Nearest metro: Ploschad Alexandra Nevskogo
The Atrium Hotel is situated towards the eastern end of Nevsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg's majestic central thoroughfare. The stretch of the street around the hotel is home to the city's smartest boutiques, while most of the city's major visitor attractions are located at the opposite end of the street, and easily reached by bus or metro in around 20 minutes.The nearest metro station to the hotel is Ploshchad Aleksandra Nevskogo, a little over 200 m away. The Atrium Hotel is conveniently located for Moscow Railway Station, which is around ten minutes' walk west along Nevsky Prospekt, and Ladoga Railway Station, which can be reached by car in around 15 minutes. Finland and Vitebsk Railway Stations are only slightly further away.
It is roughly 18 km from the Atrium Hotel to Pulkovo International Airport, and the drive will take around 40 minutes in moderate traffic.
Local Sightseeing
The main visitor attraction within comfortable walking distance of the Atrium Hotel is the Alexander Nevsky Monastery. St. Petersburg's most important centre of the Russian Orthodox Church, founded by Peter the Great in 1710. It has several impressive 18th and 19th century buildings, including the neoclassical Trinity Cathedral and the large baroque Church of the Annunciation. Its cemetery is also famous as the final resting place of many of St. Petersburg's most famous historic figures, including Lomonosov, Tchaikovsky and Dostoevsky.Looking after the elaborate sculptures in the monastery's cemetries is the Museum of Urban Sculpture, which also hosts temporary exhibitions and has a collection of scale models of nearly every public monument in St. Petersburg.
One such monument, in the middle of Ploshchad Aleksandra Nevskogo, is an impressive equestrian statue of the medieval hero by Soviet sculptor Valentin Kozenyuk.
