Exiting Mayakovskaya station, cross Nevsky Prospekt, turn left and walk down to Nevsky Prospekt (about 400m), to the intersection with Liteiniy Prospect; or turn right and keep going along Nevsky Prospekt until you get to the bus stop. Take any bus or trolleybus and get off at the next stop, Liteiny Prospekt. Walk 100 m along Liteiny Prospekt until you reach number 61 (press 7B on the intercom).

Come out of the Metro (take the Gostiny Dvor exit), turn left and walk down to the bus stop. Take any bus or trolleybus and go two stops along Nevsky Prospekt, to the intersection with Liteiny Prospekt. Walk 100 m along Liteiny Prospekt until you reach number 61 (press 7B on the intercom).

Take the bus or minibus 39 from outside the terminal building to the Moskovskaya metro station. Take the metro from here directly to Nevsky Prospekt station (direct on line 1, in the direction of Parnas) and then change to Gostiny Dvor station, from where you can take the train one stop to Mayakovskaya (on Line 3, direction Rybatskoye). Exiting Mayakovskaya station, cross Nevsky Prospekt, turn left and walk down to Nevsky Prospekt (about 400m), to the intersection with Liteiniy Prospect; or turn right and keep going along Nevsky Prospekt until you get to the bus stop. Take any bus or trolleybus and get off at the next stop, Liteiny Prospekt. Walk 100 m along Liteiny Prospekt until you reach number 61 (press 7B on the intercom).

Leaving the station’s main exit, turn immediately left, cross Ligovsky Prospekt at the lights, turn right and then cross Nevsky Prospekt. Turn left onto Nevsky and walk until you get to the bus stop. Take any bus or trolleybus and get off at the next stop, Liteiny Prospekt. Walk 100 m along Liteiny Prospekt until you reach number 61 (press 7B on the intercom).

Leaving the station’s main exit, enter the Ladozhskaya metro station. Take the Metro from Ladozhskaya to Dostoevskaya, then cross over to Vladimirskaya and travel to PloshchadVosstaniya (exit onto Ulitsa Vosstaniya). Then walk along the even-numbered side of Nevsky Prospekt to the nearest bus stop (opposite the exit from the Stockmann shopping centre). Take any bus or trolleybus and get off at the next stop, Liteiny Prospekt. Walk 100 m along Liteiny Prospekt until you reach number 61 (press 7B on the intercom).

Leaving the station’s main exit, enter the Ladozhskaya metro station. Take the Metro from Ladozhskaya to Ploshchad Aleksandra Nevskovo 2, then cross over to Ploshchad Aleksandra Nevskovo 1 and take a train to Gostiny Dvor or Mayakovskaya. Thereafter see the section How to get from the Metro.

Leaving the station’s main exit, turn immediately left and enter the Pushkinskaya metro station. Go to Ploshchad Vosstaniya (exit onto Ulitsa Vosstaniya). Then walk along the even-numbered side of Nevsky Prospekt to the nearest bus stop (opposite the exit from the Stockmann shopping centre). Take any bus or trolleybus and get off at the next stop, Liteiny Prospekt. Walk 100 m along Liteiny Prospekt until you reach number 61 (press 7B on the intercom).

Location

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Friends on Liteiny is located on the first floor of a historic building constructed in the second half of the nineteenth century. The hostel is just one stop on public transport from PloshchadVosstaniya where Moscow Station, one of the city’s biggest railway stations, is located.

Just a short stroll from the main entrance is the city’s main thoroughfare, NevskyProspekt, with its bright lights and street signs, lively hustle and bustle, and diverse crowds of people out on the town orrushing to and from work. If you turn right along Nevsky Prospekt, you’ll soon come to Ulitsa Rubinsteina, where some of the city’s cosiest, most fashionable cafes and restaurants are clustered. This street leads to the well-known Five Corners intersection. And if you continue straight along Nevsky Prospekt, in no more than a minute you’ll find yourself at the famous Anichkov Bridge, with its Horse Tamers by Russian sculptor Klodt. This is also where the river boats, which do a roaring trade in the summer months, depart from.

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If you walk on a bit further, you’ll soon see a kaleidoscope of historic buildings and tourist attractions open up before you: the Catherine Garden, the Comedy Theatre, Malaya Sadovaya Ulitsa, Gostiny Dvor, Kazan Cathedral, Singer House, the Church of the Saviour on the Blood… Continuing on for about a kilometre and a half, you’ll find yourself in the heart of St. Petersburg, in Palace Square, where you can visit the State Hermitage Museum or take in the amazing views from the banks of the Neva.

What’s nearby

Nevsky Prospekt – 50m
Moscow railway station - 800m
Anichkov Bridge - 200m
The Kazan Cathedral – 1200m
Gostiny Dvor Shopping Centre – 700m
The Church on the Spilled Blood – 1900m
Palace Square – 2000m
The Hermitage – 2200m
St Isaac’s Cathedral – 2200m
The Russian Museum – 1800m
The Mariinsky Theatre – 2500m

Nearest Metro:

Mayakovskaya – 500m

What was here before:

The building at 61 Liteiny Prospekt, richly decorated in an eclectic style, was designed by the architect Mikhail Makarov for the merchant I.I. Antonov in 1871–1885. It was once an apartment building. It is one of the few surviving historic buildings in St. Petersburg, which has not been rebuilt. In 2001, the building was listed as a “building newly identified as being of historic, academic, artistic, or other cultural value.”