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Russia Hotels and Resorts - Churchill's 'riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma' remains an apt description of Russia; most outsiders have only a hazy idea of its realities. A composite of the extravagant glories of old Russia and the drab legacies of the Soviet era, it's a country that both befuddles and beguiles.

This is a land of snow and deadly winters, but also of rivers that meander across meadows and a midsummer sun that never sets. Its people, in the words of a Russian proverb, 'love to suffer', yet they also love to party and can be disarmingly generous and hospitable.

The unfolding effects of a deregulated market economy are surrounded by rumours of rampant crime and prostitution, relentless drug-trafficking, mile-long queues for nonexistent food and a general end-of-the-world aura. But with countless cultural treasures having withstood the tribulations of history and economics, and an artistic legacy running the gamut from Karenina to Zhivago, Russia remains a must-see destination.

Hotel Oktiabrskaya St. Petersburg Russian Federation 10 Ligovsky Prospect, 193036, Saint-Petersburg, Russia Hotel Rating: Reserve Inquire View Rates

Hotel Oktiabrskaya is the oldest and the most popular St. Petersburg hotels, celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2001. Hotel is situated in the center of the city, near the Moscow railway station, on the crossing of Nevsky and Ligovsky prospects, with museums, theatres, largest shops and restaurants. Show Map

The hotel is a Northen capital symbol along with famous architectural monuments, while its developement woth its ups and downs, change of owners and names, periods of neglect and reconstruction is a fanciful resord of the city's own history. In autumn of 2001 a main entrance to the hotel from Ligovsky Avenue was arranged: a beautiful roffed porch, protecting guests from bad weather, convenient ramps for the disabled and luggage transportation, an attantive porter. Reconstruction works went on both in the main building of Oktiabrskaya, facing Vosstanya Square and its subsidiary at the corner of Nevsky and Ligovsky Avenues (ex-hotel Moskovskaya). ACCOMMODATION: In hotel there are comfortable numbers on one, two or three person, and also numbers of a category lux, adequate(answering) to modern requirements. All numbers are equipped with a bath and a toilet, the phone, satellite TV, a refrigerator. The hotel is unique - it has none absolutely dwelling rooms. This fact imparted the hotel a special charm valued by its guests. In the main building of Oktiabrskaya there are 563 and its subsidiary there are 114 rooms. The building in the whole was renovated by summer 2002. HOTEL FACILITIES & SERVICES: At your service: restaurants, bars, cafe, billiard-room, snack bar, conference hall, business center, post office, shops, exchange office, plain and train tickets, hair dresser's parlor, solarium. In spring of 2001 in the main building a cafe was opened (“Swedish table”), it may provide breakfasts for about 300 guests of the hotel. The clients may use three well-equipped conference halls and rooms for negotiations. At your service: Business Center, Post Office, Service Bureau, Chemist's shop, Shops, Exchange Office, Hair dresser's parlour, Solarium, Plane and train tickets and Billiards.