janeywhite

Thanks for such extensive and useful replies - I am really looking forward to my trip and will report back how it went. Janey

Has anyone visited Sviyazhsk recently? Do the boats run only at the weekend still? Any info gratefully received. Janey

I had intended spending two days in each of Astrakhan and Volgograd but the vagaries of the Russian trains means I may have to split it 1...

For reasons too boring to go into I will be arriving at Syzran railway station at 1.15am. I have a hotel booked but they don't/won't offer...

I live in the UK so is there any point in me getting dollars to bring to Russia or is £ sterling just as easy to change....

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Thanks so much - this is just what I needed to know.

I have booked several train journeys, most of them overnight, in Russia towards the end of May. I will be in a 2nd class 4 berth...

I did the trip in the reverse direction a couple of weeks ago. The bus left at 9.00am from El Dulce on a Saturday and took about 6 hours...

I spent 15 days in Guatemala recently and spent the first night at the Hotel Panamericano close to the Cathedral area. The room and shower...

Again in Georgia - you should check this out - I visited it 3 years ago....

You could look at the private adverts in the weekend national papers, Independent, Times etc or what about The Lady or Country Life.

I visited Nukus in May this year and really enjoyed my visit to the Savitsky collection which is housed in a new building - that is why the...

Inspired by the current exhibition at the Royal Academy in London I would like to find someone who could take me round Moscow and point out...

I have been unable to find out the timetable for the ferry from Kazan to Samara - do they still run. I don't really want to go on an...