In a convenient pocket-size format Essential Saint Petersburg HANDBOOK & GUIDE contains any travel essential a foreign visitor may need to know for comfortable and
pleasant stay in St. Petersburg. The Guide focuses on essays about city’s abounding history, famous architects and notable personalities, exquisite Russian souvenirs,
traditional Russian cuisine and much more. It also features diverse sightseeing routes with detailed description of architectural landmarks, walking tours of major
suburbs, programs of festivals and cultural events, useful information for tourists and other useful things.
Publication of Essential Saint Petersburg HANDBOOK & GUIDE – SUMMER 2010 is scheduled for June 2010.
Circulation is 20 000 copies. Format: 120х185 mm, 150 pages.
Audience
Essential Saint Petersburg HANDBOOK & GUIDE is designed to be a convenient up-to-date, accurate and comprehensive guide for English-speaking travelers in St.
Petersburg. It is aimed to help both first-time visitors and those who have previous experience of staying in St. Petersburg to explore our city in all diversity
or discover it in a new way.
Free distribution
Essential Saint Petersburg HANDBOOK & GUIDE is distributed free with the support of City Tourist Information Center at the Russian and international travel
exhibitions, presentations and other events. It is also placed in the information pavilions of City Tourist Information Center located on central squares and
streets of St. Petersburg, as well as in Pulkovo-1 and Pulkovo-2 Airports arrival halls. For more detailed information about availability of the Guide, please
call free of charge multilanguage city information center at +7(812) 300-33-33 or ask at your hotel service desk.
The Guide is also distributed free to consulates and government offices, hotels and apartment hotels, travel agencies specializing in incoming tourism, major
Russian and foreign firms and joint ventures based in St. Petersburg. Part of the print-run is traditionally distributed abroad to help foreign travelers plan
their trip to St. Petersburg ahead of time and make the most of their stay in St. Petersburg.
Official acknowledgement of The Traveller's Yellow Pages Series
In 1994 "The Traveller's Yellow Pages for St. Petersburg" was selected as the official visitor’s directory by the Goodwill Games Organizing Committee. In Summer 2000
"The Traveller's Yellow Pages Essential St. Petersburg" and its companion "St. Petersburg City Ma"p were recommended by the Committee for Tourism and Resorts Development
of St. Petersburg as the best guide and the best map for foreign visitors. In 2003 "The Traveller's Yellow Pages Essential Saint Petersburg" was named the official
edition of the Northern Capital tercentennial jubilee and was published with the support of the Jubilee Committee on the Preparations for the Celebration of the 3
00th Anniversary of the Founding of St. Petersburg. Presently our English-language editions are published with the support of St. Petersburg City Administration.
