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4 Star+ Hotel Ambassador, St Petersburg! Now@ €111 per night!

Massive reductions in superb 4 Star + Hotel Ambassador St Petersburg - superb hotel now 75% off ! Free Night offer in addition! Prices have never been lower for First Class hotels in St Petersburg - book early to avoid disappointment!

Moscow Marriott Hotels Now Live and Online from €176/night!

We are delighted to offer Hotel Marriott Tverskaya from €176 per night, Hotel Marriott Royal Aurora from €205 and Hotel Marriott Grand from €232 in Moscow live on our select-a-room.com ! We offer instant availability and the best available rate! Book now - visa support available, transfers, tours and trains throughout Russia ! Welcome to Marriott Moscow !

The Marriott Hotels in Moscow have some of the best locations in the city - and for location, service and quality of accommodation they set the standard in Moscow hotels.

Rail Tickets Throughout Russia from our Moscow & St Petersburg Teams

Our Moscow and St Petersburg offices can issue rail tickets for all journeys throughout Russia - whether you need tickets from Moscow to St Petersburg or from Moscow on the Trans-siberian Express, contac us for prices NOW! We can issue all types of Russian rail tickets and deliver to your Moscwo or St Petersburg hotel. Contact us for 2009 tickets - prices now available. Note: tickets cannot be issued more than 45 days prior to travel. For Deluxe Rail journeys - visit our www.ClassicTrainTravel.com dedicated website!

Visas & Travel to Moscow, St Petersburg and all Cities of Russia

We are a specialist provider of travel to Russia and have been operating programmes to and in Russia since 1991! We have dedicated teams of specialists in Moscow and St Petersburg with local agents throughout the country ready to serve you and support your plans for travel within Russia. The first thing you will need before travelling to Russia is a VISA. This is a document that is stamped in your passport to allow you entry to Russia - it is issued by Russian consulates worldwide and cannot be obtained on arrival in Russia. Airlines will not allow you to fly to Russia without a visa and visas are not available at points of entry.

When you book your hotel with us online, you are given the option of requesting a "visa support letter". This is the document that you will need in order to obtain a tourist visa for travel to Russia and it can be booked and paid for online. It is in Russian language and consists of an invitation letter and a voucher issued by our licensed Russian tour operator in Russia. Please note that this visa support letter is NOT a visa - it must be presented with your passport and application at your nearest Russian Consulate in order to otain a visa. You will need to input the following details for all travellers: your passport details; nationality; date of birth; full name. If you do not request a visa support letter when you make your hotel booking, you can always add it to your boking at a later stage.

Our local teams in Russia (Moscow or St Petersburg) issue the visa support as soon as your hotel booking is confirmed - for instant bookings, visa support can be sen tto you immediately. It will cover the dates of your hotel booking with us. If you need an extended visa support for a period longer than your stay in our hotels, please email us for more details of the options available - we can assist but at additional cost. Our offices in moscow and St Petersburg are open 09.00-18.00 Monday to Friday and can be contacted by email, phone or via our LIVE helpdesk - simply click on the button!

For travellers from the UK, we are able to obtain the visa for you - contact our visa department on +44 1480 433800. Full details of our visa service can be found on our sister site: www.asla.co.uk ; If you need a visa support letter but do NOT require accommodation, please go to www.myrussianvisa.com - our dedicated letter for people only needing a visa support letter.

Important note: The cost of obtaining a visa varies, depending on the country where you apply for your visa. Processing times also vary between consulates - so plan ahead. Generally, you will find that the shorter the time you have to apply for a visa, the greater the fee charged by Russian Consulate.

 

We now have hotel rooms available for 2009 - Eurovision in Moscow. Great locations near Olympic Stadium (venue for Final of eurovision 2009).

Hotel cosmos and hotel Holiday Inn Lesnaya available NOW for 2009 Eurovision in Moscow! instant availability, great location near the venue - BOOK NOW!

ASLA Travel Group - Special Interest Group Travel - Russia and Ukraine

The ASLA Travel Group has 18 years of experience in organising tailor made tours for special interest groups travelling to Russia and Ukraine. Our groups have ranged from international soccer teams, cruises, history tours, battlefield tours, through to fine arts groups, solar eclipse tours, dary farmers, train enthusiasts and performing arts groups. Whatever your group request, contact us for your  needs - we will create a programme to suit your interest!

Our dedicated teams in Moscow, St Petersburg, Kiev, Odessa, Yalta and Lviv are ready to serve you throughout Russia and Ukraine. Contact us for detailed proposals on: specialinterest@aslatravelgroup.com !

 

Book Moscow Hotels for Russia - Wales World Cup Football

Moscow has been confirmed as the venue for the Russia - Wales match in Moscow on 10 September. This is a busy period in Moscow so book early to secure rooms in your preferred Moscow hotel. The match is to be played at Lokomotiv Stadium -and we have rooms in the Ismailovo Hotels and Hotel Cosmos - both sensibly priced tourist class hotels. The even better news - kick off is at 7pm local time...so not need to straggle back to hotels at 02.00 in the morning after the match as happened at the UEFA Cup Final!

Multi Entry Visas For Regular Travellers to Russia

We are currently providing multi entry visa support letters for regular travellers to Russia - cost is £136 (EUR 170)  including all taxes and our service charge. It takes 18 working days plus delivery time (we ned to obtain the original document from Moscow). This type of visa support is only available for travellers who have previously been to Russia. These visas cover all visits to Russia for a 12 month visa. Maximum 90 day stay each time. Contact us by email of by telephone for full details: +44 1480 433800. These charges do not include us obtaining the visa - we provide this service in UK so please contact us for current costs.

