Mineralnye Vody (Russian Cyrillic: Минеральные Воды) is a town in Stavropol Krai famous for its literary history and its health spas/sanatoria. Indeed, the town's name means Mineral Waters.
Get in
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[edit]It is easy to get to Mineralnye Vody by flying directly from Moscow, Saint Petersburg, or certain other large Russian airports.
- 1 Mineralnye Vody Airport (MRV IATA) (4 km of the city), ☏ +7 879 222-07-77. It's one of the biggest airports in Southern Russia, serving about 2 million passengers each year. It has everything that could be expected from any other typical airport: duty free shops, eateries, money exchange offices, luggage storage. Flights from a number of cities including Moscow and Istanbul
- Getting there:
By bus: shuttle bus #10, 11 goes to the Mineralnye Vody railway station (travel time 20-25 min). Shuttle bus #11 goes to the central bus station (every 30-40 min, 06:00 - 19:30, travel time 10 min, "Ruslan Market" bus stop).
Taxi:
By train
[edit]- 2 Mineralnye Vody railway station.
Get around
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Map of Mineralnye Vody
There are lots of buses and taxis in Mineralnye Vody.
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[edit]Stay safe
[edit]If you break the law the police may seek bribes, otherwise they should give no difficulties.
Go next
[edit]MinVody is a primary gateway to the Russian Caucasus, especially for mountaineers headed towards Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria.