By plane
Aviation message is the fastest and most comfortable type of transport with which you can travel. Vilnius with Moscow is associated with direct flights - perform their companies UTair and Aeroflot. You can also use a docking flight - somewhere in Europe or in the same Russian capital to fly from another city of Russia. There are many such options.
Airport Vilnius International Airport
Vilnius Airport is the largest in the state, but it is highly compact. From him to the capital of Lithuania - six kilometers. Opened airport in 1944. When equipping a new terminal, all the standards of the Schengen Agreement were observed.
In the building of the airport there is parking, a pharmacy and a medical center, banking service, a turbule, a hotel, catering points, as well as, of course, outlets and the Duty-Free zone. There is free Wi-Fi. The reference book works not very quickly, however, in general - ok.
By train
Every day, two or three corporate trains are sent to the Lithuanian capital from the Belarusian station. The road takes approximately fifteen hours. You can leave St. Petersburg - from the Vitebsk train station, trains also leave daily. Various trains go differently - comes out of time from thirteen to sixteen hours. There are those that go transit - through Kaliningrad. Often trains from Peter go through the Latvian cities of Rezekne and Daugavpils. The price of the trip, depending on the type of car, will be 2500-8000 p. Also in Vilnius trains from Murmansk, Kaliningrad and - in the summer - from Chelyabinsk. The railway station in the capital of Lithuania is located next to the old town.
Nowadays, many travelers think about how to save when moving. Therefore, the number of those who make a transplant in the city of Minsk is growing. For example, at the cut of the "Moscow-Minsk" path, about nine watches is spent, plus-minus one hour. From Peter - thirteen. Place in a second-class car costs about 1500 p. In Minsk, you can take a train or train to Vilnius, several days are sent for day. It takes three hours. The fare is from 300 to 500 rubles. The departure of trains takes place from Minsk-Passagezhirsky Station, arrival in the capital of Lithuania - to the main railway station. Here is a tourist information center in which you can get all the necessary data on the remarkable places of Vilnius. Usually when ordering excursions in the organized group, tourists receive a discount.
Another budget option for each Railway to Vilnius from Moscow is the purchase of a ticket to Nesterov (Kaliningrad Region). The train travels on the route from Moscow to Kaliningrad, stopping in the capital of Lithuania. Such a ticket will be cheaper than a train that goes directly to Vilnius. A multipart will cost you approximately 1800 r., Cooker - about 2800. We spend thirteen hours on the way. Such a difference in the cost between the tickets to these two trains is due to the fact that the first (to Kaliningrad), as they consider, goes through the Russian direction, while the second is international. When traveling on a transit train, remember the visa mode! In the capital of Lithuania, any passenger can be selected, on the hands of which there is a passport, a ticket and a Lithuanian visa. This does not concern those who have a special document for the transit intersection of the Lithuanian border - the UPD-railway. These passengers can not be released from the train in Lithuania. At the station in Vilnius transit passengers are subjected to passport and customs control. As for the roadway, it does not understand here very understanding to those who sits in Vilnius to a transit train from Kaliningrad to Peter or Moscow. According to the rules, if you have a ticket, you can take this train - however, in connection with the above-described negative attitude towards such travelers, it is often a decision on whether you will go or not, will largely depend on the conductors.
Buses
Buses to the capital of Lithuania are departed from Russian cities such as Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, as well as others. The length of the route along the route in the direction of Moscow-Vilnius is 875 km, from Peter - 739, and from Kaliningrad - 333.
Buses from Esolines.
Vilnius from Moscow and in the opposite direction can be reached by Ecolines buses - they go regularly, from the Riga Station. On the way you will pass the city of Daugavpils, Izen, Zazaray, Rezekne, and then arrive at the main bus station Vilnius. One side ticket will cost 1800-2000 p. Children's tickets (children up to 12 years old) - twice cheaper. It is more profitable to immediately purchase tickets in both directions. The bus transport of this company is convenient - with air conditioning, there is a toilet, TV. Departure occurs in strict accordance with the schedule. Approximately fourteen hours will leave for the road, the bus will make two stops when crossing the border.
A lot of transport from this company is constantly coming from the Vitebsk Station of St. Petersburg. Many buses on the way will send Riga, Tallinn, Panevezys. As usual, in Riga there is a shift of the route. Border posts are on the side of Russia - in Ivangorod, in Estonian - in Narva. The cost of one ticket to Vilnius - 1200-1400 rd., For children and students with ISIC / ITIC cards there are discounts. The road on different flights takes twelve and fifteen hours.
Lux Express buses
Another firm that organizes passenger transport from Peter to Vilnius, is Lux Express. Every day, more than fifteen flights go to the Lithuanian capital at the Baltic train station. Almost all of the transport of this company minus such cities like Riga and Tallinn.
In Riga, passengers make a transplant. The road is generally ranked fifteen and sixteen hours. Lux Express buses have increased comfort, they have a division by classes - you can choose budget, second-class flight, flight, where the first and second class, the first-class flight with a two-time power is separated. The cost of the ticket will depend naturally, on which class you choose for yourself - it will be 1300-2600 p. one way. For children, students and pensioners discounts are provided.