Arbat-Nord Hotel ****

2.7 Arbat-Nord Hotel ****

A four-star Arbat-Nord Hotel was opened in summer 2003. It is located in the city centre close to Business centre "Russ" and not far from Chernyshevskaya Metro station. The main avenue - the Nevsky Prospekt is just a few minutes away. Numerous museums, theaters, shopping centres and restaurants are within the walking distance from the Hotel

The Hotel has 33 rooms equipped to the most exacting European standards and fully air conditioned. All rooms are finished in fire-resistant materials and equipped with the theft and fire alarm system.

All rooms have

·  Air conditioner

·  Bathroom with the bath and shower

·  Hair drier

·  Satellite TV

·  Telephone

·  Access to Internet

·  Electronic lock

FOOD AND BEVERAGES

The Hotel restaurant will serve European cuisine and offer a good variety of wines. Live music in the evenings.

SERVICES AND AMENITIES

Banquets arrangements, special catering for tourists group. Convenient car parking place for guests.

Address: 26 Shaumyana Street, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

2.8 The Deson-Ladoga Hotel ****

The Deson-Ladoga Hotel provides modest, but comfortable standard accommodation and is an excellent choice for both tourists and those visiting Russia on business. Behind the plain facade of the Deson-Ladoga you will find a surprisingly good, offering recently improved facilities, polite and well-trained English-speaking staff. The building of the Hotel was erected in 1964 in picturesque quiet micro-district of Small Ohta. By it's 30th anniversary the Hotel was totally rebuilt and meets all modern demands of the customers.

LOCATION

This Hotel stands just across the Neva River from the historic centre of St.Petersburg and is conveniently located only 30 minutes from the airport and just 5 minutes from the nearest Metro station Novocherkasskaya, which provides swift and easy access to the city's major tourist attractions. Nearby from the Hotel (5 minutes by bus) one can find Alexandro-Nevskaya Lavra with historical cemeteries, Smolny Cathedral where the spiritual and classic music is played.

It can be easily accessed to the city centre by Metro or any other public transport.

The Deson-Ladoga boasts 96 spacious rooms and suites (44 singles, 48 doubles, 4 Deluxe). Spacious comfortable rooms tastefully decorated in pleasant subtle pastel colours, feature modern amenities, large beds and modern well-equipped bathrooms. There is plenty of light in the rooms due to two large windows. The Deson-Ladoga Hotel is characterized by perfect service.

In each room there are:

·  Direct dial satelite phone

·  Satelite TV

·  Private bathrooms

·  Personal safety boxes

·  Some rooms are for non-smokers

FOOD AND BEVERAGES

Elegant Deson-Ladoga Restaurant with arch windows and semi-circular booths is situated just off the Hotel's lobby and offers an interesting and varied menu of European and Chinese cuisine. A touch of romance creates intimate atmosphere. The restaurant can accommodate up to 150 people and has two additional Banqueting rooms catering for up to 18 people each. The daily Buffet Breakfast is served in the main Hotel restaurant. After 12 pm hotel guests can chose from the restaurant's a-la-Carte service. Dinner is accompanied by light music or the occasional live performance by one of the Hotel's ensembles, which can be booked in advance for groups and private functions. All major credit cards are accepted. The Night Club Bar has a maximum capacity of 50 people and serves a wide selection of drinks and light snacks, accompanied by relaxing music.

SERVICES AND AMENITIES

·  24-hour Reception desk

·  Room service is available till 7 pm

·  Service bureau

·  Currency exchange is located in the lobby

·  Souvenir shop offers a good selection of traditional Russian arts and crafts

·  Hairdresser's salon and Beauty parlour

·  Laundry and dry cleaning service

·  Secure car parking

·  Delivery service

·  Sauna and massage service

·  Swimming pool

·  International newsagent's kiosk

MEETING AND EVENT FACILITIES

The Deson-Ladoga's Business centre offers:

·  Fax communications

·  Telephone communications

·  Photocopying

·  Secretarial services

·  Internet and email access

·  Computer rentals

The Hotel also boasts a well-equipped Meeting room, located on the second floor and capable of accommodating up to 20 people. The room is equipped with slide projector, projection screen, blackboard, video and TV.

Address: 5/2 Pirogovskaya Embankment, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

2.9Saint-Petersburg Hotel***

The Saint-Petersburg Hotel is often selected for holding major international conferences, symposia, training sessions, conventions, receptions, exhibitions and banquets, but is equally ideal place for tourist groups and individual travelers. The Hotel St.Petersburg boasts two large restaurants and three lively bars. A wide range of additional services is available tourists and business travelers alike. In the Hotel you will find qualified and attentive personnel, good service and pleasant environment, 24-hour-a-day Security service.

LOCATION

 The Hotel St.Petersburg is a large and comfortable hotel offering a stunning view of the Neva River, the main waterway of Saint-Petersburg, the Liteyny Bridge and just opposite the mighty infamous battleship Cruiser Aurora. The Hotel's location allows you to walk to some attractions on the right bank of the Neva River: Cabin of Peter the Great, Peter and Paul's Fortress or Cruiser Aurora.

If you arrive by train from Finland, it is the nearest Hotel to the Finland Railway Station. And if you don't have your own transport, a tram will take you to the nearest Metro station Ploschad Lenina (2 tram stops away) or even directly into the city centre. The Hotel is 35 minutes from the airport Pulkovo. The Saint-Petersburg Hotel was built in 1970 and reconstructed in 2000.

