Moderately Priced Hotels in St. Petersburg, Russia

Note: All prices are in US dollars. Prices are for a room, not for a bed. The hotels were personally checked by Way to Russia team in 2003 and 2006.


Best Western Hotel Neptun. This 4-star hotel is located close to the center, in a 7-story building. The hotel is a part of the Best Western chain, so you get all the standard services and rooms. There's a sport center, business center, and a restaurant.
Check-out time: 12 noon. Total rooms: 150.
A single room costs $95 (12 sq meters), double room is $135 (18 sq meters). The rooms have a tv, a telephone, a bathroom, shower, toilet. There are also "lux" rooms that cost $300 / night that are bigger and include air-conditioning. Bookings through the internet are accepted. All credit cards are accepted.

Address: St. Petersburg, Obvodnogo Kanala nab., #93A. Concacts: phone +7 (812) 324-4610, fax +7 (812) 324-4611. http://www.neptun.spb.ru Online Reservation. Directions: metro Pushkinskaya, 10 minutes walk (20 mins from Nevsky Prospekt). Map: C4 (square #7)


Casa Leto
Probably the classiest, small-scale accommodation in St Petersburg. That is to say it’s the highest quality “boutique hotel” going. There are five rooms, each named after Italian architects of St Petersburg – Trezzini, Rossi, Rastrelli, Quarenghi and Rinaldi. The difference between the rooms is the size, the lavishness of furnishings and the bathroom facilities. Room prices vary accordingly. In the lowest season prices range between €120 ($155) for the Trezzini room and €170 ($220) for the Rinaldi room while in the highest season these rooms cost €170 ($220) and €235 ($300) respectively. All rooms feature Satellite TV, a DVD player and heated floors in the bathroom. The prices include free wireless internet, international phone calls, breakfast, refreshments, soft drinks and an incredibly high level of service. Registration can be done for €15. The hotel has a non-smoking policy, which means it’s down to the street if you want to light up. Casa Leto really accentuates the feel of St Petersburg with its sumptuous interior, decorated with antiques, and the environment is imbued with serenity. Even the staircase up to the second storey hotel is atmospheric. Just a few minutes walk from the Winter Palace and St Isaac’s, this is the place to stay if you want to do St Petersburg in style.
Address: Bolshaya Morskaya Ul., #34.
Contact: Tel. (812) 600-1096; 314-6622.
Area: Central St Petersburg. A few minutes off the western end of Nevsky Prospekt

Deson-Ladoga. This hotel is collocated with a business center, so it may be interesting for businessmen.
A double room with one double bed is $115-$130, a double room with two separate beds -- $150. Breakfast and morning sauna are included. Booking through the internet are accepted.
Address: St. Peterburg, Shaumyana prospekt, #26. Concacts: phone +7 (812) 528-5200, fax +7 (812) 528-5448. Internet: http://www.deson.lek.ru/ Directions: metro Novocherkasskaya, 5 minutes walking.


Karelia Hotel. A 3-star 'business' hotel located in a typical Soviet building, a bit far from the center. No character, but may be interesting for business travelers. Single rooms from $80. Doubles start at $100 and go up to $200. Breakfast costs $4-$8 There's a tv, a telephone, a shower in every room. As the price increases, bath, fridge and other luxuries are added. The hotel runs a business center which rents conference halls, offices, equipment.

Address: St.-Petersburg, Tukhachevskogo ul., #27/2. Contacts: tel. (+7 812) 118-4048, fax 226-3511, http://www.karelia.spb.ru

Marshal Hotel. A small private hotel located in historical center of St. Petersburg. The building of the hotel, previously appertained to the Imperial Chevalier Guard, was built in 1806 by Italian architect Luidgy Ruska and was restored in 2001.
Neat rooms have PCs, internet access, color TVs, telephones, bath, toilet. A single room costs $90, a double room -- $150. Discounts 10-15% are available.
Address: St. Petersburg, Shpalepnaya ul., #41. Contacts: phone +7 (812) 279-9955 or +7 (812) 279-7500. http://www.tpark.spb.ru Directions: metro Chernyshevskaya, 7-10 minutes walking. Map: D2 (square #8)

Moskva Hotel. A Soviet-style big hotel located on the embankment of Neva river. A huge lobby, long corridors, stuffy rooms, but nice views. A single room is about $70, a double room is about $90. A tv, a telephone, a separate bathroom and a toilet are included.

