Popular Airport | Gomel Airport |
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Approximate Flight Duration | 1 hour 20 min |
Approximate Travel Distance | 1179 Km |
If you want to travel by car to the airport from Sochi, you can make a comfortable journey by renting a car easily from many car rental companies in the city center. In addition, means of public transportation and taxis are also available at every hour of the day for transportation to the airport.
If you want to travel by taxi, you can easily get a taxi in front of the hotel you are staying or anywhere in the city and get to the airport in about half an hour.
Transportation is mainly provided by buses in Sochi and bus services to the airport are arranged via two lines. Bus 105 departing every 15 minutes and Bus 105C departing every 30 minutes take you to the airport in about 40 minutes.
It takes about one hour to travel to the airport by the trains you can take from the railway station, which draws attention with its historical building. It would be useful for you to be at the station earlier considering that there are only 10 departures a day. The train services start at 7 am and go on until 9:30 pm in the central station.
Considering the dense tourist population in Sochi, the minibuses called Marshrutka also contribute a lot for transportation needs especially when bus and train services are not enough. You can reach the airport in half an hour by taking the minibus number 124 from the city center.
You can also prefer to rent a car by contacting Sochi and Car Booking companies to enjoy traveling freely in Sochi, which has an admirable historical and touristic texture.
Sochi Airport, which serves in a single two-storey terminal building, offers numerous services for passengers. VIP services are offered exclusively at Sochi Airport, which also has mother and child care room, animal house, health care room, pharmacy, bank, and many other services. Passengers can enjoy their time surfing the internet which is offered free of charge throughout the airport, as well as they can benefit from many shopping stores and restaurants.
The Srore Sochi, Bosco Sport, Alexander Konasov, Duty-Free Shops, Euroset Retail, Arvika, Astrakhan Delights, Picture and Photo Gallery, Rospechat, Amber Box Store, Kaza Store, Sochi Autodrome, Vladimir Mikhaylov Jewelery Store, Morozko Store, Matryoskha Gift Store, Expedition Store, Artemiy Lebedev Studio Store, Baboushka Outlets, Mila Rose and Imaginarium are among the shopping stores you can do shopping at the airport.
Shokoladnitsa, Air Cafe, Buratinos, Grenki-Pub, South Pancake Fast Food Cafe, Willey Good And Bread Grils Fast Food Cafe, Baboushka Homemade Food Cafe, Leto Cafe and Baboushka Canteen are among the eating and drinking places in the terminal building.
Gomel Airport is only 10 kilometres away to the city centre and the flights here are generally carried out at regional-scale. This airport is not quite advanced in terms of opportunities offered to the passengers. It provides only basic services such as waiting lounge and ATMs. When you need to get to the city centre from Gomel Airport, you can choose either minibus or taxi. Also, do not forget that you can also have an option of rental car to arrive the city centre, if you have made a reservation at a local rent-a-car firm in advance. Gomel is generally preferred for short trips for the weekend, and it takes around 15 to 20 minutes to get to the city centre from Gomel Airport.
Passengers landing at Gomel Airport can get on the shuttles that could take them to the city center right after they exit the terminal building. The shuttles of Gomel Airport is both practical and budget-friendly for the visitors of Gomel. However, when you prefer using these shuttles, you do not get the chance to get off wherever you want in the city centre. First, you should get off at the stop in city centre and then proceed further by choosing other options such as bus or taxi to reach your destination.
It is rather difficult to find a taxi at Gomel Airport at the hours during which there are no frequent flights. Yet, if there is no taxi in front of the terminal building of the airport, you can ask for one at the information desk. Before you get on the taxi, you can ask the driver how much it will cost more or less to get to your destination and accordingly, prefer a different option other than taxi to arrive your destination from Gomel Airport. In general, the prices of taxi and other means of transportation are not so high in the country. However, it would be better if you can call the taxi to check for the price first when you are still at the airport.
Gomel does not have as many options as big cities as regards renting a car. Therefore, if you intend to rent a car when you land at Gomel Airport, you should not forget that you can look for a rental car in a different region. If you need to have your car brought from a different place close to Gomel, please keep in mind that you might need to pay an extra fee in addition to the daily rental fee to the rent-a-car company.