Why go
- City in Rostov Oblast, Russia.
- Known for Lake Nero.
- Served by Platov International Airport (ROV).
History
Rostov-on-Don, or simply Rostov, is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East European Plain on the Don River, 32 kilometers (20 mi) from the Sea of Azov, directly north of the North Caucasus. The southwestern suburbs of the city lie above the Don river delta. Rostov-on-Don has a population of over one million people and is an important cultural, educational, economic and logistical centre of Southern Russia.
Restaurants & places to go
Coffee Shop, Cafe · банкетный зал Opening hours: 08:00-21:00 · 4/9 улица Жмайлова · zolotoykolos.ru
Pizza, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 09:00-00:00 Features: takeaway, delivery, vegetarian options · dodopizza.ru
Chicken, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 08:00-23:00 Features: takeaway · 23А Будённовский проспект, Ростов-на-Дону · kfc.ru
Burger, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 08:00-01:00 · burgerkingrus.ru
Italian, Restaurant · Italian restaurant · ilpatio.ru
Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 09:00-22:00 · 41 Соборный переулок, Ростов-на-Дону · gurmanbulkin.ru
Cake, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-21:00 · cinnabonrussia.com
Sandwich, Kebab, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-00:00 · 114 Большая Садовая улица, Ростов-на-Дону, 344022 · kikchak.ru
French, Restaurant · Opening hours: 09:30-24:00 · pinot-noir.ru
Pie, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Sa 08:00-20:00 · any.market
German, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Tu 14:00-02:00; Fr-Sa 14:00-04:00; Su 14:00-02:00 · 80 Темерницкая улица, Ростов-на-Дону · beerhof.ru
Kebab, Fast Food · Opening hours: 24/7 · vlavashe.ru
Barbecue, Mediterranean, Seafood, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Su 12:00-00:00 Features: vegan options · 344006 · drago.gidm.ru
Tea, Arab, Burger, Chicken, Oriental, Grill, Kebab, Coffee Shop, International, Local, Regional, Russian, Fish And Chips, Beef Bowl, Fish, Steak House,… · instagram.com
Potato, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00 · kartoshka.com
Italian Pizza, Italian, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 11:00-00:00 · 344092 · mamadonna.ru
Japanese, Korean, Restaurant · Opening hours: Su-Th 11:00-00:00; Fr-Sa 11:00-02:00 · 58А/8 улица Зорге, Ростов-на-Дону, 344000 · silla61.ru
Asian, Pizza, Cafe · Opening hours: Fr-Sa 08:00-24:00; Mo-Th,Su 08:00-23:00 · 64Б улица Зорге, Ростов-на-Дону · pizza-sicilia.ru
Sushi, Japanese, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 11:00-22:45 · instagram.com
кавказская, Restaurant · Opening hours: 11:00-24:00 · restoran-tamada.ru
Restaurant · Opening hours: Su-Th 12:00-01:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-03:00 · 113 Большая Садовая улица, Ростов-на-Дону · goodrestaurants.ru
Georgian, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 11:00-23:00 Features: step-free access
Russian, Korean, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 10:00-23:00 · 25А улица 339-й Стрелковой Дивизии
