Saint Petersburg was constructed in 1703. The first hotel was built in 1719 on a place of Chicherin House in a Nevsky Prospekt 15. It was a Gostiny Dvor (Russian: Гостиный Двор), a gallery where merchants lived, stored the goods and traded in them.[1]
The first modern hotel was opened in 1804 on Bolshaya Morskaya street 23/8. It was called the "Big hotel Paris" (Russian: Большая гостиница Париж). In 1821 was published rule "Provisions about hotels, restaurants, coffee houses, and taverns".[2]
| Name | Number of Rooms |
|---|---|
| Park Inn Pribaltiyskaya | 1,200 |
| Park Inn Pulkovskaya | 842 |
| Grand Hotel Europe | 301 |
| Corinthia Nevsky Palace Hotel | 282 |
| Hotel Astoria | 215 |
| Arkadia hotel | 15 |