Summer is not far off, many will face the question of where to go and how to get to the place of recreation. Given the political situation in the world and the economic situation in our country, more and more preference is given to the resorts of the Crimea and the Krasnodar Territory.
Krasnodar - St. Petersburg by car
If the trip by private car to the Crimea in connection with the events in Ukraine is fraught with certain difficulties, then to Krasnodar many Muscovites and Petersburgers go on their own with great pleasure.
For this purpose, of course, first of all, you should prepare a car for the trip, make a technical inspection of all the main and auxiliary units, replace the oil and worn parts.
You should also decide which way is best to get to the place of intended vacation.
A path is being preliminarily laid, marks of the necessary transit settlements are made. To calculate the mileage from the start to the end point, you should add the values of each road connecting the intermediate settlements.
Krasnodar - St. Petersburg: distance
On the highway between Krasnodar and St. Petersburg, a little more than 2050 km or 1277 miles according to the non-metric system of measures. If you lay a direct line between these cities, you get 1755 kilometers.
The estimated time for a passenger car to travel the route between the two regional centers of Krasnodar - St. Petersburg is 29 hours. With a gasoline consumption of 8 liters per 100 kilometers, 164 liters are spent on the entire route.
The length of the road between these cities is:
- half the distance between the capital and Krasnoyarsk;
- the same amount as the route between the capital and Murmansk;
- two distances from Ekaterinburg to Samara;
- three routes from Samara to Nizhny Novgorod.
An example of traveling along this route
The following describes the journey of one person in a Subaru car from St. Petersburg to Krasnodar via the Volga region and back with a stop in Moscow.
He traveled alone in the summer of 2014. At night at 3 o’clock the man drove towards the Murmansk highway, then turned towards Vologda. At that time, the road surface was being repaired along the entire route up to Cherepovets, so he lost about an hour and a half in traffic jams.
The driver arrived in Vologda at about twelve, where he made a full refueling and drove to Yaroslavl. At a speed of about a hundred km / h, he reached him in 3.5 hours, then, rounding Yaroslavl, he headed towards Ivanovo.
The roads have been pretty bad all this time, with lots of potholes. The traveler arrived in Ivanovo at 19 hours and immediately checked into the Ivanovskaya Hotel.
The next day at 11 o’clock in the morning the man left for Nizhny Novgorod to visit his relatives, where he arrived at 19 o’clock. After staying there a couple of days, at about 11 a.m. he set off on a route to Voskresensk and after 12 hours ended up in Yoshkar-Ola.
The next day, the man enjoyed the views of the city, and at 6 pm went to Kazan, where he arrived in 3 hours.
The roads in Tatarstan are very good. In about 4.5 hours the man reached Ulyanovsk, in 3.5 - to Saransk. After he left Saransk at 8 and by 11 pm he was in the Penza hotel "Quiet Quay", which he chose via the Internet. After spending the night, he headed to Saratov at 12 noon.
At night, about 3 hours, the traveler checked into the Crystal Hotel in Volgograd for 1800 rubles. The next day he walked around the city, and only at night at 2 o’clock did he leave towards Krasnodar. Dear, he drove past Salsk, Tikhoretsk, Kropotkin and ended up in Krasnodar at 12 in the afternoon.
Return route
The same user described the return trip along the route Krasnodar - St. Petersburg. He went to Rostov at night to avoid traffic jams. The road is not bad, but the monotonous steppe tires. Refueling is rare.
At about two in the afternoon, a man drove into the Tula region, where he had to drive along toll sections of the road. Prices are quite acceptable. You can stay on this site for up to 12 hours.
On the first day, he reached the city of Bogoroditsk, where he spent the night at the Crystal Hotel. In the morning, the traveler left for Novomoskovsk, and lost about 40 minutes at the railway crossing at Uzlovaya station.
Further he was expected a good road to Tula and Moscow, a big traffic jam on the Moscow Ring Road, then a beautiful road to St. Petersburg.
In total, this man traveled 24 days. From Krasnodar, he went swimming and sunbathing on the Black Sea beaches of Gelendzhik, Kabardinka, Novorossiysk. In total, during this time he wound 7,500 kilometers, having consumed 350 liters of fuel, which cost 12,000 rubles.
About sights along the way
Many vacationers want to have fun while traveling on the route Krasnodar - St. Petersburg. The train and plane will not provide such an impression. Driving gives you the opportunity to visit quite interesting places on the way.
For example, in the Belgorod region you can call in the village of Urazovo and visit the current Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist, whose pseudo-Russian style has been striking in its originality since 1898. There is also a monument to the best ace of the Great Patriotic War, I. Kozhedub, who first shot down a Nazi pilot over this village. In the Valuysky district of the same region, you can visit the house-museum of the commander N.F. Vatutin.
A huge number of attractions are located in Kazan, Volgograd and other cities located along the route.
For tourists who prefer to travel by rail, there are five passing trains covering the route Krasnodar - St. Petersburg. The fastest way to get there is by train from Novorossiysk (No. 036A) and Anapa (109C), which pass through the Krasnodar-1 station and both get to the Moscow railway station in St. Petersburg in 32 hours 32 minutes.
The train from Adler (No. 116), arriving at the Ladoga station, which makes 36 stops along the way, is the longest.
All trains depart from Krasnodar from 17.20 to 23.13, which is quite convenient for vacationers.