St. Petersburg (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
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Author: DK PublishingEdition: Vinyl Bound
Published: 2007-01-15
ISBN: 0756624363
Number of pages: 264
Publisher: DK Travel
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Book Review: Eyewitness Travel St. Petersburg 2007 edition
Summary: 4 Stars
The book helped me a lot on my visit to St. Petersburg as I don't know Russian. The maps have the street names in English and Cyrillic Also the street index. There is also a metro map with stations written in both languages. The metro map and phrase book at the end - should be written in bigger letters. The book is very colorful and helps you to identify the sights and find your way.
I didn't read all the history section which seems very detailed but for a traveler - there should be a summery page of the important events and people who had an impact on St. Petersburg's history and Architecture.
Information that I found lacking or should be improved (Only from my experience in the city and I didn't see or visit all the sites)
1.Yosupuv Palace - no information about the beautiful interior and collections (p. 120) A gallery or hall guide should be added.
2. There are three guided walks ( P. 133-139) but a very important one "Dostoevsky walk" ("Crime and Punishment") around the area of Sennaya Ploshchad is missing . there is a small map on p.115 with "sights at glance" without the buldings were Dostoevsky lived. There is a mention of him on page 123 with limited information.
A map, the walk and more information linking the area to the relevant books (" Crime & Punishment"," The Gambler" etc.) must be added.
3. Traskoe Selo or Pushkin (P.152-155) - no mention of the impressive Holocaust "Formula of Grief " also not on the map on page 155.
Summary of St. Petersburg (Eyewitness Travel Guides)
Includes: Vasilevskiy Island, Petrogradskaya, Palace Embankment, Gostinyy Dvor, and Sennaya Ploshchad.General Books
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