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Galloway are a Suffolk based coach company offering coach day excursions from Suffolk and Essex travelling to a huge variety of destinations in England and also into Europe. Whether you want to see a hit show on the West End, visit a stately home, embark on a rail adventure or have free time to explore different towns and cities, we have a huge variety of days out available all year. 

And if you are needing Coach Hire from Suffolk, Essex or Norfolk we can help too! Perhaps you need to transport your guests for your wedding, you have a corporate event or you and a group of friends that need to get to a show or exhibition. We can provide a competitive coach hire quote to fit your needs.

With over 50 years’ experience in Coach travel we have a wealth of knowledge behind us, ensuring each and every customer feel valued from booking through to travelling onboard. We have an excellent sales team available over the phone between 10-3pm Monday – Friday. Or you can also book a time to come and see us in our Mendlesham office too.

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Galloway Coach Travel

Galloway Coach Travel is one of the leading coach and bus operators in East Anglia providing the full range of road passenger transport solutions including tours in the UK, Ireland and on the continent, day trips, coach hire, school tours, local bus services and school transport

Galloway has always taken great pride in the quality of its operations, tours, vehicles, drivers and level of service and has gained a first class reputation amongst the public and industry alike for the high standards it has set and continues to meet

Established over 50 years ago, the Galloway Travel Group, includes one of the UK's leading educational study tour operators, together with one of East Anglia's prominent luxury coach operators, offering its popular door-to-door holiday programme across Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex

The company has its own well-equipped workshop with a top-class engineering team to carry out preparation, maintenance and repairs on the fleet of over 40 vehicles. Four sales offices across East Anglia are on hand to look after the growing customer base, along with a dedicated coach hire and school travel team based at Head Office in Mendlesham

As well as the reassurance of travelling with a long-established, well-respected and sound company, clients’ money is protected through the Bonded Coach Holidays financial protection scheme. Galloway is also a member of ABTA, holds an ATOL licence and is a member of the School Travel Forum.

Galloway is fully aware of its responsibilities concerning the safety of its passengers and utilises the very latest safety management systems.

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• Scheduled coach services
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• Air Conditioning
• Audio systems
• Extra leg room
• Hot and cold drinks
• Leather seats
• In-coach entertainment

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It is shit it doesn't even let yo chew fucking gum honestly I am never using this useless piece of shit again

A great company who provide excellent value tours accross Europe and the UK. The fleet of coaches is very modern and are extremely comfortable. The drivers are courteous and always helpful. Definately worth a look.

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Who are we.

Galloway was founded in 1965, to provide school group travel to the continent by coach. Initially coaches were hired from operators throughout the country until 1978 when Galloway bought the established coach operating business of A F Braybrooke & Son, based in Mendlesham. The business was renamed Galloway European Coachlines Ltd with its operational base being primarily to provide for the coaching requirements of its own tours. Expansion continued into extended tours, private hire and contracts. Steadily the fleet expanded, outgrowing the original premises in the centre of Mendlesham's village, and new premises were developed at Denters Hill on the outskirts of the same village to accommodate the larger fleet. This remains the Head Office, vehicle maintenance facility and main depot. The company services an eight vehicle operation for National Express from East Anglia into the London area as well as operating local bus routes and school contracts. Galloway also operates a variety of coach holiday options (both in the UK and Europe, day excursions such as city sightseeing and theatre trips and much more.  Many of the coaches are also available for private hire. Galloway Travel Group are one of the region's leading coach operators with vehicles ranging from midi coaches to top class 49 seat executive coaches. March 2017 saw Galloway win the Coach Tourism Innovation of the Year title at the 2017 British Coach Tourism Awards for work with London media agency AKA in launching a coach branded to promote the School of Rock musical.

