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Samara

Travel Guide Europe Russia Volga Region Samara

Introduction

detail of house in old samara

Samara, the administrative center of the Samara Oblast, is a city in the southern Russia Volga Region and is one of the largest cities in the country with well over 1.1. million inhabitants, though declining. It is located at the confluence of the Volga and Samara Rivers.

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Neighbourhoods

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Sights and Activities

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Events and Festivals

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Weather

Its location in the south central region of Russia means that Samara has a typical intercontinental climate with cold winters and warm summers. The latter runs from late May to early September with average daytime temperatures in the 20-26 °C and nights in the 13-16 °C range. Winters from December to February see average highs of -6 °C to -9 °C, with nights plummiting to -12 °C to -16 °C. The alltime records are much more extreme though, ranging from 40 °C to -43 °C in July and January respectively.

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Getting There

By Plane

Kurumoch International Airport (KUF) has a range of flights, with destinations including Prague, Dubai, Frankfurt, Moscow, Yerevan, Tyumen, Anapa, Krasnodar, Sochi, Dushanbe, Yekaterinburg, Tashkent, Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Tel Aviv, Surgut, Baku and Omsk, among a few other smaller/regional cities.

By Train

Trains run regularly to Moscow and east towards Chelyabinsk, Ufa and Yekaterinburg.

By Car

Samara is located on the M5 motorway between Moscow and the Ural Mountains.

By Bus

By Boat

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Getting Around

By Car

By Public Transport

The metro, trolleybuses and trams together form a comprehensive public transportation system in the Samara metropolitan area.

By Foot

By Bike

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Eat

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Drink

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Sleep

Property	Address	Type	Popularity
Gorod'OK Zhiguley	House 88, Gagarina Street	Guesthouse	-
JK HOSTEL	Studencheskiy Lane7 3d floor,	Hostel	98

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Work

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Learn

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Keep Connected

Internet

Phone

Post

Russian Post is the national postal service of Russia. It's English version is currently under construction, but mainly involves the track&trace system. The domestic post is reasonably reliable, and sending international mail is fairly reliable but slow, taking at least a few weeks to European countries, longer to the USA or Australia for example. The delivery of mail sent from abroad to Russia is highly unreliable, and people or companies tend to use foreign adresses, from where a private carrier sends it to Russia. Alternatives like poste restante are non-existent with Russian Post. Most cities and large towns in Russia have a Central Post Office (Glavpochtamt), which also sells stamps and envelopes, and usually has fax services and Internet availability, though the latter mostly not in smaller places. Also, many hotels have postal services, including mail boxes. Post offices tend to keep long hours, usually from 8:00am or 9:00am until 8:00pm or 9:00pm Monday to Friday, and closing earlier during weekends. The main central post offices in the biggest cities keep even longer hours. For sending parcels, you can also try services by DHL Russia and FedEx Russia. For all mail you can use the regular alphabet, though maybe include the country's name in Cyrillic. For sending post to Russia (or trying to receive it) note that addresses should be in reverse order: Russia, postal code, city, street address, name.

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