Where in the city is the hotel located?
The Novotel St. Petersburg Centre is situated on Ulitsa Mayakovskogo, a few steps from Nevsky Prospekt and under ten minutes' walk from Moskovsky Station.What's the nearest metro station to the hotel?
Mayakovskaya Metro Station, which is on the green line and at an interchange with Ploshchad Vosstaniya on the red line, is lonly five minutes' walk from the Novotel on the opposite side of Nevsky Prospekt.How do I get to the hotel from Pulkovo Airport?
From Pulkovo, the international terminal, it is roughly 15km to the Novotel St. Petersburg Centre. By taxi or pre-booked transfer, the journey will take 30-50 minutes. The public transport alternative to take a bus or marshrutka minibus from the airport to Moskovskaya Metro Station, about 15 minutes' drive away. Buses nos. 3, 13, and 113 run from Pulkovo, from the bus stop to the left of the arrivals lounge exit. From Moskovskaya, take the blue line north and travel seven stops to Nevsky Prospekt. Change there to the green line from Gostiny Dvoe, and travel one stop east to Mayakovskaya. The Novotel St. Petersburg Centre is only five minutes' walk from the metro.How do I get to the hotel from Moskovsky Station?
The Novotel St. Petersburg Centre is just over 500m from Moskovsky Railway Station. From the station, cross Ligovsky Prospekt and Nevsky Prospekt and head left along the north side of Nevsky. Ulitsa Mayakovskogo is the first street on the right, and the Novotel is to the right about 150m up the street. If you need to take a taxi, the journey will take only five minutes.How do I get to the hotel from Ladozhsky Station?
It is approximately 7km from Ladozhsky Station to the Novotel St. Petersburg Centre. By taxi or pre-booked transfer, the journey will take 20-30 minutes. If you prefer to use public transport, take metro from Ladozhskaya Metro Station and travel two stops west on the orange line to Ploshchad Aleksandra Nevskogo. Change there to the green line, and continue west one stop to Mayakovskaya. The Novotel is around five minutes' walk from the metro, across Nevsky Prospekt and right up Ulitsa Mayakovskogo.How do I get to the hotel from Vitebsky Station?
The Novotel St. Petersburg Centre is about 2km north of Vitebsky Station. Guests travelling by taxi or pre-booked transfer should reach the hotel in 10-15 minutes. Alternatively, take the metro from Pushkinskaya Metro Station and travel north two stops on the red line to Ploshchad Vosstaniya. Exit the metro via Mayakovskaya Metro Station, and the Novotel St. Petersburg Centre is only five minutes' walk away.Where can I get Internet access at the hotel?
Wireless and Broadband access are available in all rooms at the Novotel St. Petersurg Centre. This is a payed service.Where can I park near the hotel?
Guarded off-street parking is available at the Novotel St. Petersburg Centre.Does the hotel have satellite television?
All rooms at the Novotel St. Petersburg Centre Hotel have satellite TV with some English-language channels.How do I get from the hotel to the Hermitage?
The quickest way to reach the Hermitage and Palace Square from the Novotel St. Petersburg Centre by public transport is to walk from the hotel left down Ulitsa Mayakovskogo and left along Nevsky Prospekt to the first bus stop. From there take almost any bus or trolleybus and travel four stops down Nevsky to the Malaya Morskaya Ulitsa stop, which is only a few steps from the General Staff Building, leading onto Palace Square. The visitor entrance to the Hermitage is in the west wing of the Winter Palace, across the square. If you prefer to walk, it will take around 30 minutes.How do I get from the hotel to the Mariinsky Theatre?
Unless you wish to take a taxi, the simplest way to get to the Mariinsky Theatre from the Novotel is to take a 3, 22 or 27 bus from the first bus stop to the left down Nevsky Prospekt. From here it is seven stops to Teatralnaya Ploshchad, in front of the Mariinsky. The journey takes upwards of 25 minutes depending on traffic.What visitor attractions are located near the hotel?
The majority of St. Petersburg's visitor attractions are located around the other end of Nevsky Prospekt in the area known as the "Golden Triangle". This begins at the Fontanka River, which is around seven minutes' walk from the Novotel St. Petersburg Centre. Here guests can board private boats offering tours of the city's rivers and canals, and also admire the beautiful
Anchikov Bridge with its famous equestrian statues and the Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace, one of St. Petersburg's finest rococo buildings, which in fact dates from the mid-19th century. Closer to the hotel down Ulitsa Marata, the
Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic is housed in a former church and contains a wealth of material about Russian and Soviet polar exploration.
