Nearest metro: Chernishevskaya
The Radisson Sonya Hotel is located on Liteyniy Prospekt, one of the main thoroughfares in St. Petersburg's historic centre. The hotel is around 500m from Nevsky Prospekt and 200m from the Neva River. It is approximately 600m on foot from the hotel to Chernyshevskaya Metro Station.The hotel is very conveniently located for Finland Station, the terminal for the Allegro high-speed trains to/from Helsinki, which is around ten minutes' walk north across Liteyniy Bridge. St. Petersburg's other mainline railway stations can all be reached by car in 15-20 minutes.
The Radisson Sonya Hotel is around 17km from Pulkovo International Airport. The drive to/from the hotel will take around 40 minutes.
Local Sightseeing
The Radisson Sonya Hotel is within walking distance of several top visitor attractions, including the Summer Garden and Summer Palace of Peter the Great, the Field of Mars, and the State Russian Museum in the Mikhailovsky Palace.The most striking landmark in the immediate vicinity of the Radisson Sonya Hotel is the so-called "Big House", a large constructivist building notorious as the former headquarters of the KGB, which is one block north of the hotel. A few steps further on is Liteyniy Bridge, which provides spectacular views down the Neva River to the Peter and Paul Fortress and the Winter Palace.
One block in the opposite direction along Liteyniy Prospekt is Ulitsa Pestelya, a picturesque side street bookended by two historic churches - the neoclassical Transfiguration Cathedral and the charming baroque Church of St. Panteleimon the Healer. Just before reaching the latter, turn right to see the stunning building of the Museum of Decorative Arts, part of the Baron Stieglitz College of Industrial Art.
