Our TOP 10 BEST Tips to know before you travel to Russia!
There are so many things we learned while visiting Russia and we wanted to expand on our top 10 tips of things we wish we knew or that really helped us while travelling through this huge and beautiful country!
Travel Russia is an amazing experience and these are our top tips Russia and top 10 Russia list for what might help you when preparing for your trip. We wish we knew these Russia travel tips before we went, so hopefully our travel hacks Russia list will help you!
Part of our Russia travel guide for Moscow, St. Petersburg, the Golden Ring, Kazan, and more! Russia travel advice is nice to hear from someone who has been there, as we were surprised in many areas about the things we learnt while traveling this year.
Be sure to let us know if our Russia tips helped you or if you have any other thoughts on things we may have missed from this list!
Check back soon for our next video on impressions before and after our trip for the country of Russia as a whole!
**Note: These are not necessarily in any particular order of priority**
#10 – Yandex apps for Taxi, Translations & more.
#9 – Learn a few Russian words like Hello, Thank you, Yes, No, etc. It will help you day to day
#8 – Pre buy your tickets for sights to save time waiting in line
#7 – Pre buy train tickets, flights, etc. to ensure you don’t run into language barriers buying tickets on the spot or pay high prices!
#6 – See MORE of Russia and give yourself lots of time to explore. There is so much more than just St. Petersburg & Moscow to see!
#5 – Try the local Food… Russian, Uzbek, Georgian, etc.
#4 – Take advantage of guided tours to learn about the history of sights and hear all about each place you are visiting
#3 – Talk with the locals. Enjoy chatting with locals learning about them and what they do. Everyone is SO very friendly and open to talk, so it is nice to get to know someone and learn more about the country from a local.
#2 – Get a SIM card so you can use your phone easily to use Yandex for transportation or translation or the maps apps to get around or TripAdvisor to find great restaurants, etc.
#1 – Visit with an OPEN MIND, you will be pleasantly surprised at everything you see and everyone you meet!
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