Travel guides

🗺️ Day trips The Golden Ring from Moscow: Sergiev Posad, Suzdal, Vladimir, Yaroslavl A Golden Ring trip from Moscow by car with a driver: Sergiev Posad, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rostov Veliky, Yaroslavl, Suzdal and Vladimir. One- and two-day routes. ⏱ 2 min read 🚗 1 h 35 min from 2,950 ₽ 🗺️ Day trips Irkutsk to Lake Baikal: Listvyanka and beyond How to get from Irkutsk Airport and city to Listvyanka on Lake Baikal: about 70 km and an hour by car, bus 526, minibuses and private transfers. ⏱ 2 min read 🚗 18 h 56 min from 39,050 ₽ ✈️ From the airport Kaliningrad Airport to the city, Svetlogorsk, Zelenogradsk and the Curonian Spit How to get from Khrabrovo Airport to Kaliningrad and the Baltic resorts: bus 244E, local trains to the sea, taxis and transfers to Svetlogorsk, Zelenogradsk, Yantarny and the Curonian Spit. ⏱ 2 min read 🚗 36 min from 1,500 ₽ ✈️ From the airport Kazan Airport to the city, Sviyazhsk and Innopolis How to get from Kazan Airport to the city centre, the Kremlin, Sviyazhsk and Innopolis: train to the main station, bus 197, taxis and fixed-price transfers. ⏱ 2 min read 🚗 38 min from 1,500 ₽ ✈️ From the airport To the Black Sea: Anapa, Gelendzhik and Novorossiysk — which airport to fly to Anapa airport is closed, Krasnodar and Gelendzhik are open. How to get to Anapa, Gelendzhik, Kabardinka and Novorossiysk: distances, airport hours and transfers. ⏱ 2 min read 🚗 1 h 29 min from 2,750 ₽ 🗺️ Day trips Dagestan: Makhachkala Airport to Derbent, the Sulak Canyon and Sarykum How to get from Makhachkala Airport to the city and to Derbent (about 130 km), the Sulak Canyon and the Sarykum dune: train, bus, taxi and car with driver. ⏱ 2 min read 🚗 37 min from 1,500 ₽ ⛷️ Mountains & skiing Mineralnye Vody Airport to Kislovodsk, Pyatigorsk, Dombay and Elbrus How to get from Mineralnye Vody Airport to Pyatigorsk, Yessentuki, Kislovodsk and to the mountains — Dombay, the Elbrus area and Arkhyz: local trains, taxis and private transfers. ⏱ 2 min read 🚗 1 h 5 min from 1,900 ₽ ✈️ From the airport Moscow airports to the city: Aeroexpress, taxi or private transfer How to get from Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo and Vnukovo airports to central Moscow, the Moscow region or straight to another city: Aeroexpress trains, buses, taxis and fixed-price transfers. ⏱ 2 min read 🚗 45 min from 1,500 ₽ 🛣️ Roads & borders Moscow to Kazan by car on the M-12 Vostok motorway The M-12 Vostok motorway: Moscow — Vladimir — Nizhny Novgorod — Cheboksary — Kazan and on to Yekaterinburg. Toll and free sections, prices and stops. ⏱ 2 min read 🚗 14 h 33 min from 29,950 ₽ 🛣️ Roads & borders Moscow to Minsk by car: border, documents, travel time Driving from Moscow to Minsk on the M-1: about 700 km and 8–9 hours, the Russia–Belarus border for Russians and foreigners, documents and transfers. ⏱ 2 min read 🚗 7 h 33 min from 15,350 ₽ 🛣️ Roads & borders Moscow to Saint Petersburg by car on the M-11 Neva motorway The M-11 Neva toll motorway from Moscow to Saint Petersburg: about 670 km and 6.5 hours, toll prices, rest areas, compared with the M-10, the train and flying. ⏱ 2 min read 🚗 12 h 42 min from 26,050 ₽ 🗺️ Day trips Murmansk to Teriberka: the road, northern lights and winter How to get from Murmansk and its airport to Teriberka on the Barents Sea: about 130 km and 2.5 hours, bus 241, winter road and northern lights. ⏱ 2 min read 🚗 2 h 16 min from 4,350 ₽ ✈️ From the airport Pulkovo Airport to Saint Petersburg: bus, metro, taxi or transfer How to get from Pulkovo Airport to central Saint Petersburg, Pushkin, Peterhof and Veliky Novgorod: buses 39 and 39E to the metro, taxis and fixed-price private transfers. ⏱ 2 min read ✈️ From the airport How to get to Rostov-on-Don while Platov Airport is closed Rostov-on-Don Platov Airport has had no civil flights since 24 February 2022. Fly to Krasnodar, Mineralnye Vody or Volgograd and take a transfer to Rostov, Taganrog or Azov. ⏱ 2 min read 🚗 5 h 6 min from 10,300 ₽ ⛷️ Mountains & skiing How to get to Sheregesh from Novokuznetsk and Kemerovo airports How to get to the Sheregesh ski resort: Novokuznetsk Airport (about 165 km), Kemerovo (about 370 km), the train to Tashtagol and private transfers with skis. ⏱ 2 min read 🚗 2 h 39 min from 5,150 ₽ ⛷️ Mountains & skiing Sochi Airport to Krasnaya Polyana and Rosa Khutor How to get from Sochi Airport (Adler) to the Krasnaya Polyana ski resorts — Rosa Khutor, Gazprom, Gorki Gorod: Lastochka train, bus, taxi and private transfer with skis and luggage. ⏱ 2 min read 🚗 28 h 22 min from 58,650 ₽ 🛣️ Roads & borders From Sochi to Abkhazia via Psou: border, documents, road How to get from Sochi Airport and Adler to the Psou crossing into Abkhazia: documents for Russians and foreigners, children, crossing on foot or by car. ⏱ 2 min read