Rotterdam can be reached by plane . There are no direct flights from Moscow to Rotterdam (at least bye), so in the city you can fly only with transfers. This is quite a vigorous thing, because the transplants produce that in Barcelona, then in Rome, then in Istanbul, then in Munich, and then, there - and there, the connection time is stretched on the clock, and sometimes the way to Rotterdam takes 12-25 hours! The air ticket from Moscow to Rotterdam also can not be called cheap, at least 8,000 rubles, and even then, tickets at such a value appear rarely. Therefore, it's an extremely ungrateful thing, and I advise you to get tickets to Amsterdam. As we remember, in the amster you can snatch fairly cheap tickets, in the area of 3-4 thousand rubles, which is much cheaper.
The distance between Amsterdam and Rotterdam is about 80 km. It is very close, so much easier to get from the capital to Rotterdam by train.
Ticket to one end from Amsterdam Central Station to Rotterdam Central Station costs € 14.50 in 2th grade wagons and € 24.70 in 1st class cars (although it is needed, this first class, because the ride is just an hour!) Time in the way - in the area of 1 hour. Trains go with the difference in half an hour, but in different ways, driving, say, through Leiden or Utrecht, so time on the way can vary, but a little, not more than 20 minutes. The price does not depend on the route.
If you have OV-chipkaart, you can get on it 20- or 40% discount on the ticket. (€ 11.60 and € 8.70, respectively, in grade 2). For children from 4 to 11 years old (if accompanied by an adult) a ticket to any class costs € 2.50. One adult has the right to "pronounce" at such a price of only three children. For the fourth child, you can buy an adult ticket with a 40% discount ticket. The child should go only in the car of the same class as an adult. Children up to 4 years fare is free.
If you are traveling from Amsterdam's airport in Rotterdam - one end ticket will cost € 11.60 in grade 2 and € 19.70 in grade 1. Children are still € 2.50. From the airport of the train ride just as every half an hour (including at night there is a "NS Nachtnet" trains between Rotterdam and Amsterdam), travel time - from half an hour to one and a half hours. But most trains get in 50 minutes. The highest trains that will bring you from the airport to Rotterdam in just 27 minutes, owned by the company "INTERCITY DIRECT".
These lines are associated with Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam Railway Station, Rotterdam Railway Station and Breda City (100 km from the capital). Prices for fast trains and ordinary are the same. Another high speed trains - "Thalys". In such trains are available space for wheelchairs, but they are prohibited by bicycles. The rest and most of the trains belong to the company NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen) . By the way, for disabled people at the train stations, everything is very great: ramps, escalators, special workers who help people with disabilities.
You can take a train to Rotterdam as well as from Amstel Metro Station, Bijlmer Arena, Holendrecht, Lelylaan, Muiderpoort, Rai, Science Park, Sloterdijk, Van der Madeweg and Zuid. The difference in price difference compared to departure from the station in 2-4 euros.
Tickets for trains can be bought in the "NS" kiosks (though, with an extraction of € 0.50), as well as in the special machines "NS", which are almost at each station.
Some tickets can be booked in advance (in particular, on Intercity Direct trains). The rest of the tickets are acting a little more than a day: from 00:00 the date when you purchased a ticket, up to 4 am the next day.
You can also purchase Day Travel Cards. which will allow you to move across the country as you like, but during the day. To carry a bicycle tandem, bike Ligrand (lying bike) or mountain bike, you will have to buy a map too Bicycle Day Travel Card In the same machine. You can transport ordinary bicycles for free (but not in an hour-peak.) Day Travel Card at seats in the 2nd-class wagons costs € 49,20, 1st grade- € 83.60. Bicycle Day Travel Card costs € 6.
There is I. buses From Amsterdam to Rotterdam. As far as I know, buses depart from Amstel Metro Station. The path is approximately 1 hour 15 minutes. But still, I guess, the trains are much more convenient, more comfortable and faster.
If you do not really feel sorry for money, go from Amsterdam to Rotterdam by taxi . From Schiphol Airport to Rotterdam Taxi Central Station, you will cost € 130, a taxi can be easily discovered at the exit from the airport.
By Rotterdam you can move on the subway, tram, bus, Tuk Tuk, water taxis, taxis and bicycles. Full range!
Rotterdam metro is the oldest in the country.
Metro lines are connected by Rotterdam with neighboring small towns. In the subway 5 lines: green, yellow, red, blue and blue. From the Central Station, the wagons along the blue and new blue branch are driving.The main metro stations - "Central Station, Stadhuis," Beurs, "Eendrachtsplein" and "Blak". The main ones they are, because if you leave the subway at these stations, you will certainly find yourself in the thick of events, and all the main attractions are concentrated around these metro stations. The cheapest option for movement on the metro - OV-ChipkaArt, which has already been mentioned earlier. The subway works from 05:30 to 00:30.
Tram lines in Rotterdam ten, and they all capture the entire territory of Rotterdam. Tram number 10 only works in the summer. He drives through all the main sights of the city, so, you can make a romantic trip to the tram. Trams, again, begin their movement from 05:30 to 00:30.
You can move on the bus. In Rotterdam, all buses belong to RET.
Buses arrive at stops quite often, every 10 minutes. There are night buses, they are also called Bob-Bus, they drive with nights of the night to 6 am around the city and in neighboring cities. These buses can be caught at Stop Central Station and Zuidplein Mall.
Water taxi is another version of movement in the city.
In such a taxi is placed 8-12 people. There is a normal water taxi (WATERTAXI HNY) and high-speed (Maastaxi). The usual taxi swims on a schedule, and departs 30 stops, including such interesting, like DelfShaven, Euromast, Hotel New York, FEYENOORD, MARITIME MUSEUM and OLD HARBOUR. The fare depends on the number of people in the boat and distance. Water taxi works from 7 am to midnight.