Last month we have published an article at Motorbike Europe with some nice fasts about Russia and general info about our tours. Here is the full text
http://www.motorbikeeurope.com/en/russian-moto-travel-company
Explore the largest country in the world with Russian Moto Travel
Dear friends, next year, we invite you to explore Russia on a motorcycle. The most beautiful girls, The Red Square, real Russian vodka, untouched nature, and heartful people are waiting for you there.
The dedicated team behind Russian Moto Travel Company offers you a variety of interesting tours, and provides tour guides and motorcycle rentals - we have BMW GS’s.
We will help you with the Visa and tickets. By the way, we strongly recommend you to fly to Moscow and rent a bike, using the Fly-and-Ride scheme, to avoid wasting time, when travelling to Russia. We also arrange exciting cultural programs, with memorable Russian entertainment types, such as Russian baths - sauna, BBQ, fishing.
We’ll ensure that this trip, will be one of the best in your life.
Let’s move forward, and let us tell you a little more about Russia, and tours we are offering to you.
SOME FACTS ABOUT RUSSIA
Russia is the largest country in the world, with lots of unique places of interest:
1. The Red Square, The Kremlin, and Saint-Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow.
2. The Hermitage, and Peterhof with its amazing fountains, in Saint-Petersburg.
3. Volgograd (also known as Stalingrad) - the location of the largest battle in World War II, and in the entire history of humanity.
4. Lake Baikal - the largest freshwater lake in the world. Baikal contains roughly 20% of the world's unfrozen surface fresh water.
5. World famous Trans-Siberian Railway Road, Ural, Caucasus and Altay mountains, Siberia and Elbrus, one of the top-7 world peaks, and the highest mountain in Europe.
A rich variety of historic and cultural heritage, lots of beautiful cities, plenty of natural sights and climate zones, attract more than 30 million tourists from all around the world every year, including motorcycle tourists.
MYTHS ABOUT RUSSIA
There are several widely distributed stereotypes about Russia, that we are going to break, from the very start:
1) It’s very cold in Russia.
Well, yes, sometimes, but not during the summer. A motorcycle season in the central part of the country (in the region of Moscow) lasts for approx. 5 months, from the beginning of May, until the middle of October. In the northern regions, for example, near Karelia and Saint-Petersburg, the season is a bit shorter. In the southern regions, in Sochi and Crimea, the season lasts for 8-9 months, with the lowest temperature of 5-7 degrees above zero, even in the coldest winter months. +10 to 15 degrees is the average daytime temperature in Sochi, in February.
We think, that the best time for travelling to the central part of Russia, is from the middle of May until the middle of September (4 months), and in the southern regions, from April to November (7 months).
2) It’s not safe in Russia.
In Russia, it’s absolutely safe, but just in case we supply our clients with Kalashnikov machine guns (AK-47) with two full magazines, at the beginning of every tour. If you want to defend yourself against a wild and crazy bear, remember to shoot a little below his neck. If you want to defend yourself from a heavily drunken Russian man, remember that this is pointless. You should quickly run away from him, instead.
But seriously speaking, travelling through Russia by motorcycle is absolutely safe.
3) It’s difficult to get Visa to Russia.
It’s not more difficult than obtaining a USA or Australian Visa, the process is almost the same - you fill in an application form online, bring your passport and several other travel documents to the Visa center or Russian Embassy, and in a week’s time, you’ll have Russian Visa for 30 days. We can help you with the documents if needed. If you want to visit Russia with your own motorcycle, contact us, and we will explain how to cross the border, what documents to fill in and how to save your time on that.
RUSSIAN MOTO TRAVEL COMPANY INVITES YOU TO EXPLORE RUSSIA
Our team offers you an exciting opportunity to explore Russia, with one of our tours. If it’s your first visit, we recommend taking a look at our most popular tours, such as Moscow - Saint-Petersburg, or Moscow - Golden Ring, or Moscow - Kazan-Volgograd. Also, we have really nice Spring and Autumn motorcycle tours to Sochi and Crimea, with a 2-day visit to Moscow without bikes, at the end of the tour.
Most of Russian Moto Travel tours are 8-9 days long, which is very convenient in terms of taking vacations. Prices range from EUR 1,750 to EUR 2,350, including motorcycle rental, fuel and insurance, accommodation, tour guides, support van, breakfasts and lunches, various entertainments, and Visa support. Not included, is your air ticket to Russia, Visa application fee, and dinners with personal tips.
Our guides are real fans of our country, and they will be happy to tell stories about its history, culture, traditions, and the way people live, today. You’ll have a chance to taste local cuisine, try a variety of entertainments such as Russian sauna (a.k.a. Banya) and you will definitely drink some Russian vodka.
