburg

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St. Isaac's Cathedral was completed in 1858 in St. Petersburg.

St. Isaac's Cathedral was completed in 1858 in St. Petersburg.

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St. Petersburg's Church of the Savior of Spilled Blood is modelled after St. Basil

St. Petersburg's Church of the Savior of Spilled Blood is modelled after St. Basil

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Byzantine architecture is visible in the St. Petersburg cathedral.

Byzantine architecture is visible in the St. Petersburg cathedral.

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Church, St Petersburg

Church, St Petersburg

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Peter and Paul Fortress, St Petersburg

Peter and Paul Fortress, St Petersburg

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Hermitazh, St Petersburg

Hermitazh, St Petersburg

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St Isaac's Cathedral, St Petersburg

St Isaac's Cathedral, St Petersburg

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St. Isaac's Cathedral was completed in 1858 in St. Petersburg.

St. Isaac's Cathedral was completed in 1858 in St. Petersburg.

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Kempinski Hotel Moika 22

It would be hard to find grander facilities than at the Kempinski Hotel Moika 22. Minutes from the Hermitage, it combines 21st-century facilities with touches of imperial grandeur. Rooms have high-speed Wi-Fi, 24-hour room service, and goose-down pillows and duvets. The hotel also boasts two restaurants, a bar and lounge, an English-style tearoom and a famously well-stocked wine cellar.

Soul Kitchen Hostel

Budget hotels are thin on the ground in St Petersburg, but Soul Kitchen impressively fills the gap with boutique rooms, comfy dorms and communal areas you'll actually want to spend time in. The impressive list of perks includes free Wi-Fi, free phone calls and a shared kitchen. It also has a lovely canal-side location, a block from St Isaac's Cathedral.

Hotel Dostoevsky

This tidy, contemporary hotel has a great location, across from the Cathedral of Our Lady of Vladimir, in the bustling Vladimirskaya district.. The hotel offers in-room internet access, cable television, IDD phones, a fitness centre, plus the three must-haves for any Russian hotel – a restaurant, bar and sauna.

Pushka Inn

Set in a stately 18th-century mansion overlooking the Moyka River, the Pushka offers tastefully decorated rooms at a reasonable price. A boutique atmosphere pervades, and rooms have wooden floors and fabrics and furnishings in subtle colours. Wi-Fi access is complementary and, unusually, a buffet breakfast is included in the room rates.

Corinthia Hotel St Petersburg

With an enviable location on Nevsky prospekt, the Corinthia offers sleek modernity in place of the usual historical flourishes. The hotel features a grand 19th-century frontage, but inside everything is stylish and contemporary, with designer furniture, LCD TVs and high-speed Wi-Fi. There’s even a Russian restaurant, a Viennese café and two bars.

State Hermitage Museum Official Hotel

You can't actually stay at the Hermitage, but this grand baroque hotel, run by the owners of the State Museum, is the next best thing. Set in a gorgeously modernised mansion, it recreates the grandeur of Catherine's riverside palace, down to the arcades of Ionic columns and lavish ballroom. Rooms have sumptuous fabrics, stylish furnishings and high-speed internet.

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