Mineralnye Vody
Mineralnye Vody (Russian Cyrillic: Минеральные Воды) is a town in Stavropol Krai famous for its literary history and its health spas/sanatoria. Indeed, the town's name means Mineral Waters.
Get in
By plane
It is easy to get to Mineralnye Vody by flying directly from Moscow, Saint Petersburg, or certain other large Russian airports.
- 🌍 Mineralnye Vody Airport (MRV IATA) (4 km of the city), ☏ +7 879 222-07-77. It's one of the biggest airport in Southern Russia, serving about 2 millions passengers each year. It was completely rebuilt a few years ago, after that it has everything that could be expected from any other typical airport: duty free shops, eateries, money exchange offices, luggage storage. Flights from a number of cities including Moscow and Istanbul
- Getting there:
By bus: shuttle bus #10, 11 goes to the Mineralnye Vody railway station (travel time 20-25 min). Shuttle bus #11 goes to the central bus station (every 30-40 min, 06:00 - 19:30, travel time 10 min, "Ruslan Market" bus stop).
Taxi:
By train
- 🌍 Mineralnye Vody railway station.
Get around
There are lots of buses and taxis in Mineralnye Vody.
Stay safe
If you break the law the police may seek bribes, otherwise they should give no difficulties.
Go next
MinVody is a primary gateway to the Russian Caucasus, especially for mountaineers headed towards Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria.
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