Nizhny Novgorod – Samara – Nizhny Novgorod on the Mstislav Rostropovich motor ship

During the tour you will see 2 embankments of the city, the historical center and modern areas. Drive over the Millennium Bridge, see the National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan, Government buildings, the Village of Oil Workers, get acquainted with the legacy of the Universiade 2013 and the symbols of the city. Visit the Bashir Rameev IT Park.

Features: car-walking tour

Duration: 4.5 hours

Features: the tour is more suitable for those who have already got acquainted with the main sights of Kazan. The tour will also be interesting for fans of modern architecture and urban planning

Objects of inspection:

• Kaban Lake Embankment
• Rowing Sports Center
• The complex of monuments to tram technology
• Kazan Wedding Palace
• Ak Bars Arena Football Stadium
• Kazanka River embankment (section of the Kremlin embankment)
• National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan
• Residential complex Dvortsovaya Embankment and the Palace of farmers
• B. Rameev IT Park
• Pedestrian Bauman Street (free time)

Kaban Lake Embankment

During the tour, you will go for a walk along the cascade of lakes under the general name "Kaban" and see one of the most modern and beautiful pedestrian embankments in Russia.

The legacy of the Universiade 2013 and the history of electric transport

You will be able to see the Rowing Sports Center, which was opened for the Universiade in 2013.

On the Universiade Avenue, you will be able to touch another milestone in the modern history of Kazan. The monuments of tram technology in Sukonnaya Sloboda will introduce you to the history of electric transport in the city. The composition includes 3 tram cars, which were installed in 2010 to mark the anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War. You will be able to feel like a passenger of a horse-drawn tram, because among the exhibits of the museum there is a two-storey carriage of a horse-drawn tram that worked in Kazan during the late 19th century.

Winged Zilants and Ak Bars Arena

Winged Zealants guard one of the symbols of the city - a huge Cauldron or wedding palace. During the tour, you will learn why the cauldron turned out to be the symbol of the city. After that, you will go to the largest sports facility in Tatarstan – the Ak Bars Arena football stadium. Nearby is the Palace of Water Sports, which contains unique technologies that allow turning a small pool into a deep-water one and holding diving competitions in it.

Historical center

After passing over the Millennium Bridge, you will see the historical center of Kazan, headed by the Kremlin, and modern neighborhoods on the site of former marshes along the Kazanka River. The largest extreme park in Russia, Uram Park, with an area of 20,000 m2, is located under the bridge. The park was among the winners of international competitions for organizing space for outdoor sports.

Modern areas

Another embankment of the Kazanka River offers panoramic views of modern areas. The National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan is located a little further away. During the tour, you will also be able to see the buildings of the Government of the Republic, the Villages of Oil Workers and the multi-storey buildings of the residential complex "Dvortsovaya Embankment".

B. Rameev IT Park

Free time

And after all you have seen and heard, you will plunge into the bustle of the pedestrian Bauman street, where you will have free time for a short walk.

Souvenirs

In Tatarstan, they remember, cherish and honor the national culture and traditions of their ancestors, so first of all it would be quite logical to bring traditional Tatar treats from Kazan:

• Meat delicacies - sausage made of horse meat kyzylyk and tutyrma, smoked horse meat argamak, smoked horse meat on natural sawdust on the edge of oigoz. You can also buy smoked or dried duck.
• Desserts chak-chak, kosh-tele and talkysh kaleve - honey sweet "cotton wool" in the shape of pyramids
• Tatar pastries - triangular echpochmaks with minced meat, cottage cheese gubadias, eleshes and other types of pies
• Strong balms "Tatarstan", "Chistai" and "Bugulma", which include dozens of herbs, fruits and roots

Also, in memory of visiting the capital of Tatarstan, you can bring souvenirs such as:

• Felt products - felt boots, slippers, mittens, mats, hats, etc.
• The symbols of Kazan are Kazan cats, winged diamonds and glass balls with a Kul Sharif
• Dolls in national costumes for children
• Elements of the national costume, traditional clothing and accessories - for example, national skullcaps and ichigi leather boots
• Painted wooden tableware and porcelain bowls

