St. Petersburg is one of Russia's most essential and best tourist destinations, which millions of tourists visit every year to use its leisure and tourism facilities. St. Petersburg is a historic city that has given a home to many tourist attractions. Most of St. Petersburg's tourist attractions are related to the history, culture, and art of Russia and the world. The Hermitage Museum is one of the most famous museums and the second-largest art museum in the world, housed in the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. St. Isaac's Cathedral and the State Russian Museum are other important attractions of St. Petersburg on tour to Russia that no tourist should miss the opportunity to visit. Many of St. Petersburg's tourist attractions are located in the city's tourist center, around Nevsky Prospect, St. Petersburg main street. Of course, with a bit of sightseeing on the outskirts of St. Petersburg and the streets a little further away from Nevsky Prospekt, tourists can also find essential tourist attractions, such as Peterhof Grand Palace, Nizhny Park, Tsarskoye Selo in Pushkin, and many more tourists attractions and places of interest, all of which are recommended to tourists by Russian tour operators. Familiarity with these tourist attractions, their location in the city, how to access them, and many other things can help tourists experience a better trip to Russia. Another thing that may help tourists have a better experience traveling to St. Petersburg is getting to know the critical and essential places tourists need on a St. Petersburg tour. One of these places is St. Petersburg International Airport, Pulkovo Airport.
Pulkovo Airport is an international airport located 23 km south of St. Petersburg, the main destination for travelers to enter St. Petersburg. The international airport, which was established to serve St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, has the capacity to handle average annual traffic of 18 million passengers. The three abbreviations of this airport by IATA are LED, and it is used as a cargo airport along with passenger transportation. Although serving nearly 7 million St. Petersburg citizens and millions of passengers throughout the year, Pulkovo Airport has a modest look. Of course, this airport was established in 1932 as a domestic airport and has been restored many times over the years. Today, of course, it is the fourth busiest airport in Russia and the former Soviet Union states and one of the largest airports in Russia. Pulkovo Airport is located at an altitude of 24 meters above sea level and during the summer usually has a good climate and temperature to host travelers. Pulkovo International Airport was established by the Soviet government in Leningrad in 1932 and was used only as a cargo airport for many years. While plans to expand and improve the airport were underway before World War II, Moscow's last flight to Leningrad took place on June 22, 1941, when pilot NAMikheev delivered the daily newspapers to Leningrad. Although there was no news of the start of the war in these newspapers, Leningrad was involved in the war the following day, and Pulkovo Airport was closed entirely for three years from the beginning to the end of the Siege of Leningrad. After the war, the airport underwent significant renovations, and a new terminal was established in the 1950s. In the new century, the airport was renovated entirely, and all its facilities were modernized to provide an international airport with full and convenient facilities for travelers on Russia tour. Do not forget that most St. Petersburg tour tourists who travel to this city by air enter St. Petersburg through this airport, so despite the historical background and antiquity of construction, it has convenient amenities for tourists on Russia tour. Here are some of the essential features and benefits of Pulkovo Airport.
Transportation From/to Pulkovo Airport
The first and most crucial concern about Pulkovo Airport is its 23 km distance from St. Petersburg Tourism Center and how to get to the city. Although most hotels in St. Petersburg include transportation services from the airport to the hotel and vice versa in their list of services, some tourists prefer to enter the city in person without using the hotel services, for which different means are provided. The easiest way is to use the airport taxi service, which is always ready to transport passengers into the city. Marshrutka minibusses operating on St. Petersburg bus lines are another way tourists can travel to the city. The nearest metro station is only 15 minutes away from the main terminal of Pulkovo Airport, and tourists on tour to Russia can use one of the simplest and best public transportation methods in St. Petersburg to go to the city.
Shops at Pulkovo Airport
One of the advantages of Pulkovo Airport is having a large number of shops for all kinds of goods needed by tourists, which has made the comfort and well-being of travelers on tour to St. Petersburg. Children and adult clothing stores, souvenirs, cosmetics, drugstores, sweets and chocolate shops, electronics stores, and Duty-Free shopping centers where consumer items are available are some of the things we can mention. Although tourists should keep in mind that like other airports in the world, the prices of goods in Pulkovo Airport shops may be slightly different from within the city, so we recommend buying souvenirs, clothes, and cosmetics such as perfume through the modern shopping centers of St. Petersburg. You can find out more about the top shopping centers of St. Petersburg on our weblog.
Restaurants and Cafes at Pulkovo Airport
In addition to the sweets, chocolates, and ice cream shops mentioned above, Pulkovo Airport also has many restaurants and cafes that make them excellent places for tourists to take a short break and enjoy a quick bite on arrival. A variety of cafes and restaurants with a great variety of food are ready to serve any taste of food from around the world. Russian, Italian, American restaurants, fast food chain restaurants, internationally renowned cafes, snack shops, and cafes for breakfast are some of the things tourists can use at Pulkovo Airport. Of course, do not forget that these restaurants and cafes cannot compete with the top restaurants in St. Petersburg in terms of food quality and interior design in restaurants, so we suggest that if you want to try Russian food during your tour to Russia, make sure to visit our blog to find out the names and addresses of the top restaurants in St. Petersburg.
Financial Services at Pulkovo Airport
One of the essential things for any tourist is easy access to the exchange office or bank in the shortest possible time to exchange their currency for the current money of the tourist destination. Russia tour travelers do not have to worry about this because, in addition to all the banks and exchange offices ready to serve customers in St. Petersburg, foreign exchange services and various banks at Pulkovo Airport are also prepared to help St. Petersburg tour travelers. You can visit our blog to get acquainted with Russian money and other essential information related to travel to Russia that you should be aware of before starting a leisure tour to Russia.
Accommodation at Pulkovo Airport
St. Petersburg is full of luxurious or economical and cheap hotels ready to welcome tourists on the Russia tour. However, some circumstances make tourists prefer to stay in a quality hotel and the shortest distance from Pulkovo Airport, in which case, the Park Inn by Radisson Royal Pulkovo Airport Hotel is the best possible choice for tourists. This hotel, which directly connects to the airport, is one of the best possible choices for temporary accommodation in St. Petersburg. Of course, we at Star Travel Group recommend tourists choose a hotel close to the St. Petersburg tourist center so that they do not have problems visiting the top tourist attractions of St. Petersburg. You can get acquainted with the top hotels of St. Petersburg along with the cheap and budget hotels of this city by visiting our blog.
