The hotel does not have a gym.

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It does not

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In St .Petersburg restaurants and bars are open also on Christmas Day and Boxing day. In Russia Christmas is celebrated usually on January 7th, but New Year is a bigger celebration for them than Christmas.

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Our actual embassy processing time was about a week. We paid for courier delivery and a Russian motorcyclist delivered the passports about a week after we submitted. But there are other time factors to add - forms have to be requested from the hotel - allow about a day. - The forms have to be filled in. This also took about a day. They are not easy, especially as you need to declare all overseas travel for the last 10 years. - Then you have to travel personally to the Russian Embassy's outsourced processing unit near Old St tube. They processed quickly (we were in and out in under 30 minutes - it felt like 10 but it must have been more) but all travellers have to be there in person to get their fingerprints taken. If your form is incorrectly filled in, this could give a greater delay. We found the process complex, demanding but nevertheless efficient. Russia is a brilliant place and it was fully worth the effort.

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