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Travel Information for Expeditionplus! St Travel Information for ExpeditionPlus! St. Petersburg, Russia to Istanbul, Turkey A. Travel and Transportation B. Timeline Checklist C. While There A. Travel and Transportation Passport You need a passport. Check yours today to see that it is valid for at least six months beyond the date you intend to return to the U.S. You Weather Data Websites can obtain application and renewal forms for a U.S. passport online at View historical weather www.travel.state.gov or at a local Post Office. It can take up to six weeks to information for your receive your passport. destination. www.weather.com Visa www.wunderground.com Russia: www.weatherspark.com You will need a tourist visa to enter Russia. Allow at least one month for your www.eurometeo.com visa to be processed. American citizens can fill out their visa application online at http://evisa.kdmid.ru/Default.aspx. Note that you cannot change your entry dates after submitting your application. ExperiencePlus! will provide a Flight & Travel Websites Russian-American consultant for Americans to complete the visa process. If View itineraries to book your you are from another country, or hold a passport of another country, please trip. consult your local consulate for direction. ExperiencePlus! will provide www.kayak.com pertinent documents needed to complete any official documentation or www.orbitz.com reservation requirements. www.expedia.com www.whichairline.com Turkey: www.yapta.com (to track American passport holders do not need a Turkish visa in advance; however, flight prices) a visa will need to be purchased (cash) at your point of entry into Turkey. You can find complete visa information on the Turkish Foreign Affairs Currency Conversion website. Fees will be around 35 Turkish Lira (around $20). Websites View exchange rates for local Booking your Flights currencies. Most international flights leave Europe in the morning often requiring you to Russia’s currency is the book your homebound flight for the day after the tour ends. Check your Ruble (RUB). Latvia’s Getting To and Away information specific to your ExperiencePlus! cycling currency is the Lats (LVL), departure for start and end towns and airports. Lithuania’s currency is the Litas (LTL), & Poland’s Tips for booking flights: currency is the Zlotych (PLN). Search the web. Be sure to review their policies for restrictions and Slovakia & Estonia use the cancellation penalties. Euro (€). Hungary’s currency Contact your travel agent. A good agent can help you find a competitive is the Forint (HUF). fare. He or she will charge a fee for this service. Romania’s currency is the Fly into smaller airports. Some European airlines and their American Leu (RON). Bulgarians use partners have competitive prices if you fly into large European hubs the Lev (BGN), and the like London (on British Airways), Frankfurt (on Lufthansa), or Turkish use the Lira (TRY). Amsterdam (on KLM) and then connect to a smaller airport within your destination country. Also look at flying into major European hubs www.xe.com/ucc/ Copyright ExperiencePlus! Bicycle Tours. www.experienceplus.com 1-800-685-4565 1 www.oanda.com/convert with standard airlines and then book internal European flights using er/classic low cost airlines. See www.whichairline.com Travel planning services are available to assist you with transportation to and VoIP Phone Calls from the tour and pre/post tour hotels bookings. Contact us at Make free (computer to [email protected] computer) and low-cost (computer to phone) calls with VoIP (Voice over Internet Airport Transportation Information Protocol). Try Skype Flying into St. Petersburg, Russia (www.skype.com), Google Talk Name and airport code: Pulkovo Airport (LED) (www.google.com/talk/), or Website: http://www.pulkovoairport.ru/eng/ VoipBuster We will be coordinating airport transfers appropriate to your incoming flights. (www.voipbuster.com). Pulkovo Airport is around 10 miles south of the city center. Travel Language Guides To and From the airport: Learn the lingo with By bus/train: The airport is served by two local bus lines: line 39 from WorldNomads’ language terminal 1 and line 13 from terminal 2. With a frequency of 8 minutes, both guides. Download free run to Aeroport railway station in 7 min from terminal 1 and only 4 min from foreign language podcasts to terminal 2, costing 21 rubles one way. From there, hop on a suburban train your iPod or mp3 player. to the Baltijski rail terminal in the city center in 18 minutes for 32 rubles. Note iPhone apps are available for that service is infrequent and the signs in the stations are in Russian, but you purchase. Visit are free to consult the timetable online (only in Russian), http://journals.worldnomads.com/ http://www.tutu.ru/prigorod/ language-guides and follow these directions: Откуда = from, Куда = to, enter Аэропорт (Балт. напр.) for Aeroport and Санкт-Петербург Балт. for the city centre and choose your travel date. Klick on Показать Safety Information for расписание и билеты and all departures on that day will appear. The direction is shown on the far right. Traveling Be careful of By taxi: Taxis can be ordered from the service booth in the arrivals hall. In pickpockets and purse Terminal 1, it’s before the baggage claim, and in Terminal 2, it’s by the exit snatching -- door to the street. The fixed price for a taxi to the central district Do not wear valuable or (Nevesky/Hermitage area) is 600 RUB, not including luggage fees. It will showy jewelry and keep take about 2 hours to get into the city, as traffic is heavy. If you hail a taxi your wallet somewhere from the service booths, it will take about 20 minutes for the taxi to arrive. safe. Use common sense as you would in any large Flying out of Istanbul, Turkey city. 1) Istanbul Ataturk International Airport Keep a watchful eye on Name and airport code: Atatürk International Airport (IST) your personal Website: www.ataturkairport.com/eng/index.php belongings; never leave your luggage This airport is located 24km (15 miles) from the Istanbul city center. We unattended. It takes recommend getting to and from the airport by taxi. It costs around TRY 40 seconds for someone from the airport to the historic Old Istanbul “Sultanahmet” district. to steal your things. Keep important (Please note: there is another airport in Istanbul, but it is further from town documents such as and is rarely used by international flights. If you do fly into it, a taxi to the passports, licenses, hotel should cost around TRY 90. and money in a waist belt or passport holder To and From the airport: around your neck. By bus: Line #96T is run by İETT and costs 5 TRY; it stops at Aksaray close You can purchase to Sultanahmet. Travel times are 20–40 minutes, but depend a lot on traffic, these from your local and Istanbul is congested. discount retailer or Copyright ExperiencePlus! Bicycle Tours. www.experienceplus.com 1-800-685-4565 2 specialty By taxi: It will cost you about 40 TRY from Sultanahmet travel/luggage shop. Train Transportation Information Russian Train Information: Russian Railways (RZD) Web: http://poezda.net/ (only in Russian) Passport Photocopies Carry a copy with you, The train system in Russia is typically reliable. There are often direct trains separate from your passport, from major European metropolitan areas to St. Petersburg. Note that there is and leave another copy with a two-hour wait between European and ex-Soviet countries because the rail someone at home. gauge is different, and sometimes due to customs and border controls. The wait is usually accounted for in the train’s timetable. Online ticketing services are principally in Russian, and the English sites Credit Card Photocopy charge 30-50% more. Our recommendation is to ask your hotel concierge or Carry a copy in a safe place a travel agent to arrange your train travel if you are planning to travel by train with you. prior to the trip within the country. All the signage is in Russian in train stations, so be aware of that challenge too! Turkish Train Information: Turkish Republic State Railways (TCDD) Insurance Information Website: http://www.tcdd.gov.tr/tcdding/index.htm Bring health and travel insurance policy numbers and By train: International trains from Europe arrive at the station in Sirkeci (close phone numbers. Toll free to Sultanahmet), where you can catch daily overnight trains to Belgrade, numbers will not work Sofia, Bucharest, & ultimately to Budapest. Eurail passes may be purchased internationally so bring the for travel in Turkey. regular published number. Purchasing train tickets in advance: You do not have to purchase train tickets in advance, especially if they are for post-tour travel plans (your tour leaders can help you with those). Train Travel Reminders: Before you board your train: Validate Your Ticket! Look for the validation box (yellow box) on the platform or in the train station. Validate your ticket just before you board. Conductors will occasionally ask to see your ticket once the train is en-route. If your ticket is not validated, you may be fined. If for some reason you don’t validate your ticket before boarding, find the conductor and inform him/her right away International Time Zone to avoid paying a fine. Most of European Russia is on Moscow time (MSK/MSD), Tickets purchased on-line: If you have purchased an online ticket and which is 8 hours ahead of have printed your receipt, there is no need to validate your ticket as the Eastern Standard Time. printed ticket has a bar code that the train conductor will scan.
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