Travel in Russia: Free Guide of Saint Petersburg

The guides are full of essential hints on where to go, things to see, Saint Petersburg's Museums, shopping mall and flea markets, quality places reasonably priced where to eat or sip a famous Pilsner and clubs, budget hostels and cheap hotel deals to book, emergency numbers and more.

Saint Petersburg is a city located in Northwestern Federal District of Russia on the delta of the Neva River at the east end of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea.

Flashbooking is a growing cheap hostel Saint Petersburg and hotels directory specializing in budget accommodation for independent travellers, students, adventurous backpackers, international volunteers, families and all the ones that travel on a budget.

Saint Petersburg it is informally known as Piter and was formerly known as Petrograd and Leningrad.

Flashbooking accommodation database is easily available online and comes completed with all relevant information about youth hostel and hotel location and map, description, services, hostel contacts, customer ratings, six pictures and updated prices inclusive of taxes and services together with instant real availability.

Founded by Tsar Peter the Great on May 16, 1703 as a "window to Europe", it served as the capital of the Russian Empire for more than two hundred years.

In the Saint Petersburg guide students, families and backpackers can get a large selection of cheap or low cost accommodation with plenty of low cost solutions in budget youth hostels, Bed and Breakfast Saint Petersburg, guesthouses, cheap hotel deals.

St. Petersburg ceased being the capital when the government moved to Moscow after the Russian Revolution of 1917.

In general, these guides have been written for giving the essential information about the most visited cities in the world and in particular for any traveller or first-time visitor. For a short visit, a week-end, a city break, these free pocket guides are useful printable and downloadable tools available online.

With the monthly newsletter, Flashbooking puts at travellers' and partner hostels' free disposal some useful information tools as pocket travel guides of the top world cities: the Amsterdam City guide, the London City guide, the Barcelona City guide, the Paris City guide, the Rome City guide, the Florence City guide, and the freshly issued Saint Petersburg City guide!

With about 4.8 million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, Saint Petersburg is Russia's second-largest city, Europe's eleventh largest metropolitan area, a major European cultural center, and the most important Russian port on the Baltic.

Our travellers are also our good partners as they help us either giving their ratings of some accommodations, lodgings, BandB, youth hostels and budget small hotels where they personally stayed, either enlarging the hostel offer by reporting some new contacts.

Flashbooking policy tends to privilege small and family-run hotels in order to promote an alternative tourism respectful of cultures and different societies.

About the Author

This article was written by Michele De Capitani with support from budget hotels in St Petersburg. For any information on how travel insurance, please visit our website to download your free travel guides for Saint Petersburg City in Russia.

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