Saint Petersburg Travel Forum

Hello.
We are a group of 6 trying to arrive to Tallinn from St Petersburg in August 2009.
Searching the internet I found this information:
1. The overnight train is no longer in service
2. Many reviews from other travelers talk about direct bus service, about 8 hours of travel.
3. The Russian web site of eurolines bus, is only in Russian
4. In the Estonian eurolines page they show 6 buses daily, but when I try to book a ticket they show only two options to reach Tallinn via Riga and around 20hours of travel.

My questions are:
Do the direct buses be available by august?
Should I have to book in advance this trip by internet and where?
Or is easy to find and buy the tickets 1 or 2 days in advance in St Petersburg and where?

Thanks

http://eurolines.ru/list/estoni/tallin/
price is 1000 RUB (30$)
bus station adress in S-P: Naberezhnaya Obvodnogo kanala 36

PS IMHO, there is no problem to buy the ticket on bus station.

Their agency email is agenstvo@eurolines.ru
Try to contact.

Dear friends! I am from Russia but currently live in Stockholm. I know Russian, as you can understand ))) If you need my help I can translate smth for you ))) my mail is nastenau@yandex.ru

I have been to Petersbourg! Ir is worthy to be visited!!!

Thanks for your advice, I will go two days before to the bus station to buy the tickets, Is there any ticket counter with someone speaking english?

francisco

I took a bus from Petersburg to Tallinn in June 2006. It's an agreeable trip and takes around 4-5 hours. I took a taxi to the bus terminal (avtovoksal) in the afternoon the day before the trip. At such a late time there was only one bus with space: the one at 9AM. I suppose if I came 2 or 3 days in advance the more convenient schedules would have been available. I inquired where the office was and it turned out to be in a different building some 100m away. I don't know if they speak English but probably not. It would be useful to write "Таллинн" and relevant information on a paper. The office might not be open after 4PM. At the time of departure the bus would be standing somewhere outside the terminal. It may be necessary to ask which bus is the correct one.

Tallinn is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. It can be seen in one full day if the weather is good. Without luggage it's possible to walk from the bus terminal to the center. With luggage a taxi should be taken.