It is quite easy to choose a place to spend the night in St. Petersburg. Depending on the purpose of your visit, you can always stay in the city center, in one of the many hotels or hostels, or rent a budget room for the night in hostels on the outskirts of the Northern capital.
Necessary
Passport, money, smartphone or tablet with internet
Instructions
Step 1
The choice of a place to spend the night in St. Petersburg depends solely on the available budget and the purpose of visiting the Northern capital. If an overnight stay in St. Petersburg is due to transit, it would be ideal to choose a place near the airport or the necessary station. There are numerous options for inexpensive hostels and hotels in the city center near the most important, Moskovsky railway station.
Step 2
If St. Petersburg is part of a tourist route, it is worth looking for accommodation on the Internet in advance. However, thanks to aggregator sites ("Booking" or "Agoda"), you can find a hotel, guesthouse or hostel for an overnight stay, even on the day of check-in. Reservations and payment from a bank card can be made through applications for smartphones and tablets (there are iOs and Android). The cost of a night in a hostel in high season starts at 250 rubles. The price includes a bed in a dormitory room for 8 people, shared shower and toilet, the ability to use a shared kitchen with utensils and appliances.
Step 3
The cost of a night at the hotel varies from 1000 to 15000 rubles, depending on the capabilities and desires of the tourist. The best hotels are located in the Central and Admiralteisky districts of St. Petersburg, overlooking Nevsky Prospekt, Vosstaniya Street, the embankment of the Griboyedov Canal or the Fontanka and Moika rivers. Among the interesting popular districts of St. Petersburg, where you can stay overnight, you can single out the atmospheric Vasilyevsky Island and the Petrogradskaya Side.
Step 4
For those who want to spend the night in St. Petersburg with maximum comfort, there is a large number of apartments for rent. You can rent both through local agents (you can find offers on the sites), and through aggregator sites operating in all countries of the world. In the second option, it is better to book an apartment 3-4 days before arrival, so that the owner of the apartment has time to prepare it for arrival. The advantage of renting an apartment is the availability of a kitchen where you can cook dinner and breakfast.
Step 5
Those who hitchhike and would like to spend the night in St. Petersburg for free should register on one of the listing sites: Couchsurfing or Hospitalityclub. Here you can not only find a place to sleep, but also meet interesting people who can show the city, tell about its history and architecture. The menus of both sites are in English. The network also has Russian-language couchsurfer forums and groups dedicated to finding free accommodation on social networks. You can register anywhere using a smartphone or tablet with an Internet connection.
