Marco  Polo Hotel St.Petersburg is located in an ancient building, officially recognized architectural monument. The hotel's interiors resemble an aristocratic house of the 19th century. The hotel has stored original interior details of the old foundation and pre-revolutionary artifacts: 2 richly decorated snow-white tiled fireplace and ascetic wood-burning stove, wide front door staircase with preserved original mosaic fragments on the floor, decorative elements of the facade - all this represents the historical and cultural heritage of the city. Boutique hotel Marco Polo Hotel Saint Petersburg is proud to be involved in the history of the Northern capital and strives to ensure that our guests fully experienced the atmosphere of “Old Petersburg”.

In 1874, according to the design of the architect Fedor Rudolph  built a five-story house No. 27 on the 12th line of Vasilievsky Island for a secret Advisor Nikolai Vasilievich Kalachev.

On February 18, 1898, the house opened its doors to ordinary residents of St. Petersburg as a folk at home.  He was supported by Vera Nikolaevna von Derviz, known for her charitable work. activities.

Until 1917, on the ground floor there was a reading room and a library, as well as music classes, equipped with grand pianos. In memory of this, the piano still decorates the Marco Polo Hotel restaurant. On the second a hall for events was organized on the third floor, and a painting school on the third floor.

After the Revolution, the building became a club for workers of the neighboring tobacco factory named after M.S. Uritsky.

In 1928-1933, the Mobile Musical Theater was located in the premises of house No. 27, and since 1933 of the year - regional youth theater.
In addition, outstanding scientists of their time lived here: academician Alexander Mikhailovich Lyapunov, professor of botany Vladimir Ivanovich Palladin, hydrologist Viktor Grigorievich Glushkov.

The official opening of the hotel took place in 2005.