Negotiating A Flight From The US To St. Petersburg, And We Mean Russia
While it's hot here in the States, our special contributor Kate Winick is headed to the cold country of Russia. To St. Petersburg to be more specific, and all this week she'll be sending dispatches from the shadow of many onion domes.
You’ll have to pick your poison flying from the United States to St. Petersburg—direct flights are available mainly to Moscow, although finding a connection there is simple. On the other hand, you’ll get to pass through a hub that isn’t Atlanta. Finnair connects through Helsinki, KLM through Amsterdam, Alitalia through Rome, etc.
We chose to fly Lufthansa’s business class
through Frankfurt, and were grateful to have the option of a lounge in which to pass
out at 5:30 in the morning, after a not-long-enough rest on the flat
seats.
The short hop to St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo II International
airport (airport code LED—make sure you don’t book yourself on a flight to
Florida) put us on the ground with a full half-day to explore. Entry visas
are required, but not overly difficult to obtain and we arrived on a
Wednesday to short lines and little traffic into the city center.
We suggest
arranging a taxi in advance with a reputable company—hotels are happy to
recommend or arrange a transfer—as there is no direct transportation
between the airport and the city center. The officials are appropriately
unfriendly, but you’re not carrying anything you shouldn’t be carrying
anyway, right? Good: off to Russia! - Kate Winick
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