Frommer's Moscow & St. Petersburg (Frommer's Complete Guides) [Paperback]

Angela Charlton (Author)

Book Description

Series: Frommer's Complete Guides | Publication Date: January 31, 2006

• Savvy insider tips on exploring the treasures of the Hermitage Museum and the Kremlin.
• Outspoken opinions on what's worth your time and what's not.
• Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip whatever your budget.
• Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions.

Find great deals and book your trip at Frommers.com

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer. Frommer's. The best trips start here.

• Savvy insider tips on exploring the treasures of the Hermitage Museum and the Kremlin.
• Outspoken opinions on what's worth your time and what's not.
• Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip whatever your budget.
• Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions.

Find great deals and book your trip at Frommers.com

About the Author

Angela Charlton first went to Russia a few weeks after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, and spent the better part of the ensuing decade living and working there as a journalist. She was a Moscow-based correspondent for the Associated Press for six years, and she also studied in St. Petersburg and worked in Kiev. She is currently a freelance writer living in France.

Product Details

• Paperback: 335 pages
• Publisher: Frommers; 1 edition (January 31, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764588990
• ISBN-13: 978-0764588990
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,511,158 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #24 in Books > Travel > Asia > Russia > St. Petersburg
  • #43 in Books > Travel > Asia > Russia > Moscow

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lightweight guide with plenty of fluff, June 27, 2006

By 

Stephen J. Vincent (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Frommer's Moscow & St. Petersburg (Frommer's Complete Guides) (Paperback)

I was very disappointed by this book, which feels largely like a cut-and-paste job. It opens with a bunch of general travel advice and then goes on to describe a few things to do and see in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Many blocks of text are repeated in various parts of the book and I felt the actual amount of information about things to do and see in these two amazing cities was pretty limited, especially given the number of pages I carried around with me. I found all the hotel info I needed on the Internet (see tripadvisor.com) and would have liked this book better if they'd left out all the hotel info and left out the repetition.

I feel like I could write you a better travel guide after spending just one week with natives in each city. Surely somebody else has done a better job!

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Outdated when it comes to attraction closings, July 23, 2007

By 

Jeff Chisholm (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Frommer's Moscow & St. Petersburg (Frommer's Complete Guides) (Paperback)

Many of the main attractions in St. Petersburgh and Moscow are museums and the like.

Museums in both cities tend to be closed at least one day during the week. It is different days for different museums.

There were a significant amount of attractions (probably about 1/3) in both cities where the book had incorrect days. So we'd show up on a day it was supposed to be open, and they were closed. Or the hours were wrong. Or the book would say that they had english tours and they did not.

I was extremely disappointed at such a major oversight.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Non-Existent Restaurants, August 20, 2009

By 

D. Nehme (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Frommer's Moscow & St. Petersburg (Frommer's Complete Guides) (Paperback)

The reason we got the newest edition of this book was so that we can look up restaurants and clubs to visit, and three times, we used the reviews in this guidebook to eat in one of the recommended places. One such place was in Moscow - we found the exact address, but it was a travel agency and there were no signs of that place ever being a restaurant. The other two places were in St. Petersburg, one was even a starred review. We did find one place, "beer exchange", but it was such a sad place that the blurb about it in this book was more like a deceptive ad than an unbiased review. We finally stopped trying, so who knows how many more places recommended in this guidebook aren't really there.
Also, the street names in the book are all in english only, but the street names in Russia are mostly in Cyrillic.