Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Three of the best
tram
lines (A, 3, and 39) run along the Boulevard Ring before
crossing the Moscow River, offering a stunning view of the Kremlin.
Trolleybuses
are
a good option for travel around the Garden Ring Road or along Novy Arbat Street.
Trolley stops are marked with the letter T, and tram stops with the letters TP. Trams
and trolleybuses run from 6am to midnight. Tickets for trams and trolleybuses cost
11 rubles (40ยข/20p) from the driver.
BY TAXI
Official taxis are hard to come by in Moscow, except at train stations and
major hotels. Try Moscow Taxi (online only at www.moscow-taxi.com) or City Taxi
(
&
095/789-3232
).
BY CAR
The following agencies rent cars with and without drivers:
AM Rent
at 65
Dubininskaya Ulitsa,
&
095/952-9658,
www.amrent.ru;
Budget Rent-a-Car
at
Sheremetevo-2 Airport,
&
095/578-7344;
and 23 1-aya Tverskaya-Yamskaya Ulitsa,
&
095/931-9700;
www.budgetrentacar.com.
FAST FACTS:
Moscow
American Express
The main local office is at 21a Sadovo-Kudrinskaya Ulitsa
(
&
095/755-9001
), open from 9am to 7pm Monday through Friday, from 9am
to 2pm Saturday.
Currency Exchange
Exchange booths
(obmen valyuty)
are found in every hotel,
at many restaurants, and near all major metro stations. Many are open 24
hours. Banks can give cash advances on a credit card in rubles.
Doctor
The
American Medical Center Moscow,
1 Grokholsky Pereulok (
&
095/
933-7700
), has Western-standard medical care and English-speaking staff.
Embassies
United States:
19/23 Novinsky Bulvar;
&
095/256-4261;
Britain:
10
Smolenskaya Naberezhnaya;
&
095/956-7301;
Canada:
23 Starokonyushenniy
Pereulok;
&
095/956-6666;
Australia:
13 Kropotkinskiy Pereulok;
&
095/956-
6070;
Ireland:
5 Grokholsky Pereulok;
&
095/288-4101.
Emergencies
For fire, dial
&
01;
police
&
02;
ambulance
&
03.
Internet Access
Most hotel business centers offer Wi-Fi or online access. For
Internet cafes, try 24-hour
Time Online
at Okhotny Ryad shopping center next
to the Kremlin (1 Manezhnaya Ploshchad; www.timeonline.ru), or
CafeMax
(see www.cafemax.ru for locations).
Postal Services
The main international post office is at 26 Myasnitskaya
(
&
095/928-6311
). It's open daily 8am to 7:45pm. Several international ship-
ping companies serve Russia, such as
FedEx
(
&
095/234-3400
) and
UPS
(
&
095/961-2211
), though their services are not cheap.
Telephone
The city code for Moscow is 095. For international calls from Russia,
dial 8, wait for a tone, then dial 10, then dial the country code. Access numbers
for AT&T in Moscow are
&
755-5042
and
325-5042
; MCI is
&
747-3322
; BT
Direct is
&
10-80-01-10-1044
; Canada Direct is
&
755-5045
.
