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If you need a visa to go to Russia, Moscow is no exception; there's no specific Moscow visa - once you have a valid Russian visa, you can go to Moscow as well as any other place in Russia. See Russia#Get in for details.
During the years 1980-1991 all international flights to Moscow landed at Sheremetyevo International Airport, commonly called Sheremetyevo II, which was recently renamed "Terminal F". The home base of Aeroflot's international services, Sheremetyevo II was built for the 1980 Summer Olympics. Sheremetyevo I (now "Terminal B") was built in 1960s as the then's international terminal, but after 1980 was "downgraded" to domestic service. Today Sheremetyevo convertible car rental tampa florida also has four new terminals - A (business aviation), C, D and E. Aeroflot operates in terminals D, E and F.
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Sheremetyevo International Airport , ( IATA : SVO ) has terminals A (business aviation), convertible car rental tampa florida B, C, D, E and F on both sides of the runway . You can walk between terminals A, B and C; or between terminals D, E and F; but you have to take a shuttle bus [3] or a taxi to go between the two sites. Sheremetyevo I is the old name for Terminal B, and Sheremetyevo convertible car rental tampa florida II is the old name for Terminal F.
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The quickest way to get to Sheremetyevo is to take an Aeroexpress [4] train from Belorussky Railway Terminal (see below). These depart from a dedicated terminal (3d or 4th entrances) from 5:50AM to 11:30PM every 30 or 60 minutes (check their website before you go, there is a 2-hr "window" in the schedule between 11am and 1pm from the city terminal, and from 10:30am to 12:30pm from Sheremetyevo), and now connect directly to SVO-2/D/E/F, with a shuttle bus service to SVO-1/B/C. The journey takes 35 minutes and costs RUB450 one-way or RUB400 if you buy your ticket online or via mobile app (as of January 2015). Keep your paper or mobile ticket for the whole of the Aeroexpress journey. In contrast to many other airports, Sheremetyevo isn't served convertible car rental tampa florida by a mixture of express and suburban trains, and the Aeroexpress is the only rail link to it.
If you are not in a hurry (particularly if you are going from the airport to the city), you can get to the airport by local transport. Bus 851 departs from Rechnoy Vokzal subway station (North of the green line), bus 817 departs from Planernaya (North of the purple line). The station in the airport is near the exit of terminals E, F. The cost is equal to the cost of a normal bus journey inside the city (single-ride tickets cost RUB30 from the driver or RUB29, if you use Troika e-wallet). convertible car rental tampa florida Mind that the buses might be stuck in a traffic jam. The night bus H1 circulates 01:00-05:30. It runs every 30 minutes and stops at every terminal and connects the airport with the centre of the city and those districts that are situated alongside north of the green subway line (from Rechnoy Vokzal station to Belorusskaya station) and south-west of the red line (from Okhotnyi Ryad station to Yugo-Zapadnaya station) [5] .
Most flights from/to Sheremetyevo II are operated either by Aeroflot or by its partner international carriers, mostly members of the SkyTeam alliance. Check-in starts two hours before departure time (three hours for U.S.-bound flights).
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Driving in to Sheremetyevo II area (going convertible car rental tampa florida behind toll bar) is hugely overpriced and should be avoided whenever possible. In addition to entry charge of 100 rubles/hour (rounded up to the next hour), after entering the toll bar, there is an extra charge taken, from RUB100/h to RUB300/h, depending on the distance from entrance and the comfort of parking—with an unofficial option of an unlimited-time stay for RUB300.
In the pre check-in area on the departures level, there's only TGI Friday's plus six to eight no-name cafes/bars/coffee shops. TGIF can make your coffee to go, but charges about RUB360 for mid-sized latte and serves it in Coca-Cola-branded convertible car rental tampa florida paper cups. They also have free Wi-Fi which can be used outside of the restaurant as well. The TGIF serves the same menu as in America, which may come in handy on your way out if you have grown tired of salty smoked fish and warm drinks. There's a cheap self-service cafeteria two levels up (use the elevator or the stairs), where all the airport workers eat, and a more formal 1980's Soviet-retro-chic restaurant above it. Both have nice view of the tarmac.
Most cafes and restaurants beyond passport control are faceless and overpriced. Club Bar boasts Ronnefeldt teas and decent pancakes however. Note that you have to clear customs before check-in so there's practically no going back after you check-in to the cafeteria or the restaurant upstairs.
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