Between Moscow and Paris - 3020 kilometers, three borders, two-hour time difference. Paris for Russia is a chic city, "see and die", cafes and bistros, Mona Lisa and the Musketeers. To get into this fairy tale, you first need a visa. And in order for you to be issued a visa, you will have to immediately decide on the transport and how and where you intend to live in Paris.
Necessary
- 1. A valid international passport with the personal signature of the owner
- 2.2 copies of the first page of the passport
- 3. Canceled passports and copies of their pages with visas
- 4. Copies of all pages of the internal passport
- 5.1 application for a visa
- 6.2 color (recent) photographs of 35x45 mm
- 7. For tourists: confirmation of hotel reservation and its copy.
- For a private visit: original and copy of the invitation from the French side
- 8. Original and copy of the health insurance policy
- 9. Air or train tickets or ticket confirmation
- 10. Original and copy of the certificate from the place of work
- 11. Proof of solvency, such as a bank statement or letter from a sponsor
Instructions
Step 1
The most expensive and most convenient way to fly to Paris is by plane. From Moscow to Paris, a three and a half hour flight, seven times a day there and back fly planes of Aeroflot and Air France.
Pay attention to discounts and advertising campaigns of such air carriers as Malev, KLM, Alitalia, Air Baltic, Belavia. It is possible to find other airlines, but, as a rule, they offer flights with connections in Europe. Sometimes it turns out that flights from Lufthansa or Swiss Airlines with a connection in Berlin can be cheaper than direct flights from Moscow to Paris.
Step 2
By train from Moscow, from the Belorussky railway station for a change in Cologne, Berlin or Brussels. You will have to travel about a day to any of these cities, spend from several hours to half a day to change to an evening train to Paris, in which you will travel for about 11 hours. There is a Moscow-Paris trailed carriage, but it only departs on weekends from December to March inclusively, while tickets with a transfer will cost you about the same as one plane ticket.
Step 3
The cheapest way is by international bus. Travel time is about three days. In this case, you will also have to spend a day in Berlin, as well as stand in queues at the Polish and Belarusian customs for quite a long time.
Step 4
Car trip. In this case, be sure to take into account the consumption of gasoline for 3000 kilometers and back, issue a "green card" - insurance for the car. This insurance can be obtained from the same companies from which you will buy medical insurance. Check if you have an international driving license, and if not, issue the necessary "card" in the traffic police. Update the maps in the navigator, calculate the route: you will have to go through Belarus, Poland and Germany, and get ready for the fact that at each customs office you will have to stand in line for several hours. You can also drive through St. Petersburg, and from there sail to Germany on a Scandinavian ferry. Prepare paper maps in advance: a navigator is a wonderful thing, but anything can happen on the road.
