Fodor's Expert Review Oktyaberskaya
10 Ligovsky pr., St. Petersburg, St.-Petersburg, 191036, Russia
It's hard to miss this monolith directly opposite Moscow Station—a huge sign, "Leningrad–Gorod Geroi" (Leningrad–Hero City), sits on top—but how you'll feel about the drearily functional rooms will depend on your tolerance of Soviet-era decor. No one can complain about the location near Nevsky prospekt, and the city-within-a-city complex includes restaurants, coffee shops, bars, a post office, hair salons, and more.
PROS
- next to main railway station
- surrounded by shops and restaurants
CONS
- huge and impersonal
- on a noisy intersection
- you might feel like a prisoner of the state in the drab rooms
