How to get to Kazan

Kazan is located in the central part of Russia in an accessible place for any type of transport (Kazan on the map of Russia). You can get here by plane, train, bus, car. Tourists also visit Kazan during river cruises along the Volga River from Astrakhan, Volgograd, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod and other Volga cities. There are also mixed (motor ship+bus excursions) cruises from Moscow, St. Petersburg and other major cities not lying on the banks of the Volga. Further details on all the ways to get to Kazan on your own:

Ready-made tours

The most trouble – free way to visit Kazan at any time of the year is to buy a ready-made package tour from Russian tour operators. Ready-made tours usually already include a flight to the airport and a transfer directly to the selected hotel, so you do not have to break your head and spend money on independent travel. In addition, in most cases, the cost of ready-made tours is even cheaper than an independent trip. Check and compare the cost of tours to Kazan at once from all reliable tour operators and book it online on one of these proven search engine sites:

• ✈ search for tours to Kazan on Travelata.ru (🎁 тут промокоды на скидку при покупке)
• ✈ search for tours to Kazan on Level.Travel
• ✈ search for tours to Kazan on Onlinetours.ru
• 🚢 search for cruises to Kazan on Круиз.онлайн
• 🚢 search for cruises to Kazan on cruise House
• 🚢 search for cruises to Kazan on the website of the tour operator Dolphin

By plane

Near Kazan, 26 kilometers away is Kazan International Airport (Airport on map), site http://www.kazan.aero/. It is of federal importance, and flights are operated to it not only from Russian cities, but also from abroad, at least from: CIS countries, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Greece, Spain, Vietnam, China. The airport is modern and developed, there is free Wi-Fi, cafes and restaurants, ATMs, currency exchange, DutyFree shops for international flights. In walking distance from the airport is the hotel "flight".

Sometimes flights from the regions or from abroad to Kazan are more profitable to purchase with a transfer at Moscow airports. Find the lowest prices in Kazan, including flights with transfers, you can use the search form:

How to get from Kazan airport to the city

The airport is connected with the center of Kazan by developed public transport, it will not be difficult to get there by train, bus, taxi. Also at the airport there is a car rental, parking for personal transport for short and long periods.

• By taxi

  • Cost: 500-1000 rubles
  • Time spent: 30-60 minutes
  • Working period: around the clock

  A taxi from the airport to the center will cost from 1000 rubles, 30-60 minutes on the way, depending on traffic. You can order a taxi at the counter in the arrivals hall, or book in advance using the search form below. It is almost twice cheaper (from 500 USD) to get a taxi if you order a car through the Yandex.Taxi service, use the services of a local city taxi on pre-order, or catch a car at the exit from the terminal.

• By train

  • Cost: 40 rubles
  • Time spent: 30 minutes
  • Working period: 06:35 – 23:00
  • Movement interval: scheduled at least 8 times a day

  Between the airport and the Railway Station Kazan-passazhirsky, located in the city center, at least 8 electric trains run daily according to the schedule, the journey takes 28 minutes, the cost is 40 rubles. Upon arrival at the railway station in Kazan, the tourist area and pedestrian Bauman Street can be reached on foot in 15-20 minutes, or by public transport.

• By bus

  • Cost: 20-40 rubles
  • Time spent: 40-90 minutes
  • Working period: 06:00 – 22:00
  • Movement interval: 20-30 minutes (after 18:00 go very rarely)

  From the airport to Kazan can be reached by bus number 197, the stop is located at the exit from Terminal 1A. But this route is not very convenient and quite long. It does not pass through the tourist area, so you will either have to go with transfers by bus, or get to the Prospekt Pobedy metro station, and then take the Metro to Ploshchad Tukaya or Kremlin stations.

• By private car

  From the center of Kazan to the airport 27 kilometers, 30-60 minutes depending on traffic. At the airport for private transport there is parking with hourly and daily payment. Parking for up to 20 minutes is not charged.