The Hotel is conveniently close to many others landmarks of 18th-19th centuries Imperial Russia: The State Hermitage Museum, St.Isaac's Cathedral, the Summer Gardens, the Field of Mars, the Summer Palace of Peter The Great and many other attractions every visitor will want to explore.

 The Saint-Petersburg Hotel has 410 rooms, which can accommodate up to 720 people. The Hotel offers mainly double room accommodation with 100 single rooms and 10 suites on the front of the Hotel feature a breathtaking view of the Neva River.

Guests of the Hotel may use refrigerators located on the Hotel's floors and safes placed at the Reception desk.

The Hotel offers a possibility to put an extra bed to the room.

While room quality does vary, the Hotel's public areas are large and impressive on the whole.

Standard rooms of the Hotel Saint Petersburg have a laconic decoration, at the same time, disposing of everything necessary to create comfort. All standard rooms have satellite TVs and telephones. Each room of this class consists of a comfortably furnished living room, measuring 15 square meters in single and 19 square meters in double room, and a bathroom, equipped with toilet bowl, wash basin and bath. There is a bed (two beds in a standard twin room), an armchair, and a table with a socket to connect computer or modem, located close by. Windows of these rooms look to the Neva or to the inner yard. Standard Rooms are clean, plain and basic, but with older furniture.

Superior rooms of the Hotel Saint Petersburg in 2000 were refurbished to the European standards and equipped with new furniture, combining modern design with elements of classical style. All of the rooms have satellite TV with satellite and local channels including CNN and Euro Sport, telephones with Direct dial-up and possibility to connect computer and modem. Rooms of this category consist of a living room of 15 square meters in single and 19 square meters in double rooms, and a bathroom, equipped with toilet bowl, wash basin and bath. There is a comfortable bed (or two separate beds in twin rooms), a working corner with table and a comfortable armchair. Elegant curtains and floor lamps, night-lights and coffee tables communicate charm to these rooms. Big windows of the Hotel look to the Neva or to the Hotel's inner yard.

Suite rooms of the Hotel Saint Petersburg were refurbished to the European standards in 2000 and equipped with modern furniture with elements of classical style. Suites consist of a spacious bedroom with a king-size bed, a sitting room, a bathroom and an anteroom. Suite measures 30 square meters. Modern elegant furniture with elements of classical style, watercolours with architectural motives on the walls and a wonderful view to the Neva make suite rooms especially attractive. Substantial furniture weds modern comfort: satellite TV, telephones with Direct dial-up with availability to connect computer or modem, refrigerator and spacious wardrobes. Roomy bathrooms are equipped with extra class sanitary wear - toilet bowl, washbasin and bath of modern design. There are personal refrigerators at every room. Major part of windows boasts a wonderful look to the Neva.

FOOD AND BEVERAGES

Winter Garden restaurant is a good food and magnificent hall. Whatever is the weather like, you will always feel comfortable in the atmosphere of green leaves of the "Winter garden", and sight from the window to the Neva embankment will only accompany the pleasant impression. Breakfast at the restaurant will mark a good day's beginning. You may taste dishes from the cold table or book continental breakfast at the restaurant.

Zerkalniy (Mirror) restaurant (on the upper lobby level) is near the Concert Hall. Glow of mirrors will give chic to your lunch or dinner at the restaurant. Menu offers Russian and European cuisine dishes: a wide range of salads and cold starters, soups, black and red caviar, traditional "Kiev cutlets", "Diplomat" pork, desserts, cocktails and fruit.

Tuborg (on the upper lobby level) bar offers wide selection of wines from the exporters from Spain, France, Moldova, Chile. Nice atmosphere for a chat at a cup of tea or coffee.

Carlsberg bar (on the lobby level) is especially for those, who arrives at the Hotel early in the morning or is going to leave late at night. Here you can also have a snack - sandwiches for light breakfast, starters, salads, tea and coffee for lunch or dinner. And, of course, you may taste a mug of the famous "Carlsberg" or one of the best Russian beers. Wine card will neither disappoint you.

Neva Bar is open 7:30 am to 1 am

SERVICES AND AMENITIES

·  Service bureau

·  Laundry & Drycleaner's

·  Beauty parlour & Barber's

·  Dentist & Doctor

·  Shoe & Clothes repairs

·  Sauna

·  Post office

·  24-hour Reception desk

·  Currency exchange

·  Concert Hall

·  Photo shop/Newsstand

·  Souvenir shop and stalls

·  Pharmacy kiosk

·  Book kiosk

·  Florist

·  Taxi desk offers taxis and cars with dRivers for hire

MEETING AND EVENT FACILITIES

BCL International Communications Centre (at the lobby level) permits carry out in the Hotel conferences, seminars, high-level symposia. In 2000-2003 important international medicine conferences, ballet and artistic festivals and competitions were carried out at the Hotel.

The Saint-Petersburg Hotel has:

·  Large Congress Hall (796 seats)

·  White Conference room (100 seats)

·  Blue Conference room (50 seats)

·  Glass Conference room (100 seats)

·  Exhibition facilities

Halls are equipped with all the necessary modern techniques, including:

·  Amplifiers

·  Radio microphones

·  Simultaneous interpretation

·  LCD-project

·  Video recorder

·  Slide project

·  Conditioners

The St.Petersburg Hotel guests will appreciate Business centre with:

·  Printing service

·  Fax

·  Telex

·  Photocopier

·  International telephone

·  Exchange

·  Computers connected to the Internet

Address: 2 Alexander Nevsky Square, Saint-Petersburg, Russia