Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russia. Show all posts

Monday, August 17, 2020

UPDATING MY TRAVEL eDIARY 30: REVEAL YOUR OWN RUSSIA

November 23 to 30, 2015

After exploring Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia is now one of my favorite countries in the world.


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By plane from NAIA but there is no direct flight from Manila to Moscow, Russia.

I flew to Beijing, China (with my Chinese tourist visa) to board on S7 Airlines bound to NOVOSIBIRSK, SIBERIA, then fly to Moscow.

 

The 24-hour visa-free transit in China can now avail by Filipinos provided that your boarding pass to final destination was issued in NAIA or you have a confirmed ticket to leave China within 24 hours. You may call the Chinese Embassy to confirm your eligibility for  transit visa exemption. 

 

From Moscow to Saint Petersburg and return to Moscow, I boarded an >>> OVERNIGHT RUSSIAN TRAIN.

 

GET AROUND:

By Metro and walking

 

Moscow and Saint Petersburg Metro are famous for its elegant, cleanest and most efficient station in the world. Most of the stations are decorated with frescoes, marble columns and ornate chandeliers.

 

ACCOMMODATION:

Sorry. I forgot the hotel name. I booked it with my travel agent because I need an accredited hotel by Russian Tourism for my visa application. I far as I remember, those were good and pricey hotels.

 

ATTRACTIONS: 

TOP SIGHTS IN MOSCOW AND SAINT PETERSBURG 👇


CATHEDRAL OF ANNUNCIATION, MOSCOW

HISTORICAL MUSEUM, RED SQUARE MOSCOW
SAINT BASIL'S CATHEDRAL, RED SQUARE MOSCOW

THE CHURCH OF THE SAVIOR ON SPILLED BLOOD ST PETERSBURG

THE STATE HERMITAGE, SAINT PETERSBURG


ST CATHERINE PALACE, SAINT PETERSBURG


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MY TOP 4 MOST BEAUTIFUL SUBWAY STATION IN RUSSIA:



OTHER ATTRACTIONS: 

UPDATING MY TRAVEL eDIARY 29: RUSSIAN VISA FOR FILIPINO


TOURIST VISA

 

In 2015, I applied my Russian tourist Visa at my friend’s travel agency, CITYLIGHT, because I need a hotel voucher and confirmation from authorized Russian travel agency which is one of the requirements by Russian Federation Embassy. So, they sent me the list of hotels for me to choose.


Aside from that, the following are also required to be able to process my visa.

1.     Return tickets – I booked with S7 airlines

2.     Passport size picture

3.     Valid passport with free space for sticker visa to paste

4.     Printed and signed application form to be filled HERE >>> APPLICATION FORM

Be attentive in filling up, the dates in the confirmation, tickets and application should be the same.

 

My agency applied the visa in my behalf.

 

MY RUSSIAN STICKER VISA AND IMMIGRATION STAMP
 


E-VISA

 

Russia announced that all Filipinos may be granted an e-Visa to enter Saint Petersburg and the Leningrad region (ONLY) starting October 1, 2019.

 

The e-visa is free but it’s only a single-entry visa, which will be valid for 1 month from the date issued, allows only to stay up to 8 days starting from the date of entry within the validity period and it cannot be extended.

 

Invitations, hotel booking confirmations or any other documents confirming the purpose of travel are not required anymore for e-Visa application, But the passport must be valid at least 6 months from the date of e-Visa application and must have free space for border crossing stamps. Digital passport photo must be in the JPEG format.

 

To apply CLICK THIS >>> e-VISA APPLICATION

 

To check CLICK THIS >>> e-VISA STATUS

 

 

👇SHORT CLIP OF MY MOSCOW AND SAINT PETERSBURG TRAVEL👇


Friday, August 7, 2020

UPDATING MY TRAVEL eDIARY 7: #YOROP2015

EUROPE 2015

 

    #YOROP2015 means Europe trip in 2015. I used this hashtag when I posted photos of this trip in all my social media platforms. In that year, I have been to this continent twice, traveling in two different time and season.

 

EUROPE TRAVEL MAP

 

    Europe Trip 1 was in UK-Schengen area happened during spring-summer of 2015. It was a 60-day trip from May 14 to July 13. And trip 2 was 10 days in Russia during winter season (via BEIJING CHINA) , which I used the #winteressential2015 when posting my photos.