Budget Hotels in St. Petersburg, Russia

All prices are in US dollars. Prices are for a room, not for a bed.

by area: center - south

Central Budget Hotels

Labirint. A small Russian 3-star hotel (11 rooms). $30 for a single room, $35 for a double room. Reservations accepted and it's better to do this beforehand. Toilets, showers, baths, TV, phone are in the rooms.
The hotel (11 rooms) is located in the area close to centrum – 15 minutes walking from Nevski prospekt. A receptionist was helpful and friendly. They don't make visa registration.
Facilities. Sauna, parking.
Address: St. Petersburg, Knipovich street, #1. Directions: metro Ploshchad Alexandra Nevskogo (green line #4) Contact: phones (+7 812) 265-0475, (+7 812) 294-6244, (+7 812) 567-5125.


Hotel "Na Muchnom". Standard and clean singles $25, doubles -- $30. Showers and toilets are outside in the corridor.
The receptionists speak English, and the hotel provides visa registration services.
Address: St.-Petersburg, Muchnoi per., #4. Contacts: tel. (+7 812) 314-0814. Location: next to Apraksin Dvor (Apraksin yard) and Sennaya square. metro: Nevsky Prospekt, Sennaya Ploshchad. Map: C3 (square #4)

Neva. A Russian 3-star hotel. A single room: $36, a double room: $54. Breakfast included. Bathroom and toilettes are in the room. A TV and a phone are also in the rooms.
Facilities: Bar, restaurant, hair-dresser, sauna etc.
Services: visa registration at the registration desk, just pay for the cheapest room and they'll register your visa (it's not necessary to live there after).
Address: St. Petersburg, Tchaikovskogo street, #17. Contact: phone +7 (812) 278-0504, +7 (812) 278-0500. Location: 15 minutes walking from Nevski Prospekt (the main avenue for entertainment and sightseeing of St.Petersburg), 10 minutes walking (across Liteiny bridge) to Ploshchad Lenina metro or Finland railway station (where the trains to Finland depart from). Map: C2 (square #5)

Oktyabrskaya Subsidiary Hotel. Rooms & Prices: A Russian 3-star hotel. A standard single with breakfast is for $35, an improved renovated single (with breakfast) is for $45. A renovated double is for $45, an improved renovated double is for $65.
Description & Location: This hotel is a subsidiary of the main hotel Oktyabrskaya and is located just across the street from the main building. The prices are lower and the service is lower too.
Address: St. Petersburg, Ligovski prospekt, #43. Location: on the left of Moskovski railway station, just next to the main street of St.Pete - Nevski prospekt. Map: D3 (square #6)

Universitet Hotel. The hotel of St. Petersburg pedagogy university which used to be a cheap dormitory now turned into a standard 3-star hotel. The people are mainly exchange students from China and Korea and Russian travelers who don't want to pay much.
The main advantage of the hotel is a very central location (behind Kazansky cathedral) and quite low prices (single: $15-$20, double: $25-$35). The problem is that the hotel belongs to the government, so you can't have a guaranteed booking there in advance.
Address: Kazanskaya st., #6, Telephone: 314-7472 (reservations may be accepted by fax, but should be confirmed 3 days prior to arrival)

Budget Hotels / South St. Petersburg

Belye Nochi ('White Nights') This 2-star 'tourist' hotel offers standard Soviet style (that is old and stuffy) rooms for $18 / a single room and $25 / single improved. Doubles are $45 to $50. All rooms have a tv, a shower, a toilet.
Facilities. Visa registration, English is not spoken.
Location. South St Petersburg, 10 minutes by metro from the centrum + 15 mins by bus.
Address: St-Petersburg, Narodnaya ul., #93/1 Contact: tel. (+7 812) 446-2104, fax 447-2557. Directions: Lomonosovskaya metro (3rd stop down the green line from Nevski Prospekt), then 4 stops by bus #140, trolley #27, #28 or #14 or a marshrutka over the Volodarski bridge and further.

Hotel Complex. The rooms are like apartments: with kitchens, toilets, bath, shower. A one-room apartment costs $35 / a day, two-room apartment – $45 a day and a three-room apartment – $55 a day. Two people can live in a one-room apartment. The rooms are of standard quality, renovated.
Highlights. The hotel is officially called "A House of Foreign Specialists", but they can accommodate anyone. It is located 20-30 minutes from the city centrum (Nevski Prospekt – the main avenue) if you take their shuttle or 10 minutes walk and 15 minutes by metro.
Facilities. Kitchen, toilettes, shower in every apartment, a shuttle to and from the city center.
Address: St. Petersburg, Serebristy boulevard, #38 / 3. Contact: phone +7 (812) 301-8762, 301-7575. Directions: metro Pionerskaya (blue line #2, north)