Scotland to Russia

[Kirsty4Yulia]

My family and I are planning a trip, I suggested that we drive to russia because it's something we have always wanted to do. Is this possible? If so can anyone tell me how long it would take? thanks in advance.

[Buenchico]

Russia's a very big country. (It's nearly double the size of the USA). So your journey time will obviously depend upon which part of Russia you wish to visit.

You can plan your route with ViaMichelin. The estimated total journey time, from London to Moscow (excluding check-in & waiting times for Eurotunnel) is given as 32 hours 39 minutes, over a distance of 2806km (1744 miles).

That means that a commercial driver (who doesn't stop for any sightseeing) might aim to do the trip in 3 days but 4 days might be more realistic.

You could drive there by splitting your day equally between (brief) sightseeing and driving, in about a week. However, to get the best from the trip (with several stops for a few days sightseeing each time), you'd need to allow at least a fortnight.

http://www.viamichelin.com/

Chris

[Scylax]

From,say, the port of Hamburg, 3 easy days of driving
across N. Germany and Poland will bring you into the Ukraine, part of the Russian Federation.

Getting insurance for your car however is next to
impossible. Anywhere east of Poland is problematic,
but Russia is virtually a 'no-go area'. Getting accident
and health insurance is just as difficult.

Drive to Russia ? Whatever for ? Stay in western
Europe: it's much pleasanter and much safer.

[Buenchico]

Oops!

Sorry, I missed the word 'Scotland' in your post. ViaMichelin estimates the total journey time (excluding waits for Eurotunnel, customs clearance, etc) from Glasgow to Moscow as 38 hours 42 minutes.

In practice, you'd probably take a ferry, rather than use the Channel Tunnel. That would probably mean travelling from Newcastle to Amsterdam. (The other ferries from Newcastle go to Scandinavia but, unless there are other ferries which I don't know about - across the Baltic Sea - these won't be of much use to you).

Use ViaMichelin to plan the road elements of the journey. plan the ferry trip here:
http://www.dfds.co.uk/DSW/EN

Chris