Centrally located on Nevskiy Prospekt, Dom Knigi is a massive bookstore with an excellent section for travelers.

In fact now there are two shops called Dom Knigi at Nevsky prospect: the first and the best is located at the corner of Nevsky prospect and Griboediv channel in front of Kazansky cathedral. It`s a beautiful ex-Zinger`s house. It was closed for little period for renovation, but now it`s open. The second one is located also at Nevsky prospect in front of Catherine`s garden and near "Avrora" cinema.

Immediately in to your right after you walk in is a section with books in English, French, German, and other languages. There are plenty of postcards, souvenir picture books of the city, calendars, small handbooks on the city, even Russian greeting cards. Within the bookstore in other sections, there is a massive children's section (in Russian, of course) where one might pick up a small book for an elementary sampling of Cyrillic, the Russian alphabet. The normal section of the bookstore is, of course, all in Russian but very diverse and can serve as a means of exploring culture a litte more--for instance, when there, why not pick up a copy of Crime and Punishment in Dostoyevsky's native language? There are English speaking workers in the tourist section, and a few scattered throughout the rest of the store who are all willing to help if you seek it.