To get to the hotel "Nauka" of Russian Academy of Sciences: -- From the Domestic Airport (Pulkovo-1): Take the bus #39 or the shuttle bus to the "Moskovskaya" metro station. Then take metro line 2, direction "Prospekt Prosvestcheniya" and get off at "Udelnaya". It takes 10-15 minutes to get to the Hotel "Nauka" from the metro station "Udelnaya" (see plan below). You may also take shuttle bus or minibus (route taxi), cost may vary from 10 to 20 roubles, or use service of private companies (US$ 20-40). There is a reliable taxi service in the International airport. The dispatcher wearing a badge with blue writing "TAXI" stands near the entrance (usually from outside). It costs about $40 to get to the hotel "Nauka". NB: we do not advise to accept offers of unauthorized drivers! -- From the railway station "Moskovskiy Vokzal": Take the metro ("Plostchad Vosstaniya", line 1), then change the train at the station "Tekhnologicheskiy institut", take metro line 2, direction "Prospekt Prosvestcheniya" and get off at "Udelnaya". Or you may take taxi at the taxi stop near the railway station (costs about 250 roubles). -- From the railway station "Vitebskiy Vokzal": Take the metro ("Pushkinskaya"), line 1, direction "Prospekt Veteranov", then change the train at "Technologichesky Institut", and take line 2 direction "Prospekt Prosvestcheniya". Get off at the stop "Udel'naya". -- From the railway station "Varshavskiy Vokzal": Take the metro ("Baltiyskaya"), line 1, direction "Lesnaya", then change the train at "Technologichesky Institut", and take line 2 direction "Prospekt Prosvestcheniya". Get off at the stop "Udel'naya". _________ It takes 10 minutes to get to the Hotel "Nauka" from the metro station "Udelnaya" as follows: ______ | Hotel| |Nauka | |______| ---------- ^ ----------------------------------------------- |-<------<------<------<- Prospekt Engelsa ^ ---------------------------------- E | ----------------------- | l ^ | | e | | | t ^ | | s | | | k <----<-----<-----|- | a | ^ | y | --- | a | M |-> - |___| str. Metro Station "Udelnaya"