Vladivostok

[brian131]

Anyone been to Vladivostok?  My interest in FSU is first and foremost a historic thing because I grew up during The Cold War.  Vladivostok was a major player back in those days.  I'd love to walk around there.  I don't know if there is much there besides military facilities though.  It's a long way to go if it's nothing more than a Navy town.

[Ade]

Anyone been to Vladivostok?  My interest in FSU is first and foremost a historic thing because I grew up during The Cold War.  Vladivostok was a major player back in those days.  I'd love to walk around there.  I don't know if there is much there besides military facilities though.  It's a long way to go if it's nothing more than a Navy town.

It's supposed to be fairly heavily polluted. Not sure if it's a place I'd like to wander around for fun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladivostok#Pollution

[acrzybear]

I went there with my wife last January/Febuary. Two pieces of advice
 
1) Dress warm, the wind will go through 3 layers of winter clothing
2) Do NOT stay at Hotel Vladivostok.
 
  Let me know if you have any specific questions

[Muckraker]

You can read my Vladivostok trip report in the Trip Reports section - should be a few pages in.  Lots of details there about the city. Great place, much more than a Navy town. 
 
Regards,
 
Muck

[Muckraker]

You can also "virtually" walk around Vladivostok with maps.yandex.com which is just like street views in Google. 
 
The link below takes you to the embankment area. 
 
http://maps.yandex.ru/?text=%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F%2C%20%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9%20%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%2C%20%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA&sll=131.928478%2C43.134091&ll=131.877439%2C43.118786&spn=0.058365%2C0.007357&z=14&l=map%2Cstv&ol=stv&oll=131.877439%2C43.118786&ost=dir%3A-130.705137%2C-3.817693~spn%3A90%2C38.73015
 
Muck