Rostov-on-Don
Rostov-on-Don, or simply Rostov, is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia.

Rostov-on-Don, or simply Rostov, is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East European Plain on the Don River, 32 kilometers (20 mi) from the Sea of Azov, directly north of the North Caucasus. The southwestern suburbs of the city lie above the Don river delta. Rostov-on-Don has a population of over one million people and is an important cultural, educational, economic and logistical centre of Southern Russia.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
One thing you can do is just take in the provincial Russian city life by walking along the leafy
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Things to do
- 01Rostov Arena
- 02Rostovskiy Zoopark
Here's a zoo with a lot of the greats, even an Amur Tiger and griz.
- 03H2O
This might constitute a fun waterpark because a lot of it's inside so you don't have to worry about turning purple in the inclement weather.
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Where to eat
- 01Shaurma Kikchak
Bol'shaya Sadovaya Ulitsa, 114.
- 02Cow Bar & Restaurant
Bar and steakhouse, probably perfect for the carnivore.
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Getting to Rostov-on-Don
- Airports
- Krasnodar Pashkovsky (KRR), 247 km
- Krasnodar → Rostov-on-Don248 km · quickest by road, 5h 5m · ₽1,000–1,330
- Volgograd → Rostov-on-Don393 km · quickest by road, 8h 36m · ₽1,720–2,300
- Sochi → Rostov-on-Don403 km · quickest by road, 10h 20m · ₽2,010–2,680
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Rostov-on-Don
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Rostov-on-Don. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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