A guide to Vladivostok and Primorye: what to see, when to go and how to fit it all in.
Vladivostok's signature cable-stayed bridge has spanned Golden Horn Bay since 2012. Where to stand for the best view, the climb up to the Eagle's Nest viewpoint, and the forty minutes around sunset when the whole bay turns gold.
The Korabelnaya embankment gathers the S-56 submarine museum, seafood terraces over the water and the best evening stroll on Golden Horn Bay. How to spend an hour — or a whole evening — beside the bay.
The oldest museum in the Russian Far East, the legacy of the explorer Vladimir Arsenyev, and collections that explain the whole region in one visit.
The longest cable-stayed span in the world links the city to Russky Island. What each bank shows you, why the crossing deserves two passes instead of one, and how to shape a full day around the Eastern Bosphorus.
The world's longest cable-stayed span, bays with sandy beaches and early 20th-century forts — all twenty minutes from central Vladivostok.
Dozens of tanks, marine mammals and the Pacific explained end to end on Russky Island. What is inside the Primorsky Aquarium, how long to allow, how to get there, and how to fold it into an island day.
The terminus of the 9,288-kilometre Trans-Siberian: a clock tower, a broad square and a building that still works as a station. What to look at if you arrive by train, and why it is worth a detour either way.
Terraces, flower beds and viewpoints above Golden Horn Bay: why Nagorny Park belongs at the top of any city walk.
A sandbar, a white tower and a flat walk into the sea. How to reach the Tokarevsky lighthouse, when the light is at its best, and why this spot became the image Vladivostok uses for itself.