Petrozavodsk Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

From the bus station (722 013; ul Chapaeva 3) buses leave for St Petersburg (R270, nine hours, once or twice daily) and Vologda (R469, 12 hours, four days a week). To Sortavala there are marshrutky (R250, four hours, 8am and 3.45pm) and a bus (R178, five hours, 3pm) via Kolatselga, and a marshrutka (R300, 6.30am) and a bus (R241, 4.30pm) on the longer, seven-hour route via Olonets, all leaving from the bus station. For the marshrutky it's advisable to book ahead and this may need to be done by phone: if necessary get your hotel to call the bus station.

Train

Ticket windows at the station(765 743; pl Gagarina 1) are open 24 hours. At least four trains run daily to/from St Petersburg (R470 to R625, seven to 8½ hours) and Moscow (R900 to R1140, 15 to 20 hours), and at least six to/from Murmansk (R925 to R1235, 20 to 24 hours) via Kem (R510 to R625, nine hours) and Kandalaksha (R770 to R940, 14 hours).

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Air

From Besovets airport (764 566), 19km northwest of the centre, Severstal flies to/from Helsinki (R8515, 1½ hours one-way) on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and Aeroflot-Nord flies to/from Arkhangelsk (R3600, one hour) on Sunday from about June to September.

You can buy tickets at the Petrozavodskoe Agentstvo Vozdushnykh Soobshcheny(PAVS; 780 044, international flights 765 901; ul Antikaynena 20; 8am-8pm Mon-Sat, 8am-6pm Sun).

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