ESN Uni Turku trips to Moscow and St. Petersburg

WELCOME TO AN EXOTIC TRIP TO RUSSIA WITH ESN Uni Turku!

We offer you two alternatives to choose from:

//ST. PETERSBURG, 4 days, 22.-26.4.2010, 195 €

We'll be taking a ferry from Helsinki to St. Petersburg where we can enjoy city tours, the glorious Russian architecture and wild nightlife! At a competitive extra charge you can attend ballet, Russian lunch, excursions etc. Trip includes two nights on a ferry and two nights in a hotel in St. Petersburg.

NOTICE: FOR THIS TRIP YOU DON'T NEED A VISA!! New visa-free ferry boat transportation St. Petersburg – Helsinki is to be opened in April. No more trouble with the visas, high visa fees and bureacrazy! Anyone from anywhere in the world is now welcomed to visit St. Petersburg.

OR if you´re in for a REAL adventure...

//MOSCOW + ST. PETERSBURG, 7 days, 20.-25.4.2010, 345 € + visa

We will take the night train from Helsinki straight to Moscow where we will have two days to explore the real soviet atmosphere. Wednesday evening we will take the night train back to St. Petersburg where we meet the rest of the group and spend the long weekend together. For this trip you need to get the visa!

Prices include back and forth trips from Turku to destinations, accommodation in a hotel with breakfasts and travel insurance. The travel agency will take care of arranging the visas and offer us a local guide. See the Bair Travels website for more detailed trip schedule.

HOW TO SIGN UP?

Sign up is online at Bair Travels website and it is open now. Go to http://www.bair-travels.com/ -> Tours -> choose the right tour with ESN Uni Turku. (Visa-free cruise to St Petersburg OR student tours -> Moscow and St Petersburg) Students from all universities in Turku are warmly welcomed.

TRAVEL MEETING

The representative of our tour operator Bair Travels will tell you more about the trip (program etc) and you will have time to ask questions. You will get a lot more information about the trip, extra activities, visa etc. Also you can meet up with other people who are joining this trip. :) Attendance is recommended to all the people who are going but also to those who are still thinking about going to Russia.

Time: Tuesday 23.3. 18-19
Place: Publicum, lecture hall PUB3

Publicum (Assistentinkatu 7, http://tinyurl.com/publicum ) is situated at the Turku University campus just next to Educarium (student restaurant Macciavelli). Lecture hall PUB3 is on the ground floor. If you have trouble finding the place, please call ESN Uni Turku 0417202789

VISA

For St. Petersburg you don't need a visa but for Moscow it's still essential. To get more information about it (price etc.), go to http://bair-travels.com/index.php?div=607
A link to print the visa application: http://www.rusembassy.fi/visas_information.htm. The passports of those going to Moscow will be collected on THURSDAY 8.4. AT 6 P.M. IN PUB3 (PUBLICUM). You can fill the application (with a blue or black ballpoint pen) in advance and remember to bring a photo!

If you have questions, please ask them:

bair@bair-travels.com

or the ESN girls:

Emma, emma.koskinen(at)tse.fi
Heini, heini.lilja(at)gmail.com
Laura, laura.pinjamaa(at)tse.fi
Riikka, rhheik(at)utu.fi