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Türkiye is still closed, but I want to relax abroad? Here are six countries, where the easiest thing is to fly away right now
Bonus: a list of documents that are needed for this
At least until June 21, flights to Turkey are suspended for Russian tourists. But there are other popular tourist destinations where it is easy to get right now. We chose six of them. There is no Cyprus, Bulgaria and Montenegro on this list, since regular air traffic with these countries has not yet been restored (although they are selling airline tickets) - which means that you will have to go there through third countries or on cargo -passenger flights that can be canceled at any time, dissatisfied with the practice of selling tickets for them.
Greece
When: right now.
Documents: for entry, the tourist needs a Schengen visa; If it is already - well, if not, Greece resumed the issuance of tourist visas.
Inquiries: all travelers in Greece no later than the day before arriving in the country, fill the form of PLF (Passenger locator form) , indicating their contact details in Greece. They receive confirmation of the QR code, they need to be with you when boarding on the plane.
The rules of entry for tourists from Russia have changed since June 30 , and now the Greece, who are going to Greece, must have a negative PCR test, made 72 hours before arriving in the country, or a negative express test for antigen, made 48 hours before arrival. Regardless of whether tourists are vaccinated.
Documents can be in Russian or English. Upon arrival, a mandatory express test is selectively (in the case of a positive result-quarantine 14 days).
Aviation Aviation: Moscow - Athens flights twice a week (from June 10 it will be four times a week).
Egypt
When: right now.
Documents: an entrance visa can be issued in the consular department of the Embassy of Egypt in Moscow or at the airport upon arrival. The cost of a single (for 30 days) entry visa for Russians is $ 25.
Reference: TouristemStarsha 6 years must be provided with the original certificate with the blue seal of a medical institution or with a QR code. It should confirm the lack of coronavirus infection on the basis of the PCR test, made no earlier than 72 hours before entering the country . This is warned by the Foreign Ministry of Egypt.
The easiest way to get into Egypt through the Airports of Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada: there you can hand over the PCR at the airport, and instead of a visa, a stamp on the arrival is placed in the passport, giving the right to be in the country for 15 days. But all this is not yet for the Russians: direct flights to these airports from Russia are not executed now.
Air Aviation: Direct flights of Moscow - Cairo five times a week (from June 10 it will be seven times a week), as well as flights from other Russian cities (Russia -Cairo openings open for international flights with a frequency twice a week). The Rosavision has not yet allowed flights to Hurghada and Sharm-El-Sheikh.
Maldives
When: right now.
Documents: Tourists are not required to visit the country , in the country you can be in the country within a month without any additional registration. But for the entrance you need a paid ticket ticket, confirmation of the hotel armor and confirmation of financial viability ($ 150 per person per day) or a fully paid tour package.
Reference: Tourists are required to have a negative result of the PCR test in English at the entrance, the test should be made no earlier than 96 hours before departure to the Maldives. This requirement from May 3 applies to all , including tourists who have passed vaccination. 24 hours before departure to the Republic of Maldives, it is necessary to fill out an online special form of health. PCR test should be loaded into this form.
Aviation Aviation: Direct flights Moscow - Male eight times a week.
Mexico
When: right now.
Documents: Russian tourists can enter Mexico freely (if there is a Schengen visa, US visa, Great Britain or Canada) or request an electronic resolution on the site and print it for presentation during landing.
Inquiries: for entry/exit or traveling inside the country, air transports requires filling out a short questionnaire about the state of health, the history of contacts with the infected Covid-19, as well as on foreign trips over the past 14 days. PCR tests or vaccination certificates are not required. The questionnaire can be filled on paper (provided by air carrier) or on the site .
Aviation Aviation: Direct flights Moscow - Cancun three times a week
Dubai, Abu Dhabi (UAE)
When: right now.
Documents: Citizens of Russia receive free visas of the UAE at the entrance to the airport. Do not forget to buy insurance for treatment from COVID-19, it is necessary.
Inquiries: for a flight to a flight, it is necessary to provide a negative PCR test in English (it should be completed no earlier than 96 hours before entering, for Etihad Airways flights-no more than 72 hours). At the border point at the arrival airport, temperature measurement and PCR testing are provided. Be sure to repeat PCR testing on the 6th day of stay in the country (Rosturism recommends signing for it here ).
Russians returning from Abu Dhabi to Moscow, when landing on a flight, are also required to provide a negative PCR test with a validity of not more than 72 hours. Otherwise, they will not be allowed to the flight, although when arriving in Russia, the test is not required.
Air Aviation: Direct flights of Moscow-Dubai seven times a week, Moscow-Abu Dhabi twice a week, Grozny-Dubai twice a week, flights from other cities (points in Russia-points in the UAE once a week from each paragraph of Russia) plus 11 unregular flights of the UAE airlines.
Croatia
When: from June 10.
Documents : You can enter the Croatia for rest with the current Schengen visa or get a Croatian visa. Croatia gives tourist visas, let the red font on this page not scare you. To obtain a tourist visa, you need to have confirmation of paying for residence in tourist housing - hotel, campsite, private apartments or on a rented vessel. To facilitate the border crossing procedure, all foreign citizens are recommended to fill out an electronic questionnaire in advance.
Reference: Tourists over 11 years old, when crossing the border, it is necessary to present a negative PCR test in English, made no earlier than 48 hours (counting from the moment the smear is taken until arrived at the border point). Or the certificate in English about the full vaccination from the COVID-19 (except for the EU vaccine, the satellite V and the Chinese Sinovac is recognized, completed more than 14 days before the trip. The electronic certificate of "State Services" on vaccination in English with a QR code is also adopted.
Air Aviation: Direct flights Moscow - Zagreb will open twice a week from June 10.
Bonus: And what about Turkey?
When and how: it is incomprehensible. Direct flights to Turkish airports (Istanbul, Ankara, Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman) have been suspended from April 15 to June 21, with the exception of the Moscow - Istanbul flight twice a week. In the schedule until June 21, there are only Aeroflot flights and Turkish Airlines on Fridays and Mondays, tickets for them cost more than 60 thousand rubles one way.
Documents: For entry into Turkey, Russian tourists do not need a visa. Within 72 hours before the aircraft departure, it is necessary to fill out in electronic format “Form for Entrance to Turkey” at Register.health.gov.tr and presented it when registering on a flight in printed or electronic form.
Inquiries: When landing on a flight, tourists over 5 years old need to present a negative result of a PCR test made 72 hours before departure, or a certificate of the presence of antibodies after coronavirus transferred over the past six months, or a certificate of full vaccination from Covid-19 (except for the EU vaccine, a “satellite V” is recognized as a “satellite V”), which is completed more than 14 days before 14 days before 14 days before Trips. Documents are accepted in Russian and English, in printed certificates there should be a QR code or original seal, at electronic certificates-a QR code.
Clarification. Initially, the published text said that tourists who have undergone complete vaccination against the Covid-19 can enter the Maldives without a negative PCR test. Unfortunately, this rule was canceled and the negative PCR test is now needed by everyone. The editors apologize to the readers for inaccuracy. It was also said in the text that you can enter Greece with a certificate of a state unit about the transferred Covid, or a certificate of full vaccination, completed more than 14 days before the trip. Since June 30, the Greece government canceled this opportunity for Russians, and we made changes to the text.
Tatyana Lysova