City Map & Transportation

Symbol	Description
	Basic hotels of the ICSV11: Pribaltiyskaya Hotel - congress venue, Oktyabryskaya Hotel  and LDM
	Nearest metro stations: Primorskaya nearest to Pribaltiyskaya Hotel, Chkalovskaya and Petrogradskaya nearest to LDM Hotel, Ploschad Vosstaniya nearest to Oktyabryskaya Hotel.
	Railway Stations: Moskovsky, Vitebsky, Finlyandsky
	The Menshikov Palace - venue of the ICSV11 banquet
	Sightseeing: Hermitage  Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood Mariinsky Theatre Mussorgsky Opera & Ballet House Peter & Paul Fortress St. Isaac's Cathedral St. Nikolas Cathedral Yusupov's Palace

See also: 

Interactive map of Saint Petersburg ( http://www.spbru.ru/eng/maps/ ) on the official site of Saint-Petersburg
Interactive map of Saint Petersburg ( http://petersburgcity.com/map ) on PetersburgCity.Com. See also St. Petersburg's metro (subway) map. 

Interactive map of Saint Petersburg ( http://www.whererussia.com/spb/maps ) on whererussia.com.

Transfer of registered ICSV11 participants

The ICSV11 Organising Committee will provide participants and registered accompanying persons with transportation from the Airport or a Railway Station only to the main Congress hotels (Pribaltiyskaya, LDM, Oktiabrskaya) and back. Find an Organising Committee representative with the Congress sign at the arrival area. Make sure that you inform the Organising Committee ahead of time of the dates, time and flight/train numbers through the ICSV11 online registration or by e-mail: icsv11@monomax.org.

Transportation from the Airport/Railway Station to the main Congress hotels (Pribaltiyskaya, LDM, Oktiabrskaya) and back is included in the registration fee of the Congress.

City Public Transport / Hotels Connection

Various types of public transportation are available in the city including underground, buses, trams, trolley-buses, routing taxis (public city minibuses).

Operating time of underground (metro) stations is usually 5.45 a.m. till 0.20 p.m. The exact time of operation of the most useful stations follows:

Chkalovskaya 5.45 a.m. - 0.00 p.m.
Petrogradskaya 5.45 a.m. - 0.28 p.m.
Ploschad Vosstaniya 5.45 a.m. - 0.20 p.m.
Primorskaya 5.45 a.m. - 0.00 p.m.

The frequency of underground (metro) trains varies from one every 3 minutes (rush hours)
to one every 10 minutes (night). Cost: 8 RUR / coin. The coins are to be validated into the validating machine. 1 coin is for 1 person or baggage. Coins are sold at metro cash-desks located inside metro stations near to a metro station entrance.

In buses, trams and trolley-buses the tickets are to be bought from the conductor. The cost is 7 RUR. The tickets for routing taxis (public city minibuses) are available from the driver. The cost varies but usually it is about 10-15 RUR ($ 0.5)

You can get from Primorskaya metro station to Pribaltiyskaya Hotel using one of the following options:
Routing taxi (public city minibus) Ý7, Ò38, K162
Bus 41, 128, 152
Tram 11, 63

Oktyabryskaya Hotel is in walking distance from the Ploschad Vosstaniya metro station. No shuttles available. Please, use public transport or a taxi.

The LDM Hotel is situated close to two metro stations - Chkalovskaya and Petrogradskaya. You can get from Chkalovskaya metro station to LDM by:
Routing taxi (public city minibus) Ò222
Bus 71, 25, 134
Trolley-bus 34
Tram 17, 34, 37, 40

And you can get from Petrogradskaya metro station by
Routing taxi (public city minibus) Ò222
Bus 25, 71

Free morning shuttle from LDM to the ICSV11 venue (Hotel Pribaltiyskaya) is included into the room rate.

Airport / Flights to St. Petersburg

There are direct flights to St. Petersburg from the following cities:

and the following companies fly their routes to St.Petersburg:

Flights from most European cities to St. Petersburg take about 2-3 hours.

There are many more choices if you fly through Moscow.

The ICSV11 Organising Committee will provide participants and registered accompanying persons with transportation from the Airport or Railway Stations to the main Congress hotels and back. Find an Organising Committee representative with the Congress sign at the arrival area. Make sure that you inform the Organising Committee ahead of time of the dates, time and flight/train numbers through the ICSV11 online registration or by e-mail: icsv11@monomax.org

Transportation from and to the Airport/Railway Station is included in the registration fee of the Congress.
A number of different taxi companies operate in the airport. Their rates can vary. Average fare is $40-60 from the airport to Pribaltiyskaya Hotel (it is not covered by the Organising Committee).

It is also possible to get by the routing taxi No. T13, T213 to Moskovskaya metro station. The routing taxi tickets are to be bought from the driver. The cost of trip will not exceed $1.

Trains

A direct train service to Saint-Petersburg is available from the following cities: 

- Berlin (Germany)
- Budapest (Hungary)
- Vilnius (Lithiania)
- Prague (Czech Republic)
- Riga (Latvia)
- Tallinn (Estonia)
- Schetsin (Poland) with arrival and departure to/from Vitebsky Railway Station; and
- Helsinki (Finland) with arrival and departure to/from Finlyandsky Railway station.

For trains/tickets information see http://eng.www.express-2.tsi.ru/ 

Coach

You may also reach Saint-Petersburg (Bus station # 2) by coach from the following cities: 

Daugavpils (Latvia)
Kuopio, Tampere (Finland)
Tallinn (Estonia)

The Eurolines provides coach routes from Germany, Estonia and Latvia. The coaches arrives/departs to/from the Baltic railway station. The following cities are connected:

Taxis

Rental cars

You may rent a car from Hertz, the biggest car rental company in the world. Petersburg office of company: 

tel. (812) 324-3242, 
fax (812) 324-3240, 
e-mail: hertz-led@peterlink.ru 

The official confirmation that guarantees your order to be fulfilled will be sent you in advance.

Travelling in the night

Summer is a beautiful time in St. Petersburg when the nights are white and the bridges are open. Travelling around, please, make sure that you are on the right side. See below the schedule of the main bridges' opening: