You can get to the border Finnish town of Lappeenranta in several ways. The most popular and less cost - by bus. There are several options here. The first is on a charter bus that runs between cities on an irregular basis. A ticket for it costs from 600 to 1000 rubles. You can only purchase it in the travel agencies of St. Petersburg. It is not very comfortable to go on it, as it is used in the most like fans of shop tours, departing in the closest in the closest inhabited by Finland for the goods. But this bus has an advantage. He takes tourists around the city from the points you declared, that is, from the house itself. There later, then will be delivered back if you plan to return back with the same bus, without lingering in Lappeenranta for several days. Unfortunately, these buses, getting to the border point "Barrusnichny" stand in a common line with all tourist buses and cars. This can lead to a multi-hour time loss. Especially on the eve of holidays and on weekends, when the flow of residents of the North-West Russia goes to rest in Finland or through it further to Europe, having the Finnish Schengen.
A more comfortable and convenient bus route is a regular flight of a joint Russian-Finnish transport enterprise "Sovatto". Departure at 8 am from Pulkovskaya Hotel in St. Petersburg. Arrival in Lappeenranta at 13 o'clock. Local time. Traveling on this bus you can not worry about simple on the border. Her bus, in accordance with the intergovernmental agreement, passes out of turn. Under the envious and indignant views of the passengers of others idle on the border of tourist buses. But the cost of travel on this bus is significantly higher and is calculated from the euro course. Today it is about 1,500 rubles. The bus makes two stops in Lappeenranta. One in the heart of the city, the second (ultimate) on the city bus station.
In Lappeenranta there is a railway station (it is located on one station area with a bus station). But, unfortunately, it is impossible to get here. Message from here only with Helsinki and several settlements of East Finland. The only option is on the high-speed train "Allegro" from St. Petersburg to get to the first border on the territory of Finland Vainikkala station, pass there border control and take a bus that goes on a schedule directly from the station of the station to the bus station Lappeenranta. Time on the way is approximately half an hour. The Allegro train leaves from the Finnish Station of St. Petersburg four times a day. The first flight at 6.40 am is the most profitable. The fare to Vainikkaly will be about 30 euros. Day flights will cost at least twice as expensive.
There is in this small town and your airport. However, he only accepts the flights of the European Budget Aircraft Ryanair, which are sent several times a week from here to Girona (Spain) and Milan (Italy). Seasonally flies in Lappeenranta and Air Baltic from Riga. Accordingly, if you want to get to Lappeenrant in air, then you need to pre-reach one of these cities. The airport in Lappeenrante works only under arriving and departing flights, opens two hours before departure time. Near the terminal there is parking where you can leave your car for several days, if necessary. From the airport to reach the city center, the station and bus station, you can either on foot 20 minutes or on the flight bus for 2 euros (irregular movement, for flights / players of flights) or by taxi for 10 euros.
