RIGA:

Budget flights to Riga are currently offered by three airlines:

 Please note:

• often times, offers by these airlines are really cheap only if you book well ahead (months earlier).
• You have to keep in mind that sometimes additional charges for taxes might apply.
• Flights can only be booked via Internet.
• Prices may vary for one or more persons (so maybe book each person separateely, might be cheaper sometimes).
• * Airbaltic has an agreement with the German federal railway company (Bundesbahn) and offers budget train tickets. That means it may sometimes be  less expensive to depart from a distant airport in Germany if you cover the remaining stretch by railway.

Bus:

Twice daily, Eurolines Busses www.eurolines.com/  go from Riga to St Petersburg for ca. 17 Euro.

Bus tickets can be purchased in Riga at the Bus terminal downtown. That is easy to find and very easily accomplished. No complications to be expected! 

Departure Riga (local time)	Arrival St Petersburg (local time)
8 o’clock in the morning	22.15 in the evening
18 in the evening	7.15 in the morning

Train:

Once daily the train goes from Riga to St. Petersburg. Tickets for seats (not recommended, but bearable) will cost ca. 12 Euro. Sleeping cars start at about 35 Euro and can be bought right at the station at token booth Nr. 24 (open from 8-12 and 13-19.30). 

Departure Riga (local time)	Arrival St. Petersburg (local time)
19.30 Uhr in the evening	9.10 in the morning