- How to get to Riga quickly?
- To Riga by train
- By bus - simple and cheap
People come to Riga and Jurmala, located 15 minutes away from it, for memories and dreams - many spent their vacations and vacations there, others just hoped to touch some "foreign" life sometime. Latvia has long been a part of the European Union, and it is possible to enter it only with a Schengen visa. But for our residents, it remains native and accessible.
How to get to Riga? Travelers have at their disposal the following public transport: airplanes; trains; buses.
How to get to Riga quickly?
The most popular way to travel to Riga is still by plane. Air communication between Russia and Latvia is well established. Airplanes of three companies fly from Moscow to Riga daily without docking: Aeroflot; "Utair"; AirBaltic. Flights are operated from Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo airports throughout the day. That is, each passenger can choose the time for the flight that is convenient for him. In 1 hour and 40 minutes the plane will land at the Riga airport. If tourists for some reason are not satisfied with direct flights, then they can choose flights with transfers, for example, in Tallinn, Vilnius, Minsk, Warsaw, Helsinki, etc. Some connections are quite long, up to 19 hours, so tourists can spend this time with benefit, exploring a new or, conversely, a beloved and well-known city.
If it turns out that tickets for direct flights will not be available, then you can fly to the neighboring cities of Riga: Vilnius or Tallinn, and from there go to the capital of Latvia on a comfortable bus.
Airplanes also fly from St. Petersburg to Riga. AirBaltic offers tourists from the Northern capital 3 direct flights a day. The journey will take 1 hour and 20 minutes. Many more flights are offered with transfers. Aircrafts of the Utair carrier go to Riga via Moscow, Belavia - via Minsk, KLM - via Amsterdam, etc.
To Riga by train
Every day, a train leaves from the Rizhsky railway station in Moscow to Riga. Having bought a ticket for it, you will no longer ask yourself the question: "How to get to Riga?" This option of a trip to Latvia is considered very successful, as you will have to spend the night on the way. At 9 o'clock in the morning the train will be in Riga. Tickets for this route are sold in first and second class compartments, which differ from each other in the number of seats. In the first class, one compartment is designed for two passengers, in the second - for four.
St. Petersburg and Riga are also connected by a direct train. It goes faster than the Moscow train. In more than 13 hours, tourists will be able to get off at the Riga railway station. It is just a stone's throw from the central historical quarters of the capital of Latvia.
By bus - simple and cheap
How to get to Riga without spending a fortune on a ticket? Prefer the bus ride! Moreover, now, thanks to European-style buses that run between Moscow and Riga, such a trip is becoming easy and enjoyable. Ecolines buses leave every day from the Rizhsky railway station in Moscow. The journey takes about 16 hours. You will have to spend several hours on the border between Latvia and Russia. This is perhaps the only drawback of traveling to Riga by bus. The bus is suitable for travelers who want to save money on a ticket and agree to endure some inconvenience for this. In addition, students who decide to relax in the capital of Latvia are offered substantial discounts when purchasing tickets.
It is worth remembering that by bus you can get to Riga from almost any major European city. Buses from Vilnius and Tallinn leave for Riga every hour. A little less often there is transport from Prague, Bratislava, Warsaw, etc.