Working for us

Our Vision: 'We aim to be one of the main bus, coach and tour operators within the UK, striving to serve and inspire people by providing high quality transport, and enjoyable and exciting encounters using modern, clean, well-maintained vehicles driven by experienced, courteous drivers.' Currently there are over 150 staff looking after the customer experience. From the moment a customer enquires - either via the web, telephone or in one of the Coach Travel Centres, located in the centre of Ipswich, Stowmarket, Colchester and Norwich - to the time they meet a member of the smartly uniformed and experienced driving team, all Galloway staff are dedicated to ensuring the very best standard of service.  Interested in joining our team? Visit our  recruitment page  for further information about our vacancies. If you would like to know more about working for us and the benefits we can offer your career then  contact us by phone or email .

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We are here to navigate you through Moscow and beyond. We specialize in private and customer-tailored tours for individuals and groups.

Tour options include:

• Moscow tours in 1 day/2days/3days (Red Square tour, Kremlin tour, metro tour, panoramic city tour, etc);
• Moscow panoramic city tour / night Moscow by legendary retro cars ;
• Layover tours in Moscow;
• Moscow cultural heritage tours, Moscow themed tours;
• Russian home hosted visits (visit to the Russian dacha);
• Russian culinary classes;
• Moscow-St.Peterburg tour package. Two Russian capitals in one week;
• Moscow-St.Petersburg educational tours for students and children;
• Russian towns of the Golden Ring (Sergiev Posad, Suzdal, Vladimir); Trips out of Moscow
• Shore excursions (Moscow/St.Petersburg)
• Russian honeymoon tours, photo walks in Moscow;
• Moscow tours for children
• Christmas time in Moscow;
• AK-47 shooting tour, tank T-34 ride, segway tour, fishing in Moscow region.
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We are officially endorsed by Moscow Government to guide in most iconic tourist attractions of Russia’s capital such as Red Square, St. Basil’s Cathedral, museums of the Moscow Kremlin, the Tretyakov Art Gallery, etc.

We love our city and are ready to share with you our in-depth knowledge of Moscow, this old but very dynamic and amazing city. We will be glad to provide context and fun in equal measure opening up your eyes to Russian history, culture and art.

We know how to make the most of your time while you are here and will be delighted to turn your stay in Moscow into a life experience.

Why book with us?

• We love what we do.
• We highly value responsibility and individual approach.
• Our friendly booking service will help plan your itinerary according to your wishes. We are very flexible and design the tours individually for every customer.
• We are officially recognized by Moscow Government.
• Our training, qualifications, experience and personality will ensure that your visit to Moscow is a great success.

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How to get to Suzdal from Moscow

If you are ever in Moscow, you should look at The Golden Ring , a ring of towns and cities north east of Moscow which played an important part in the formation of Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church. The towns themselves are almost like museums and none more so than the jewel of the Golden Ring, Suzdal . You have to visit this town if you are in Moscow and I will tell you exactly how to get to Suzdal from Moscow.

You can do this in a return day trip to Moscow, just, but I recommend staying the night in Suzdal. That will give you the afternoon on the 1st day and the morning and early afternoon on the 2nd day to explore which should be enough time. You can get a bus from Moscow to Suzdal. However, there is only one bus a day and it is not very comfortable. A better option is to get a train to the nearby city of Vladimir and from there get a bus to Suzdal. There are multiple trains every day from Moscow and buses are almost every 30 minutes so you will not have to wait long in Vladimir.

Getting the train to Vladimir

Go to the state run website for Russian railways . In the departure station, click (or type) ‘MOSKVA’, in the arrival station type ‘VLADIMIR”, select your departure date (and return if you will go back to Moscow the next day) and click on the buy ticket button. You will have multiple trains to choose from. The fastest trains do the journey in about 1 hour 45 minutes. Be sure to check which of the Moscow train stations your train will depart from. More than likely this will be Mockva Kurskaia. Whichever station it is, you can get there very easily by using the metro .

How to get to Suzdal from Moscow? By train of course

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Getting Bus from Vladimir to Suzdal

When you arrive at the train station, follow everyone else that is leaving the train station. When you get outside, if you look across the street, you will see the bus station. The facilities in the bus and train station are pretty basic. the train station is a little better so if you want a coffee or something to eat, I would get it there.