International, Restaurant · International restaurant · 2А Кумженская улица, Ростов-на-Дону · donrosha.ru
Regional, Restaurant · Regional restaurant · 8В Левобережная улица, Ростов-на-Дону · atamankuren.ru
Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 04:00-03:00 · 2Б улица Шолохова, Аксай · lozhkazamamu.ru
Pancake, Savory Pancakes, Crepe, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 08:00-21:30 · 123 проспект Ленина
Korean, Cafe · Opening hours: 10:00-22:00
Breakfast, Local, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-20:00; Sa 09:30-18:00 · 244Д/213 улица Текучёва
Fish And Chips, Restaurant · Fish And Chips restaurant · 1Г Кумженская улица
American, Burger, Cafe · American/Burger cafe · 19 улица Суворова
Balkan, Restaurant · Balkan restaurant · 48/41 Пушкинская улица
Chebureki, Cafe · Chebureki cafe
Uzbek, Restaurant · Uzbek restaurant
Food Court · food court · 117/22 улица Шевченко
Biergarten · biergarten
Ice Cream · ice cream
Coffee Shop, Cafe · Third Place, Coworking · 46 проспект Соколова, 344006 · facebook.com
Pizza, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su,PH 10:00-22:00 · tashirpizza.ru
Chicken, Fast Food · Features: takeaway · 69/47 Большая Садовая улица, Ростов-на-Дону, 344002
Burger, Fast Food · Opening hours: 24/7 Features: takeaway · 42А Театральный проспект · mcdonalds.ru
Italian, Restaurant · Opening hours: 12:00-01:00 · 213 проспект Стачки · poolcafe.ru
Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 08:00-20:00 · 26 улица Зорге, Ростов-на-Дону, 344090 · emvsegda.ru
Cake, Georgian, Cafe · Cake/Georgian cafe
312 more places in the Ultimate edition. See the Ultimate edition →
Airports
Platov International Airport (ROV) 33 km to the centre
Rostov-on-Don, ROS, RU — You board from the indoor waiting area — no need to plan for the weather. ✈ 14 airlines (Aeroflot Russian Airlines, Ural Airlines, S7 Airlines, Svyaz Rossiya…) · direct flights to 22 destinations incl. Moscow, Istanbul, Kiev, St. Petersburg, Tashkent… (OpenFlights route data).
✈ Airlines & flight paths — 14 airlines, 22 direct destinations
- Aeroflot Russian Airlines SU (A319, 734, A81) · 10 routes: Antalya, Istanbul, Khudzhand, Moscow, Simferopol, St. Petersburg, Tashkent, Tel-aviv, Yekaterinburg, Yerevan
- Ural Airlines U6 (A320) · 4 routes: Budapest, Dushanbe, Moscow, St. Petersburg
- S7 Airlines S7 (A319, 735) · 2 routes: Kiev, Moscow
- Svyaz Rossiya 7R (CRJ-200) · 2 routes: Belgorod, Volgograd
- Air Arabia G9 (A320) · 1 route: Sharjah
- Air Nippon EL (AR8) · 1 route: Thessaloniki
- Austrian Airlines OS (Fokker 100, F70) · 1 route: Vienna*
- Czech Airlines OK (A319) · 1 route: Prague
- Fly Dubai FZ (737-800) · 1 route: Dubai
- NordStar Airlines Y7 (737-800) · 1 route: Samara
- Transaero Airlines UN (735) · 1 route: Moscow
- Turkish Airlines TK (A319) · 1 route: Istanbul
- Ukraine International Airlines PS (73J) · 1 route: Kiev
- Uzbekistan Airways HY (A320) · 1 route: Tashkent
Routes and aircraft from OpenFlights (open data; a point-in-time snapshot). * = codeshare. Linked destinations open their own guidebook. Flight numbers are not in the open data — they come from the airline or a paid schedule feed.
