Metro trains at Avtovo station in Saint Petersburg, Russia
I judge Saint Petersburg's metro trains and stations as cleaner and better-maintained than those of Moscow. I also navigated the system much more easily, thanks to English signage. That's the good news. The bad: most stations are far more utilitarian than the famed underground museums of Russia's capital. Avtovo is an exception. I suggest that visitors bring several print-outs of a suitable pdf'd metro map -- like www.artlebedev.com/spb/metro-map/hi-res/als-spb-metro-map.... I brought only…
Karin Verstraete
