Oryol
Oryol, also transliterated as Orel or Oriol, is a city and the administrative center of Oryol Oblast, Russia, situated on the Oka River, approximately 368 kilometers (229 mi) south-southwest of Moscow.

Oryol, also transliterated as Orel or Oriol, is a city and the administrative center of Oryol Oblast, Russia, situated on the Oka River, approximately 368 kilometers (229 mi) south-southwest of Moscow. It is part of the Central Federal District, as well as the Central Economic Region.
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Worth seeing in and around Oryol
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Central Stadium
FC Oryol is a Russian football club based in the city of Oryol. From 2004 to 2006 FC Oryol played in the Russian First Division.
1.6 km · multi-use stadium in Oryol, Russia · Wikipedia - 02Synagogue in Oryol
Oryol Synagogue is a synagogue in Oryol, Oryol Oblast, Russia. It is the only synagogue in the region.
400 m · synagogue in Oryol, Russia · Wikipedia - 03Oryol State Agrarian University
Oryol State Agrarian University named after N. V. Parakhin or Oryol SAU named after N. V. Parakhin (Oryol SAU; Russian: Орловский государственный аграрный университет имени Н. В. Парахина; Орловский ГАУ им. Н. В. Парахина, Orlovskiy gosudarstvennyy agrarnyy universitet imeni N. V. Parakhina; Orlovskiy GAU im.
2.6 km · oryol State Agrarian University in Oryol, Russia · Wikipedia - 04Oryol State Institute of Culture
Oryol State Institute of Culture is a Russian state higher educational institution located in the city of Oryol, the administrative centre of Oryol Oblast.
1.5 km · oryol State Institute of Culture in Oryol, Russia · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Oryol Museum of Fine Arts
- 02Oryol Museum of Regional Studies
Museum of Military History House of Ivan Turgenev House of Ivan Bunin House of Nikolai Leskov Bogoyavlensky Cathedral, among the churches it is the oldest building in the city, founded in 1640.
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Things to do
Korfball, a Dutch sport of which Russia's best team trains in the city.
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Getting to Oryol
- Airports
- Domodedovo (DME), 296 km
- Stations
- Oryol Yuzhny Airport, 5.9 km
- Moscow → Oryol325 km · quickest by road, 6h 34m · ₽1,340–1,790
- Tunoshna → Oryol569 km · quickest by road, 11h 45m · ₽2,380–3,180
- Nizhny Novgorod → Oryol630 km · quickest by road, 13h 56m · ₽2,890–3,850
- 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 Oryol
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 Oryol. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundTo travel around, locals choose between public buses, trolley-buses, trams and numerous minibus-taxies.
- Get aroundFares vary from a fixed US$0.33 (buses, trolley-buses and trams) to US$0.50 (minibus-taxies); however, you may prefer to move around by a private taxi (US$3-7 for trips within the city).
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- Orlovsky Districtdistrict in Oryol Oblast, Russia1 km
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- Obraztsovo (Oryol district)human settlement in Oryol Oblast, Russia6.9 km
- Kuliki, Oryol Oblasthuman settlement in Orlovsky District, Oryol Oblast", Oryol Oblast, Russia9.7 km