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If you're headed to Moscow, the nation's capital with a medieval soul, you'll find yourself smack bang in where it's is all happening. Our hotel guide will point you in the right direction. For those on the hungry side, there's a wide choice of restaurants. And for the famous non-stop Moscow nightlife, you need to click here.
Visitors to St. Petersburg ought to be prepared for an avalanche of beauty, culture and a little bit of chaos. St. Petersburg has great theatres, concerts and festivals all year round. Its hotels are world class with a range of everything from the absolute cream of the crop to mini-hotels and humble hostels. You won't go hungry or thirsty here either with our St. Petersburg restaurant guide and nightlife guide, all tried and tested by In Your Pocket personally.
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GlavPivTorg
This restaurant, located not far from the former KGB headquarters, Lyubanka, cannot fail to impress, and not only because of the bank-style interior with green lamps and the possibility to
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Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
This is what a new Russian orthodox church ought to look like. It is so immense you’ll be wondering how many blocks of dynamite the Soviet’s needed to get rid of the thing the first time
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Ohotnichya Izba (Hunting Hut)
This is a fun place filled with all sorts of hunting trophies where you are greeted by a big stuffed Russian bear. Expect to see lots of meat at the Hunting Hut including different kinds of gam
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Fortuna
Fortuna is an incoming tour operator offering the complete range of services to both groups and individuals. Large experience in servicing tourists travelling on a cruise.
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B2
One of Moscow's biggest live music clubs, B2 plays hosts to all kinds of jazz, latino, rock and ska music. With five floors holding seven bars, a courtyard and a capacity of 2000 people it’s qu
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Kolomenskoye Museum Estate
Sprawling and green Kolomenskoye is a favourite with kids, mums and dads, old grandmothers and young hipsters alike. The gentle sloping hills covered with cherry trees, the abundance of seating and &
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This club is amazing - don't ever miss Aleksandrovsky Band every Saturday.I have never seen a guitarist like that - you won't be disapointed[...]
Quality of food is gone way down on recent visit, wait staff cant explane or recommend the dish, its pity such a good location and its empty, reasonable price,[...]
Update: The icy baptism in the Neva river will take place this year in front of the twelve colleges building on the universitatskaya naberezhnaya.The procession from the university church will start at 12:30 lunchtime. The congregation will be led t[...]
I have been told that this event no longer takes place in the Neva.As I will be in St Petersburg on 19th jan I would like to know if this event still takes place there.[...]
Tried the buisness lunch and it was very lovely...Wish they had an English menu...lady/hostess translated it very fast...so decided to just go with BL to be safe for 280 roubles.[...]
The danger of stolovaya 57 is too many people discovering it. Meat lovers will delight in a number of meaty treats, particularly the pork chop and the Pozharsky cutlets. Almost all the main courses and soups contain meat, but vegtarians will not be [...]
I loved Silvers - Sascha the doorman was very good at organising "transport" to nightclubs etc. The Guinness was excellent and the girls behind the bar were great fun - could even get a decent irish fry up![...]
It's a nice day out - but choose a really bright day. Most of the old houses were just closed barns with a living 'loft' at one end. Not a lot of light inside for pictures when it's gloomy.[...]
The Novgorod Theatre (next to the Intourist Hotel) is a must-visit just for the building. How something so avant garde was constructed in Soviet times is an interesting story.The project was directed by Vladimir Somov. He wanted the theatre to embod[...]
The local Agricultural Technical College organises digs . . . but for WW2 relics. The local hero is Lenya Golikov, one of the schoolboy partisans who lived in the woods during the German occupation. His statue is in the square opposite the Volkhov h[...]
Amazing food, beautifully decorated interior, friendly service, good prices. I was a return customer during my stay in Moscow. Highly recommended.[...]
Unfortunately the Bosco store is only opening in Canada due to the Winter Olympics, for the moment it doesn't look like they will be opening anything in the US.
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Do you know where I can buy it if I live in USA?Thank you[...]