Sportivnaya Naberezhnaya Beach, Vladivostok, Primorskiy kray, Russia
Vladivostok is one of Russia’s easternmost cities. Until four years ago it felt like a forgotten outpost but, as a result of September 2012 APEC summit, has now become a modern port town – and one of the best places to visit in Russia.
The Trans-Siberian Railroad travels over 5,590 miles east from Moscow, ending here on a mountainous stretch of land called the Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula, which juts out into the Sea of Japan.
Vladivostok is a vibrant city where the old and the new collide. The city is built on a series of sloping mountains that rise from the sea like a frozen waterfall. Furious traffic moves along roadways carved into the terrace-like topography.
Epic Russia Culture & Adventure Route © Monika Newbound
Own or work here?