Address: St. Petersburg, Alexander Nevski sq., #2. Contacts: +7 (812) 274-2052, fax +7 (812) 274-0022. Directions: metro Ploshchad Alexandra Nevskogo, just next to the exit. Map: D4 (square #9)

Oktyabrskaya Hotel. Standard 3-star hotel rooms with a toilet, shower, tv inside: a single room for $45-$55, a double room for $65-$80, a triple room is for $65-$80. Luxury double rooms are for $100-$160. A room includes a separate bathroom, shower, toilet, fridge, tv (some with satellite channels), phone.
Breakfast is additional $6. Visa registration for up to 3 months, $0.7. Visa and MasterCard are accepted.
The hotel is Located in an old restorated building just in front of Moskovski railway station, the hotel faces the main avenue of St.Petersburg for entertainment and sightseeing - Nevski Prospekt. Standard 3-star hotel interior. The staff is nothing exceptional. Facilities include a bar, cafe, gym, shop, parking.

Address: St. Petersburg, Ligovski prospekt, #10. Contact: +7 (812) 277-6330, +7 (812) 277-7217, and the fax is +7 (812) 315-7501. Online Reservation Location: next to Ploshchad Vosstania or Mayakovskaya metro, just opposite of Moskovski railway station (where the trains from Moscow and Novgorod arrive, and faces Nevski Prospekt street). Map: D3 (square #10)

Piter Hotel Complex. A standard 3-star hotel close to the centrum A single room is $70, half-lux double $110, a lux apartment (2 rooms) $110. There's a tv, a telephone, a fridge, a separate bath and a toilet in every room. Polite receptioninsts.
Address: St. Petersburg, Dobrolyubova ul., #5, Contacts: phone +7 (812) 325-1518, fax +7 (812) 238-9223. Directions: metro Sportivnaya, 7 minutes walking. Map: B2 (square #11)

Vesta Hotel. A small cozy family hotel with windows overlooking Nevsky Prospekt street. Quite hard to find and should be booked in advance, but worths the effort. A standard double is $50, and there's a shared bathroom, a separate toilet, a TV, a fridge, a double bed. An 'improved' double is $80, there's a separate bathroom, shower, toilet, a TV and a fridge. In a double room there're two beds and a sofa. Totally there are only 5 rooms in the hotel. Breakfast is included, and there's a small bar in the hall with inexprensive snacks and drinks.
Reservations are accepted via e-mail, but it's better to book 2 months in advance.
Address: St. Peterburg, Nevski Prospekt, #102, located on the 3rd floor. Concacts: phone +7 (812) 279-5540, fax: +7 (812) 279-5540. internet: http://www.vestahotel.spb.ru/ Directions: metro Mayakovskaya, just in front of the exit.Map: D3 (square #12)

Comfort Hotel.
14-Room Comfort Hotel shares a building at Bolshaya Morskaya Street, 25 with two other hotels, a great B&B ïRandhouseÍ and a slightly cheaper ïHertzen houseÍ hotel giving customer a choice of 3 places in total.

