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By Metro Moscow
138 Reviews Metro when I was in Moscow was the main type of transportation which I was used. I bought 2 times tickets for 10 rides. I payed about 250 RUB. I suppose that this ticket is cheaper and are more useful...
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Metro Saint Petersburg
85 Reviews Saint Petersburg is one of the deepest subway system in the world and the deepest by the average depth of all the stations (105 m below ground) For one day it serving 2,5 million passengers and it is...
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By Air Volgograd
3 Reviews There are several flights to Moscow per day, from DME and SVO. The ticket is RUR 5 800 around (EUR 170) to and back. The airport is not far from the city. Besides in summer there are someflight to...
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By Taxi, Car Moscow
51 Reviews Although his rate appeared high, I hired "Uncle Pasha" (www.moscowdrivers.net) for $80 and haven't regretted it. For this price he saved me a bundle right away at the airport by cautioning me...
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Buses Saint Petersburg
31 Reviews Besides the local buses, St Petersburg's public transport also consists of marshrutkas (minibuses). They usually follow a fixed route between the city centre and the suburbs. You can hail one or get...
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By Tram, Bus, etc. Moscow
16 Reviews I moved from Moscow to Riga and from Riga back home to Tallinn. I bought tickets on Ecolines bus company. Bus ticket from Moscow to Riga cost 41.70 EURO (on the way about 13 hours) Bus ticket from...
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Trains Saint Petersburg
35 Reviews We went there by a train from Warsaw. To minimize costs we bought tickets from Warsaw to Terespol (town on the border). Price 35 PLN (9 USD). Travel time: 3,5h. Then from Terespol to Brest (Brzesc -...
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By Train Moscow
34 Reviews Hi, Aeroexpress Domodedovo to Moscow (Paveletskaya metro station & train station) ~ 320 rubles economy class http://www.aeroexpress.ru/en/domodedovo.htm metro to Komsomolskaya & Leningrad train...
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By Plane Saint Petersburg
24 Reviews The city has several train stations as well as airport Pulkovo. Trains start in evening in Moscow and in early morning you arrive to Saint Petersburg. The same is for the way back. The prices depend...
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By Airplane Moscow
48 Reviews Just heard on the radio: No flights from Frankfurt am Main, airport personnel on strike. The thought struck me – excuse the pun – when did I hear last about a Moscow airport, airline or any related...
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By Sea Saint Petersburg
12 Reviews A visit to St Petersburg would not be complete without a trip to one of the fabulous palaces located out of the city centre - We chose to visit Peterhof. There are couple of ways to get there from...
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Altogether Moscow
35 Reviews BTW, I almost forgot, you need to think about possible delay of your flight as well. Then it will not be enough time to travel by trains, buses, taxis or whatever. The idea of staying in Moscow for...
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Taxis Saint Petersburg
12 Reviews Do not hire a taxi near the airport - the men offering a taxi will charge you a double or three times price. You can do this by a small taxi desk inside the airport, they inform about price. Say, from...
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Outing Saint Petersburg
14 Reviews Saint Petersburg is made for walkers. Even in Winter you can find plenty to see. But if you get tired, the Metro subway systems is fun and only about 17 Rubles. The long escalators into these tunnels,...
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By Car Saint Petersburg
10 Reviews Firstly, unlike in Estonia, where oil is about 1.2 euros per 1 liter , in St.Petersburg it is about 29 RUB - it is about 0.60 euros per 1 liter. So you can see the difference between countries. That's...
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Canals and Rivers Saint Petersburg
4 Reviews There are 4 lines of aquabuses in St.Petersburg: 1.Primorskaya line (from Staraya Derevnya to Arsenalnaya embankment - Zelenogorsk) 2. Central line (from Sinopskaya embankment to University...
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by Bike Saint Petersburg
2 Reviews With the increasing automobile traffic and lack of bicycle lanes or paths, St. Petersburg is difficult for bicycles. Not to mention icy roads in winter. However, outside the city there is almost...
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Do take some time to study the art and design around the famous Moscow metro stations, the chandeliers, the paintings and mosaic displays, the Soviet details on the lamps, when you take the metro. Kievskaya, Komsomolskaya, Mayakovskaya, Novokuznetskaya, Park Kultury, Belorusskaya, Revolutsii Ploshchad are some lovely ones. The Muscovites should be so proud.
The Trans-Siberian Railway departed from Yaroslavski Station in Moscow. When the train arrived there was chaos and people everywhere. My friend lost his wallet then he entered the train. Later I spoke with a woman on the train, she had also lost some of her things at Yaroslavski. Be careful at the station...We were travelling on second-class tickets. Therefore our 'home' was in a cabin with four beds. The size of the cabin is about 1.9 * 1.7 m. Before bedtime the first night, the 'provodnitsa' (the carriage attendant) handed out sheets, pillowcase, blankets, and a washcloth.In every carriage there are 8 cabins and 2 restrooms. The restrooms are closed when the train stops at stations (for 15-30 minutes) - and at border crossings (for several hours). There are no showers in the carriage, only a sink. Remember to bring you own towel, soap, toilet paper etc.There is also a samovar with hot...
