Avis

If you're arriving in St. Petersburg by air, why not start your holiday in style by jumping into an Avis car right at the airport. They're open from eight in the morning, right through to ten at night, seven days a week. If you’re already in town, no problem, you can drop by their office at the Moscow Hotel, 2 Square Alexandra, Nevskogo, 9am to 9pm, seven days a week, to sort yourself out some wheels. Avis have got a great fleet of cars ready to drive away including, Opel Astras, Corsas and Audi A4s. Book your vehicle online today, or to find out more just go to the site, click ‘Display Rental Agreement’ and hit ‘Ask Avis’. Avis’ English language website should be able to answer all your queries and if it can’t, you can contact them directly.

And once you’re all buckled up and raring to go, St Petersburg and its surroundings are yours to discover. With so many museums, galleries and palaces you’ll be spoilt for choice in the Venice of the North, but you shouldn’t miss the splendid Peterhorf off your sightseeing itinerary Peterhorf, built by none other than Peter the Great himself as a rival to Versailles.

Better cars than the other guys.