Russian Visas Back to Normal After UEFA Visa Free Travel

The UEFA Champions League Cup Final in Moscow was an amazing event, when the Russian authorities waived visas for fans holding tickets for the match were allowed visa free entry to Russia - initially for a 72 hour period and subsequently for the extended period of 17-25 May. We assume that this was due to the inability of the visa service in the London Embassy to process the required number of visas in the relevant timescale. Thank goodness that common sense prevailed. We wonder if this may herald a change in attitude for future events? Maybe Eurovision will be the next big test in May 2009 - or maybe Sochi Winter Olympics? Whatever the case, visa free travel encouraged thousands of fans to travel to Moscow who would not otherwise have done so - and Russia received a massive and positive reaction among the thousands of press who descended upon the city. Well done Moscow!

Alcohol Ban in Moscow for UEFA Champions League Final

Moscow has imposed a ban on drinking in public places for 21 May on Champions League Final day - adding to the strong police presence and other measures to ensure that the event passes off peacefully.

Good News for Moscow UEFA Cruise Ship Hotel Passengers - Free Meals!

AS FEATURED ON BBC News 15 May!!

We are pleased to announce FREE MEALS for our cruise ship hotel passengers for Moscow UEFA Champions League Cup Final - for dinner on 20 May and Lunch on 21 May! Optional city tour available on morning of 21 May @ £15 per person; return match transfer available!

Up to Date Hotel Availability for UEFA Cup Final Moscow - 21 May 2008

10.00 - 12 May 2008;

We currently have around 12 cabins (1 x Main Deck, 12 x middle deck twin cabins plus 3 x 3 or 4 berth lower deck cabins on MV Sobolev) left for 20 and 21 May packages - 2 night minimum stay; we have no availability for the night of 21 May other than this option. All of our hotels are also full on 20 May although rooms do appear occasionally for this night so welcome to submit requests for 20 May and will will offer best available if your preferred hotel is not available. Hotel Cosmos may also confirm bookings for 19 May x 2 nights although it will not confirm 20 May on its own.

For 19 and 22 May we have availability in Hotel Cosmos and other hotels. If you need accommodation 19 May for 3 nights, please search on 19 May for 1 night and run a separate search for 20 May x 2 nights - and you will find instant availability. We have no options currently for 19 May x 3 nights in one hotel for all 3 nights. Hope this is clear - UK office is open Satuday 10 May from 10.00 til 14.00hrs.

Moscow hotel reservations departments were closed on Friday 9 May for victory Day and reopen Monday. If more hotels open for sale, this is unlikely to happen before Monday. We continue to monitor availability in a wide range of hotels and any new options will be added immediately to our site. Our site offeres live, real time availability and rooms offered for instant confirmation ARE available.

 

 

Victory Day in Russia

Friday 9 May - Victory Day to celebrate victory in world War 2 - massive parades in Red Square, and one of the biggest public holiday in Russia - so hotels in Moscow, St Petersburg will be slow this weekend execpt for instant bookings. We have duty managers on duty for travellers, and in our Moscow office. Please accept our apologies for delays in confirmations of request bookings over this period - hotel reservations departments are closed in line with the public holiday. All back to normal working hours on Monday 12 May.

Cruise Ship Hotels for Moscow UEFA Cup Final Prove a Winner for Fans

9 May 2008; Our cruise ship hotels have proved hugely popular for fans visiting Moscow - they provide good quality accomodation at sensible prices for Moscow, and have now hit the headlines with features in the Moscow Times, Guardian and Telegraph! A few cabins remain for 20 and 21 May - minimum 2 night stay - so contact us if you still need rooms! Match transfers available; welcome to Moscow!

 

 

72 Hours Visa free Regime for UEFA Cup Final Moscow!!

06 May 2008: We understand that Russia intends to introduce a visa free regime for the UEFA cup Final on 21 May. The match ticket will count as a visa support letter - and only applies to people staying less than 72 hours in Moscow. Ticket will be shown on ENTRY and DEPARTURE. Please check with your local consulate and with your airline. If in UK, please call Russian tourist Office to clarify - they are official agent for Rusisan Embassy in London for this event. Full Embassy statement:

The Russian Authorities made a decision to establish a non-visa regime for British supporters traveling to Moscow Champion’s League final on 17 – 25 May. The said decision will be enforced by an Act which to be adopted in a term comfortably allowing the supporters to arrive for the game in time.
To qualify a non-visa entrance a football supporter should have:

  • National passport with at least six months validity, which has at least 2 blank pages;
  • Original game ticket (which a supporter must keep and present later to the immigration authorities upon departure)
  • Completed Russian Migration Card However, in case a game ticket holder wishes for some reason to get a Russian visa  for the said period of time, he may do it by applying to Russian National Tourist Office company with the following set of the documents:
  • National passport with at least six months validity, which has at least 2 blank pages;
  • One recent passport size photo glued to the indicated space on the application form;
  • Copy of a game ticket;
  • Completed Consulate Questionnaire
  • Upon Russian Legislation visitors need not be registered if their visits last less than three days. If a supporter wishes to stay in Moscow for more than 72 hours hotels will automatically do this for him.


 

Contact Us

Email:

visas@myrussianvisa.com

Telephone:

+44 (0)1480 433800
+44 (0)1480 433783

Fax:

+44 (0)1480 433799