"Gold Valley"
100 kilometers away from Saint Petersburg one of the most beautyful places of Leningrad region Golden Valley is situated. The highest mountains in region offers an ability to build exellent ski lines which comply all the international standards. There is also modern snowboard park. The infrastructure of qood-quality ski resort is organized there: cafe, comfortable parking, ski and snowboard rental and instructor services. For many years Golden Valley is a favourite and most popular places for skiing and snowboarding lovers from Saint Petersburg.
Address: Blagodatnaya st., 63 | Phone: +7 (812) 388-23-07
"Red Lake"
-Exellent highlighted ski-lines, artificial snowing system, elevators, experienced instructors, guarded parking, equipment rental, two cafes, banquet hall, Russian bath, cozy cottages.
Address: pos. Korobitsino | Phone:+7 (812) 329-79-42
"Puxtolova gora"
Just few minutes from Zelenogorsk (a town in Leningrad region near Saint Petersburg) ski resort Puxtolova gora is opened again. It's one of the most picturesque places of Leningrad region. At your service: two modern elevators, cozy cafe, ski and snowboard rental, evening ice skating. Experienced instruktors work there. There are also special snowboard line and free guarded parking lot. .
Address: pos. Reshetnikovo | Phone: +7 (812) 115-06-00

Russian Vodka Museum

Konnogvardeysky bv., 5.

SAUNA AND BANYA IN ST.PETERSBURG

COSSACK'S BANYA

Private baths, Steam bath, sauna, shower, bar, billiards, sport facilities, swimming pool , sauna, Russian banya
Open: 24 hours.
Location: Bolshoi Kazachy per., 11
Phone: 315-07-34

MITNINSKY SAUNAS

Pool with hydromassage, billiards, sauna, resting hall
Open: Tue.-Sun. from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., Mon. from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Location: 17/19, Mitninskaya st.
Phone: 271-71-19, 274-42-29

BOWLING IN ST.PETERSBURG

BOWLING 5-TH AVENUE

Real American ten-pin bowling; 7 lanes, ultra-modern equipment, bowling accessories shop. Bar, Russian and American billiards. Daytime charges lower. Children's room available. All major credit cards except AMEX accepted.
Open: Mon-Fri noon, Sat-Sun 10.00 a.m. until the last customer leaves.
Location: 2 Pl. Konstitutsii.
Phone: 123 0809.

FARWATER

Bowling club. 6 lanes. Bar with view of the Gulf of Finland. Sports events on a big screen. Unique lighting effects, disco from 11.00 p.m. to 5.00 a.m. (entrance free). All major credit cards accepted.
Open: Mon-Fri from noon, Sat-Sun 10.00 a.m. until the last customer leaves.
Location: 1 Pl. Morskoy Slavy (in the Marine Terminal building).
Phone: 322 6939.

M 111

Bowling (16 lanes), children's lanes, Russian billiards, pool - 5 tables, disco, VIP room, two bars. Restaurant with Russian and European cuisine. Live music: Thur from 10.00 p.m., Fri-Sat from 11.00 p.m. Cabaret from midnight. Discounts for customers with children under 14 Mon-Fri noon to 6.00 p.m. Credit cards accepted: VISA, VISA ELECTRON, EC/MC, DC, MAESTRO.
Open: daily noon to 6.00 a.m. Location: 111 Moskovsky Pr. Phone: 320 4400, 320 4427.

BILLIARDS IN ST.PETERSBURG

BILLIARDS BLUES-STYLE

The establishment's slogan is 3B's: blues, billiards and beer. Fifteen pool tables, slot machines, darts. Performances by blues groups. Bar.
Open: daily 10.00 a.m. to 7.00 a.m.
Location: 47 Ul. Professora Popova (Palace of Youth)
Phone: 234 4448, 234 9713.

TRICK-SHOT

Pool, bar, restaurant with European cuisine. Small cosy hall. Billiards tournaments on Sundays.
Open: daily 1.00 p.m. to 6.00 a.m.
Location: 73 Ul. Marata.
Phone: 164 9876.

