Facts
for Travellers
1. Do you need a visa to visit Vladivostok?
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To visit Russia you will need a visa that can be
obtained at any Russian consulate or embassy. Just
contact your nearest embassy in order to get all
the information you need.
Once you arrive in Russia, DO NOT FORGET to get
registered in Moscow and in every city you are going
to visit. Contact your hotel for any further information.
Once in Vladivostok, in case of problem contact
your consulate.
Australia: Krasnogo Znameni, 42, 2nd floor, Office
219. Phone: +7 (4232) 427464.
Vladivostok.
Canada: Krasnogo Znameni, 59. Phone: +7(4232) 491188
Vladivostok.
Germany: Svetlanskaya, 10 (Versailles hotel). Phone:
+7(4232) 410516.
Vladivostok
Japan: Verhneportovaya, 46, 6th floor. Phone: +7(4232)
267481.
Vladivostok
USA: Pushkinskaya, 32. Phone: +7(4232)268458, 300091.
For all other countries, contact your embassy in
Moscow. (City information service: 09).
2. Customs declaration.
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All visitors must declare their money and exact
amount prior to arriving and leaving. This includes
all currencies.
Do not be surprised if the customs officers ask
you to show them your money.
Don't lose your entrance declaration, you will be
asked to show it again when leaving the country.
If you exchange important amount of money within
the country always keep the receipts.
3. Time zone.
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GMT +10; 9 hours difference with Paris and 3
hours with Moscow.
4. Electricity and voltage.
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220 Volt/ 50Hz.
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5. International and local newspapers. |
It is impossible to find any international newspapers
in Vladivostok. For local information in English,
just visit the following website:
www.vladnews.ru
For local newspapers in Russian: -Vladivostok
-Novosti
-Zolotoy Rog business weekly
-Konkurent
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6. Currency and exchange. |
Money in use in Russia is the Ruble. The approximate
exchange rate (February 2003) was about 31.5 Rubles/$1US.
You can change your dollars (or yen, or euro) in
all the major banks of the city or at the reception
of the major hotel (see list below.).
There are traders in the street, where the rates
are a little bit better than in the banks...but
at your own risks!!!
It is still difficult to pay with your credit card
(only available in some restaurants and hotels).
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7. Bank Services. |
Working hours: from 9.00 -12.00 and from 14.00 -16.00
every working day. On Saturday and Sunday closed.
All services are available.
It is possible to withdraw money with your credit
card. You have some cash point in the city, but
pay attention most of them are opened only during
the working hours of the banks.
Far-Eastern Bank: 27a, Verkhneportovaya str. 690950
Vladivostok.
PrimSotsBank: 44, Partizanskiy Prospect, 690106
Vladivostok.
Primorye Bank: 47, Svetlanskaya, str. 690950 Vladivostok.
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8. Telecommunications. |
To call your country: dial 8 10 + country code +
city code + phone number.
To call Vladivostok from abroad: dial 00 7 (4232)
+ phone number.
Using the phone in your hotel room can be expensive,
better buy a prepaid card (available at the central
post-office).
For mobile phones, roaming services are only available
with some Asian countries. You can buy SIM cards
from the following cellular operator:
-NTC (HTK): 70, Verkhneportovaya Str. 690003 Vladivostok.
29, Semyenovskaya, 690003 Vladivostok (in the Hyundai
Hotel)
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-Vostoktelecom: 46/50 Borodinskaya Str; 690105 Vladivostok.
For Internet, either you can buy a prepaid card
(available at the central post-office) or fix an
ADSL connection. For more information about this
connection contact:
-Golden Telecom: 40, Office 805, Fontannaya Str.
690090 Vladivostok.
Phone: (4232) 30 00 20
E-mail: www.rol.ru
Some more important information:
-Long distance and domestic codes information service:
22 83 80
-To order an international call: 071, 072, 073,
074.
-City information service: 09.
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9. Post. |
You have two main post-office in the city:
-Vladivostok Post-Office: 41, Svetlanskaya Str.
Vladivostok.
Phone number: Reception: 26 00 29
-Railway Post-Office: 2/a Verkhneportovaya Str.
Vladivostok.
24 hours services, Reception: 41 33 77
In Vladivostok you can find the offices of:
-DHL: 29, Semyenovskaya Str. 690091 Vladivostok.
(Hyundai Hotel)
Phone number: 407-407
-UPS Vladivostok: 29, Semyenovskaya Str. Vladivostok
(Hyundai Hotel) Phone number: 407 070
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10. Transportation. |
Airport:
The airport of Vladivostok is 50km far away from
the centre of the city. You can a take a taxi
and it will cost you around $20US. There is also
a bus (n°:101), but only during the day and
you'll arrive at the central bus station of Vladivostok.
You can also take the bus n°: 5 that will
bring you to the airport train station, and then
take a train to the central railway.
-Airport of Vladivostok: Portovaya, 41. Artyom
City.
Phone numbers: 30 73 09, 30 74 42, 30 72 09.
Public transport:
In Vladivostok, you can find: trolley buses, trams,
trains, funicular (working hours from 6.00 till
23.00) and of course boats (working hours from
7.00 till 20.00) The price for a ticket (trams,
buses) is around 5 roubles.
-Central Bus Station: Russkaya, 2a. Vladivostok
Phone numbers: 32 27 19; info: 32 33 78.
-Seaside Station: Nizhneportovaya, 1. Vladivostok.
(closed to railway station)
Phone number: info: 49 73 58
-Vladivostok Railway Station: Don't forget to
have a look at the building!!!!
Phone numbers: info: 005, 49 10 05, 21 04 04.
Taxis:
Some useful numbers: -Antilopa Gnu: 51 55 51
-Ishimka: 46 17 90
-Narodnoye Taxi: 40 58 00.
If you need a taxi, you can also stop a car in
the street. Negotiate the price before!!!! It
will cost you between 50 roubles for a short distance
in the city till 120 roubles for a longer one.
Always be careful.
Travel by Car:
Pay attention whilst driving in any city in Primorsky
Krai. Many cars have right hand drive as they
are imported from Japan and there is a general
lack of respect towards western driving standards
and rules. In general road conditions are quite
bad and especially treacherous during winter periods
when there is heavy snowfall and black ice. If
travelling outside the city road conditions are
often worse, pay attention particularly in the
south of the region and on route to Nakhodka where
stretches of the roads are being repaved. Always
have you driving license on you at all times as
spot police checks are a regular occurrence
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11. Emergency numbers. |
-Home first aid: 053
-Accidents and medical services: 003
-Ambulance: 03
-City ambulance: 25 72 55
-First aid (ambulance) main department: 25 84 39
-First aid downtown: 25 42 22
-First aid on Okeanskaya: 33 20 25
-Fire department: 01
-Police: 02
Hospital: Vladivostok State Medical University.
City Hospital #2
57, Russkaia Street, 690105 Vladivostok.
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