bellrock Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Does anyone have any advice on how to get to St Petersburg From Edinburgh or Glasgow? Had a look but it seems there are long flight times to SB and Moscow, Thought about Estonia then a train trip to SB but all just a bit too confusing. Plan on visiting both Moscow and St. Petersburg round about May/June time for a week. Any help would be appreciated,Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 (edited) SAS, KLM or Lufthansa probably the best (and most easiest) options from Scotland (can do BA, but involves a night in London).... AirBaltic from Riga also a option. Relationships between Tallinn and St Petersburg seem to have soured over recent years, and suddenly bus seems to only option (given their distance apart, you would think train would be the best option, but this has been phased out over recent years to the point its a very small skeleton service between the two). Helsinki to St Petersburg is suppose to be very easy and straight forward to do by train. Edited December 5, 2016 by wanderer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 (edited) I was actually looking at St Petersburg the other day, can fly BA if you dont mind a very quick transfer in London. British Airways BA1435 06:50 EDI Edinburgh 1h 35 08:25 LHR London Heathrow Connect in airport 1h 05 British Airways BA878 09:30 LHR London Heathrow 3h 15 15:45 LED St Petersburg Pulkovo Arrives: Thu, 2 Feb 2017Journey duration: 5h 55 Edited December 5, 2016 by kumnio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deecie Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 When I was looking into it you could fly open jawed into St Petersburg and out of Moscow for about £170 with KLM. Decent times too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfieMoon Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 On 12/5/2016 at 1:52 PM, bellrock said: Does anyone have any advice on how to get to St Petersburg From Edinburgh or Glasgow? Had a look but it seems there are long flight times to SB and Moscow, Thought about Estonia then a train trip to SB but all just a bit too confusing. Plan on visiting both Moscow and St. Petersburg round about May/June time for a week. Any help would be appreciated,Thanks Couple of the flights suggestions that the other guys have said may be the most straightforward options. As Wanderer said - the train between St.Petersburg and Helsinki is also easily done but I'm not sure if there's direct flights back from Helsinki to GLA or EDI. We went a step further from Helsinki to Tallinn and then back from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VASCO Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 I've booked up for the Confederations Cup in Russia in June. Flying Glasgow-Paris-St Petersburg and returning St Petersburg-Amsterdam-Glasgow. Price could have been under £200 return, but I've opted for the 11:15 from Glasgow and 17:30 from St Petersburg, allowing me to stay in bed a little bit longer at both ends. Just over £250. Train from St Petersburg to Moscow takes 3 hours 55 minutes. I've ordered tickets for 8 matches. Final is in St Petersburg. As well as the matches in St Petersburg and Moscow, I'm going to a semi-final in Kazan. Totally binning Sochi, the fourth venue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellrock Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 Thanks everyone for help and advice. I Have booked flights, Glasgow to SPB via Schiphol staying for 4 nights then train to Moscow for 2 nights Fly back to Glasgow Via schiphol KLM both ways £500 all in for 2 people. Best I could do, (Roll on May) :-) Have to say getting Visa's is not that straight forward though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VASCO Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Just had all tickets confirmed, but a change of plan for transport between the cities. St Petersburg - Moscow - St Petersburg £90 by air. St Petersburg - Moscow - Kazan - St Petersburg £190 by air. The fast trains were too expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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