VISITOR INFORMATION
City Tourist Information Center 1
Address: Ul. Sadovaya 14/52.
Tel: 812-310-8262.
Email: info@ispb.info
Web: http://www.ispb.info/
Open: Mod-Fri: 10:00-19:00 p.m., Sun is Closed, Sat: 12:00-18:00 p.m.
Information points in the city centre for tourists, the English-speaking staff can help you.
City Tourist Information Center 2
Address: Dvortsovaya pl. 12
Tel: 812-982-8253.
Email: mailto:info@ispb.info
Web: http://www.ispb.info
Open: Mon-Sun: 10:00-19:00 p.m.
It is open every day. If you need help to find your way out of the city to the suburbs, or want to find out about what's going on around the city, they can advise you.
EMERGENCY NUMBERS
008 - Telephone information service
01 - Fire
02 – police, 812-164-9787 (For foreigners)
03 - ambulance
04 - gas accidents.
055 - Train Schedules
060 - Exact time
063 - City information service
064 - Financial consulting service
066 - Sending telegrams by telephone
068 - Taxi
070 - Information service
077 - International Phone calls
09 - St. Petersburg directory inquiries (telephone numbers).
Information about causalities: 812-278-0055
24h pharmacy: 812-311-2077
Road accident information service: 812-234-7990
Information Line: 812-326-9696 (24h), 050
Lost & found: 812-278-3690 (Zakharevskaya ul., #9; Open: Mon-Fri 10:00-17:00 p.m.)
Special emergency number for mobile-phone users - 112 (connect you with the emergency number of your service provider).
CURRENCY EXCHANGE
The national Russian currency is rouble. All payments for goods and services throughout Russia must be done in roubles, or by major credit cards (Visa, MasterCard, and to a lesser extent American Express).
Foreign currency can be exchanged in banks or currency exchange offices at the airport, hotels or in the city, many of them work 24 hours. The unit of money in Russia is the rouble. Rouble banknote and coin denominations are as follows:
- banknotes: 10, 50, 100, 500, and 1,000 roubles
- coins: 1, 5, 10, 50 copecks and 1, 2, 5, 10 roubles
HOSPITAL, CLINICS & DENTISTS
American Medical Clinic (ACM)
Address: Moika emb. 78
Tel.: 812-740-2090 (24 hours)
Web: www.amclinic.ru
Costs are considerably higher, offers 24-hour doctor availability, emergency care, dentistry, pharmacy and laboratory services. The majority of Russian doctors has received Western training and has multilingual speaking staff.
Dentomed
Address: Suvorovskiy Pr. 9
Tel.: 812-710-7149 (24 hours)
Euromed Clinic
Address: Suvorovskiy Pr. 60
Tel.: 327-0301 (24 hours)
Web: www.euromed.ru
Costs are considerably higher, offers 24-hour doctor availability, emergency care, dentistry, pharmacy and laboratory services. The majority of Russian doctors has received Western training and has multilingual speaking staff.
Hospital #122
Address: Kultury Pr. 4
Metro: Ozerki
Tel.: 812-558-9921 (Inquiries), 812-559-9595 (Admissions).
Irekodental
Address: Chekhova St. 4
Tel.: 812-275-4957
Mariinskaya Hospital
Address: Liteynyy Pr. 56
Metro: Maykovskaya
Tel.: 812-275-7310 (Admissions), 812-275-7446 (Inquiries).
Medi
Address: 8 Clinics in St. Petersburg
Tel.: 812-324-0000
Polyclinic #2
Address: Moskovskiy Pr. 22
Metro Tekhnologicheskiy Institut
Tel.: 812-316-5904, 812-716-1983
Open: Mon-Fri: 9:00-20:00 p.m., Sat: 9:00-15:00 p.m.
Some of the staff speaks English.
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