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Nearest metro: Vasileostrovskaya
The Marco Polo Hotel is situated on Vasilevskiy Island, on the corner of the 12th Line and Sredniy Prospekt, very close to Vasileostrovskaya Metro Station, which is about five minutes' walk from the hotel. The hotel is about six kilometers from Moscow Station, a journey which takes just under 20 minutes by car. Other mainline stations are slightly further away, but are all within 30 minutes' drive of the Marco Polo. Pulkovo-1 and Pulkovo-2, St. Petersburg's two airports, are between 40 and 50 minutes away by car.
Vasilevskiy Island is an historic area of St. Petersburg, and the site of some of the earliest buildings in the city. As well as the many places of interest on the island, including the university, the Kunstkammer and the Menshikov Palace, major attractions like the Hermitage and St. Isaac's Cathedral are within walking distance of the Marco Polo Hotel across the Neva River. |
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If Peter the Great's original plans for St. Petersburg had been followed, Vasilevskiy Island would be the center of the city. For this reason, many of the original administrative and financial institutions of the city were housed on the island. The embankments on Vasilevskiy Island are covered with historical buildings, monuments and sculptures decorating the granite parapets, such as the sphinxes opposite the Academy of the Arts.
On the famous Strelka, the eastern tip of the island, stands the old Stock Exchange, which now houses the
Naval Museum. The Strelka was originally laid out at the beginning of the 19th Century by the French-born architect Thomas de Thomon. Either side of the Stock Exchange stand the two Rostral Columns, former navigational beacons, and nearby stand the Zoological Museum and the turreted building of the Kunstkammer.
The Kunstkammer the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography was the first scientific and historical museum in Russia. Peter the Great, the museum's founder, began collecting "curiosities" in his youth stuffed animals, model ships, machines, tools and astronomical instruments. In 1718, the Tsar ordered the founding of the Kunstkammer to house his collection, and added to it on every overseas journey he made.
The Menshikov Palace was the first stone building in St. Petersburg, and is the only private house from the early 18th century that has survived to this day. Built for Peter's favorite, Alexander Menshikov, who oversaw the building of St. Petersburg, the palace now contains a number of rare art works and other artifacts from the period, drawn from the archives of Hermitage. |
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Small superior hotel with attractive accommodation on historic Vasilevskiy Island. ››› |
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Address: 27, 12th Line Vasilevsky Island, St. Petersburg, Russia
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