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Tours of the City Walking Tours The tourist office, Gorodskoy Turistskovo-Informatsionniy Tsentr (tel: (812) 311 2841, website: www.spb.ru) offers guided walking tours of the city, although visitors must contact the office beforehand, as the tours (along with their prices) are scheduled according to demand. However, one can easily see the majority of sites by walking along the five kilometres (three miles) of Nevsky prospekt, from the Admiralty to Anichkov Bridge. This straight stroll through the outstanding architecture of the 18th and 19th century includes elegant neo-classical apartment blocks, the columns, domes and porticos of churches and cathedrals, the glorious Style Moderne of Yeliseev’s delicatessen and the Baroque extravaganza of the Stroganov Palace. Within a ten- or 15-minutes walk of Nevsky prospekt are the Church on Spilled Blood, the Hermitage, St Isaac’s Cathedral and the Russian Museum. River Tours Many of the beautiful buildings and squares of this ‘Venice of the North’ can only be truly appreciated from a boat. A handful of informal outfits operate river tours, which usually take approximately one hour. Tours of the River Neva start from Dvortsovaya Naberezhnaya and cost about US$8 per person. Tours of the rivers and canals depart from Anichkov Bridge Pier, Nevsky prospekt. Tickets cost about US$6.50. The times of these tours are unreliable but will always be on display. Private boats wait for customers at the River Moika, the River Fontanka and the Kanal Griboyedova on Nevsky prospekt and on the River Neva, near the Zimniaya Kanavka canal. Prices per hour are negotiable and are payable in cash. Helicopter Tours Baltic Air (tel: (812) 104 1676) operates flights around St Petersburg. These depart from the Peter and Paul Fortress throughout the day, every weekend. Tickets cost US$30 per person. |
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