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“Travel Insurance” in chapter 3 for more
information.
•
American Medical Center St. Peters-
burg,
78 Naberezhnaya Moyky
(
&
812/740-2090;
www.amclinic.ru).
•
Euromed,
60 Suvorovsky Prospekt
(
&
812/327-0301
).
•
Scandinavia,
55a Liteyny Prospekt
(
&
812/336-3070
).
DRIVING
INFORMATION
See “Visitor Informa-
tion,” chapter 3.
INTERNET
Most hotel business centers
offer online access, though at steeper rates
than the Internet cafes popping up around
the center of town. Try
Quo Vadis,
at 24
Nevsky Prospekt; or
Café Max
at 90/92
Nevsky Prospekt. Both are open 24 hours.
Café Max also has a branch inside the
Hermitage Museum.
MAPS
See “City Layout,” chapter 3.
NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINES
The
twice-weekly English-language newspaper
The St. Petersburg Times
(www.sptimes.ru)
is the best and pretty much only worth-
while source of local news and entertain-
ment listings in English.
The International
Herald Tribune, Financial Times,
and other
international publications are sold at the
chain hotels and some of the Russian
hotels, but not at city newsstands. The
many bilingual guidebooks offered free at
hotels and tourist offices are good for list-
ings and museum reviews. For Russian
speakers,
Vedomosti, Kommersant,
and
Izvestia
newspapers are the most respected;
Afisha Petersburg
is the best weekly maga-
zine for entertainment, dining, and shop-
ping advice.
PHARMACIES
St. Petersburg has an
ever-growing number of pharmacies,
called
apteka,
many of which are open 24
hours. Look for a blue or green cross.
Check with your hotel concierge for the
all-night pharmacy nearest you.
POLICE
Call
&
02.
POST OFFICE
The main city post
office (Glavny Pochtamt) is at 9 Pochtamts-
kaya Ulitsa (
&
812/312-8302
).
RESTROOMS
St. Petersburg has far too
few public restrooms for its size, and the
ones it has are odorous and often no more
than a hole in the floor. A recent phenom-
enon is the vans parked at tourist sites
such as Palace Square with portable toilets
inside; these charge a small fee. Bring
RULES
See
“Getting
Around,” chapter 3.
DRUGSTORES
See “Pharmacies,”
below.
EMBASSIES
St. Petersburg has consul-
ates for many countries, though the
embassies are in Moscow (see “Fast Facts:
Moscow,” above, for embassy addresses in
Moscow).
•
United States:
15 Furshtadskaya Ulitsa
(
&
812/331-2600
).
•
Britain:
5 Ploshchad Proletarskoi Dik-
tatury (
&
812/320-3200
).
•
Canada:
32 Malodetskoselsky Prospekt
(
&
812/325-8448
).
EMERGENCIES
In case of fire, dial
&
01;
for the police, dial
&
02;
for an
ambulance, dial
&
03.
For legal advice,
dial
&
065.
HOLIDAYS
During holidays, St. Peters-
burg's commerce slows down but doesn't
shut down. Many museums and restau-
rants remain open. Check with your hotel
concierge or call the establishment to
make sure it's open. See “When to Go” in
chapter 3.
HOSPITALS
Most Russian hospital
employees speak little or no English, except
for the top doctors. These are some of the
bigger and relatively reliable hospitals:
•
Regional Medical Unit no. 20,
21
Gastello Ulitsa (
&
812/708-4810
)
•
City Children's Hospital no. 1,
Avan-
gardnaya Ulitsa (
&
812/735-1207
•
Mariinsky Hospital no. 16,
56 Liteyny
Prospekt (
&
812/275-7310
).
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