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There are much more restaurants in the city center. There are lots of them between the subway stations Ploschad Vosstanyia, Nevskiy prospekt and Sennaya ploschad.
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name address open hours notes Ideal'naya Chashka Vladimirsky Prospekt, 1 7:00-23:00 cafe Dostoevsky Vladimirsky prospect, 9 Russian and French cuisine Tarkhun Karavannaya, 14 12:00-23:00 Caucasian cuisine Chainaya lozhka Nevskiy, 44 09:00-22:00 cafe Elki-Palki Nevskiy, 88 24/7 Bistro - Transportation
- Underground
After you enter the St. Petersburg underground you can unlimitedly move inside, paying only once, on entrance. A single-trip token costs 25 rubles and goes into a special slot on a subway turnstile. Another option is a smart card with some preset number of trips; to pass, you should bring it to the white circle located on top of the turnstile. If you need more trips, you can extend your card in the ticket window at any time (25 rubles/trip, a little cheaper if you buy many trips).
Please, do not take photos or record videos in the underground: it is prohibited and may cause trouble with the police. It is a good idea to stick to the right side of the moving stairway – those in a hurry come rushing down the left side. The doors are automatic, so in case of a crowd, watch out not to get your clothes stuck.
- Municipal routes
In municipal buses (numbers without letters T or K), trams, and trolley-buses you should pay a ticket-collector (he/she will most often wear a red arm-band and orange jacket). One ticket costs 21 rubles.
NB: You do not need to punch the ticket.
NB: This transport has only regular stops and you can not get out wherever you want, so do not try to find a stop-button or pull the emergency brake.
NB: It does not matter which door you use to come in or out except buses without ticket-collector: in such situation you should pay a driver and leave through front door (you won't get mistaken because in these buses only the front door opens at first, and the other doors open when passengers have already left the bus).
- Commercial routes
In commercial buses (marked by letters T or K) you should also pay a ticket-collector, while in minibuses you pay the driver when you enter. At some (bigger) buses you pay the driver when you exit. The price depends on the line (usually 30 rubles), and it is always clearly marked on a label.
- Taxi
Taxi can be ordered by calling these numbers:
+7 (812) 324 77 77
+7 (812) 700 00 00
+7 (812) 600 00 00
- Underground
- Phone calls
You may get a temporary local mobile phone number for 200-300 roubles - you need only your passport for this. It can be done in any communication service, for instance there is one called "Евросеть" (EVROSET') near the Ploshad Muzhsestva subway station. As for the service providers, Megafon and MTS provide slightly better coverage (no difference in the city, but far-away suburbs may get better reception), while Beeline and TELE2 are cheaper.
- Places of interest
There are a lot of places of interest in St. Petersburg. Only a few examples are given below.
Kazan Cathedral St Isaac's Cathedral The Peter and Paul Fortress 
The State Hermitage Museum The Mariinsky Opera and Ballet Theater The Bronze Horseman 
- The most important Don'ts
Please,- do not drink unboiled water from the tap;
- do not buy anything (especially alcohol) in the street;
- do not exchange currency with private dealers;
- do not walk alone late at the night in unpopulated streets;
- do not cross the road in inappropriate places (the drivers are absolutely not polite) and be careful even when a crossing is marked.