Unless many other cities Vladivostok offers variety of public transportation: buses, trolley-buses, tams, taxi, ferries and even funicular!

BUS: the most common and polar transportation is bus. You can get to any point of the city with its help. Price is more then acceptable: 7 rubles which is about 25 cents per ride. Payment is made while exiting not entering the bus. Buses do not have English speaking stuff but most of our clients got answers to their questions from young generation which uses public transportation a lot. The tricky part as when the driver is not informed that somebody wants to get off on particular bus station — he can easily pass it! So try to let everybody know when you want to get off 0-Russian people are very friendly so they’ll help you to come out on right bus station.

Bus is the best public transport that is quick, frequent, reliable and accessible.

TRAM: It is ecological free but to our point of view the slowest and the least comfortable type of transportation. Price is 5 rubles (20-cents) for a ride. Paid to a lady who will most likely come up to you during the ride.

TROLLEY-BUS: The same price and the same comfort as trams but quite interesting and unusual. Paid to a lady during the ride.

FUNICUELER: The most exotic kind of transportation. It costs 5 rubles per ride but it is a separate adventure which we highly recommend to anyone as Vladivostok is the only city in Russia which offers it to your service. It starts from Pushkinskaya Street and brings you directly to the highest pint of the city — Eagles Nest and returns you back if necessary. Pay attention that it is closes from 12 to 13 o’clock for lunch break.

TAXI: Vladivostok has a lot of taxi agencies offering their services to guests of our city but the problem is that very rarely people who take requests speak English. Price varies from agency to agency but usually from 6 to 11 USD per hour. Taxi in Vladivostok charge hourly rate, so be prepared to pay for 5 km ride the same price as for 25 km. The only exception is rides outside of the city as the have weird expensive scheme for them.

Some useful phones: "Primtaxi" (4232) 205-405, "310 Tax" 310-310, Primtaxi (4232) 555-555

If you are in the restraint or hotel ask administrator to make an order for you or you can call up to "Discovery" Travel Club as we always keep in touch with English-speaking drivers. Our price is from 6 to 9 USD per hour.

BUS STATION: If you need to go to log distances like to airport, Ussuriisk or Slavyanka you need to go to Vtoraya Rechka region (Second River District) by bus 23 which leaves from Semenovskaya bus station (corner of Semenovskaya and Aleutskaya St). They have informational center where you can find out schedule (4232)-32-33-78

FERRY: There are ferries to several places: Ruskiy (Russian) Island, Popov Island, Slavyanka and Pospelov. Ferry leaves from Vokzal Pribrejnih soobshenii, which is located across the submarine C-56 and casino Hocus-Pocus. Korabelnaya Naberejnaya St., 6 (Embankment St, 6), tel.:227-815 You can see an approximate time schedule below:

Vladivostok — Slavyanka

Slavyanka — Vladivostok

Time: 2h 40 min
Price: 200 rubles

Pospelovo

Russian Island
Kanal / Podnojie

Popov island

A couple of useful advices:

• During summer season arrive at least 1 hour in advance as they are really overcrowded

• Ferry to Popov stays only for 20-30 minutes, so don’t get off there as you risk to get stucked on Island

• Tickets are sold out only for round trips so if you lost you ticket back — don’t panic, they rarely check them on the way back especially from foreign guest

• There are plenty of food stores on Islands so you don’t need to carry monthly–supply of food with you

• Trip to Popov Island is the most beautiful but you don’t have time or only want to see a harbor — you’d better take ferry to Russian Island

• If you go to Slavyanka by bus or by ca you need a special written permission to enter Khasanskiy County where Slavyanka is situated but you don’t need one if you enter it by ferry