Travel Information
Visa
You will need to obtain a tourist visa
to travel to Russia, either in Russian Embassy or Consulate in your country.
They will ask you to provide
your original passport, visa application form, two passport-size photos,
hotel confirmation, and flight tickets.
The visa will be issued in up to 30 days and will cost up to $120.
Venue
ICCQ will be held in the Higher School of Economics (HSE)
at 11, Pokrovsky Blvd in Moscow.
Taxi
We recommend you to use Uber as a taxi service.
Airports
Moscow has three international airports:
DME,
SVO,
and
VKO.
Uber from any one of them to your hotel will take about an hour
and will cost about $30.
Accommodation
We suggest you to stay in one of these hotels:
Boutique Hotel Chemodanov
(0.7km from the venue),
Custos Hotel Lubyansky
(0.9km),
or
PR Myasnitsky Boutique Hotel
(1.3km).
Dinner
You can find many restaurants near by your hotel and most of them will be
good. We also recommend you try one of these high-class restaurants and taste
traditional Russian cuisine:
Ruski
(8.4km from the venue, approx. $30 per person),
Selfie
(4.8km, $50),
or
Dr. Zhivago
(2.5km, $60).
Weather
It may be a bit cold in Moscow in March; check
these recommendations
on what coat is better to put on.
Sightseeing
Watch this intro video by Expedia
and consider ordering a guided half-day trip
around the most famous sights in Moscow. You don’t want to miss these places:
Chistie Prudy
(450m from the venue)
Metro Station Ploshchad Revolyutsii
(1.8km)
Nikolskaya St. at night
(1.9km)
