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As the cultural capital of Russian Federation Saint-Petersburg provides a unique selection of places to visit: museums, cathedrals, monuments, theatres, parks and other sights. You can also book guided tours right from the Sokos Hotel Palace Bridge at special prices.

Sights

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The Peter and Paul Fortress (Petropavlovskaya Krepost): 59.950000, 30.316667

The State Hermitage Museum with the Winter Palace (Zimniy Dvorets) and the Palace Square (Dvortsovaya Ploshchad): 59.940101, 30.312807

Saint Isaac\'s Cathedral (Isaakievskiy Sobor): 59.934230, 30.305942

The Russian Museum: 59.938592, 30.332221

The Church of the Savior on Blood (Khram Spasa na Krovi) or The Church of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ (Sobor voskreseniya Khristova): 59.940036, 30.328778

The Kazan Cathedral (Kazanskiy Kafedralniy Sobor): 59.934507, 30.324280

Peterhof (Petrodvorets): 59.874276, 29.893813

Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo) and the Catherine Palace: 59.717274, 30.394216

	The Peter and Paul Fortress (Petropavlovskaya Krepost) http://www.saint-petersburg.com/virtual-tour/peter-paul-fortress/ http://www.spbmuseum.ru/en/ Россия, город Санкт-Петербург, Санкт-Петербург, Петропавловская Крепость
	The State Hermitage Museum with the Winter Palace (Zimniy Dvorets) and the Palace Square (Dvortsovaya Ploshchad) http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/   http://www.saint-petersburg.com/ Зимний Дворец, Россия, город Санкт-Петербург, Санкт-Петербург
	Saint Isaac's Cathedral (Isaakievskiy Sobor) http://eng.cathedral.ru/ http://www.saint-petersburg.com/ Исаакиевский Собор, Россия, Санкт-Петербург, площадь Исаакиевская
	The Russian Museum http://www.rusmuseum.ru/ Русский музей, Россия, город Санкт-Петербург, Санкт-Петербург
	The Church of the Savior on Blood (Khram Spasa na Krovi) or The Church of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ (Sobor voskreseniya Khristova) http://www.saint-petersburg.com/ Храм Спаса на Крови, Россия, город Санкт-Петербург, Санкт-Петербург, набережная Грибоедова Канала
	The Kazan Cathedral (Kazanskiy Kafedralniy Sobor) http://www.saint-petersburg.com/virtual-tour/kazan-cathedral/ Казанский собор, Россия, город Санкт-Петербург, Санкт-Петербург, улица Казанская
	Peterhof (Petrodvorets) http://www.saint-petersburg.com/peterhof/ Russia, Saint Petersburg, Petergof
	Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo) and the Catherine Palace http://eng.tzar.ru/ http://www.saint-petersburg.com/virtual-tour/pushkin-and-pavlovsk/ Catherine Palace, Russia, Pushkin, ulitsa Sadovaya

Emergency situations

In emergency cases you can call the international service number 112, which will forward the request to the ambulance, the police, or the fire service. Also, you can use local phone numbers:

• +7 812 01 – fire and rescue service
• +7 812 02 – police
• +7 812 03 – ambulance

Photo by © Peter Lieberzeit.