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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
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The place

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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See

What Wikivoyage says to see

One thing you can do is just take in the provincial Russian city life by walking along the leafy

From Wikivoyage: Rostov-on-Don, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Rostov Arena
  2. 02
    Rostovskiy Zoopark

    Here's a zoo with a lot of the greats, even an Amur Tiger and griz.

  3. 03
    H2O

    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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Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Shaurma Kikchak

    Bol'shaya Sadovaya Ulitsa, 114.

  2. 02
    Cow Bar & Restaurant

    Bar and steakhouse, probably perfect for the carnivore.

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Go there

Getting to Rostov-on-Don

Airports
Krasnodar Pashkovsky (KRR), 247 km
  • Krasnodar → Rostov-on-Don
    248 km · quickest by road, 5h 5m · ₽1,000–1,330
  • Volgograd → Rostov-on-Don
    393 km · quickest by road, 8h 36m · ₽1,720–2,300
  • Sochi → Rostov-on-Don
    403 km · quickest by road, 10h 20m · ₽2,010–2,680
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

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.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    AbkhaziaGE

    10 ways of moving, 23 sources

    481 km
  2. 02
    Mestia and Upper SvanetiGE

    10 ways of moving, 14 sources

    521 km
  3. 03
    Jvari and the Enguri valleyGE

    10 ways of moving, 37 sources

    533 km
  4. 04
    KutaisiGE

    9 ways of moving, 40 sources

    601 km
  5. 05
    GoriGE

    10 ways of moving, 16 sources

    678 km

If you know how people move in Rostov-on-Don – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.