How to get to Irkutsk? Every year, many tourists begin to ask the Internet more and more, including me, in this article I decided to give an answer to the question that interests many tourists about how to get to the city not only from Moscow, but also from other cities and countries.
How can you get to Irkutsk? Of course, this is a train, a car, an airplane, we will analyze all these methods in more detail with you point by point, but if you suddenly have questions, be sure to write them in the comments. Also, many are interested in this question only because of the summer vacation on Lake Baikal, just many tourists do not know how to get to Lake Baikal and what, read my separate article about this, where I described everything in an accessible and understandable way.
How to get to Irkutsk by car
Several highways go here, from Ulan-Ude (highway M55 or Kultuksky tract), from Krasnoyarsk (highway M53) and a small Yakutsky tract (highway P418).
What you need to know if you decide to get to Irkutsk from Moscow, here you will need to go to the federal highway M7 along which you can enter the city from Krasnoyarsk. All tracks have been repaired quite qualitatively for the last 5 years, so the holes near Irkutsk are quite rare, the track is in good condition.
As for the separate route through the M55 Kultuk, if you eat for a very long time, then I advise you to stop to relax in the Kultuk area on Lake Baikal, eat smoked fish, I wrote a whole article about the prices on Lake Baikal. Let's return to the track, since the track after Kultuk is a winding road, where in some places it is very difficult to overtake even a truck, I advise you to hit the road with full strength and spirit.
If you need a map of the Irkutsk region on a navigator, you can download it for free on this website www.gps-baikal.ru/, the ‘download maps and software’ tab, register and download without problems. If we take the whole way of traveling to Irkutsk by car, then this is the most picturesque way in which you will see Baikal, the real Siberian taiga (in some places bears run out onto the road) and get a lot of impressions. As for other methods, we will consider them further.
How to get to Irkutsk by plane
How to get to Irkutsk by plane? It's very simple, here's a search engine for the cheapest air tickets, which I myself use constantly and advise everything, as it is very easy, fast and does not waste your time.
If you do not know how to buy a cheap air ticket, then I revealed all the secrets of buying in the article 'how to buy cheap air tickets' and 'where to buy air tickets' After booking an air ticket and arriving in the city, you will need to get somewhere to the city center, don't worry if you come during the day.
In the daytime, it is easy to get to the center, there is a bus stop near the airport, you get off and walk to the right in the direction of the bus congestion, about 150 meters. From here you can get to the center on routes No. 42, 43, 80, 480, 90, 99, trolleybus No. 4. At night, you can take a taxi, the approximate cost of one kilometer is 22 rubles, the minimum trip is 120 rubles.
How to get to Irkutsk by train
All tickets can be bought very easily and quickly through the tutu or Russian Railways train ticket booking service. Everything here is simple and straightforward. The central station of the railway station is 'Irkutsk - Passenger', get off at this station and you are almost in the center of the city, the center can even be seen across the Angara River. When leaving the station, you will need to go 200 meters to the right, there will be a minibus stop here.
From here you can get to the center by minibus №16, 77, 80, 20, 64, tram №1. If you arrived by train at night, then at the exit from the railway station there are taxi drivers with whom you can bargain very well. Here you can get to Angarsk, when leaving the railway station you need to go a little to the left, here you will see big buses that go to Angarsk.
How to get to Irkutsk by bus
It should be noted here that there is no direct flight from Moscow and other distant cities to Irkutsk, you will have to get there with transfers, which is very expensive and not profitable both in terms of economy and time. In advance, I can only advise a romantic way to get to Irkutsk by car, an easier and slightly expensive way - plane and train - as a way where you can spend a lot of time talking with your interlocutors and listen to the sound of wheels.
From the Irkutsk bus station, you can go to a huge number of local directions, including Lake Baikal. Bus station address: October Revolution Street, 11. Their website is www.avtovokzal-on-line.ru
In summer, you can also come by water from Bratsk, all water transportation is carried out by the East Siberian River Shipping Company, they have their own website www.vsrp.ru where you will find all the useful information not only on how to get to Irkutsk, but also to book a ticket to any part of tourist Baikal.