SPORT ACTIVITIES IN ST.PETERSBURG

SKATING
ICE PALACE

The new St.Petersburg Ice palace may become one of the most beautiful and prestigious sports and concert grounds in Europe.
The Ice palace, constructed especially for the World championship in hockey in 2000, invites adults and children to skate on the new skating rink. Skating rink works daily from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Tickets to the skating rink: children's one - 50 rbl. per hour (with rent of skates - 80 rbl.); adult's one - 100 rbl. (with rent of skates - 150 rbl.). Tickets to actions - from 150 rbl
Location: Pyatiletok pr-t, 1

CRUISER AURORA

The ship was constructed in St. Petersburg New Admiralty in 1897-1903 under the program of strengthening of the Russian sea forces at the Far East. On the 8th of November, 1903 AURORA was sent to the Far East together with the cruiser detachment under the flag of Rear Admiral A.A.Virenius. She had made the voyage on a route: Kronstadt - Portland (U.K.) - Algeria - Specia (Italy) - Bizerta (Tunis) - Peraeus (Greece) - Port Suez - Gibuti. However the detachment was withdrawn on Baltic Sea owing the beginning of Russo-Japanese war.
Lying in Petrograd the Cruiser had appeared at the centre of events of Russian Revolution 1917. Being in close contact to the workers of a plant, the cruiser's seamen were involved in revolutionary propaganda. This was promoted by general situation in Russia, which was put on a verge of catastrophe by the war. Russian army, fatiged, bloodless, insufficiently armed, suffered tremendous losses and went from defeat to defeat. The national economy had come in decline: there were starvation, lack of bread, meat, kerosene, goods of the primary needs. There was obvious an inability of imperial government to cope with a crisis situation. The mutual relations between AURORA's officers and team became extremely strained. On 12th of March the crew had required commanding officer to release under the arrest a three imprisoned workers-propagandists. In order to disperse this mass-meeting commanding officer Captain 1-st rank M.I.Nikolskiy and Senior officer P.P.Ogranovich opened pistol fire; there were wounded. When on March 13, 1917 at the Cruiser it had become known about the occured Revolution, sailors together with the workers hoisted the Red flag over the ship. Commanding officer was killed, senior officer was wounded, most part of crew landed and joined the revolt.
Soon the Ship Committee was elected in realization of democratic rights of sailors. As a result of secret voting it was decided, that democratic republic must be a form of government in Russia. Later AURORA blank-fired a forecastle gun to bringing moral pressure to defenders of Winter Palace, where the Provisional Government was.

Open: Tues-Thur, Sat-Sun 10.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.
Location: Petrovskaya Nab

Activities in St. Petersburg

ski & snowboarding
OKHTA PARK. A picturesque area to the north of St. Petersburg near Kuzmolovo town. There you can ski, snowboard, make ice-skating or sledging.
There are 5 different slopes with average height 50-60 meters and about 400 meters long. The park is equipped with elevators, snow machines, night lighting. The elevators cost 20 to 300 R ($1-$10) for 10 rides. The lowest price is from 11.00 to 17.00 on weekdays. The highest price is from 21.00 to 11.00 on weekends.
You can bring your own equipment or rent it there. They rent ski (atomic, scott), snowboards (salomon, rossignol), ice-skates, sledges.
Rental prices for ski or snowboard (full complect) weekdays / weekend: 1st hour - 150 R ($5) / 200 R ($7), 2 hours - 250 R ($8) / 350 R ($12), every next hour: +50 R($1.7) / +60R ($2), whole day: 400R ($13)/ 600R ($20).
To rent the equipment you need to pay for the time and leave a refundable deposit of $300 or your driving license.
Open hours: weekdays: 10.00-22.30, weekends: 9.00 - 22.30.
How to get there: this park is located 30 minutes by car from the city, or 1 hour by a bus from Petrogradskaya metro station.
If you go by public transport, go to metro Petrogradskaya (blue line, Vasilievski island) and take a bus #333 to Okhta Park. It'll take about 1 hour.
Contacts: phones (812) 118-18-70, 325-74-37, e-mail: internet:

fitness
VINT Sportclub
Martial arts, yoga lessons, fitness. Address: Vasilievski island, 15th Line, 32, phone: (812) 323-3057, Open: 11-01.
ice skating
Here are a few ice-skating areas in St. Petersburg.
1. Saltykova-Shchedrina st., #50 ||| 2. Fontanka river embankment, #112 (metro Sennaya Ploshchad) ||| 3. Kuznetsovskaya ul., #25 (metro Avtovo) ||| 4. Perekopskaya st., #6/8

swimming
These sportclubs have swimming pools.
1. Sport Life. Address: Aptekarski pr., #16, tel.: 322-5858 | 2. ORCA Club. Dekabristov, #38 (metro Sadovaya) | 3. Diving club. Kima prospekt, #22 (metro Primorskaya) | 4. Petrogradets club. Lva Tolstogo, #8 (metro Primorskaya), tel. 232-1074