Transportation from Sochi City Center to Sochi Airport
The best option to reach the airport from Sochi city center is the train. In addition to the express train called Swallow, you can also take the passenger trains passing through the airport. The journey takes 45 minutes. You can use the official website of Russian Railways (RZD) to check the timetable and buy tickets.
Although the buses numbered 105 or 105s that you will take from Sochi city center follow different routes, they ultimately bring you right into Sochi International Airport. The journey takes up to 60 minutes under normal traffic conditions.
The distance between Sochi city center and the airport is approximately 30 km. You can use taxis to reach the airport by the fastest method without using public transportation options. Be clear about the distance and fare before you get in the taxi. Although taxi drivers in Sochi generally speak English, you can also communicate using translation applications from your phone at the most difficult moment.
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Transportation from Verona Airport to the City Center
Verona Airport or Verona Villafranca Airport is also known as Valerio Catullo Airport. Along with Verona, the airport also welcomes passengers from the regions of Brescia, Mantua and Trentino-Alto Adige-Südtirol. For this reason, there are many different ways of transportation from the airport, which is used by approximately four million passengers annually, to the place you want to go.
One of them is the shuttle bus named Verona Airlink. This service, with line number 199, goes from the airport to the stop named Verona Airlink Stazione in Porta Nuova and thus connects the airport with Verona's main train station.
The bus leaves every 20 minutes and the journey takes an average of 15 minutes. You can buy your ticket from the application called Ticket Bus Verona App, from the exchange office on the arrival floor or from the ticket machine, or from the driver when you get on the bus. Within 75 minutes of activating your ticket, you can also use other city buses in Verona to transfer free of charge.
You can find a detailed timetable on the company's official website.
If you are going to the train station and take a train that departs from here, you can buy the ticket for this bus and the train you will get on from the airport in a more economical way. You can view more detailed information on the railway company's application or on its website.
In addition, bus number 482, which operates only in the high season in summer, connects Lake Garda with the airport, while the seasonal shuttle, operating between December and March, connects the airport and the Trentino-Dolomites Ski Resort. You can see the bus stops on the right when you come out of the arrivals floor.
When you exit the arrivals floor and turn left, you will see the stop of the taxis authorized to pick up passengers from the airport. By using a taxi, you can travel the 12 km road to the city center in an average of 15 minutes. It is worth remembering that there is no Uber or similar application in Verona.