Veliky Novgorod is located 196 km from St. Petersburg. Electric trains, buses and fast Lastochka trains run regularly between the cities. You can also get to Novgorod by private car and taxi.
To Veliky Novgorod by train
Every day at 08:12, an electric train departs from the St. Petersburg railway station to Veliky Novgorod. Travel time is 3 hours 27 minutes. The train arrives at the destination at 11:39 am.
Also, the high-speed train "Lastochka" runs between settlements. It consists of five cars and has a speed of up to 160 km / h. The train leaves every day at 07:13 and 20:57. The average ticket price is 400 rubles. Child ticket is 25% of the adult ticket price. On the way, the Lastochka stops at such railway stations as Obukhovo, Kolpino, Tosno, Lyuban, Chudovo, Spasskaya Polist and Podberez'e.
Bus Saint Petersburg - Veliky Novgorod
From the bus station, located on the street. Obvodny Canal, 36, daily at 09:30 and 17:00 buses with a direct route St. Petersburg - Veliky Novgorod leave. On Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 07:30, 10:35, 13:00, 14:00, 16:00, 17:50, 18:30, 19:10 and 21:30 buses additionally leave to the designated point. Also, on Monday 12:15 pm and Sunday 20:10, shuttle buses are issued for the flight to Novgorod. Every day at 21:00 there is a bus from the Mezhdunarodnaya metro station.
In addition to direct routes, there are transit flights St. Petersburg - Veliky Novgorod. Every day at 07:55, 11:30, 14:30, 16:30 passing buses leave from the bus station to the final destination.
If you go to Veliky Novgorod by private car, you should go to the M10 highway, which is the main road connecting St. Petersburg with Moscow. At 182 km from St. Petersburg there will be the settlement of Podberez'e, where the M10 highway goes to the left, and the road to Novgorod will lie straight. Travel time is 2 hours 30 minutes.
Veliky Novgorod - general information
Novgorod is a quiet and small town with a population of less than 300 thousand inhabitants. However, there are many historical monuments and architectural creations here. The main attraction is the Novgorod Kremlin, which rises on the banks of the Volkhov River. Inside it is the St. Sophia Cathedral, the Eternal Flame and the monument to the Millennium of Russia. A children's museum has been opened in the Kremlin.
There are quite a few funny monuments and interesting sculptures in Novgorod. In the Kremlin park there is a monument to Rachmaninov, next to the Alexander Nevsky bridge you can meet a "girl" who sat down to rest, taking off her shoes. On the embankment sits a "schoolboy" who draws the Kremlin and the Volkhov River. And opposite the Polytechnic University there is a monument to an electrician who rescues a kitten.
