We tell you what to bring from St. Petersburg - from smelt and sweets to paintings and watches. What souvenirs and gifts do tourists choose? Prices and advice on where to shop.
Petersburg cosmetics
What to bring from St. Petersburg as a gift for women? The city produces many useful and high-quality cosmetic products - creams, masks, scrubs, soaps, bath salts, shampoos and foams. All that, without which it is difficult to imagine the life of a modern person.
Tourists love creams with calendula, cloudberries and carrots, as well as cosmetics with original names. How do you like "Kiss Balm", "Sugar Scrub for Sweet Dreams" or "Urgent Rejuvenation Cream"? Most of the St. Petersburg manufacturers produce organic cosmetics from herbs, flowers and useful beekeeping products.
Price... The cheapest products cost 30-40 rubles, the original soap in the form of a translucent ball - 190 rubles.
Advice... There are many cosmetic stores in St. Petersburg, so you won't have to look for the right product for a long time. Check out the quality cosmetics from Laboratorium, Element, Mood and the 11 AM workshop.
"Raketa" watch
Very "St. Petersburg" watches are produced at the Peterhof watch factory. They have been made since the time of Yuri Gagarin, which is why they got the name "Rocket". The factory produces watches of classic and modern design for men and women.
Price... The cheapest watches cost 7,300 rubles, running models from 45,000 rubles.
Advice... Shop on the ground floor of the Au Pont Rouge department store. It is located at 73 Moika Embankment.
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Paintings
No, not the ones that are sold at the Summer Garden and on the Nevsky. And at the Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. This is not only an original and beautiful souvenir that you can bring from St. Petersburg, but also an investment of money - what if in a few years the author of your painting will become a fashionable artist?
Price... The originals of the paintings are not cheap - from 8,000 rubles. Reproductions - from 3000 rubles.
Advice... Order a painting or reproduction at the private Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. It is located on Vasilievsky Island and is open any day, except Tuesday, from 10:00 to 22:00.
Naval souvenirs
What can you bring from St. Petersburg to a lover of the sea? The history of the city is closely linked with the development of the country's navy. Tourists mainly bring pennants, flags, badges and vests. Many people buy officer's caps, peakless caps, souvenir ship bells and exquisitely made ships in glass bottles.
Price... A summer vest costs 400 rubles, and a winter one - from 750 rubles.
Advice... A good selection of naval souvenirs in the "Telnyashka" store at 9-11 Shkapina Street. It works seven days a week from 10:00 to 21:00.
Petersburg smelt
What delicious souvenirs can you bring from St. Petersburg? Local fishermen and fish lovers appreciate smelt very much. It is sold by the metro, supermarkets, markets and cafes. There are so many fans of St. Petersburg smelt that restaurants and shops are named after it. Freshly caught silver fish smells like cucumber, while dried and smoked fish go well with beer.
Price... 1 kg of freshly frozen smelt costs 200-700 rubles. For long-term transportation, dried smelt is suitable. A package weighing 100 g is sold for 85-100 rubles.
Advice... A convenient solution is to order smelt with delivery across St. Petersburg in the online store. Sellers are easy to find online using the hashtag #smelt.
Petersburg chocolate and sweets
Don't know what souvenirs to bring from St. Petersburg as a gift for a sweet tooth? Buy delicious chocolate! In St. Petersburg stores there are tiles on the wrappers of which the sights of the city are painted. These are chocolate "Admiralteisky", "Summer Garden", "St. Petersburg" and "Vernissage".
Many people like the Petersburg Nights chocolate candies. Gift sets of chocolates "Evening Petersburg", "Leningradskie", "Bronze Horseman", "Nevsky Prospect", "Kazan Cathedral", "Petersburg Nights", "Portrait of Goncharova", "Portrait of Pushkin", "Russian Museum" and " Northern Aurora ".
Price... Ordinary tiles cost 60-80 rubles, and tiles with views of St. Petersburg - 150-200 rubles.
Advice... To bring high-quality chocolate from St. Petersburg, go to the brand shops of the confectionery factory named after N.K. Krupskaya. They work in different parts of the city, for example, on the street. Sadovaya, 9, st. Vosstaniya, 15, and Zagorodny prospect, 64. There is a large assortment and the lowest prices.
Marzipans
What can you bring children from St. Petersburg? An excellent choice is delicious marzipans. Once this delicate sweetness was very expensive and fascinated kings and empresses. Today, exquisite marzipan figurines, tiles, hearts and sweets are sold in various places in St. Petersburg.
Price... A marzipan heart costs 75 rubles, a figurine - 110-150 rubles, and gift sets - from 300 rubles.
Advice... There are many shops selling marzipans. Take a look at the shopping centers Bolshoy Gostiny Dvor, June, Continent and Mercury. We recommend you go to the Eliseev Merchants Shop near the Gostiny Dvor metro station and to the Marzipanovy Dvorik brand store on the street. Lensovet, 97A.
What else can you bring from St. Petersburg
- St. Petersburg cakes of the "North" association - 50-70 rubles.
- Cognac "The Bronze Horseman" and "Grad Petrov", 0.5 l - 880-1120 rubles.
- Ladies' sparkling wine "Catherine's Necklace", 0.75 l - 380 rubles.
- Souvenir "Air of St. Petersburg", the most ordinary air sealed in jars in 2003 - 300 rubles.
- Commemorative coins of the Mint - from 30 to 500 rubles and more.
- St. Petersburg porcelain - from 1200 rubles.
- Attributes of the sports club "Zenith" - 100-700 rubles.
Travel Tips
Take your time to shop at the city's souvenir shops. The same products, but at lower prices, are easy to find in supermarkets and ordinary stores in St. Petersburg.
Want to save money? Many shopping centers hold promotions every day. Discount sales start in the late afternoon and last until the end of the working day.
If you like chocolate, go to the Chocolate Museum at 18 Zhukovskogo Street or 17 Nevsky Prospect for sweet figurines and sweets. A chocolate car costs 300 rubles, a box - 190 rubles, an angel with a heart - 340 rubles, Artemon poodle - 300 rubles.
Are you deciding which book souvenirs to bring from St. Petersburg? It is better to buy books, postcards and city guides in the shops of the Bukvoed network. Prices here are 10-15% lower than in the House of Books on 28 Nevsky Prospect.
If you like vintage souvenirs, visit the largest flea market in St. Petersburg - Udelku. Near the Udelnaya metro station, they sell cheap vinyl records, icons, old dolls, cigarette cases and designer ceramics.
