tnx mates

I am currently checking my options for a ferry from Georgia to Russia. Unfortunately i do not have the time to go round Caspian sea.... so i have to find another way. It seems that boats are operating from Batumi to Sochi but i can find only hydrofil ones...
Does anyone knows if there is a ferry from Georgia (Batumi, oti or somewhere else) to Russia?

tnx in advance

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There is only one "ferry" between Georgia and Russia ... its a Bulgarian ship called "Sredets" ... schedules are normally 3 or 4 times a month. But they only ever seem to have one months schedule planned up at a time.

The ferry sails to and from Bulgaria via Novorossiysk in Russia and Poti in Georgia. i.e. you can get on in Poti and off a day and a half later in Novorossiysk.

Its rumoured to be very "basic".

Try this web site:

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Please return the info and let us know as much information as possible about the route after you contact them and find it all out.

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tnx colebatchi

i will post my findings

tnx again

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Also I'm not sure about possibility of it.
The ferry you can take for sure is Trabzon (Turkey) - Sochi (Russia)
There is several ships and you'll have to wait in Trabzone no longer than 2 days.

then a ferry from port Caucasus to Port Crimea - 6 times a day (It will take approx 5 hours total with waiting ship-trip and customs procedure.

then kerch-sudak-alushta-yalta-sevastopol-evpatoriya-armyansk-odessa

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tnx DEAN Rus

I have already checked the Trabzon-Sochi option but according to the

Commercial Sea Port of Sochi

the ferry its TOO expensive

~250€ (passenger+bike) for a 12hour cruise!!!!!!!!!!

I will check if there is another cheaper ferry

tnx again

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if (I do not say when, I say _if_) kazbegi-verhni lars opens the trip can be as follows:
trabzon-poti-gori-lars-vladikavkaz-nevinomissk-kropotkin-krasnodar-port kavkaz
1432km with at least 1 night (closer to Lars, on Georgian or Russian side of border)

If not (this is much much much more possible) - much longer
trabzon-poti-gori-kutaisi-tbilisi-derbent-mahachkala-grozny-nevinomissk-kropotkin-krasnodar-port kavkaz
3 borders (6 customs), including 2 in AZ. not less than 4 hours for every border.
2275km and 3 (THREE at least, maybe four) nights. Kidnapping possible in dagestan and chechnya.

calculate gasolin+food+hotel and compare to the night ferry (hotel+food+delivery 3-in-1)

BTW: are your family ready to pay 20000 Euros to kidnappers?

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Dean, vtoroi variant ne mozhno ... Derbent granitsa (AZ-RU) tolko dlya SNG grazhdanin.

Unfortunately the 2nd option outlined by Dean is not possible unless (like Dean) you have a CIS passport up your sleeve. The border between Azerbaijan and Russia is only open to CIS citizens. I am sure the Georgia - Russia border (if it opens) will be the same.

Basically, take a boat as Dean says. Black Sea as things stand right now, is the only way.

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project abandoned at least for this year....

i will do it when (and if) the border will open...

i want to drive all those places not to take a cruise

anyway... tnx for your help mates

Stelios

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I'm not sure of your rightness.
border crossing point yarag-kizmalyar have status "international/multiside" that means customs works with vehicles of any countries.
More to say: Belka talked to Iran trucker who works on Teheran-Moscow route for years. he makes teheran-moscow as a land route through Baku, back way by ferry from Astrakhan. The border near Derbent is open for non-CIS cars and bikes.

One more border crossing point (near railroad) Tagirkent-kizmalyar - can be only for locals and for train passengers. Need to be checked.

You can find the list of border passes (404 places) and it's status here:
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Sorry, Russian language only

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Hi guys/privet riebiata

We did a Round the Black Sea trip with my buddy in September 2009 and found the following solution to be the best compromise for our needs (we are Polish citizens).

After cruising in the Turkish far East (Van lake, Kurdistan) we got back to the Black Sea shore near Hopa, Turkey (just 10 km from the Georgian border), moved West some 200 km to Trabzon and from Trabzon we took a ferry called (not suprisingly) M/F "Trabzon" to Sochi. The cost was 150 $ for a bike + 50$ for a passanger, assuming sleeping on a mattress in the common area. This is how this ferry looks like:
Picasa Web Albums - Pawel - Round the Bla...

The trip itself takes 12 hours but the ferry was "arrested" in Trabzon for a night after embarkment due to the fact that the Sea terminal in Sochi was busy with another huge vessel anchoring over there. So, instead of spending a night on the ferry, we spent a night+a day and finally reached the harbour of Sochi at midnight... It would be difficult over there if we hadn't met a fantastic Russian biker Sergey on the ferry who hosted us in Sochi and later on our route

In general, I think this is the easiest and safest way to cover the Black Sea coast. Of course, in this option you wouldn't see Georgia and Abkhasia, but if you have some free time, you may always pay a visit to Georgia and then move back to Trabzon to continue to Sochi.

Russia (Port Kavkaz) to Ukraine (Kerch) crossing is fairly easy. You just need to be careful with Border Police on the Russian side and follow their instructions (which means: lots of going from one window to another to get a ticket, to clear your Temporary Russian Passport of a Vehicle, get your passport stamped etc.). Otherwise, it is absolutely feasible. And remember: bikes do not stay in line, so roll your bike straight to the barrier

Good luck and ask if you had any questions!
Pavel

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