Tourism in Russia: what you need to know
Pulkovo Airport : the airport has 1582 flights per week. It is served by 32 airlines that offer 79 destinations.
Here you will find all the information you need to organize your trip to Russia. We have selected the best of in Russia to guide you on your journey, found hotels with good value for money, and gathered information to get there. In practical terms we have several maps to help you find your way.
Sheremetyevo International Airport : the airport has 3668 flights per week. It is served by 27 airlines that offer 163 destinations.
Domodedovo International Airport : the airport has 1967 flights per week. It is served by 29 airlines that offer 108 destinations.
Where to stay in Russia
You'll find in Russia a significant proportion of pleasant mid-range 3-star hotels.
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The 5-star hotels in Russia
When looking for a 5-star hotel, you want quality first and foremost. It's good:in Russia 5-star hotels are excellent. Here are some ways to help you book the best. Follow our advice and tips to book the best.
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In Russia and in the immediate vicinity there are more than a hundred 5-star hotels. Not always easy to book at the best ones. Fortunately we are here to guide you in your choice.
4-star hotels in Russia
If it is for you an imperative to have an upscale hotel during your stay in Russia, we can ore and already tell you that the establishments 4 stars in Russia are really excellent. Follow our advice to book the best!
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You make good choice if you book at AZIMUT Hotel Smolenskaya Moscow (one of the best option in Moscow), at Izmailovo Alfa Hotel (a very good establishment ) or at Holiday Inn Moscow Sokolniki.
3-star hotels in Russia
Good options are: Holiday Inn Express Moscow - Sheremetyevo Airport (one of the best choices in Khimki), at Izmailovo Beta Hotel (a correct establishment) or Izmailovo Gamma Hotel.
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Questions and Answers
What is the best hotel in Russia? The best place to stay in Russia is at Crowne Plaza Moscow World Trade Centre in Moscow.
What is the best 4 stars hotel in Russia? The best 4 stars hotel in Russia is the AZIMUT Hotel Smolenskaya Moscow in Moscow.
What is the best 3 stars hotel in Russia? The best 3 stars hotel in Russia is the Holiday Inn Express Moscow - Sheremetyevo Airport in Khimki.
What is the best 2 stars hotel in Russia? The best 2 stars hotel in Russia is the Friends on Fontanka in Saint Petersburg.
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How to get to Russia
Going to Russia by plane
Well-served international destinations include:
- Shanghai : flights operated by China Eastern Airlines and Aeroflot
- Istanbul : flights operated by Aeroflot
- Beijing : flights operated by Aeroflot, Air China and Hainan Airlines
- Tokyo : flights operated by Aeroflot and Japan Airlines
- Nur-Sultan : flights operated by Aeroflot
- Incheon : flights operated by Korean Air and Aeroflot
- Hanoi : flights operated by Aeroflot and Vietnam Airlines
- Guangzhou : flights operated by China Southern Airlines and Aeroflot
- Almaty : flights operated by Aeroflot
- Antalya : flights operated by Aeroflot and Royal Phnom Penh Airways
- Other cities with medium and long haul direct flights to Sheremetyevo International Airport : Samarkand
Regional destinations with the most frequencies of flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport :
- London : flights operated by Aeroflot and British Airways
- Paris : flights operated by Aeroflot and Air France
- Tel Aviv : flights operated by Aeroflot
- Rome : flights operated by Aeroflot and Alitalia
- Yerevan : flights operated by Aeroflot and Nordwind Airlines
- Prague : flights operated by Aeroflot
- Minsk : flights operated by Aeroflot and Belavia
- Helsinki : flights operated by Finnair and Aeroflot
- Milan : flights operated by Aeroflot
- Other regional destinations accessible by direct flight from Sheremetyevo International Airport : Belgrade.
Domestic flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport :
There are 56 airports accessible by direct flights, operated by Aeroflot and Nordwind Airlines.
- Saint Petersburg : flights operated by Aeroflot and Nordwind Airlines
- Sochi : flights operated by Aeroflot and Nordwind Airlines
- Kazanlak : flights operated by Aeroflot and Nordwind Airlines
- : flights operated by Aeroflot, Ural Airlines and Nordwind Airlines
- Krasnodar : flights operated by Aeroflot and Nordwind Airlines
- Ufa : flights operated by Aeroflot
- Chelyabinsk : flights operated by Aeroflot and Nordwind Airlines
- Baltiysk : flights operated by Aeroflot
- Samara : flights operated by Aeroflot
- Nizhny Novgorod : flights operated by Aeroflot
- Other domestic destinations accessible by direct flight from Sheremetyevo International Airport : Perm.
Low cost airlines to Sheremetyevo International Airport :
- Saint Petersburg : flights operated by Aeroflot and Nordwind Airlines
- Yerevan : flights operated by Aeroflot and Nordwind Airlines
- Krasnodar : flights operated by Aeroflot and Nordwind Airlines
- Kazanlak : flights operated by Aeroflot and Nordwind Airlines
- Krasnoyarsk : flights operated by Aeroflot and Nordwind Airlines
- Sochi : flights operated by Aeroflot and Nordwind Airlines
- : flights operated by Aeroflot, Ural Airlines and Nordwind Airlines
- Khabarovsk Krai Police : flights operated by Aeroflot and Nordwind Airlines
- Chelyabinsk : flights operated by Aeroflot and Nordwind Airlines
- Other cities with direct low cost flights to Sheremetyevo International Airport: .
