St. Petersburg remains one of the most important areas of business tourism in Russia. In 2021, the northern capital was even awarded the title of “leading business destinations of Russia” in the ranking of the International Association of Congresses and ICCA conferences. And the direction of the business trip Moscow-St. Petersburg is one of the most popular. Today we will tell in detail about the nuances of a business trip in the second largest population of the metropolis of Russia.
The time zone of St. Petersburg: (GMT+3)
How to get to the city?
On the plane: Daily flights from 60+ Russian cities at Pulkovo Airport. A flight from Moscow to St. Petersburg takes about an hour and a half. From the Pulkovo Airport to the city center, you can get by taxis or public transport (buses, minibuses to the Moscow metro station).
By train: Basically, the railway message with Russian cities is subject to Podmoskovsky and Ladoga stations. The average travel time by the Moscow-St. Petersburg train is 8 hours. Also, high-speed sappsans regularly run between the capitals, the travel time is 3.5-4 hours.
By car or bus: From Moscow, you can get along the M10 Rossiya highway (about 9-10 hours on the road) or along the paid highway M11 Neva (5-6 hours on the road, about 2500 rubles per fare).
The best hotels in St. Petersburg
| Name | The cost of the room per night/1 person, rub.* | Location | Business services |
| Hotel Helvetia | from 12500 | 2 minutes walk from Nevsky Prospekt and the Mayakovskaya metro station | Transfer, premises for conferences, concierge |
| Alexander House | from 7800 | Kryukov Canal embankment in the historical district of Kolomna | Conference rooms, transfer, visa support, concierge |
| Galunov hotel | from 4790 | 7 minutes walk from the Square of uprising | Transfer, permanent guest discount |
| Lakhta Plaza | from 6390 | On the shore of the Gulf of Finland, in the new business center of St. Petersburg | Conference halls, transfer |
| Center Hotel | from 5600 | 3 minutes walk from uprising Square | Transfer, visa support, concierge |
| Lotta Hotel | from 14790 | on Isaacievskaya Square | Conference halls, transfer, concierge |
| Hotel Astoria | from 15000 | st. Big sea | Business center, conference rooms, transfer |
| Grand Hotel Europe | from 13200 | On the corner of Nevsky Prospekt and Mikhailovskaya Street | Conference halls, transfer, concierge |
*The cost of numbers is indicated as of 03/18/22 and may change.
Covorkings of St. Petersburg
Covorking is an ideal place to work in a calm environment, hold a business meeting or organize business training. Typically, in coworking there are hourly or daily tariffing for renting a workplace, you can also remove a separate office or a whole hall. For regular customers, as a rule, discounts work.
| Name | Rental cost per hour/per day, rub* | Location | Business services |
| Pushkin COWORKING | 200/800 | m. “Black River” | Negotiations, notary, translation bureau, office equipment, smart offices |
| Covorking Smart | -/1000 | m. “Pioneer” | Negotiations, telephone booths, printing area, smart offices |
| Re: Work | 150/700 | m. “Star” | Negotiations, MFP, registration of legal entities |
| Context | -/800 | m. “Petrogradskaya” | Negotiations, video studio, printing area |
| Practice | -/900 | 9 locations in St. Petersburg | Negotiations, MFP, registration of legal entities |
| Yasnaya Polyana | -/1500 | m. “Petrogradskaya” | Negotiations, MFPs, smart offices |
*The rental cost is indicated as of 03/18/22 and may change.
Prices
In order to correctly calculate the per diem in St. Petersburg on a business trip, it is important to understand the order of prices for common goods and services. Here are approximate prices in 2022:
- Breakfast in a cafe for one: 350-500 rubles;
- The average check for dinner in the restaurant: 1000 rubles and above;
- Average check for business lunch: 500 rubles.
- The average cost of a cup of coffee: 200 rubles.
Transport
You can get to the right place in St. Petersburg by taxi, by metro, ground transport, or use the railway transport if the location is located in the suburbs.
Carcherying services are also popular, and in the warm season – the rental of bicycles and electric scooters.
- Taxi trip cost: from 250 rubles. (Comfort+).
- The cost of a trip by public transport: 65 rubles. (metro), 60 rubles. (ground transport).
- Carcherying cost: from 6 rubles/min.
If regular trips by public transport are planned, it will be more profitable to purchase the Plantain transport card. So, one trip to the metro on this card will cost 45 rubles, and a trip by ground transport – 40 rubles.
Restaurants for business meetings
In our selection – restaurants in the central part of the city with a high rating in different price segments.
| Name | Address | Kitchen | Middle check |
| Brickwood | st. Lomonosov 1 | European, street food, Italian | 800 rub |
| Grandfather Khinkali | Liteiny Ave. 64 | Georgian, Caucasian | 1000 rub |
| La Familia | nab. Channel Kryukova 27 | Russian, European | 1400 rubles |
| Self Edge Japanese | st. Radishcheva 34 | Japanese, Asian | 2100 rub |
| Legran | st. Millionnaya 4/1 | Author, European | 2500 rub |
What to see in St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg is a city with a richest cultural heritage, and there is no lack of sights and simply interesting places here. Usually the problem is the opposite – how to look as much as possible in a couple of days.
In addition to traditional tourist places, such as Nevsky Prospekt, Palace Square, the Admiralty building, Isaac and Kazan Cathedrals, there are many slightly less obvious locations.
New Holland
This is a small man-made island in the center of St. Petersburg, where a sea prison was used to be located, and now-a fashionable art cluster with many public spaces, boutiques, cafes and restaurants.
Peter and Paul Fortress
The fortress is located on the hare island and is simultaneously a former prison, the museum quarter and the UNESCO World Heritage Object. It is curious that the date of laying the fortress is also considered the date of the foundation of St. Petersburg, so this is the most historical center of the city.
Vasilievsky Island
This is the second in area from the numerous islands of St. Petersburg. In addition to the shooters of the Vasilievsky Island, which are chosen by tourists, there is something to see: Kunstkamera (the first natural -naval museum in Russia), Museum of Museum of Economics, Sphinxes at the Academy of Arts, the Lutheran Church of St. Ekaterina, Andreevsky Cathedral.
Grand Macket Russia
The museum, which is not a pity to spend three hours on an area of about 800 sq.m. Russia is represented in miniature and in all its diversity. From Kaliningrad to Vladivostok and from the Arctic to the southern borders – to look at carefully worked out models and dynamic scenes is a pleasure.
Suburbs
Peterhof, Tsarskoye Selo, Pavlovsk, Vyborg, Kronstadt-each of these suburbs is good in its own way. Someone more like the palaces and fountains of Peterhof, and someone wants to plunge into the Scandinavian atmosphere of Vyborg.
