| St Petersburg hotels in Summer |
| Summer is the best time to visit St Petersburg and it is also a heat of a tourist season in Petersburg. When the weather is good hundred of tourists make water excursions across the rivers and city channels, walk on parks, streets and squares of the city. There are tens of fountains in St Petersburg, near them work cosy open cafes. But the most important thing - summer is a season of the White Nights in St Petersburg. Every night in June and July the city is full of citizens and tourists, who wish to see raised bridges and ships on the Neva river. As June and July the most popular months to see St Petersburg, hotels at this time - the most expensive. The average price for room for one night stay at the end of June reached 500 US dollars. The minimum price for room in St Petersburg hotel in June and July was nearly 180 US dollars. The highest price was in luxury five star hotels - Grand Hotel Europe, Hotel Astoria, Grand Hotel Emerald. Optimum variant of staying in hotel during the high season are business-class minihotels. There are plenty of mini hotels in St Petersburg. They are mostly located in the centre of St Petersburg, very close to main city attractions. In this hotels prices for one night staying starts from 180-200 US dollars during all high season. Mini-hotels offer comfortable staying in cosy rooms, special attention for guests and also full set of necessary for tourist services. White Nights last just a few weeks and in August this wonderful natural phenomenon ends. In this connection hotel rates become not so high. Minimum price for room in St Petersburg hotel starts from 110-130 US dollars, and this is two times cheaper, than in June. Besides, in August occupancy in St Petersburg hotels falls and nearly 40% of hotel rooms are available for booking via the Internet. |
