| Popular Airport | Sochi Intl. Airport |
|---|---|
| Popular Airlines | |
| Approximate Flight Duration | 24 hour 10 min |
| Approximate Travel Distance | 7334 Km |
In Ho Chi Minh City center, called also Saigon / District 1, you can see many public transport means. It takes about 40-45 minutes to get to Tan Son Nhat Airport with public buses, which are also very popular in urban transportation. If you want to have a faster and more comfortable journey, you can choose to take a taxi or rent a car. It is possible to reach the airport in maximum 10 minutes in this way.
Buses, the cheapest means of public transportation, have 152 different routes in Ho Chi Minh City. These public buses, which are light cream and green in color, are in the size of a minibus and provide a very convenient transportation service between 6 am and 6 pm. Bus number 152, which departs every half an hour from the Ben Tanh Market district, which is a 15 minute walk from the city center, goes to both Tan Son Nhat Airport's domestic and international terminals. It is very easy and economical to get to the airport from Ho Chi Minh by these buses which are departing every 30 minutes. You can get your one-way bus ticket from the booths at a fee of only 30 cents. Another alternative is bus 109, operated by SATSCO. These buses, which have a longer route than the other, depart every 15-20 minutes from 05.30 in the morning to 01.30 in the night and it takes 45 minutes to get to the airport from the city with the buses. It also goes directly to the airport's domestic terminal (column 18) and to the international terminal (column 15). Park 23/9, Pham Ngu Lao, Tran Hung Dao, Ben Thanh Station, Le Loi, Nam Ky Khoi Nghia and Nguyen Van Troi are some of the stops between the city center and Tan Son Nhat Airport. As of March 16, 2016, the fare for single-use ticket for bus 109 is 12.000 (less than 5 km) – 20.000 (more than 5 km) Viet Nam Dong.
If your priority is speed and comfort on the journey from the city center to Tan Son Nhat Airport, taking a taxi would be an ideal choice for you. Taxis in the city are often preferred by tourists. You need to pay approximately $ 5-7 (150.000-170.000 Viet Nam Dong) to go to Tan Son Nhat Airport by taxi from Saigon. Vinassu Taxi (+84838272727) and Malinh Taxi Group (+84838383838) are among the most reliable taxi companies that take passenger to the airport in only 7 to 10 minutes.
First of all, we can say that there are more alternatives in terms of domestic car rental companies in the city than in the airport. If you have already searched these companies located in the most central locations of Ho Chi Minh, you may also have information about prices. You can take your car with your international driving license within minutes if you book your car in advance. Going to Tan Son Nhat Airport from the city center can take 10-12 minutes by car. Some of the car rental companies, which have offices both in the city center and in Tan Son Nhat Airport, are Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz and Sixt.
The Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Vietnam's capital Ho Chi Minh is located 5 kilometers north of the city center, also known as District 1 or Saigon. At Tan Son Nhat Airport, which is the largest airport in Vietnam, there are two separate terminal buildings for arrival and departure. The airport, which increased its passenger capacity from 8-10 million in 2007 to 25 million in 2017 as of January, serves the passengers with travel agencies, car rental companies and tourist information centers.
Situated in the Krasnodar Kray Federative Region of Russian Federation, Sochi is centrally located on the Black Sea coast near the Caucasus Mountains. Sochi, known as the warm face of cold Russia, is a resort city established in the early 1900s. Spas and great beaches in this city host many tourists every year.
Buses, trolleybuses, and taxis connect all parts of the city to each other in Sochi, which has made a tremendous renovation in the transport infrastructure to host the Winter Olympic Games in 2014. In addition, free bike rental option also stands out as a practical service.
Sochi Airport is half an hour away from the city center. It is considered as one of the most important airports of Russia with the number of passengers that has increased in recent years. You can take advantage of the train, bus, minibus and taxi options to travel between the airport and city center, which is 30 kilometers away. Apart from these options, you can also prefer to rent a car from the airport to reach wherever you want to go.
If you want to travel by taxi, it would be certainly useful for you to bargain with the driver about the taxi fare before boarding the taxi. Although taxis are less preferred because they are more expensive than other means of transportation, you can prefer the taxi option to get rid of long bus journeys.
You can get to the city center by two different buses departing from the bus stops right next to Sochi Airport. The bus ride takes about 40 minutes. The bus number 105 runs between 5:20 am and 11:15 pm, while the bus 105C runs between 6:01 am and 11:35 pm. In addition, there are also different bus lines to Rosa Khutor Alpine Center and Adler areas outside the Sochi city center.
You can reach the city center after a 45-minute journey by trains that run 10 times a day. Although train journey is slow and tiresome, it becomes attractive with its unique coastal view. You can buy train tickets on the train. The first train leaves the station at 7 am and the services end with the last train service departing at 9:20.
The minibuses called Marshrutka are an alternative to buses and trains that have few services. It takes about half an hour to travel to the city center by taking the advantage of small and sympathetic Marshrutka minibuses running on line 124.
You can also rent a car to discover the beauty of Sochi, a magnificent seaside city of the Black Sea. You can easily find the offices of Sochi and Car Booking companies that provide high-quality service with new cars in their fleet at the airport.
