Hotel "Oktiabrskaya"

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Location

Hotel «Oktiabrskaya» is situated in the very center of St. Petersburg opposite Moscow Railway Station at a crossroads of Nevsky and Ligovsky prospects. This location gives guests wonderful opportunity to reach by feet famous museums, theatres, shops and various restaurants that can give a full impression of the city.

Nearest metro station is «Ploschad Vosstaniya» – just 100 m from the hotel. It’s a guarantee of easy communication with any outlying part of the city.

The hotel was excessively equipped by technical innovations of the time: the rooms were heated by «pneumonic stoves», fans were installed there to purify the air, passages were equipped with «talking tubes». The hotel was called Znamenskaya and opened in December, 1851 a year and half later, when regular communication by virtue the first Russian railway was established.

History

In the second half of the 19th century the hotel was reconstructed several times, it changed its owners and names. After Znamenskaya it became Severnaya, then it was renamed into Big Severnaya.

At the beginning of the 20th century it acquired particular respectability. The building was decorated with a dome inside of which there was a restaurant. An elevator with electrical motor was added to the building’s facade. The hotel held its own omnibus which was carried by horses, it was available for the guests. The rooms at the hotel numbered more than two hundred. A number of bathrooms were 23. Many rooms were equipped with the city telephones. The restaurant, one of the largest in the city, accommodated up to 500 people. The hotel rooms were furnished with elegant furniture and carpets.

Rooms

Room rate includes buffet breakfast.

Price

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