A special ship in Russia: "M/V Princess Arabella"it is the smallest ship of the russian fleet and the only one that is able to go to through the Belomorsk Canal to the Solovietsky Islands.This ship was built in order to serve as a floating hospital in Amsterdam before it was sold to Russsa. This ship has extra-wide corridors, large bathrooms and even an elevator big enough for the rolling beds of a hospital. BUT unfortunately it has disadvantages as well: all decks were extra-low and I very often hit my head when entering the restaurant.What you can see in my main photo is an ordinary sight in Russian rivers: there is 1 landing-stage and that is shared by all ships that are docking there and you have to walk through other ships in order to get back to your own ship.Only our ship "M/V Princess Arabella" did not fit to these ships, because it was much smaller and the decks were not in the...
River-Cruising from Perm to MoscowAs far as I know this quite rare cruise-itinerary will be offered only by the ship M/V Furmanov and only 2 times each year : once in spring from Perm to Moscow and thats also the very first cruise of this ship after the winter-break. At the end of the summerseason the 2nd such cruise will be offered in late october from Moscow to Perm. Both of these cruises are sold at the german cruise-market only and german also was the only language onboard.Along that route you will see some places that you will hardly ever be able to see another way:Perm - Yelabuga - Nizhnekamsk - Kazan - Votkinsk - Cheboksary - Ples - GorodetsI had a small single cabin onboard of the cruise-ship M/S Furmanov, a 3-star ship.The price for this singlecabin was 2400 euros for the cruise from Perm to Moscow, including flights from Vienna and lots of excursions.
How to get to DomodedovoBuses will take at least about 1,5 hours to get you from the city-centre of Moscow (e.g. the Kremlin) to Domodedovo airport. I came by bus from the river-port in the north of Moscow (last station of the green Metro-line), on a sunday shortly after lunchtime, from the riverport we needed 30 minutes to the centre and another 90 minutes to the airport.So it makes sense to add some extra time for trafic-jams and rush-hours, when taking a bus.The night before I had such a traficjam on Twerkaja-street and needed 3 hours instead of 30 min to get home. Our bus was organized by the cruiseship, so unfortunately I dont know anything about public transport to Domomdedovo-airport !------------------------according to some infos that I got from Sonja (VT-member yumyum) there is a train each hour leaving at the Metro-station Pawelezkaja directely to Domodedovo, it takes 45...
The metro in Moscow is a tourist-attraction, especially when you are taking a look around in the beautifully decorated stations of the Ringline and the stations in the very centre of Moscow.For the ride in the metro you have to pay just for the entry to the tunnels and then you can stay in the stations and trains as long as you want, you can change the trains as often as you want, go into any direction etc.So its also possible for tourists to stay there for some hours and explore all the interesting stations. Some years ago taking photos in the metro-stations was forbidden, but nowadays its no problem anymore !
The metros in Moscow and St. Petersburg are efficient and economical. My only complaint, and it is not exclusively a Russian problem, is the poorly labeled stations. Often from inside the metro car I could not tell the name of the station. Natives told me that they had no problem because each station was uniquely decorated. For a visitor this usually does not help. Someone told me the poor labeling was to confuse invaders. I was fairly often confused.Except for one line, there was nothing displayed in the cars about the station of arrival. The announcement in Russian was confusing because when I could hear it, I think it said something like,"We are arriving from X, at station Y and will be departing for station Z on the line going to Q. Please be careful not to leave any belongings. Also give up your seat to the old or infirm." To a non-Russian speaker this did not help at all.Because of...
There is quite a bit of variation in the prices quoted by agents found over the internet. Some of this may relate to the services included. For example, free transfer from the airport to the ship, free visa support, special tours beyond the boat standard or maybe even a higher quality food service with inclusion of wine might be included in some packages, but a charged item in another. Some ships probably are more luxurious than ships in the low cost category we chose to use. I imagine that a higher quality ship might have higher quality food, entertainers and perhaps even more highly paid or qualified guides, but we were VERY satisfied with the Rus. (The Lenin and the Cherynenko were similiar.) Having read warnings, confirmed by friends, that there is a danger of being on an almost all English speaking ship, we were happy to find that over 60% of the passengers on our September cruise...
For the buses I took between cities in Russia (total 3) I found that I had to pay 10-20% of my ticket price for transport of my bag which was a large carry-on backpack. I was not allowed to take it onto the bus and the first time this happened I was sent back to the ticket window to pay the fee. After this incident, I anticipated the requirement and paid the fee when I bought my passage.I have never experienced this in any other country I have visited.
in moscow but not used metro ? you cannot say that you've been to moscow unless you used metro , at least from your hotel-flat to red square, ok you are staying nerby the RSQ but again, you should use metro to go somewhere just to see every station has a different theme... what that mean ? just enter and see yourself ..:)Make sure you go to the right direction cos it has 3 different lines and total 180 kms...
Marriott Moscow Royal Moscow
6 Reviews and 146 Opinions The hotel has a great location, all the central attractions are very close. But the hotel is not...
Grand Hotel Europe Saint Petersburg
11 Reviews and 212 Opinions I wish I could have described my stay here, but I only passed by almost every night. The building is...
Hotel Mirage Kazan'
3 Reviews and 15 Opinions I have no idea about this hotel before I check in, neither about its location, nor its rating. I...
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Q: There are sereval satellite towns near by Moscow: Susdal, Yaroslaval, Sergiev Posad, Vladimir and may be else. - did anybody try...
A: Don't know about Nanotrip but have done a Golden Ring tour and can thoroughly recommend it. We went to Vladimir, Suzdal', Ples, Kostroma, Yaroslavl', Rostov Velikiy, ,...
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