The Basil Hotel - downtown location in St. Petersburg, Russia

Hotel location and directions in St. Petersburg, Russia

Hotel location on St. Petersburg city map

The Prestige Hotel Basil is located on Basil (Vasilievsky) Island, the area originally planned by tzar Peter-the-Great - founder of St. Petersburg, to be the official and administrative center of the city, thus it is truly the historical heart of St. Petersburg. The neighbourhood consists of middle XIX century buildings.

Vasilievsky Island is a district of Saint Petersburg, bordered by the rivers Big Neva and Small Neva (in the delta of Neva) from South and Northeast, and by the Gulf of Finland from the West. Situated just across the river from the Winter Palace (also known as The Hermitage Palace), it constitutes a large portion of the city historical center. Two of the most famous St Petersburg drawbridges, The Palace Bridge and Lieutenant Schmidt Bridge, connect it with the mainland. The Stock Exchange Bridge and Tuchkov Bridge across Malaya Neva connect it with St. Petersburg Side (Petrogradsky Island). The southern embankment of Basil Island has some of the oldest buildings in the city dated from 18th century. That part of the island is notable for its remarkable architecture, rectangular grid of streets, with three prospects - Bolshoi (Big), Sredniy (Middle) and Maly (Small) - going roughly from east to west, and with 30 Liniya (Line) streets going perpendicularly from south to north.

All major places of interest and businesses are located nearby. It takes about 20-25 minutes to walk to the Palace Square, the world-famous Hermitage Museum (The Winter Palace); Nevsky Ave., the city main thoroughfare, and about 15 minutes to the splendid Spit of Basil (Vasilievsky) Island, which divides the Neva River into its two branches.

Located in the city downtown area, and at the same time in a very quiet place, Prestige Hotel is one of the most fashionable small-size downtown inns in St. Petersburg, or even in entire Russia.

We provide guided tours service for places of interest in St. Petersburg historical center and tours to suburban palaces of Russian tzars - Peterhoff, Pushkin and Pavlovsk. The hotel employs experienced customer-friendly and attentive personnel with individual approach towards every customer. It is a small-size hotel, for that reason one can be sure not to be bothered by too many neighbors.

The Prestige Hotels credo is an individual attentive attitude towards every guest and quiet and domestic atmosphere. Prestige Hotel is an ideal place for both family vacations, accommodation of tourist groups and visitors on their business trips to St. Petersburg, Russia.

The hotel is centrally located; the place is very quiet, private and secure though.

Hotel address:

Prestige Basil Hotel Ltd., 27/2, Maly prospect, Basil Island (Vasilievsky Ostrov) St. Petersburg, Russia
Postal code: 199004

St. Petersburg Subway

The hotel is located about 10 minutes walk away from the subway station and in less than an hour you may get to any part of the city by subway train skipping traffic jams in streets above.

Distance from the hotel to major places of interest:

The Hermitage Palace (also known as The Winter Palace Museum) - 2 km
Nevsky Ave. - 2 km
Neva River embankment - 500 m
The Palace Bridge - 700 m.
The Chamber of Curiosities Museum (Kunstkammer) - 700 m.
So-called Spit of Basil Island - 1 kmState Russian Museum - 4 km
Cathedral of St. Isaac - 3 km
St. Peter and St. Paul Fortress - 2 km

Pulkovo International Airport - 18 km
Moscow Railway Station - 5 km
River Terminal - 10 km
Sea Terminal - 3 km

St. Petersburg City Tours and Points of Interest

We provide guided tours service for places of interest in St. Petersburg historical center, city museums and tours to suburban palaces of Russian tzars - Peterhoff, Pushkin and Pavlovsk.

We have experienced guides speaking fluently English, French, German, Spanish, Greek, Japanese and other languages.

Among the most important places of interest are the high-spired Admiralty building; the Winter Palace (or The Hermitage Palace), Cathedral of St. Isaac (1858); and the equestrian statue of Peter the Great, Falconet masterpiece and the subject of Pushkin poem "The Bronze Horseman." The city oldest building is the fortress of Peter and Paul (1703), which served as a political prison in imperial days. Among the baroque buildings of the early 18th century are the Alexander Nevsky monastery (1710), the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (1733), the Winter Palace (1762), and the Smolny convent (1764). Neoclassical buildings of the late 18th and early 19th century include the Academy of Arts (1772), the Marble Palace (1785), the Taurida Palace (1788), the cathedral of the Virgin of Kazan (1811), and the Stock Exchange (1816). Among the city educational institutions are the St. Petersburg State University (est. 1804) and the St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance. There are numerous theaters, museums, scientific and medical institutes, and libraries, including the Saltykov-Shchedrin Public Library (1795) and the Academy of Sciences library.

St Petersburg is surrounded by imperial residences, some of which are inscribed in the World Heritage list. These include: Peterhoff, with the Grand Peterhoff Palace and glorious fountain cascades; Tzarskoe Selo, with the baroque Catherine Palace and the neoclassical Alexander Palace; and Pavlovsk, which contains a domed palace of Emperor Paul (1782-1786) and one of the largest English-style parks in Europe.