I was in St. Petersburg in 1998 and 2000. I have been to Russia four times in total.

Some web sites to get you started:

http://www.saint-petersburg.com http://www.visit-spb.nm.ru/en.index.html http://www.cityvision2000.com http://www.petersburgguide.com/index.shtml http://www.online.ru/sp/fresh/index.html

This is the free English newspaper in St. Petersburg http://www.times.spb.ru/

Use this to check hours of sunlight for your days in SPB. http://www.skycalendar.com/skycal/index.html

A lot of people who visit Russia stay in private apartments http://www.oksanas.net http://spbmos.homestead.com/Recommendation.html http://www.apartment.spb.ru/main/main.htm

Here is a review of over 130 hotels in Russia http://www.visitmoscow.com/

For a listing of events, see http://www.whererussia.com http://www.whatsonrussia.com

This young lady, Anna Sosnovskaya, guided me in the State Russian Museum one day, anatolijf@mail.ru These certified guides really know their stuff. Anna speaks English very well.

Bill Southern California