 
Herzen House Hotel.
Herzen house hotel shares a building at Bolshaya Morskaya Street, 25 with two other hotels, a great B&B ïRandhouseÍ and a more expensive ïComfort hotelÍ giving customer a choice of 3 places in total. The street leads to the Palace Square and crosses Nevsky Prospect exactly one block away from the hotel, so the location speaks for itself. Offering only 8 rooms at present hotel is soon to expand to 20 rooms, which might also influence rates, hotel management commented. The area is not particularly quiet, but sound insulation is good, so it shouldnÍt be a problem. A walk to both the Hermitage & St. Isaacs Cathedral will take you around 3 to 5 minutes, depending on two traffic lights on the way. ThereÍs a good restaurant downstairs open 24 hours, bank with an ATM next doors and a supermarket across the street, not to mention a bunch of little cafes and shops around the block.
Location: Palace Square & the Hermitage, St. Isaacs Square, Admiralty and lots of other major tourist attractions are very close to Comfort hotel, which makes sightseeing easy. On the other hand, this area is not the cheapest in town; you are surrounded by boutique shops, upper class restaurants and so on. To get the taste of ïrealÍ life in nowadays Russia youÍll have to take a walk few blocks away from here to explore more ïdown to the earthÍ parts of town. ïGostinny DvorÍ, the closest metro station to Herzen hotel is farther to walk to than any of abovementioned historical places.
Facilities: Herzen house hotel provides the same range of services and facililities as Comfort hotel, being its spin-off project. WiFi & ADSL internet connection is available in all rooms. Laundry & dry-cleaning services are provided (70 rubles per piece). There's a breakfast room, coffee and tea is available for free. Visa registration is free for guests & visa support service is offered for $10, but if you plan to stay for over 3 days it's also free. A choice of sightseeing tours and transfer services offered (starting from 500 rubles). No kitchen or fridges in the rooms. Air, Railroad, Bus, Museum tickets booking are offered, as well as table reservation at the restaurants. Central conditioning is standard in all rooms. 24 hours security service, luggage room. Online reservation.
Interior & Rooms: There are a few types of rooms: one standard double that costs from 2500 to 3100 rubles (75 to 95 EUR) per night, depending on a season. There are three comfort doubles from 2800 to 3400 rubles (85 to 100 EUR) (prices indicated for low & high season, respectively; no extra bed option), and four twins - two standard and two comfort from 3300 to 4100 rubles (low & high season, no extra bed option). All prices include breakfast. All rooms have separate bathrooms with showers (heated floors). Soap, shampoo, towels and hairdryers are standard in all rooms. All rooms offer 24h room service, internet access, telephone, TV (Local channels and Satellite channels), air-conditioning (central and individual in three twins). Local calls are free; payment for international calls is included in the bill. Payments by major credit cards accepted, cash payment in rubles.
WayToRussia.Net comments: A cheaper clone of Comfort hotel offers all the bonuses of a big brother for a good price. It's just opened, so everything's brand new, clean and stylish enough to make this place a choice for your stay in town. The view from the rooms isn't great, but that's what you share with visitors, who stopped at the top-notch *****Astoria hotel, located down the same street.
Hostel Services & Facilities: 24 hrs room service, internet, laundry, safe-box, transport services (tickets/taxi), visa registration, tickets booking & table reservation, guiding services.
Room Facilities: central & individual air-conditioning, bathroom & toilet (private), safe-box, telephone, TV (local & satellite channels).
Area Features: restaurants nearby, supermarket nearby, historical city center.
Address: Bolshaya Morskaya Street, 25. Contacts: Tel: +7 (812) 571-5098, Fax +7 (812) 314-6406. Rates: from $85 to $140, std. & comfort doubles, std. & comfort twins. Total Rooms: 8..

 
 
Neva Hotel.
Built back in 1863 Neva became a hotel in 1913, a year after more upscale Astoria was opened. A century in a business doesnÍt give Neva hotel any special credits, though. Majority rooms were last renovated in 1980s and my first impression was like ïnight at a train station isnÍt much worseÍ. A legacy of soviet-era Intourist is everywhere. IÍve been talking to administrator for 15 minutes and there were also couple of travelers checking in. ItÍs not just the reception desk that looked like a nightmare from the late 1970s but also ladies at the reception who didnÍt crack a smile for a split second made me feel really awkward.
Location: Chernyshevskaya Metro station isnÍt far from Neva Hotel. Historical sights are very near ¿ Summer Gardens with Peter the Great Summer Palace, Mars Field, EngineerÍs Castle and more; old Leningrad KGB building is the closest historical building, though. This area isnÍt very quiet. Bank with an ATM is around the corner. Very good Caucasian cuisine restaurant is next doors ¿ you wonÍt be starving.
Facilities: Neva hotel if you happened to stop there will provide a good range of services and facilities. Laundry services are provided. There's a restaurant, conference hall for around 50 people, beauty parlor, and a sauna with a swimming-pool (4 by 3 meters). Visa registration is free for guests & visa support service is offered by tour agency the hotel works with. A choice of sightseeing tours and transfer services offered. Some rooms are equipped with refrigerators. Air, Railroad, Bus, Museum tickets booking are offered. 24hours security service, luggage room. There's a safe box at the reception. No service is provided for free - there's always a charge, but prices are minimal, 10 rubles to use a safe, for example.
Interior & Rooms: There are a few types of rooms: standard singles and doubles ranging from 1360 to 2700 rubles per night, depending on a season; extra bed is 500 rubles. Those rooms are very basic and you might as well stop at any hostel for half a figure to get what Neva offers. Renovated rooms and luxury rooms (singles, doubles & twins) are much better alternatives: nicer furniture, some rooms have bathtubs, not just showers; accommodation in luxury sector includes a morning visit to a sauna as standard. Prices start at 2000 rubles and go up to 4800 rubles, 500 rubles for the extra bed. All prices include buffet breakfast. All rooms have private bathrooms with showers (separate ones in renovated & luxury rooms). All rooms offer 24h room service, no internet access, telephone, TV (Local channels only), air-conditioning (in luxury rooms).
WayToRussia.Net comments: basic rooms are not an option - better to go to a hostel, more upscale rooms are only ok. Neva definitely can't keep up with newer places in terms of comfort, service level and facilities. It's a bottom of a list place - an 'emergency' accommodation.
Hostel Services & Facilities: 24 hrs room service, laundry, safe-box, transport services (tickets/taxi), visa registration, tickets booking, guiding services.
Room Facilities: private bathroom & toilet, telephone, TV (local channels), refrigerators in some rooms.
Area Features: restaurants nearby, historical city center.
Address: Tchaikovskogo Street, 17. Contacts: Tel: +7 (812) 278-0500, Fax +7 (812) 273-2593. Rates: from $47 to $165, std. & renovated singles and doubles, luxury singles & doubles. Total Rooms: 70. Website: www.nevahotel.spb.ru.

