Hotel Grand Europe, St. Petersburg 

Grand Hotel Europe is one of the first five-star hotels in St. Petersburg. The hotel building was built according to the design of Carlo Rossi at the beginning of the 19th century. Here Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and his wife spent their honeymoon, Rasputin dined, George Bernard Shaw met with Maxim Gorky, Dmitry Shostakovich played sonatas for Sergei Prokofiev. The hotel is located in the very center of the city on the Neva, next to the Russian Museum and not far from the Hermitage. The building has preserved the charm of antiquity, while all rooms have the most modern technical equipment that meets the requirements of the most discerning guests. The hotel has 301 rooms, including 10 unique luxury apartments, named after great artists: apartments of Lidval, Pavarotti, Stravinsky, Dostoevsky, Faberge. The design of each room is unique and corresponds to the name; many rooms are decorated with valuable antiques that decorated the hotel rooms even before the revolution. Moreover, each room has Wi-Fi, a telephone with direct access to international lines, satellite TV and radio, a minibar and a safe. The Grand Europe Hotel has 5 luxurious restaurants serving French, Russian, Italian and Chinese cuisine, a 24-hour Lobby Bar and the Mezzanine Cafe. The hotel also has a Health Club with a swimming pool, fitness center, sauna, solarium, massage room and beauty salon.