The distance from St. Petersburg to Yaroslavl is almost 800 kilometers. In a straight line it is 610 km, and on the highway - 770-790 km. There are many ways to overcome this distance. Their review should start with the fastest one.
Air flight option
Flights from St. Petersburg to Yaroslavl are operated by S7 airlines. They depart from Pulkovo Airport at 08:45 and 15:40, and land at Yaroslavl Tunoshna Airport at 10:15 and 17:10, respectively. The flight takes 1.5 hours. Flights are operated by Embraer 170 aircraft. Tickets are relatively inexpensive, from 3,300 rubles.
Return flights from Tunoshna to St. Petersburg depart at 10:55 and 17:50.
Rail ride
Almost all trains from Saint-Petersburg to Yaroslavl leave from Moskovsky railway station. Their schedule looks like this:
- 17:45. Passenger train to Ufa or Samara. It travels slowly, it takes 14 hours on the road, but cars of all types, from seated to sleeping. stops can be short or long, up to 36 minutes, for example, at the station"White".
- 18:30. Branded train to Ivanovo. On the way is 11.5 hours. May depart at 19:22. It has no seated cars.
- 20:00. Train number 600. It follows precisely to Yaroslavl.
Besides this, there is a rather rare train number 433, which follows from the Ladozhsky railway station in St. Petersburg to Kostroma. It takes 13.5 hours to travel.
Ticket price depends on the type of carriage, and there are four of them:
- Seated. From 750 rubles.
- Reserved seat. From 890 rubles.
- Compartment. From 1500 rubles.
- Sleeping. From 5500 rubles.
It is possible to travel from St. Petersburg to Yaroslavl with a transfer in Moscow. It can be useful for those who want to take a little walk around the capital, as well as in cases where there are no tickets for direct flights to Yaroslavl or if only the upper seats are left, and someone wants to go to the lower one.
There are many trains from St. Petersburg to Moscow every day. They can only connect two capitals or be transit, for example, through Moscow to Vladikavkaz.
Most trains depart from Moskovsky railway station, but may also depart from Ladozhsky or Vitebsky. This applies to trains that follow either in transit through St. Petersburg (for example, from Helsinki) or their final stop is not Moscow, but Chelyabinsk, Izhevsk, Adler or Kislovodsk.
The trip can take 4 hours on a high-speed Sapsan and 9.5 hours on some transit train. Tickets are seated, reserved seat, compartment and sleeping. The cheapest cost from 750 rubles,but the price may drop even lower due to various RZD promotions.
In Moscow, you can make a transfer right on the square of the three stations. Due to the short distance between cities, it is best to leave in a seated carriage. The departure schedule for trains with seated cars is as follows:
- 07:35;
- 10:05;
- 12:50;
- 14:45;
- 17:05;
- 19:05;
- 21:05;
- 23:20.
The trip takes 3-4 hours. Tickets cost from 500 rubles.
Ride on the bus
Direct bus flights from St. Petersburg to Yaroslavl, as a rule, are charter and tourist, so you need to use the possibility of a transfer in Vologda. The trip to it takes about 9 hours, and tickets cost from 800 rubles. The bus departure point in St. Petersburg is the Ulitsa Dybenko metro station, and in Vologda buses stop near the bus station.
From Vologda to Yaroslavl buses run from 8 am to midnight. The ride is three hours, and the ticket costs from 400 rubles. Buses drop off passengers in Yaroslavl at the bus station and at the Pharaoh shopping center.
Drive by car
The road from St. Petersburg to Yaroslavl will take about 10 hours. From the northern capital, you need to leave in the east along the E-105 highway and between Staraya and Novaya Ladoga turn onto the A-114 highway, which leads through Tikhvin and Cherepovets to the M-8 highway near Vologda. After Vologda, the same route leads to Yaroslavl.
What to see in Yaroslavl?
Relativelya large and interesting city, depicted on a 1000-ruble bill. It will appeal to lovers of archeology and museums. If you just want to take a walk, you can visit the embankment and the park on the arrow.
From architectural monuments, the following objects will be interesting:
- Church of John the Baptist.
- Church of Elijah the Prophet.
- Tolga Monastery.
- Vlasievskaya Tower.
- Governor's Garden and Manor.
Other objects worth seeing are the private museum "Music and Time", the Yaroslavl Museum and the Tereshkova Planetarium.
