Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Medical Services
These private clinics have facilities of an international standard and are pricey,
but generally accept major international insurance policies, including direct
billing.
Clinics
In case of more serious health issues:
740 2090;
www.amclinic.ru
;
nab reki Moyki 78;
Sadovaya)
vorovsky pr 60;
Chernyshevskaya)
336
Mayakovskaya)
Pharmacies
Look for the sign АПТЕКА
(apteka)
or the usual green cross to find a phar-
chain of 24-hour pharmacies with many branches around the city:
Historic Heart
( Gorokhovaya ul 16;
Sadovaya)
Petro gad Side
( Bolshoy pr 62;
Petrogradskaya)
Smolny
( Nevsky pr 98;
Mayakovskaya)
Money
Russian currency is the rouble, written as рубль or abbreviated as руб .
There are 100 kopecks ( копеек or коп ) in the rouble, and these come in
small coins that are worth one, 10 and 50 kopecks. Roubles are issued in