Charter and seasonal flights exists from :
- Blagoveshchensk : flights operated by Flycongo
- Orsk : flights operated by Flycongo
- Antalya : flights operated by Aeroflot and Royal Phnom Penh Airways
Well-served international destinations include:
- Oral : flights operated by
- Qatar Ladies Open : flights operated by Qatar Airways
- Amman : flights operated by Royal Jordanian
- Oskemen : flights operated by
- Osh : flights operated by Ural Airlines
- Dubai : flights operated by Emirates
- Baku : flights operated by Buta Airways
- Abu Dhabi : flights operated by Etihad Airways
- Almaty : flights operated by Air Astana
- Nur-Sultan : flights operated by Air Astana
- Other cities with medium and long haul direct flights to Domodedovo International Airport : Harbin
Regional destinations with the most frequencies of flights from Domodedovo International Airport :
- Chișinău : flights operated by Air Moldova
- Minsk : flights operated by Belavia
- London : flights operated by British Airways
- Munich : flights operated by Lufthansa
- Frankfurt : flights operated by Lufthansa
- Athens : flights operated by Ethiopian Airlines
- Vienna : flights operated by Austrian Airlines
- Rimini : flights operated by Ural Airlines
- Paphos District : flights operated by
- Other regional destinations accessible by direct flight from Domodedovo International Airport : Tel Aviv.
Domestic flights from Domodedovo International Airport :
There are 46 airports accessible by direct flights, operated by Ural Airlines and Taimyr Air Company.
- Saint Petersburg : flights operated by Ural Airlines and Taimyr Air Company
- : flights operated by Ural Airlines
- Sochi : flights operated by Taimyr Air Company
- Novosibirsk : flights operated by Ural Airlines
- Krasnodar : flights operated by Ural Airlines
- Norilsk : flights operated by Taimyr Air Company
- Rostov-On-Don : flights operated by
- Mineralnye Vody : flights operated by Taimyr Air Company
- Samara : flights operated by
- Kazanlak : flights operated by
- Other domestic destinations accessible by direct flight from Domodedovo International Airport : Krasnoyarsk.
Low cost airlines to Domodedovo International Airport :
- Saint Petersburg : flights operated by Ural Airlines and Taimyr Air Company
- Krasnodar : flights operated by Ural Airlines
- Rostov-On-Don : flights operated by
- Samara : flights operated by
- Kazanlak : flights operated by
- Novosibirsk : flights operated by Ural Airlines
- Voronezh : flights operated by
- Lipetsk : flights operated by
- Nizhny Novgorod : flights operated by
- Other cities with direct low cost flights to Domodedovo International Airport : Sochi.
Well-served international destinations include:
- Tashkent : flights operated by Uzbekistan Airways and Aeroflot
- Samarkand : flights operated by Aeroflot
- Almaty : flights operated by Air Astana
- Baku : flights operated by Buta Airways
- Nur-Sultan : flights operated by Air Astana
- Shanghai : flights operated by China Eastern Airlines
- Chengdu : flights operated by
- Antalya : flights operated by Turkish Airlines and Aeroflot
- Other cities with medium and long haul direct flights to Pulkovo Airport : Qatar Ladies Open
Regional destinations with the most frequencies of flights from Pulkovo Airport :
- Riga : flights operated by Airbaltic
- Munich : flights operated by Aeroflot and Lufthansa
- Helsinki : flights operated by Finnair
- Minsk : flights operated by Belavia
- Prague : flights operated by Aeroflot and Travel Service
- Amsterdam : flights operated by Klm
- Frankfurt : flights operated by Lufthansa
- Stockholm : flights operated by Scandinavian Airlines
- Paris : flights operated by Air France and Aeroflot
- Other regional destinations accessible by direct flight from Pulkovo Airport : Rubí.
Domestic flights from Pulkovo Airport :
There are 33 airports accessible by direct flights, operated by Aeroflot and Nordwind Airlines.
- Moscow : flights operated by Aeroflot and Nordwind Airlines
- Moscow : flights operated by Ural Airlines and Taimyr Air Company
- Moscow : flights operated by Aeroflot and Utair Aviation
- : flights operated by Ural Airlines and Aeroflot
- Baltiysk : flights operated by Aeroflot and Ural Airlines
- Khabarovsk Krai Police : flights operated by Ural Airlines
- Murmansk : flights operated by Aeroflot
- Novosibirsk : flights operated by Aeroflot
- Sochi : flights operated by Aeroflot
- Krasnodar : flights operated by Aeroflot
- Other domestic destinations accessible by direct flight from Pulkovo Airport : Ufa.
