Thread: Hi! Russia Bound

Hi there,

Check out the map of St. Petersburg https://maps.yandex.ru/?source=serp_...83%D1%80%D0%B3

You should be interested in 3 districts:

1. Central (Центральный район), explore it pretty everywhere starting from Nevsky Prospect and you`ll find lots of interesting stuff without any guide
2. Petrogradsky (Петроградский р-н), Petrogradskaya or Gorkovskaya stations, I recommend the southern part
3. Vasileostrovsky (Василеостровский), the subway st. is under recconstruction, but the island is withing walking distance (or bus) from Nevsky pr \ Central dstr. I recommend the south-eastern part.

Do not go alone in other districts if not necessery.

Are you familiar with some russian? What are you interested in?
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I do. I will say Im an advanced beginner.. but I am going to the Benedict School to take private tutoring in Russian for 3 weeks. I have a friend who lives on the island.. I know this because she says that I will be there during White Nights.. and it's hard for her because the bridge lifts during the evening and she lives on the island.

I have a variety of interests.. mostly for this trip culture.. as I believe culture is about learning the language. I'd like to see some of the touristy stuff but also some the off beaten path stuff.. and I'm looking to join in a bit with the local scene as much as possible. I'm pretty social. So something that would be appropriate for a woman my age who may go alone in the later afternoon or evening. I'll definitely take a look at this map and may purchase one to have on my person for travel.