Inexpensive accommodation in St. Petersburg: options

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

Northern Palmyra, the northern capital, the city on the Neva - St. Petersburg has all these names, majestic, beautiful, and attracting tourists from all over the world. Tours are not cheap pleasure, and you want to save at least on something, for example, on housing. What are the options for cheap accommodation in St. Petersburg?

Options

There are three accommodation options both in St. Petersburg and in any city in general (well, not counting the overnight stay at the station or on benches, but this is absolutely for extreme people). Guests are offered a hotel, an apartment or a room for rent and a hostel. About each - in order. But first…

Inexpensive is how much?

All people have their own concepts of high cost and low cost and directly depend on the financial condition. But since most of the tourists belong to the middle class, and it is worth focusing on this category, which means that fashionable hotels with four and five stars disappear for sure.

Inexpensive is up to threethousand per day. As a rule, for such a price you can find a hotel room, but the amenities will be on the floor. If they are desired in the room, then the cost is likely to be more.

Hotels

Inexpensive hotel accommodation in St. Petersburg is possible. But, again, you need to consider that three stars is the maximum that is available in this case. Hotels have a couple of undeniable advantages over other accommodation options - this is safety. All of them are guarded, in all, regardless of the type of room, service is provided. But, as a rule, the cost of living is still slightly higher.

Recently, mini-hotels have begun to appear. In fact, they are no different from ordinary ones, only there are fewer rooms in them, and prices can be slightly lower (as a rule, from two and a half thousand). Mini-hotels are often located in old houses dating back to the nineteenth century, where the old front doors have been preserved. Basically it is the city center.

By the way, when choosing a hotel for inexpensive accommodation in St. Petersburg, it makes sense to consider economy options - now there are enough of these in St. Petersburg. The only amenities in such a hotel are likely to be on the floor. An important aspect is the season. In summer, prices everywhere are much higher than in winter. However, on New Year's holidays, the cost of living jumps again. This point must be taken into account when planning a trip, especially if the budget is limited.

Cheap accommodation in St. Petersburg: hotels

First, let's give some examples of relatively inexpensive St. Petersburg hotels. These include, for example, the hotel "Novel Europe" near the metro station "Chernyshevskaya" (this is the city center on the Neva). The cost of living for a room for two per day is 2500 rubles with a bathroom in the room and a thousand less if the bathroom is shared. Reviews of tourists about this hotel are only positive.

Another fairly inexpensive hotel is Rinaldi Premier. It is located near the metro station "Ploshad Vosstaniya". Guests are provided with a transfer, free Wi-Fi, and the cost of living starts from one thousand four hundred rubles per day. The same price is in the Little House apart-hotel, located near the Mayakovskaya metro station. According to tourists, the location of the hotel is very convenient, there is practically no noise from the street.

Economy hotels

Economy class hotel - perhaps one of the best options for those who are on a budget. These are young couples, students, schoolchildren, the elderly. For a night in such a place, you can pay only five hundred rubles (well, and higher, of course). True, meals here are not included in the price, just like there is no separate shower and bathroom in the room. There are twelve economy class hotels in St. Petersburg. And the prices there are really impressive. For example, in the Na Sadovaya Hotel, a double room costs only 1,500 per day, while the hotel is located in the very center of the city - two steps away from Nevsky, Kazan Cathedral, St. Isaac and other attractions.

In the hotel"Kyiv" prices are a little more expensive - from one thousand eight hundred per day. It is located three stops from Nevsky Prospekt, on Kurskaya Street, - also not far away. The Znamenskaya Hotel is located near the Moscow railway station. You can stay in it at all for ridiculous money - from a thousand rubles per night. These are just a few examples of how cheap hotel accommodation is possible in St. Petersburg.

Inns

In total, there are more than two hundred mini-hotels in St. Petersburg with more than four thousand rooms. They are in demand among those who arrived in the city on the Neva on business or on a business trip. There is a whole network of mini-hotels called RA in St. Petersburg. These small hotels are located in the city center, on the first floors of houses. One of the hotels is generally located on Nevsky, directly opposite the Gostiny Dvor. Prices in this chain of hotels are quite reasonable - from 2400 rubles per day. On Ligovsky Prospekt, not far from the Moscow railway station, there is another mini-hotel - Esplanade. An economy room for two here costs from two thousand rubles, a standard one costs a little more.

Apartments for daily rent

In addition to hotels and hotels, there are other inexpensive accommodation options in St. Petersburg. Apartments, for example. Their plus is independence from strangers (and generally the absence of strangers nearby), the ability to live in a big company, the presence of a kitchen and a bathroom with a bathroom in constant availability. True, you will also have to cook on your own, but after all, at home we cook for ourselves. As an extreme option, there are a lot of budget cafes in St. Petersburg andcanteens where you can satisfy your appetite deliciously and cheaply.

