Laminated St. Petersburg City Streets Map by Borch ... (ISBN 3866093349)

Terrible Map...although I don't have an alternative...:
Contrary to the other review written, I would suggest buying ANY MAP OTHER THAN THIS ONE. The map's biggest problem is that it doesn't show the entire city. St. Petersburg is a collection of islands, and some of the islands, most importantly Vasilevsky, simply don't fit on the map. If you want to go anywhere other than the main streets of Petersburg, good luck using this map to figure out where they are. It doesn't zoom in, so you can get to the area something is in, but it's hard to find the tiny little winding streets it takes to get there. A huge key with points of interest blocks off most of the streets on another one of the islands. The reason I gave this map two stars instead of one (or none) was because: 1. It's laminated. Sure, you look really dumb in the city unfolding a HUGE laminated, brightly colored map, but it does withstand the test of St. Petersburg's regular snow and rain. 2. It has a metro map that's easy to understand. But I think you could find that anywhere. 3. The tourist locations are blatantly marked so that you can't miss them. So, if you're just going to see the ten major sites of St. Petersburg, than this is a fine map. But if you want to be able to navigate some of the smaller side streets or if you're trying to visit someone's apartment, this is not the map for you.

Review of Saint Petersburg City Streets:
The only map of Saint Petersburg that has survived my frequent trips to the Imperial City is this one from the B & B City Streets series. It is of primary interest to tourists since it covers only the city center in detail and it has Latin characters in all text. The map is virtually indistructable due to each panel being a seperate plastic laminated map segment which is waterpoof and folds effortlessly with one hand. It includes Metro Line diagrams, street locator index, text in 5 European languages, major attractions, yearly temp. and rainfall graphs, and regional map panels. This is the map I recommend to both first time and seasoned Saint Petersburg visitors due to it's comprehensive but easy to read format. If I was able to take only one map, it would be this one unless I needed a map in Cyrillic. All Cyrillic maps I've been able to find are thin paper that wear out and tear at the folds after a short period. The scale of 1:11000 is perfect for displaying the city center large enough to see the detail which would be desired by a walking tourist.