Tourist Information, Visa and Travel

Moscow

The 3rd International Conference on Sensors and Electronic Instrumentation Advances (SEIA' 2017) will be held in Moscow - the capital of the Russian Federation (Russia).
Area: 17.1 million square kilometers (water: 0.7 sq.km; land: 16.4 sq.km). Population: 12.9 million (2016). Moscow is one of the most famed capital in the world. It is often 

chosen to host international conferences and exhibitions.

Moscow is easily reached by air, rail and road. The Moscow City business center is easily reached using the road system or public transport (metro) upon arrival in the city.

Visa

List of countries, citizens of which do not need visas to Russia: http://www.visitrussia.org.uk/visaform/not-need

List of Russian Embassies/Consulates where you can apple for Russian visa: www.russianembassy.net

Please ask an Invitation Letter for visa to visit SEIA' 2017:

- For foreign guests who have booked a hotel room in our conference hotel Novotel Moscow City, the hotel provides visa support documents to obtain a single entry tourist visa for a stay. For more information please contact the hotel

 Tel.: (+7) 4956605353 - Fax: (+7) 4992401051
   E-mail:H8225@accor.com

- European Union countries, USA, Canada, Australian, New Zealand and Japan:

  http://visa.llcentre.ru/30_90_days_invitation.php

- All countries:

  https://goingrus.com/info/en/get-russian-visa/russian-visa-invitation/business-visa-invitation-for-foreigners

- Tourist Visas (need a preliminary hotel reservation):

  http://visardo.com/

Currency

The official monetary unit in Russia is the Ruble (RUB). You are recommended to take $ US or Euros; they can be exchanged at banks, hotels and kiosks. There are many ATM 

machines around the city to withdraw cash, and almost all restaurants/shops accept credit cards. It is not recommended to take traveler’s cheques with you to Russia.

Airports

There are 3 international airports with distance to the Conference hotel Novotel Moscow City: 

• Sheremetyevo - 32 km

• Domodedovo - 48.5 km

• Vnukovo - 34 km

You can easily reach the city center with the comfortable Aeroexpress trains. It will take about 35-45 minutes. The timetable of trains running to all three main airports is available at the following link: 

https://www.aeroexpress.ru/en

Time

GMT + 3 for Moscow (GMT +4 in Winter time) 

Electricity

220 V/50 Hz. The plug is two-pin thin European standard. Make sure you bring your own converter as most places do not provide them.

Tips

Tips are not necessary but highly appreciated. Usually it should cover 5-10 % of the bill, depending on the level of service.

Tourist Web Sites and Info

Moscow.Info - online resource for visitors to Moscow:

http://www.moscow.info/

WikiTravel:

http://wikitravel.org/en/Moscow

Tourist Guide from RADECS' 2015 (  6.69 Mb)

Moscow Metro Map:

- ENG (  1.32 Mb)

- RUS (  432 Kb)

What to see ?

• Red Square (Krasnaya Ploshchad)

• St. Basil's Cathedral

• Moscow Kremlin (Moskovsky Kreml)

• Cathedral Square

• Ostankino TV Tower

• Cathedral of the Assumption (Uspensky Sobor)

• The State Tretyakov Gallery