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St. Petersburg (Eyewitness Travel Guides) | 
 enlarge | Author: Dk Publishing
Publisher: DK Travel
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 193643
Media: Vinyl Bound
Edition: Rev Upd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 264
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 4.8 x 0.8
ISBN: 0756624363
Dewey Decimal Number: 914.7210486
EAN: 9780756624361
ASIN: 0756624363
Publication Date: January 15, 2007
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Book Description
Includes: Vasilevskiy Island, Petrogradskaya, Palace Embankment, Gostinyy Dvor, and Sennaya Ploshchad.
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 Eyewitness Travel St. Petersburg 2007 edition April 22, 2008
The book helped me a lot on my visit to St. Petersburg as I don't know Russian. The maps have the street names in English and Cyrillic Also the street index. There is also a metro map with stations written in both languages. The metro map and phrase book at the end - should be written in bigger letters. The book is very colorful and helps you to identify the sights and find your way.
I didn't read all the history section which seems very detailed but for a traveler - there should be a summery page of the important events and people who had an impact on St. Petersburg's history and Architecture.
Information that I found lacking or should be improved (Only from my experience in the city and I didn't see or visit all the sites)
1.Yosupuv Palace - no information about the beautiful interior and collections (p. 120) A gallery or hall guide should be added.
2. There are three guided walks ( P. 133-139) but a very important one "Dostoevsky walk" ("Crime and Punishment") around the area of Sennaya Ploshchad is missing . there is a small map on p.115 with "sights at glance" without the buldings were Dostoevsky lived. There is a mention of him on page 123 with limited information.
A map, the walk and more information linking the area to the relevant books (" Crime & Punishment"," The Gambler" etc.) must be added.
3. Traskoe Selo or Pushkin (P.152-155) - no mention of the impressive Holocaust "Formula of Grief " also not on the map on page 155.
A good guide to a small city March 14, 2008
I purchased this guide because it looked to be a good value and fairly current. I have been delighted with how useful this guide turned out to be, with particular emphasis on finding good restaurants. The restaurants we tried were just as described.
St. Petersburg is not so big that you need to carefully plan your time as you would in London or Rome, for example, and this guide strikes a good balance between too much detail and not enough to get by on. The one catch is that you'll need some additional info on speaking Russian if you are not traveling with a tour group.
 Good Travel Info May 16, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Great book. Glossy Paper and small enuf to carry along. Recommend DK books
Eyewitness Travel Guides Does It Again March 10, 2007
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Eyewitness Travel Guides once again lives up to its motto: "The guides that show you what others only tell you." While other guides are long on talk about St. Petersburg, this guide adds hundreds of photos, detailed illustrations, diagrams, maps, and time-lines to bring the city and its surrounding areas to life. Paging through it is like vacationing in St. Petersburg without the cost of going there. Fortunately, the book also includes what you need to know and how to manage when you are there.
Eyewitness: St. Petersburg. January 5, 2007
This book gives ou a nice overview of the region, and incredible specific tips for visiting St. Petersburg.
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