A cheat note for foreign guests: popular taxi services in Ekaterinburg

Every year thousands of tourists from all over the world are coming to Ekaterinburg. The Ural capital is ready for the massive arrival of people from different countries: for example, nameplates of public transport stops and menus in restaurants are translated. But we understand that it still might be difficult to get around in an unknown city. That is why E1.RU has prepared a series of materials for guests.

From our "Cheat note” the readers will find out how to easily get to the downtown from the airport for a reasonable prize, where to find souvenirs, in which cafe there is Chinese cuisine and which places in Yekaterinburg are a must. The "Cheat note” will be interesting for the locals as well. For some it will help to look at the city from a new angle, for others to know where to take their guests.

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There are many taxi services in Yekaterinburg, so it's easy to find one. Do you need a premium car or is it not so important which car will take you to your destination? Are you ordering the car through an app or are used to the old-fashioned phone call? In the capital of Urals, there is everything.

We have compiled a list of the ten most popular taxi services in the city and will briefly outline them.

"Tri desyatky"

One of the oldest and largest taxi services in the city. There are more than 5000 company cars in addition to the personal cars of the drivers. When ordering a car through the mobile application, you can get a discount.

Phone: 310-10-10

Website: 3101010.ru

"Maksim"

The service was created in Kurgan in the early 2000s and since then has covered several megacities in Russia and CIS countries. The fleet of vehicles consists mainly of foreign cars no older than 3-5 years. Domestic cars are used with an economic tariff, while with the business tariff only foreign cars of business class are utilized.

Phone: 288-88-88

Website: taximaxim.ru

"AutoMig"

Economy or comfort, a Russian or foreign car will come to you, business class customers carry only premium foreign cars or crossovers no older than 5 years.

Phone: 222-22-22

Website: automig.su

Avtograd

All the drivers are citizens of Russia with at least five years' driving experience. There are two tariffs - "Vector" (the first kilometer is RUB 140, and 20 rubles per each additional kilometer) and "By Hour" (300 rubles per hour, the trip should take not less than two hours). In the fleet there are only foreign cars which are under three years old.

Phone: 272-72-72

Website: autograd.org

De Luxe

Taxi of premium class. The company employs professional drivers. Seven airbags are installed in spacious cars, where luggage compartments are also ample. There are two tariffs - Business (a trip up to three kilometers – RUB 300, additional kilometers RUB 35) and By The Hour (Toyota Camry, Nissan Teana, Ford S-MAX - Rub500 per hour, Peugeot Partner, Peugeot 408, Citroen Berlingo – RUB per hour, the minimum time - 2 hours).

Phone: 330-30-30

Website: 3303030.com

"Vezyot"

This is an inexpensive city taxi, so customers should be prepared for any car to come: Zhiguli 6 or BMW. You can order a taxi by phone, via the site or application, or by texting to number +7 903 767 26 99. When ordering via the application the discount of 25% is activated.

Phone: 380-00-00

Website: ekt.rutaxi.ru

"Tri limona"

There are two tariffs in the service. In the first the customer pays Rub 95 if it is less than 1 kilometer, and for each subsequent kilometer - Rub10. The second hourly rate is Rub290 per hour. You can choose a car of economy, comfort or business class.

Phone: 3-000-000

Website: 3–000–000.info

Yandex.Taxi

Online taxi order service. Tariffs: Economy from RUB 49, Comfort from RUB 99, Comfort Plus from RUB 199, Business from RUB 349. Only cars that have passed regular inspections and certifications are used in the service. When ordering via the application, you can get a discount by using the promo code.

Phone: 266-66-66

Website: taxi.yandex.ru

UBER

The service, where you see the driver's photo, and after the trip leave a comment about it. In UBER, you can not call or order a car on the site.

Phone: no

Website: uber.com

Gett

An international service for calling a taxi with highly qualified drivers. Tariffs: economy (59 rubles per trip, then 4 rubles per minute and 13 rubles per kilometer), comfort (190 rubles per trip and then 5 rubles per minute and 15 per kilometer), business (350 rubles for 5 minutes and 2 kilometers, further 8 rubles per minute and 30 rubles per kilometer).

Phone: no

Website: gett.com/ru