Yoshkar-Ola is the capital of the Republic of Mari El, which is the leading center of Finno-Ugric culture. A little more than 250 thousand people live in the city, here they are quite friendly towards tourists who come to visit.
Instructions
Step 1
You can get to Yoshkar-Ola using your personal vehicle. The P176 highway is laid directly through the city itself, connecting Syktyvkar, Kirov and Cheboksary. Also, a few kilometers from the city there is a highway connecting Moscow, Cheboksary, Kazan and Yekaterinburg. Drivers following the M7 “Volga” highway can get to Zelenodolsk, and then turn onto the P175 highway (in some maps - A295) and drive to Yoshkar-Ola. This method can be used by drivers, motorcyclists and even cyclists.
Step 2
The Yoshkar-Ola railway station is located on a dead-end line connecting Yaransk and Zeleny Dol. It is the departure point for a pair of trains №№57 / 58 "Yoshkar-Ola-Moscow" / "Moscow-Yoshkar-Ola", which are branded and called "Mari El". Trains go through Arzamas, Zelenodolsk, Murom and Kanash. You can get from Moscow to Yoshkar-Ola by train in just over 14 hours. There are no other long-distance trains at this station, however, several electric trains run here, connecting the settlements of the Republic of Mari El.
Step 3
You can also get to Yoshkar-Ola by bus. The city has a direct bus connection with Ufa, Perm, Nizhny Novgorod, Cheboksary, Nizhny Novgorod, Ulyanovsk, Moscow, Kirov, Saratov, Samara, Yaroslavl, Syktyvkar, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Izhevsk. The closest to Yoshkar-Ola are Cheboksary and Kazan, buses from these cities leave for the capital of the Republic of Mari El every 30-40 minutes, travel time is just over an hour.
Step 4
The capital of Mari El can also be reached by plane, but the region is not well developed by air. Flights to Moscow, Saratov and Samara are regularly made from Yoshkar-Ola. In the very near future, it is planned to organize regular flights on the Yoshkar-Ola-Ufa route.
