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Transport From Cruise Terminal to St Petersburg Center

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burner Just Starting Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 7	Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:40 pm    Post subject: Transport From Cruise Terminal to St Petersburg Center My cruise ship will arrive at Morskoy Torgovy Port 5, Mezhevoi Kanal Emb. If a taxi is not available, is there a bus route that will take me to City Center (Hermitage area)?
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Tantuss Frequent Guest Joined: 02 Sep 2006 Posts: 19	Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:32 pm    Post subject: You will arrive here: http://maps.yandex.ru/map.xml?mapID=500&size=1&scale=11&mapX=3367943&mapY=8342924&act=5&slices=1&tool=zoom_in There is bus and minibus nr. 22 driving which goes to Nevskii Prospect (the main street).. For the bus go to a bus stop, for a minibus just signal the driver that you want to go with him.. And at Nevskii ask him to stop (probably he will stop anyway, because a lot of people want to get in or out). You can also walk to the street Dvinskaya Ulitsa (one street south). There you can take bus 10 and 67, which goes to Baltijskij vokzal (trainstation). There is also the metro which you can take to the city center.. And the taxi.. Just wave to a car and it might stop.. Probably there will be a taxi stop, but ignore them and walk 200 meters away and wave for a car (mostly the lada's will stop). I think during the day 100 rouble is the maximum you should pay to get to the city centre..
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burner Just Starting Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 7	Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:45 pm    Post subject: Tantus, Your response was extremely helpful. Thank you very much, Bob
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burner Just Starting Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 7	Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:26 pm    Post subject: St Petersburg: bus from cruise terminal to city center Tantus, In your message, you said there is a bus and mini-bus No. 22. Is the bus stop located close to the port gate on Mezhevoi Kanal Street? Does the mini-bus travel on Mezhevoi Kanal Street? Is Baltijskij vokzal (trainstation) a metro (underground) and a train station (above ground) or simply a metro station? Bob
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Andrey-Vereshchagin Frequent Guest Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 61 Location: St.Petersburg, Russia	Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:19 pm    Post subject: Dear Bob, I am sorry to disappoint you a bit - but to reach the mentioned bus 22 you need to get out of the port territory - and it is about 2.5 miles from the pier to the entrance gate with hectic buses for personnel and no taxis (it is a guarded territory); to get back it is even worse - not being at a pre-arranged transport; a taxi from the city centre may reach the port only outside - and you need to pass the mentioned direction yourself; prices are well enough mentioned 100 roubles - at least 500. Do you have visa to Russia? otherwise you can disembark only as a part of a group arranged by the main agent or one the independent companies (I cooperate with one of them - so I know it in details having worked in the port several dozen times).
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burner Just Starting Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 7	Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:44 pm    Post subject: Andrey, Yes, I have a visa. I assume the cruise line will provide shuttle transportation from the ship to the port gate. At least cruise lines typically provide such transportation at ports that have great distance and obstacles between the ship and the port gate. Regardless, do you know whether Bus 22 travels on Mezhevoi Kanal Street or Dvinskaya Ulitsa, which is one street south? Also, does the terminal building at the port gate contain a money exchange where I can exchange US Dollars for Roubles? Thank you, Bob
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Garfield Frequent Guest Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 14	Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:07 pm    Post subject: Cruise ships usually will not provide services, such as transfer to gate, unless you are on one of the ship's tours.
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Andrey-Vereshchagin Frequent Guest Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 61 Location: St.Petersburg, Russia	Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:32 pm    Post subject: Dear Bob, According to my experience - no special shuttles for those with visas - transportations are provided by companies to their respective clients. I have had an experience of mine when people at the pier with visas were looking for anybody to take them to the gate - in vein... Sometimes there can be an empty car of some manager but no guarantee. Money exchange do not exist... To get to bus 22 stop - when you go out of the gate - you need to go strait about 5 minutes and when there will be a left turn - there will be a stop. Current price of a single ride is 14 rubles (60 US cents), city minivan service charge about 20 rubles. Getting back: to enter the port territory you will have to deal with a border guard not speaking any language - who will write down all the details from your passport - and then no transport from the gate to your ship. If you catch a taxi from the centre - they can not enter the territory without a special pass which I need to arrange well in advance through border guards and port authorities for a car with which I am to serve my clients (indicating even passport details of a driver). Words like "usually" do not work here - and, if they do, in the opposite direction.
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burner Just Starting Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 7	Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:47 pm    Post subject: Dear Andrey, I very much appreciate your willingness to educate me on the "challenges" of independently touring St Petersburg with my visa. I expecially appreciate your detailed directions to the Bus 22. Am I correct in assuming that the Mini-Van uses the same stop as the Bus 22? Am I correct in assuming that the Port Authorities will permit me to walk the distance between the ship and the Port Gate? Am I correct in assuming that the bus and mini-van drivers and metro ticket masters will accept US Dollars, since I won't be able to exchange Dollars to Roubles until reaching a City Center Bank or ATM machine? Thank you, Bob
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Andrey-Vereshchagin Frequent Guest Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 61 Location: St.Petersburg, Russia	Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:10 am    Post subject: Money You can walk all the distance - which is not very safe (it is terrtory of the cargo terminal) and may take more than half an hour; as for payments - they would accept only rubles. Mini-vans stop actually any place on request - but their destination is subject to specification. They are considered "commercial" - opposite to "social" #22 - and their numbers and routes are not stable. As far as I remember - no one of them reaches main street - Nevsky - while #22 definitely does stopping just a short stroll from the Hermitage. Probably, they change money on board? I have met such services - through my clients as I can not step on board.
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