When you decide to travel to a new place, you have the option to choose different paths as each one of them will offer different things. As you may know, there are several types of tourism, and each one of them will alter your travel plans in unique ways. For example, if you want to learn about the history of a new place, you have to take a historical tourism path, in which you will focus on historic sites, history museums, and other stuff related to the history of that new place. However, on a cultural tourism path, you will visit art museums, see art performances, and visit cultural sites more than anything else. However, no matter which route you take, there are several common things in all travels, which you need to know before starting your journey. Although we are talking about necessary things about the trip to Russia, this mini-guide can be used on travel to anywhere else as well, so even if you don’t have plans to visit Russia, you can still use these tips in any other place.
Before you begin your trip to Russia, you should know that Russia has been investing in the tourism industry over the past few decades and has been improved a lot in multiple sections of this industry. Now tourists can choose different types of tourism for their plans to travel to Russia. With tourist destinations, such as Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Sochi, you can mix several types into one trip. For example, St. Petersburg can provide necessary conditions for various kinds of tourism, including historical tourism, cultural tourism, recreational tourism, adventure tourism, etc. If you add other cities to your travel to Russia plans, you’ll have even more options. However, if you’re going to have a mixture of types as your travel plans, you need to learn about Russia’s top attractions, the best places to visit, and all sorts of the necessary information to get the best strategy. That’s why this mini-guide and other travel guides are essential for tourists.
One of the first things that you should choose before you begin your travel to Russia is the destinations. There are for top tourist destinations in Russia, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, and Kazan; each of these cities has its unique charm for tourists. For example, Moscow, as the capital of Russia, has lots of historical places that you should visit during your tour to Russia. If you visit St. Petersburg, you’ll see that there are loads of cultural centers and art museums that include on tour to St. Petersburg. Sochi, as the leading resort city of Russia since 2004, has attracted lots of tourists to its recreational centers and modernized city. First, you have to determine your destination(s) to have a proper plan for your trip.
After you’ve determined your plan for travel, you should research it as well. There are lots of guides for different places that will help you understand the best things to do while you visit a new location. For example, most people already know that St. Isaac’s Cathedral is one of the most significant attractions of St. Petersburg. Many of them still don’t know that one of the main features of this cathedral on tour to Russia is the colonnade of St. Isaac’s Cathedral, in which you’ll have a magnificent panoramic view over the city of St. Petersburg. Another example would be the Hermitage Museum, the second-largest art museum in the world, with more than three million exhibits. However, not many people know that the museum’s main attraction is the Treasure Gallery, which has been one of the initial suggestions of travel agencies on tour to St. Petersburg. There are lots of other examples here and there in Russia tour like these two, so it’ll be better if you read about the places that you choose to visit on your tour to Russia beforehand, so you get the full experience of travel to Russia.
When you’re traveling to another country, in most cases, you need a travel visa. However, several states have an agreement to let people travel between countries without the need for a permit, but you have to check if this case includes your country and destination. For example, people from the Eu don’t need to get a visa to travel in the union, but when they have decided to travel outside the Eu area, they may have to obtain a visa before they begin their trip. Russia, like other countries, has different rules about traveling and visa; for example, some countries need to apply for travel visas several weeks before their travel, and some can get an online visa. You can check the visa rule for your country on the Foreign Ministry of Russia website or check with the Russian embassy in your home country.
One essential tip that we can give you for your travel to Russia is clothes. No matter when you’re going to visit Russia always packs for both sets of clothes for warm and cold weather. There are several activities on tour to Russia, such as boat riding, hiking, etc. that need little warmer clothes. Even if you’re not going to do those activities, nights of St. Petersburg can be a little colder than you would have thought, that’s why it’s better to at least bring one jacket with you just in case. Another example would be the resort city of Sochi. In Sochi, you have the opportunity to enjoy beach weather as well as mountain hiking and ski all on the same trip, so it would be wise to bring a piece of clothes for each situation.
Although it’s not hard for hardcore travelers to plan all of these before they begin their journey, some tourists may find it hard to do all of those things, especially if they don’t travel a lot. They are using this opportunity to relax and a way to avoid stress. For the latter, travel agencies such as us will help them to plan everything, including travel visas and tour plans, so you, as the travelers, would enjoy tour trip without any concern or stress. We, the Star Travel Group, are one of the top Russia tour operators in the industry, and we, as your tour planner, would suggest you relax and enjoy travel to Russia.
That was part one of our tips on travel to Russia. We have only focused on what you can do before starting your trip to Russia to improve your experience. However, these were also the things that we at the Star Travel Group, as one of the top Russia tour operators, would do for you, so you don’t need to worry about them. We suggest that you also read the second part of our mini-guide on travel to Russia, in which we have discussed the things you should know when you’re traveling to Russia. You can also learn about top Russia attractive places on our weblog as well as other tips and pieces of advice.