  The cost of parking at Kazan airport:

  • Parking up to 20 minutes free of charge;
  • up to 4 hours-100 rubles / hour;
  • from 4 to 24 hours-400 rubles;
  • from 2 to 14 days-200 rubles/day;
  • over 14 days – 150 rubles / day.

• Rent a car

  At the airport there are several international car rentals, the rental price is from 2000 rubles per day.

By train

Kazan is a major railway junction and can be reached by train from Moscow, St. Petersburg and most regions of the country. Trains arrive at the beautiful railway station, which is conveniently located in the city center within walking distance of the tourist area and pedestrian street Bauman (Kazan railway station on the map). Also from the railway station you can leave by city buses, trolleybuses or tram.

Here is the estimated cost and travel time for popular train services to Kazan:

• Moscow-Kazan - from 1000 rubles, 13 hours on the way
• St. Petersburg-Kazan - from 1200 rubles, 22 hours on the way

By bus

Kazan can be reached by intercity bus from many nearby regions and cities. In terms of price and time, a bus ride does not differ much from a train, but it is inferior in comfort. Therefore, we recommend using the bus only if there are no trains from your city to Kazan, or the bus is more suitable according to the schedule.

Intercity flights arrive in the city at one of three stations:

• Central Bus Station. Ul. Devyataeva, 15 (train station on the map). Serves the following destinations: Moscow, Ivanovo, Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod. Schedule here.
• Vostochny Bus Station. Agrarnaya STR., 8 (train station on the map). Serves destinations: Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Togliatti, UFA, Naberezhnye Chelny, Perm
• South Bus Station. Orenburg passage, 207 (train station on the map). Serves the following destinations: Samara, Togliatti, Ufa, Naberezhnye Chelny, Orenburg, Bulgarians, Magnitogorsk

Some branded flights generally use their platforms for departure and arrival.

On a cruise ship

Scheduled motor ships on the Volga do not go to Kazan, except for local ferries to Sviyazhsk and Pechishch in summer. But there are many cruise ships on the Volga, which make stops in Kazan with an excursion route around the city.

River cruises with a stopover in Kazan can be purchased online from reliable Russian tour operators on these cruise search and booking sites:

• 🚢 search for cruises to Kazan on Круиз.онлайн
• 🚢 search for cruises to Kazan on cruise House
• 🚢 search for cruises to Kazan on the website of the tour operator Dolphin

Cost and duration of cruises to Kazan for reference:

• Moscow-Kazan-20000 (6 days)
• From St. Petersburg-from 60,000 (16 days)
• Samara-Kazan-from 8000 (3 days)

All vessels arrive in Kazan at the river port (more about the river port of Kazan), which is located near the center, Devyataeva STR., 1 (river port on the map). You can get here by bus №1, 6, 8, 31, 53, 85, tram number 7, trolleybus number 20 and 21.

By car

If you are traveling to Kazan by private car, please note that in the tourist center outside the courtyards and territories of hotels parking on the roadway is paid (30-70 rubles/hour depending on the popularity of parking), so when choosing a hotel or accommodation, check the availability of free parking. If you have to use paid parking, then hourly payment is made using a mobile application, SMS or a bank card at the parking meter (more details parkingkzn.ru).

The roads in the tourist center are narrow, many one-way directions, double solid lines with no way to turn around. Personally, our opinion (the authors of the site) is that it is more convenient for tourists to move around Kazan on foot or by public transport. In the city and at the entrances to it, there are a lot of cameras for automatically recording violations of speeding, driving on Red, leaving the stop line.

Distances to Kazan from major Russian cities (kilometers):

• Moscow-815
• St. Petersburg-1520
• Nizhny Novgorod-400
• Samara-180
• Krasnodar-1800
• Voronezh-1030
• Novosibirsk – 2540
• Yekaterinburg – 940
• UFA-515
• Vladivostok-8200