Low cost airlines to Pulkovo Airport :
- Moscow : flights operated by Ural Airlines and Taimyr Air Company
- Riga : flights operated by Airbaltic
- Moscow : flights operated by Aeroflot and Nordwind Airlines
- Budapest : flights operated by Wizz Air Serbia
- Novosibirsk : flights operated by Aeroflot
- Kaluga : flights operated by
- Alicante : flights operated by
- Rubí : flights operated by Aeroflot
- Lipetsk : flights operated by
- Ulyanovsk : flights operated by
- Other cities with direct low cost flights to Pulkovo Airport : Verona.
Charter and seasonal flights exists from :
- Prague : flights operated by Aeroflot and Travel Service
What to do in Russia
Depending on the time you have to visit Russia, consider the visit of Mariinsky Theatre, Cathedral Of Christ The Saviour, Tretyakov Gallery, Russian Museum, Saint Isaac'S Cathedral, St. Basil'S Cathedral and Hotel Lux.
Museums in Russia
For museums in Russia, visit in this order Hermitage Museum, Pushkin Museum Of Fine Arts and Tretyakov Gallery.
But in Russia is not limited to these three museums: Russian Museum, Saint Isaac'S Cathedral, Kuskovo, Ivan Turgenev Museum, State Historical Museum, Yasnaya Polyana and Kunstkamera are also worthy of interest. To be perfectly complete, let's also mention Kizhi Pogost, Menshikov Palace (Saint Petersburg), Russian Museum Of Ethnography, Wooden Church Of Saint George In Kolomenskoye, Bakhchisaray Palace, Smolny Cathedral, Shchusev State Museum Of Architecture, Kremlin Armoury, Pavlovsk Museum-Preserve and Gosudarstvennyĭ T͡SentralʹNyĭ TeatralʹNyĭ Muzeĭ Im. A.A. Bakhrushina.
Palaces and castles in Russia
If you want to visit one or more castles and palaces in Russia, we recommend you in priority Winter Palace, Saint Michael'S Castle and Vyborg Castle.
Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, Balga, Schaaken Castle, Insterburg Castle, Georgensburg Castle, Дворец Графини Паниной and Burg Tapiau are other castles and palaces in Russia; they may eventually interest you. To be perfectly complete, let's also mention Pregolskiy, Palace Of Agriculturalists and Meyendorff Castle.
Archeological sites in Russia
In Russia on rainy days, go to the archeological. We especially recommend Chersonesus, Tanais and Vshchizh.
Tmutarakan, Scythian Neapolis, Panticapaeum, Kimmerikon, Tyritake, Arkaim and Aluston are other archeological sites in Russia; they may eventually interest you. Finally, to be complete about archeological sites in Russia, let's mention Phanagoria, Por-Bazhyn, Gnezdovo, Arzhan, Russian Geoglyph, Sintashta and Ingala Valley.
Places of workship in Russia
If you want to visit one or more places of workship in Russia, we recommend you in priority The Church Of The Dormition Of The Mother Of God, Church Of The Savior On Blood and Kolomenskoye.
Other places of workship such as Kizhi Pogost, Pskovo-Pechersky Dormition Monastery, Chesme Church, Königsberg Cathedral, Smolny Cathedral, Church Of The Intercession On The Nerl and Lutheran Church Of Saint Peter And Saint Paul might be of interest to you. But the cultural offer Russia is much larger. Also, be interested in Foros Church, St. Maria Of Lourde Roman Catholic Church (Saint Petersburg), Saints Cosmas And Damian Church S Primostiya In Pskov, Church Of The Ascension, Kolomenskoye, Ivan The Great Bell Tower, Holy Trinity Church (Kulich & Paskha), Saint Petersburg Mosque, Church Of Protection At Prolom, Pskov, Trinity Cathedral In Pskov and Catholic Church Of St. Catherine.
Natural parks in Russia
For natural parks in Russia, visit in this order Peterhof Palace, Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve and Astrakhan Nature Reserve.
Those planning to stay in Russia for a long time will be able to visit other natural parks such as Pasvik Nature Reserve, Orenburg Nature Reserve, Kronotsky Nature Reserve, Duderhof Heights, Katun Nature Reserve, North Ossetia Nature Reserve and Crimean Nature Reserve. But that's not all, other natural parks deserve to be cited as Zapovednik Wrangel Island, Headwaters Of Rivers Pshecha And Pshechashcha Nature Monument, Daursky Nature Reserve, Magadan Nature Reserve, Darwin Nature Reserve, Kandalaksha Nature Reserve, Lapland Biosphere Reserve, Khanka Nature Reserve, Shorian National Park and Vishera Nature Reserve.
Shoppings centers and malls in Russia
During your stay in Russia, do not forget to visit some shopping centers: Hermitage Museum, The Church Of The Dormition Of The Mother Of God and Pushkin Museum Of Fine Arts.
The Passage, Nikolsky Market, Mega Family Shopping Centre and Korston are other shopping centers in Russia; they may eventually interest you. Finally, to be complete about shopping centers in Russia, let's mention .
Maps of Russia
Photos of Russia
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