Now one of the most popular options is to rent an apartment for rent. In St. Petersburg, you can find a lot of inexpensive options, especially if you do not focus on the city center, but pay attention to slightly more remote areas - prices are lower there, and the quality of apartments is no worse. You can find a good one-room apartment, clean and comfortable, for one and a half to two thousand rubles a day. If you look in the center, then, of course, the price will rise. There are a lot of sites where you can find an apartment for rent. One of the most popular options, however, is Airbnb, which offers a wide variety of accommodations to suit all tastes, making it easy to find a place that suits your budget.

One of the very unusual and interesting options for inexpensive accommodation in St. Petersburg is a three-hundred-year-old house on Mokhovaya Street. The front door in it looks exactly the same as at the end of the nineteenth century - the spirit of antiquity is still in the air. You can rent a "odnushka" in this historic place from two thousand rubles a day, and for a week's stay they make a ten percent discount.

Rooms for daily rent

Inexpensive accommodation in St. Petersburg can be secured in another way by renting a room, not an apartment. There are also many such proposals. At least you can find them on the above site. In addition, old women often stand at the stations, wanting to earn some extra money by renting out part of their apartment.

Hostels

Hostel ishostel. Not in the literal sense, of course, but in translation from English, but the essence is close. These are rooms for four-six-eight … and ad infinitum people, often with bunk beds. But there are also separate rooms in hostels - for one and two people. This is the most budget option for accommodation in St. Petersburg inexpensively. You can rent a hostel for four hundred to five hundred rubles in a dormitory room, and in a separate room for only a thousand. Almost all hostels have a common room with games and movies, they provide free breakfasts, and tea, coffee, cookies are completely unlimited.

One of the popular St. Petersburg hostels is called "Babushka House". It is located on Vladimirsky Prospekt, in close proximity to the Dostoevskaya metro station. This hostel has a mini library and free Wi-Fi. Hostel "Graffiti L" is located on Ligovsky Prospekt. The price in a dormitory room per night is from three hundred rubles. A little more expensive is the Party Train hostel next door - from five hundred and eighty rubles per night, but this place has a bar and a games room.

In general, the closer to the center, the more expensive the cost, but this scheme works not only with hostels, but with any type of housing. In the historical district of St. Petersburg, you will have to pay a thousand rubles for a night in a hostel room, and even more for a private room. But the sights are close. In total, there are about one hundred and twenty different hostels in this area, and even more if you move away from the center. You can find them in the same way as apartments - through special sites and search engines.system.

Residences

With exactly where to live, you also need to decide in advance. If preferably within walking distance of attractions, you need to consider the central areas. If, nevertheless, the budget is more important, you can slightly expand the geography of searches - at least a couple of kilometers away from the center. Remote areas of St. Petersburg, metro terminal stations are generally the most inexpensive option. There, by the way, as a rule, it is quieter, and this suits many people very much. Of course, you will have to spend some time every day on the road to the places you want to see, but even if you live in the center, you still have to go somewhere - not all attractions are concentrated in one area. Again, if a person travels alone, from the point of view of peace and security, it is better to live in the center - you won’t have to go back “to hell in the middle of nowhere” in the evenings.

If you focus on the metro, then many hotels are located on the red line. Its minus lies in the fact that it is densely populated - during peak hours in the mornings and evenings there is pandemonium. The thing is that it is at the station of the red line that minibuses from the suburbs arrive. Therefore, it is recommended to live on the red metro line in its upper part. They also advise the blue branch, but, on the contrary, the lower part - the upper one is loaded about the same as the red one. From the final lower metro station of the blue line - "Kupchino" - thirty minutes to Nevsky Prospekt.

Where is the best?

In general, if you go with a big company,where to live is irrelevant. The amount distributed to all, separately for each individual person, will be quite small. However, if you travel together, then, perhaps, hotels and mini-hotels are not the best option. It is much easier and cheaper to rent an inexpensive apartment near the metro - it will cost twice as much budget, if not more. Of course, living in an apartment involves taking care of food and cleanliness on your own, but if this situation does not bother you, then this is still the best choice.

Helpful tips

1. When choosing a hotel, you need to pay special attention to whether food is included in the price.
2. When traveling with a small child and checking into a hotel / hostel, you need to be interested in the availability of a baby cot (or warn in advance of its need).
3. It is more profitable to travel with a large company (from five people).
4. Using booking systems, you need to look at several different options at once: the price for the same apartment on different sites may vary.
5. When choosing an apartment / hotel, it is important to understand for yourself what is called the city center. These are Vasilyevsky Island, Petrogradskaya side, Central and Admir alteysky districts of St. Petersburg.
6. If a booking site offers any promotions and great deals, you should use them without hesitation, as this is a good opportunity to save money.
7. It's always better to book in advance.
8. Accommodation prices may vary depending on the days of the week, so if you can adjust, it is better to choose the cheapest dates and days.
9. Book online cheaper.
10. Inexpensive hostels (which are the most inexpensive) usually close at a certain time, so you need to be back home by a specific hour. This moment must be discussed in advance when checking in.

Even with a fairly limited budget, you can find inexpensive accommodation in St. Petersburg, as in any city in the world, and be sure that the trip will be unforgettable.