 
Shelfort Hotel.
15-Room Shelfort Hotel occupies two floors of middle XIX century building located on the 3rd Line of Vasilievsky Island in a quiet area away from the beaten tracks, but still very close to all the main city attractions. The interiors are quite nice, but not classy nevertheless meeting standards of an average three-star hotel. Few rooms are facing the street while some are providing only a courtyard perspective, which is not very exciting. Ceilings are high so the rooms feel larger than they are, though we didnÍt find singles as spacious as they could be (a ïcruiseship single roomÍ feel). The obvious benefit of accommodation on Vasilievsky Island, which was once meant to become a center of St. Petersburg according to Peter the GreatÍs initial plan, is fresh air coming from the sea that you can only dream of when stopping somewhere close to Nevsky Prospect. The main drawback here is a busy navigation season (late spring through late autumn), which is a key reason why bridges across Neva open up every night isolating the place from the downtown area.
Location: ItÍll take you less than 5 minutes to walk to Vasileostrovskaya Metro station (which is only one stop away from the main street) and about 15 minutes to get to the Hermitage and the Palace Square by foot. Located on of the 'Lines' of Vasilievsky Island, straight streets forming a symmetrical grid on a map, Shelfort hotel is a great choice for a bit off-center accommodation for a good price. There are plenty of historical buildings in the area including The Academy of Fine Arts, Kunstcamera museum, Menshikov's Palace (early XIX century Russian culture exposition of the Hermitage), an old food market and one of the first churches build in town in the 1740's - St. Andrews' Cathedral. Two currency exchange offices are located on the same street; supermarket and an ATM are around the corner.
Facilities: Shelfort Hotel provides just basic services and facililities. WiFi internet connection is available in all rooms. Laundry services are provided. There are two common rooms, one on each floor, where breakfasts are served in the morning. The first floor common room boasts large screen plasma-panel; room on a second floor has an old fireplace, which is a nice extra during a winter season. There are no working places for those on business-trips, no bars or restaurants either, but there are quite a few nice eateries around the block. Visa registration is free for guests & visa support service is offered for $20. A standard set of sightseeing bus tours and transfer services (airport pick-up costs $30) offered. No kitchen (& fridges in the rooms), bars or restaurants at the hotel, but plenty around. Air, Railroad and Bus tickets booking.
Interior & Rooms: There are a few types of rooms: two standard & two comfort singles from 1950 to 2700 rubles (60 to 85 EUR) (low & high season, extra bed 450 rubles), nine doubles from 3150 to 4000 rubles (95 to 125 EUR) (low & high season, extra bed 750 rubles) & two air-conditioned luxury doubles (one with a fireplace) from 4500 to 5400 rubles (130 to 170 EUR) (low & high season, extra bed 750 rubles). All prices include breakfast, which is served in common rooms on both floors. All rooms have separate bathrooms with showers; luxury double also has a bathtub. All rooms offer 24h room service, WiFi internet access, telephone, TV (Local channels and Satellite BBC News only), air-conditioning (luxury doubles only). The hotel is only three years old so it doesn't have a feeling of an ancient soviet inn with flea-bitten furniture upholstery. Payments by major credit cards accepted.
WayToRussia.Net comments: I found this place a nice alternative to larger hotels offering the same range of services and comparable prices but lacking this personal attention to customers needs typical for smaller of family-run businesses. On-line reservation system is being developed and should be launched this season.
Hostel Services & Facilities: 24 hrs room service, 2 common rooms, internet (WiFi), laundry, safe-box, transport services (tickets/taxi), visa registration.
Room Facilities: air-conditioning, bathroom & toilet (private), safe-box, telephone, TV (local channels + BBC).
Area Features: park nearby, supermarket nearby, quiet area.

Address: 3rd Liniya of Vassiliesky Island #26 (Metro Vasileostrovskaya). Book Online Contacts: Tel: +7 (812) 323 5154. Rates: from $67 to $187, single and double rooms. Total Rooms: 15.