We make every tour very special with a rich and exciting program, so much so, that at the end of the tour, most of our clients say it was one of the best experiences in their lives!
IF YOU WANT SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL
If classic destinations are not what you are actually looking for, we have a series of special tours.
For example, the Trans-Siberian Tour - 25 days, 10,000 km - can you imagine that? You will ride across the entire continent, and visit Ural and Siberia, Far East and Lake Baikal, the Altay mountains, and you will also see a bit of Mongolia, and China.
Similarly to Trans-Siberian tour we have a breath-taking route to Lake Baikal, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. These adventures are epic and definitely will be something you will remember all your life.
HOW OUR TOURS ARE ORGANIZED
By default, we offer most of our tours in almost “all inclusive” format. Price includes everything except for air tickets to Russia, Visa application fee, medical insurance, and dinners with alcohol.
So what is included? Here we go:
➢ Accommodation in 3-4* hotels.
➢ Motorcycle rental.
➢ Fuel and insurance.
➢ Local tour guide (our guides speak English, German and Italian languages).
➢ Breakfasts and lunches.
➢ Transfers.
➢ Support van for large groups (starting with 5-6 people).
➢ Kick-off meeting.
➢ Farewell dinner.
➢ Visa application support.
➢ Entertainment and cultural programs along the tour (tickets and excursions to the Moscow Kremlin, Hermitage, and other places of interest; Russian sauna, concert of Russian local band, fishing, etc.).
For each of the tours, you will be guided by tour leaders on motorcycles. Our guys know their job very well, they are fluent in several languages, well educated about the history and culture of Russia, and they have good technical and first aid skills, in case of emergency. For most of the tours, there will be a support van so that you can leave your bags in the van, and travel without a high load on your motorbikes.
All tours are carefully planned and organized in terms of daily mileage, places of interest, hotels, and dinners. We prefer to travel in small groups of 5-6 people, with an average speed of 100-120 km/h.
Before the start of the tour, we always have a kick off meeting, where we provide you with all of the information regarding travelling in a group, safety aspects, roads, driving manners, general rules of the road, etc. There are also short daily briefings in the mornings during breakfast, or at the dinner table, the night before.
We have ВMW motorcycles, F700GS, R1200GS and R1200GS Adventure. All motorcycles are insured and equipped with luggage boxes, and are technically well-maintained, and prepared for long tours.
OUR MOST POPULAR TOURS:
1) MOSCOW - SAINT-PETERSBURG
A popular classic tour, ideal for the first visit to Russia. You will see two capitals of Russia, beautiful Moscow with The Red Square, The Kremlin and Saint-Basil’s Cathedral, and the charming “North capital” of Saint-Petersburg, with Peterhof, drawbridges and The Hermitage. Along the way, you’ll get acquainted with Russian nature, small towns and villages, local cuisine, and much more.
9 days, EUR 2,350
2) MOSCOW - GOLDEN RING
An exciting 7-day tour through the most ancient small towns and cities around Moscow. These towns have preserved their original appearance and unique historic places of interest, culture, and traditions. Today, they are hot-spots for tourists from all over the world. We invite you to visit them by motorcycle, and to discover what the Russian Soul is all about. During the trip, you will see a variety of unique places, most of them are on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites.
7 days, EUR 2,200
3) CRIMEA AND MOSCOW IN SPRING AND AUTUMN
In spring and autumn, we invite you to travel on a motorcycle across the sunny Crimea Peninsula. You will spend 7 beautiful days in fantastic Crimea, ride serpentine roads along the Black Sea, visit lots of places of interest, for example from World War II. You will try unique local cuisine, and Crimea wine, which is much-loved in Russia. After a week in Crimea, we will spend 2 more days in Moscow to see the capital of Russia. You will visit Red Square, Saint-Basil’s Cathedral, and Moscow Kremlin.
9 days (7 days in Crimea + 2 days in Moscow), EUR 1,750 - 1,950
Also, we have several very exciting 10-12 day, one-way tours, from Sochi and Crimea, to Moscow. And as we said above, there are special tours to Lake Baikal, and over the Trans-Siberian Road, to Vladivostok. For more details, please visit our website:
www.rusmototravel.com
FINALLY…
We hope you enjoyed our story, and learned something new about Russia. At least, now you know how to deal with a drunken bear. We are looking forward to see you in Russia in 2017, whether you travel with us, or do a tour on your own.
More info about us and our tours can be found on our web site:
www.rusmototravel.com
Book your place on the tour, if you are ready for a Russian challenge.
If you have any questions, please contact us by email:
info@rusmototravel.com
Also, you can reach us by Social Media:
www.facebook.com/russiamototravel
www.instagram.com/rusmototravel
FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE
Russian Moto Travel Company
www.rusmototravel.com
