June 13-15 Y. Pimenov. Novaya Moskva (New Moscow), 1937 Hello Magic Judges and welcome to Moscow! This guide is written to make your stay in Russia easy and enjoyable. We tried to put in everything you could need in a foreign country (and not to make it 50+ pages long). We are really proud to have all of you in our city and hope you will have only good memories of your time spent here. If you have any questions, please, contact us: [email protected] Official Facebook GP Moscow 2014 page: http://www.facebook.com/GPMoscow2014 See you in Moscow! ;) created by Arseniy Egorov and Bella Dasaeva based on 2012 version by Maria Zuyeva Table of Contents: Moscow airports and 1. Moscow airports and transportation system. transportation system. 2. Tournament location Airports: and how to get there. There are 3 International Airports in Moscow: Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo and Vnukovo. All of them are connected with the 3. Hotels near the event site city by ‘Aeroexpress’ trains. They all will take you to the city and cheaper accomodation. centre (Circular subway line) in about 35-45 minutes, just pay attention to their schedule as they depart every half an hour 4. Good places to eat. with some exceptions. You can get to the airport the same way. One-way ‘Aeroexpress’ trip will cost you 340 rubles (≈ 8 eur). 5. Popular tourist spots. Our Metro Map shows all the airports and 6. Less popular, but still Aeroexpress routes from them. awesome places. Every airport’s Aeroexpress arrives at different Metro stations: • Sheremetyevo aeroexpress arrives at Belorusskaya station 7. Tips and vocabulary. • Domodedovo aeroexpress arrives at Paveletskaya station • Vnukovo aeroexpress arrives at Kievskaya station 8. Local game stores. Sheremetyevo Belorusskaya this sign in the airport will lead you to the Vnukovo Aeroexpress station. Kievskaya If you are lost, Domodedovo stranded, don’t Paveletskaya remember how you got there and need Aeroexpress ticket vending help, call us and machines we’ll help you as soon as possible: +79267355275 If you want to save money, you can ride a bus. It will cost you about 70 rubles (~1,75 euros) and it will bring you to the near- Eugene Bazhenov est subway station that is usual the last one situated about 20-30 minutes away from the Circular subway line. Be ready that bus drivers won’t understand English though. The working hours are 5:35am to 0:00am. Time gap between buses ranges from 5 to 30 min. A taxi costs about 1800R, and it’s the lowest price. Subway (Moscow Metro): You can find this map pretty much everywhere in subway and near the stations. Though it may be a good idea to download an app with metro map to your smartphone. Subway system is good in Moscow. Usually you can get wherever you want by it. There are three kinds of tickets and two ways to buy them. Single tickets 90 minutes ticket Troyka card 1 ride 40 RUR 1 ride 50 RUR 1 ride 28 RUR 2 rides 80 RUR You get one ride on the sub- You pay 50 RUR refundable 5 rides 150 RUR way and unlimited number of fee for the card, add credit to 11 rides 300 RUR rides on the bus/tram/trolley the card and it automatically 20 rides 500 RUR for 90 minutes. charges you. There is no minimum charge. There is 3-5 min delay to reuse it, so it’s hard to use one card for several people Buy at the ticket vending Buy at the ticket office machine You can find both on every station, but be advised: there’s not a single word in english anywhere in the subway and no one in ticket offices speaks english! To buy from the TVM just To buy ticket here you need to practice these phrases: click on “EN” - this button • “na odnu/dve/pyat’/odinnadtsat’/dvadtstat’” gets you change language to English - 1/2/5/11/20 single ride ticket. and follow the directions. • “na devyanosta minut” gets you one 90 minutes ticket • “na troiku” adds credit to your troika card Ticket machines and ticket offices in Moscow subway don’t accept credit cards! Bus / Tram / Trolleybus Tram, trolley bus, bus and subway systems have unified tickets, which are sold in the subway ticket offices and ticket machines. Ticket machines, however, sell only 1 and 2 ride tickets, which cost 40R and 80R respectively. I recommend to buy Troyka card or 5 / 11 rides ticket. There is no adequate map for ground public transition system, so it’s pretty hard for a foreigner to use it. When thinking of Moscow Subway, don’t take Also outside there is a pier where you can get it as just a way to get somewhere. Moscow a ticket (450 rubles) and ride a water-bus to Subway is one of the most beautiful subways the city centre and back to the Vorob’evy Gory. in the world. Almost every station (especially in the part surrounded by Circular line) was de- signed to be unique and match its name and Some other stations you can find here (with its interior. We strongly recommend you not a brief description): just ride trains there, but at least look outside 1. Amusing Planet at stations or even get out of the train and 2. Ten Station of Moscow Metro look at these ‘underground palaces’. 