14:20 Meeting of tourists in Elista.
15:00 Check-in at the hotel.
16:00 Walking tour of the city center with a tour of the rotunda "Pagoda of seven Days", where the largest prayer drum in Europe is installed — kurde, sculptural compositions, statues of Buddha Shakyamuni, Altn Bosch — Golden Gate Altn Bosch, made in the traditions of Buddhist architecture: airy structures, the presence of gold, red, white flowers, the roofs of buildings curved upwards.
The life story of the Kalmyk people stretches along Altn Bosch, which the artist Nikolai Borisov put into 28 paintings.
Elista will not leave any traveler indifferent. This amazing city is completely different from other Russian cities.
Buddhist culture has influenced the national urban flavor: bright streets and the city center, statues of Buddha, bells and drums of kurde, numerous monuments scattered throughout the city...
Having been here, you will understand that the amazing thing is nearby.
17:00 N.N. Palmov Museum — founded on March 25, 1921
The exhibition halls present in detail the history, ethnography, culture of the Kalmyk people, objects of Buddhist worship and Old Kalmyk art, as well as outstanding people of the republic, in short, everything that makes up Kalmykia.
Named after one of the founders of Kalmyk local history, historian Nikolai Nikolaevich Palmov, the museum is both an important tourist attraction and the pride of the inhabitants of the steppe republic.
18:00 Visit to the MANLA Oriental Medicine Center — Kalmyk head massage (included in the price).
Additional services such as fumigation with wormwood cigars, acupuncture, salt room, etc. are purchased independently, for an additional fee.
19:30 Welcome dinner, with well wishes from the soloists of the Zulturgan folk ensemble (included in the price).