Moscow Travel Forum

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Hey everybody!

I'm going to stay in Moscow for the first time in June.


Will anyone tell me wiich is best to carry to Moscow? Dollars or euros? And who can tell me with the currency?

How safe is it to go for a walk during the day?

How much it may be having lunch?

Thank you!

Could anyone tell me what time the Victory Parade will take place 9th May

Where should I go to watch it?

I will be using the metro. Which stop should I use?

I am looking for maps/designs of the routes of the Moscow metro, made before the year 1930. Who can help me with this?

Hi,

I will be arriving at Domodedovo airport at 2am so I will have to get a taxi to the city centre. Is there a good taxi company operating from the airport? How much should I expect to pay?

It has occured to me that I could just wait in the airport until buses and trains start running! Would it be comfortable?

Hi,

I'm planning on tkaing this route to Moscow:

1. Flight to Latvia (Riga), train to Moscow

Outbound:

Monday 19th

16.10 flight from london heathrow - arrives Latvia 23.30 with a 1hr40min stop change over at Amsterdam

Tuesday 20th

Train from Latvia to Moscow:
Departs 15:15 - arrives 21st 09:41

Return:

Thursday 22nd - Train depart 19:11 - 09:20 on Friday 24th

Friday 23rd - flight departs 13:00 arrives London Heathrow 16:10 with a stop off in Amsterdam

Flight Cost - £183.70
Train Cost - £96 for second class or £158 for second class with breakfast and cleaning.

TOTAL COST - £279.70 or £341.70 + Russian Visa Cost

Any advice from experience travellers, tips, thing sI should know would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Mark

Hi everybody
I need you advice, im going to russia in late december and need some info
Ive found via internet and lonely planet and awesome sounding place to stay called "Galinas flat" that im keen on
If anyone has been there or has any tips on it give me a bell.

Thanks heapes

Joseph

Hi, I am going to Moscow for 3 months (May-July) and would like to have some russian classes (during weekend)..I think a university student will be just fine..anyone who knows anything or has a university contact that would be more than helpfule

Has anyone any experience or whatever of this service?

MY first day in Moscow will be 9th of May. Victory Day. Will all public buildings be closed? What about the Kremlin? What should I spend this day doing? Should I go to Victory Park?

Thanks

Hello All,
I am from cambodia and I would like to buy a mobile phone via internet because I want to give present to my boyfriend who live in moscow.
Please advice me. Thanks.

I am going to Moscow in August, and I would like to buy a Saint Basil miniature Cathedral, just the size to display it in my curio.

Could anyone tell me where I may find it in Moscow..??

Would it be in the shops in the Arbat Street area..???

Could anyone advise please..????

Thank you fellow travelers.....

Were staying in Moscow in May (Champions League Final)

We'd rather stay maybe 2 or 3 stops on the metro away from the City Centre. Can anyone recommend any hotels?

Thanks,
Shirley

A few months ago I booked a twin room in the Home from Home Hostel in Moscow for about € 25,- per person per night.

When I want to book this room nowadays, it costs about € 76,- per person per night.

Is this normal, is this Russian, is this...?

Hi everyone,first question, i will 'if' it all goes to plan,traveling on my own to Moscow for the final...WITHOUT TICKET!!!...i will be traveling by train or bus,plaese advise me on all matters which i should understand.

Q2 in Moscow i will be staying one night in a budget low cost or even a camp sit or hostel.

which is the easiest route to travel to Moscow from outside Russia.

Please offer me any advice.

thanks all and have a good weekend

Hi

I am from the UK.

I am planning to go to Lithuania, then onto Moscow by train for 2 days, then back to Lithuania.

Can I get a transit Visa? Or will it have to be the tourist visa?

I want to publicly thank "globetrotter" and "whiteritter" for the information regarding the Kremlim...
I have been reading articles about safety in Moscow, and even though of course a tourist should take precautions and use common sense, I have been worried about police and military officer's corruption.
One article in a travel magazine states that " you should never under any circumstances give your original passport and visa to any police or military officer, it is perfectly legal to give them copies..."
In a different magazine, they mention the opposite: " Never give passport and visa copies to an officer if requested, you must give the originals unless you want to be interrogated for hours.."
What should I do..?? This is a very bad reputation for a city so beautiful....I am thinking taking my originals and copies with me in a hidden place strapped to my body to avoid pickpocketing....but this is very bad if I will have to bribe government officials.
Are these magazines exagerating..??? What should I do..?? Thanks

Hello dear friends...
If anyone could tell me if the kremlim guards in Moscow would allow me to enter the Kremlim with my camera tripod...

I know there are some places where you cannot do it: Chichen Itza, The Sistine Chapel, The Louvre, The British Museum

I am going to Moscow late August, and I need to plan ahead...

Please let me know if anyone has information. Thanks

Hi!
I need to buy a train ticket (one way) from Moscow to St Petersburg.
Could you tell me the best way to buy it?? (official railways page if possible)
What is the name of the two best located train stations?
What is the usual price for a 2 person cabin?

Are there low cost flights available??

Thanks!


Jordi.