Shakhty Airfield 67 km to the centre
Shakhty, ROS, RU
Getting there by ferry
Ростов-на-Дону
Ferry terminal · 1.3 km from the centre
Пристань
Ferry terminal · 14 km from the centre
Ростов-на-Дону - Старочеркасск (ДонТур)
Ferry route
Ростов-на-Дону - Азов (ДонТур)
Ferry route
Where to stay
Ulitsa Kozlova, 42, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344013 · hotel.chehovgroup.ru
Filimonovskaya Ulitsa, 180/91, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344010 · customshouse.ru
Ulitsa Tekucheva, 198а, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344011 · aredo-hotel.ru
Bol'shaya Sadovaya Ulitsa, 114А, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344006 · arkahotels.ru
Ulitsa Sotsialisticheskaya, 73, 3 Etazh, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344002 · okeyhome.ru
Ulitsa Ambulatornaya, 10А, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344034 · par-house.ru
Prospekt Sokolova, 19/22, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344052 · hotel-attache.ru
Bol'shaya Sadovaya Ulitsa, 100, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344002 · attache-sadovaya.ru
Ulitsa Shaumyana, 39, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344002 · boutiquehotel39.ru
Ulitsa Maksima Gor'kogo, 151, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344002 · fabrikahotel.ru
Gazetnyy Pereulok, 76, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344002 · birchyard-hotel.ru
Prospekt Sholokhova, 40, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344019 · hotel-sholohov.ru
Voroshilovskiy Prospekt, 35/107, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344002 · mercure-rostov.ru
Ulitsa Suvorova, 25, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344006 · residencehotel.ru
Levoberezhnaya Ulitsa, 12, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344002 · tet-a-tet-rostov.ru
Ulitsa 9-Ya Liniya, 13, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344000 · cherihotel.ru
Ulitsa Lelyushenko, 10, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344045 · rk-temer.ru
Prospekt Sholokhova, 79/14, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344029 · hotel-valencia.ru
Levoberezhnaya Ulitsa, 27, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344002 · visokibereg.ru
Levoberezhnaya Ulitsa, 45, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344002 · petrovsky-prichal.ru
Ulitsa Malyuginoy, 119, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344011 · wyndhamhotels.com
Levoberezhnaya Ulitsa, 4/630, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344002 · insagram.com
Bol'shaya Sadovaya Ulitsa, 115, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344021 · don-plaza.ru
Ul'yanovskaya Ulitsa, 52, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344002 · hermitage-hotel.ru
Budonnovskiy Prospekt, 59, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344010 · marinshotels.ru
Prospekt Mikhaila Nagibina, 19, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344038 · rostov-on-don.amaks-hotels.ru
Beregovaya Ulitsa, 4, 25G, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344002 · radissonhotels.com
Gazetnyy Pereulok, 99, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344002 · nabokov-hotel.ru
Ulitsa Chentsova, 12/ 42, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344019 · benamar.ru
Ulitsa Shaumyana, 104, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344002 · hotel-provans.clients.site
Gazetnyy Pereulok, 117, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, 344010
Indoor
Indoor
Where things are
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Photographs
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When to go
Tourist season
May – September
The warmer, longer-day half of the year is the safest bet for a first visit.
Shoulder season
April, October
Cooler and quieter, with fewer visitors and better value.
Worth avoiding
Deep winter
Short days and the coldest weather — check local conditions before travelling.
Getting there & around
Getting there. The nearest airport on record is Platov International Airport (ROV); 3 other airports serve the wider area. Check rail and road links from the tourism sources below. By air: ROV has direct flights to 22 destinations on 14 airlines (incl. Moscow, Istanbul, Kiev, St. Petersburg, Tashkent…). By water: 2 ferry terminals within 20 km (nearest: Ростов-на-Дону, 1.3 km); routes include Ростов-на-Дону - Старочеркасск (ДонТур), Ростов-на-Дону - Азов (ДонТур).
Getting around. Use the map above to orient yourself; nearby hotels, attractions and places to eat are listed from the live Ultimate data for Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Local transit details will be added as the guide is expanded.
Private aviation
On-demand charter, jet cards and the semi-private scheduled carriers that serve this city.
Broker · Any aircraft via operators worldwide · Global charter broker with 30+ offices; private jets, group charters and cargo.
FBO, charter, management · Managed fleet · FBO network and management across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.
Fractional, jet card · Embraer Praetor, Bombardier Challenger & Global, Gulfstream · Fractional ownership and jet cards in North America and Europe.
Charter, management · Large-cabin & VIP airliners · Geneva-based operator known for large-cabin and VIP airliner charters.
Charter, management, FBO, MRO · Managed fleet worldwide · General Dynamics company: charter, completions and FBOs in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the US.