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RE: Volgograd accommodation

by Travelling_Librarian 28 May 2012

Apart from the Flamingo, tripadvisor has the Best Eastern Oktyabrskaya Volgograd for reasonably cheap. But the reviews are mostly average.…
Volgograd accommodation

by JonMW 25 May 2012

Is there any sort of budget accommodation in Volgograd? I met someone who stayed at Flamingo Hotel and he did not wholeheartedly recommend…
RE: Astrakhan vs Volgograd

by JonMW 16 May 2012

Just curious if you sorted out accommodation in Volgograd. I'd like to go there on the way from Kazan to the Black Sea but not sure what…
Re: Astrakhan vs Volgograd

by janeywhite 13 May 2012

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

by neckervd 13 May 2012

May be you check the area between Lisboa and Volgograd.
Re: Astrakhan vs Volgograd

by slimchancetoo 05 May 2012

Hello, I have not yet been to Astrakhan and I am trying to research it now Not having very much luck unfortunately. As for Volgograd,…
RE: Astrakhan vs Volgograd

by jaoto 29 April 2012

Volgograd indead has the only Soviet war remember that is really worthwhile (ok Brest and Sevastopol is also kind of nice, but far from…
RE: Astrakhan vs Volgograd

by hurricanebertha 27 April 2012

I would do Volgograd with the world's largest statue!
Re: Astrakhan vs Volgograd

by buckwajd 27 April 2012

Astrakhan has some neighborhoods with amazing old traditional russian wooden houses. some are quite well preserved, others very delapidated.…
Astrakhan vs Volgograd

by janeywhite 27 April 2012

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…
Uzbekistan to Ukraine?

by xliam 05 March 2012

My first post! Excited. I've seen some great advice on travel in Central Asia, but wondered if anyone has specific experience of rail…
Re: Driving through Ukraine with a small caravan

by cazzalepin 04 March 2012

Sorry I should have been more specific (although we are quite flexible in our route) - we plan to travel from the Slovakian border E via…
Re: Samara, Kazan, Nizhny via the Volga?

by AlexWhiteUS 16 February 2012

Good day! I'm from Samara, Russia. Just read your topic, and can say this: It's real to have a longer direct travel from Samara to Nizhny…
RE: Racism attacks on tourists volgogrod region ?

by jenniferlynn 05 February 2012

SimoKassi - as a foreigner living in St. Petersburg, I will tell you that there are problems with racism here, but most of them aren't…
RE: Racism attacks on tourists volgogrod region ?

by atsirlin 30 January 2012

Weather is not a safety issue, it is only about better scenery and comfortable traveling. End of April should be fine for Moscow/Central…
With camping car and 5 children from Paris to Samarkand

by kolla 16 January 2012

Hallo, we planned to go by camping car via Ukraine (Charkow), Russia (Volgograd), Kazakhstan (Atiraw, Beyneu) to Usbekistan (Kungrad,…
RE: Border crossing from Kerch(Ulkraine) ferry to Russian side

by daisydogrv 10 January 2012

Hi, Thanks for your reply, Very informative regarding the area etc, We are travelling in our camper, which I didn't make clear so apolog…
RE: CYCLING THROUGH UKRAINE

by JULES22 07 January 2012

Thanks for the information battybilly. Our plan is to enter Ukraine from Poland and cycle all the way to Volgograd!
Re: Russian itinerary for next summer

by atsirlin 03 January 2012

I suggest that you spend at least one day (or better 2-3 days) in Nizhny Novgorod, because it is an essential city in the Volga region,…
RE: Russian itinerary for next summer

by everbrite 02 January 2012

Train from Kazan to Ulyanovsk takes 5.5 hours and there is really only one per day so I don't think this is a reasonable day trip from…
Russian itinerary for next summer

by Geordietraveller1 02 January 2012

I am planning my summer holiday for this year along the river Volga, more specifically from Volgograd to Kazan. The itinerary will be…
RE: border crossings and train Volgograd to Kungrad Uzbekistan

by barrycrisps 05 December 2011

Just an update as we have now taken this train from Volgograd to Nukus. The train itself runs from St Petersburg to Tashkent. We had a…
RE: border crossings and train Volgograd to Kungrad Uzbekistan

by CentralAsia_traveler 01 December 2011

Thank you, Utti, for this helpful, updated information. I agree that the train between Tashkent and Samarkand runs at a reasonable speed.…
RE: border crossings and train Volgograd to Kungrad Uzbekistan

by Utti 27 November 2011

Some more comments: Trains from Volgograd via Atyrau - Nukus - Samarkand to Buchara do NOT cross via Turkmenistan. bahn.de shows those…
RE: Moscow, St Petersburg, Volgrograd

by everbrite 15 November 2011

>1. I would like to take an internal flight and also a train. Any reliable web sites for Australians to access for booking trains and…