3. Most beutiful subway stations in Moscow Don’t forget to look up. Come to Moscow to see all of these! ;) My favourite station is Vorob’evy Gory. It is lo- cated on the bridge over Moscow river, it’s broad, bright and has some examples of Dar- win museum exhibits. Vorob’evy Gory station from outside. Tournament location and how to get there. GP Moscow 2014 will be held at VDNHa (Exhibition Ground), at the 55th Pavilion called ‘Electrificatsiya’ (Электрификация). The easiest way to get to the venue is subway. ВДНХ Subway station is called VDNHa and is located at the north part of orange line. (VDNHa) main entrance If you’re travelling from the city centre (in north direction), the exit is near first car. The exit you need has escalators (there are two exits from this station). If this won’t help, look at the sign and go in the ВВЦ direction (to the right on this sign): When you go out of the station, take to the left and go to- subway station wards big observation wheel, passing tram rails and monorail trains. You will see the main entrance. After entering the park, go straight, sometimes even when you think there is no way to go :) (There are two attraction parks (to the left and to the right after entering the VDNHa territory): feel free to visit them in your free time. They don’t ask money for entering: you pay for every single ride. Prices are around 150-300 rubles (3,5 - 7 eur), tickets are sold in ticket offices (КАССА).) 55th Pavilion (Tournament Venue) A map of VDNHa territory is on the last page of this guide. Hotels near the event site and cheaper accomodation. The staff hotel this year isDehotel , it’s almost 3km away from the venue. main entrance subway station 10 min walk 25 min walk hotel hotel Notice that the subway station exit is the oppo- site to the one that leads to the venue. So if you travel from the city center you need to take exit closest to the last car to get to the hotel. When on the station, go to the side opposite to the escalator. You’ll see this sign and the station will look like this: Enter the arc and walk to the escalator. At the glass exit doors walk right, you’ll see this sign: From here turn right again When you’re out of the station you should see this: Then follow the directions on the map. You may also consider one of these hotels: they are also close to the location and not too pricey. Tourist Hotel Business Tourist Hotel Baikal Hotel This hotel is conveniently located a Less than 1 km from the Botanical Garden Located 15 minutes’ walk from All-Russia 10-minute walk from the Botanical Gar- and All-Russia Exhibition Centre, this Exhibition Centre and 50 metres from dens. The Botanichesky Sad Metro Station modern hotel in Moscow offers a garden, Hotel Baikal bus stop, this hotel in Moscow is a 7-minute walk away, and offers con- traditional Russian food, and a sauna. It features a sauna and solarium. The restau- nections to central Moscow. The All-Russia has a 24-hour reception rant serves Russian and European cuisine. Exhibition Centre is within walking dis- tance. Free Wi-Fi is available in all areas. Hostels You may want to book a bed in a hostel, which would be cheaper and you can find one much closer to the city center. The good place to find one is this website:http://www.hostelbookers. com/hostels/russia/moscow/map. For example try these: we chose one cheapest, one closest to the location and one right in the city center. Ocharovanny Strannik Hostel Galina’s Flat Comrade Hostel Pechatnikov lane 26 Chaplygina str. 8 - 35 Maroseyka Street, 11, 3rd There are no hostels near There are two types of room: Floor VDNHa, but this one is most private twin room and 5 bed Ideally located in the historic closest. dorm room. There is total of Kitai-Gorod section of central seven beds; everybody shares Moscow.