Russian Caucasus Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Train

Main lines from the north funnel through Rostov-on-Don and then diverge. One runs to Mineralnye Vody with a line down to Kislovodsk, and another to Vladikavkaz in North Ossetia. The second runs to Krasno- dar dividing into a line to Novorossiysk and Anapa, and the other to the coast and Sochi. Unless you have a Ukrainian visa and a multiple-entry Russian one, avoid any northbound Moscow trains that go via Ukraine. Otherwise, some trains travel to Ukraine and Belarus but foreigners are not allowed on the few elektrichki from Sochi that cross the Abkhazia border.

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Air

International flights go from Armenia, Turkey, Germany and Belarus to Rostov-on-Don, Sochi and Mineralnye Vody. These airports plus Anapa, Krasnodar and Nalchik also receive domestic flights, mostly from Moscow and St Petersburg. Check schedules as they change regularly.

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