In the bus station go to the ticket office and get a single ticket to Suzdal. Something like “odin billet Suzdal” should be enough to be understood. The ticket costs 98.50 rubles so its easier to have a 100 ruble note to get change from.

At the exit of the train station, the bus station is directly across the road

Bus timetables

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My ticket to Suzdal is bus number 159, platform 10 at 12:00 and seat number 6.

Bus ticket to Sudal

When you have your ticket, go outside to the platform listed on the ticket and wait for the bus. Simple really!

Not the actual bus in the end. The bus was more of a minivan.

Staying the night in Suzdal

There are a lot of accommodation options available in Suzdal. The place i stayed is Suzdal Hotel . It is actually a house and they have a few rooms available. The breakfast that is included is very very good. Trust me on this. They will even collect you from the bus station in Suzdal and bring you back the next day.

View out my bedroom window

Returning to Vladimir (and Moscow)

To return to Vladimir, just repeat these steps in the opposite direction – return to the bus station in Suzdal, buy a ticket to Vladimir and continue your onward journey in Russia. Simples! 😉

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22 comments.

Melissa Butler

I went to Suzdal over 13years ago for Christmas, I was on an on the go tour and they organised the train for us which was a very interesting journey. I would love to go back and explore longer. I am definitely impressed that you have done it on your own and it sounds like you had a bit of an adventure :).

Hi Melissa, it certainly was an adventure that’s for sure! Though sometimes, there is something to be said for letting other people take care of things for you and getting to relax and not be too stressed.

Sandy N Vyjay

Moscow is a place with an intriguing and enigmatic history. Suzdal seems to be a charming place with a rich heritage. As you have mentioned it seems to be a living museum of sorts. Nice step by step instruction on getting to Suzdal from Moscow. This is indeed an invaluable resource for first-time travelers to Russia.

Thank you very much for your kind words. I hope some people find it useful!

Thanks for recommending the Suzdal Hotel, since I prefer to stay in small cozy places with good breakfast. And the service of taking the guests from and to the bus station in Suzdal is a great plus!

Yeah I agree. I would rather stay in a family type place than a bigger place too!

I have never heard of this town and it sounds like a great place to visit if you are already in Moscow. Your instructions are very helpful and I like how you put a photo of the ticket.

You’re welcome Candy. If you don’t speak the language, Russia can be difficult to get around.

Michael Hodgson

Fantastic detail and extremely useful post for anyone wanting to explore outside of Moscow. Suzdal does sound fascinating.

Thanks Michael!

This seems like quite an experience! I am surprised that I haven’t heard of Suzdal before but as soon as I go to Moscow, I will have to do a day trip to there. Is a day trip enough to explore Suzdal?

Hey Lydia, you certainly can! If you go early enough in the day to Vladimir, you can probably get 6-7 hours in Suzdal.

This is a great post with quite a few good details. Pics looks so amazing. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work.

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed!

Wow, you are adventurous! I spent years upon years in Russia and never made it to Suzdal. Never realized Vladimir was less than 2 hrs away from Moscow.

Thanks Jenia. Russia is a huge place. You could live there your entire life and not see it all!

Thanks for the instructions. If I ever want to visit Suzdal I now know how to get there from Moscow via Vladimir.

You’re welcome!

Lauren Pears

Suzdal sounds really lovely! I need to travel to more places where there will be snow rather than just constantly chasing the sun 😉

I know what you mean! After 4 months of winter in Russia though, I was craving the sun so much!

I had never heard of Suzdal until now. Thank you for introducing me to a new place. It looks so calm and quiet under the snow. What are some things to do in Suzdal?

I think it is the sort of place you go to get away from the craziness of big cities and have some slower, quiet time. If my memory is correct, they also have a cucumber festival once a year every July. Apparently the cucumbers of the area are very good!

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