By Boat & Ferry

Traveling by boat between St. Petersburg and the Kotlin border is 1½ hours of sheer enjoyment: a pleasure cruise passes the island of Kotlin (Kronstadt), then travels along the coastline where Lomonosov, Peterhof, and Strelna can be seen with the aid of binoculars. Finally, it arrives into the huge city harbor, with St. Isaac's Cathedral as a constant focus. Make arrangements at the sea passenger terminal, which is on Vasilievsky Island at Ploshchad Morskoi Slavy. For inland trips to places such as Valaam Island, Kizhi Island, or even Moscow, boats depart from the river passenger terminal.

Contacts

Baltic Line. 812/322-1616. www.balticline.ru.

River passenger terminal. 195 pr. Obukhovskoi Oborony, Vladimirskaya, St. Petersburg, 192131. 812/362-0239 or 812/362-5101. Metro: Proletarskaya.

Sea passenger terminal. Pl. Morskoi Slavy, 1, Vasilievsky Island, St. Petersburg, 199108. 812/322-6052; 812/702-0799 St.Petersburg line for ferry tickets.