We are going to Moscow in May 2008. Wondering if anyone would mind telling us what to take to wear at this time of year? What currency they found best, did they use ATM machines and what the prices of things like a sandwich and a can of coke are? Did they take an electronic translator that translates the english question into a russian spokien voice? What did they find best about their time and what was the worst part? Did they use cable tv and are there many things to watch in english. (The apartment we are staying in comes with cable tv). Does anyone know how long it takes for an email from russia to get to an australian email address? Thanks for your help.

Who can help me?
I need to rent an apartment for the time of March 19-25 in Moscow. Close to metro welcome. Of course... i search for the best at the lowest price :)
Thanks for your help
Maciek

Hello all, I have a 3-part question. First:

I am a US citizen, and I will be traveling to Simferopol, Ukraine by way of Moscow, usually I go through Kiev but I have airline credit, and this certain airline usually partners with Aeroflot through Sheremetyevo in Moscow.

My tickets say I must change terminals at the airport in Moscow. I will arrive in Termial 2 and leave from Terminal 1 according to the airline. But The airports website says I will leave from terminal C. I will execute the opposite bath returning thome to the US.

According to the airport's website and airline:

TRANSIT WITHOUT VISA (TWOV)

[b]Passenger needs a transit visa if switching between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. [/b]

[size=18][u][b]So I'm assuming that I will need a transit visa??[/b][/u][/size]

[b]Passengers transiting Russian Fed. and continuing to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bela­rus, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine or Uzbekistan must:

hold visa and all other required docu­ments for next destination, and either

hold visa for entry Russian Fed. prior to arrival, or
obtain visa on arrival. A 24 hours transit visa can be obtained on providing air ticket and visa, if necessary, to the point of final destination.

I will be going to Ukraine of course, for which I don't need a visa. But what visa are they saying I must hold? The russian transit visa? and what other documents? Will the Russian authorities be checking for a Ukrainian Visa that I dont' even need?

So my questions are:

1) Do I need the transit Visa?
2) What "other documents" will the russians check for? Remember I don't need anything but a passport for Ukraine.
3) What is this terminal C? I thought Terminal 2 was for international flights, and SVO1 was for domestic? If so, why to flights to Ukraine leave from SVO1?

Hi! I found on the www.rzd.ru site an online ticket feature.

http://www.ticket.rzd.ru/wps/portal/pp
Here i can buy ticket 45 days before starting the trip. If i understend the site, I can pick up the ticket in special ticket office on the railways. I have some questions about it:

Is here anybody to bought ticket on the rzd.ru site?


Is The special internet ticket "cassa" open all day? ( We arrived by airplane to Moscow at night then go with train to SPB about midnight. If the cassa closed at 19:00 how we pick up our ticket....)

I found any tourist office which posted the ticket to me ( Budapest, Hungary) but each ticket delivery cost about 17 USD, and the train ticket also 17 USD ( platzkart)......

I found the website www.waytorussia.com but there some reviews was not good
about "online" ticket service. Have You any idea about waytorussia?

Have you any advice, and practical to buy realy cheap two way ticket from Moscow to Sankt Petersburg .

Sorry for the short notice, but I have an opportunity to go to Suzdal and Vladimir tomorrow, returning to Moscow late Sunday afternoon. It is a holiday weekend here. Does anyone have any suggestions for a nice, clean, safe very reasonably-priced hostel, B&B, or room in Suzdal, or, Vladimir (if there is bus service to Suzdal)? I'm a mid-aged single female, traveling solo, if that makes any difference . . . with an adventurous spirit!

Thanks for any help you can give!

How do I find inexpensive air travel from Moscow. Got there on an discount ticket but there seems to be nothing leaving I can afford. Can I use the return half of a discount roundtrip ticket?

Hi,

I am planning to travel to Moscow during the first week or so of May. However, I noticed that 1st May and 9th May are both public holidays, Labour day and Victory day respectively.

Are tourist sites in general open during public holidays? Seems that Red Square will be holding parades during these 2 days, is it still possible to visit the Armoury and Kremlin?

Any advice will be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Could anyone recommend a nice hotel in Moscow? Somewhere in the 60 to 80 euros range and fairly central if possible.

I know this question must have been asked on here loads of times and I also know that hotels are listed in the travel guides. It's hard to go through them all though!

Thank you,

John

Hello, Never been to Russia flying in on the 19th March next day it's my birthday. Will meet a friend. What is a nice place to celebrate ? On a budget but would go all out on that day! Interested in everything especially shows eg ballet or acrobats. Nice venue to eat or view or just something amazing that I would never forget.
Thanks

Hi, I am planning to order an invitation from realrussia.co.uk This does not require an accommodation, but they seem to have given me a fictitious accommodation, and I am wondering about the authencity of the invitation. Can anyone help me with this? The hostel that I am staying at does not do invitations.

im planning a trip to japan without flying.
i have my journey from moscow roughly planned, but i am unsure of the best way to get to moscow.
does anybody have experience with this?

I am looking for the cheapest method to get from the uk, (i will start from crewe) to moscow, but there are a lot of choices. helsinki/frankfurt/warsaw.....etc.

also, visas. which ones would i need? just russian and belerusian?

thanks