Important. It is recommended for excursions:

• Comfortable shoes
• Insect repellent
• Closed clothes
• Headdress (including a headscarf for women)
• Sunglasses
• Drinking water

The tour is suitable for exploring the main sights of Kazan. The route will pass through the Old Tatar Settlement, Kaban Lake, Marjani Mosque, Kamala Theater, University, Opera and Ballet Theater, Kazan City Hall. You will walk along the pedestrian Bauman Street, enter the Bogoroditsky Monastery, where the newly found icon of the Kazan Mother of God is kept. Visit the territory of the Kremlin, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. You will see the Spasskaya Tower, the Annunciation Cathedral, the Syuyumbike Tower, the Junker School, the Cannon Yard, the Mausoleum of the Kazan Khans, get acquainted with the structure and interiors of the Kul Sharif mosque. You will also get acquainted with the City Panorama, where the history and modernity of Kazan are presented in a multimedia format.

Characteristics: auto-pedestrian

Duration: 4.5 hours

Features: circular sightseeing tour

Objects of inspection:

• Starotatarskaya Sloboda: Kaban Lake embankment and Al-Marjani Mosque
• Kamala Theatre
• Tukaya Square
• Opera and Ballet Theatre
• Architectural development of Pushkin and Karl Marx streets
• Kazan Bogoroditsky Monastery
• Square of the First of May
• Kremlin: Spasskaya Tower, Annunciation Cathedral (external inspection), Syuyumbike Tower, Governor's Palace, Kul Sharif Mosque (with entrance inside), Junker College, Cannon Yard, Mausoleum of Kazan Khans
• Bauman Pedestrian Street
• The City Panorama Museum

The Kamala Theater and the architectural development of Pushkin and Karl Marx streets

Past the drama theater named after the classic of Tatar literature Galiasgar Kamal, you will drive along the central streets of Kazan — Pushkin and Karl Marx, learn about the great names associated with Kazan University, see the ensemble of Freedom Square with the Opera and Ballet Theater and the Tatar Town Hall.

Kazan Bogoroditsky Monastery and the Square of the First of May

On the next street, Bolshaya Krasnaya, there is the Kazan Bogoroditsky Monastery, in the Holy Cross Church of which you will see the icon of the Kazan Mother of God, returned to her homeland from the Vatican, and learn about where and how she appeared. Then the bus will proceed to the square of the First of May, on one side of which the Kremlin is located — on the other, the architecturally remarkable building of the National Museum of Tatarstan.

Kremlin

On a guided tour of the Kremlin, you will go through the gates of the Spasskaya Tower, explore the outside of the Annunciation Cathedral and the legendary leaning tower named after the last Tatar queen Syuyumbike, the governor's palace, the cannon yard and the mausoleum of the Kazan Khans. Then you can visit one of the largest mosques in Europe – Kul Sharif. The tour also includes an introduction to the main pedestrian street of Kazan — Bauman Street.

Important! The sequence of visits to the sites is determined by the guide.

Souvenirs

In Tatarstan, they remember, cherish and honor the national culture and traditions of their ancestors, so first of all it would be quite logical to bring traditional Tatar treats from Kazan:

• Meat delicacies — sausage from horse meat kyzylyk and tutyrma, smoked horse meat argamak, smoked horse meat on natural sawdust on the edge of oigoz. You can also buy smoked or dried duck.
• Desserts chak-chak, kosh-tele and talkysh kaleve — honey sweet "cotton wool" in the shape of pyramids
• Tatar pastries — triangular echpochmaks with minced meat, cottage cheese gubadias, eleshes and other types of pies
• Strong balms "Tatarstan", "Chistai" and "Bugulma", which include dozens of herbs, fruits and roots

Also, in memory of visiting the capital of Tatarstan, you can bring souvenirs such as:

• Felt products — felt boots, slippers, mittens, mats, hats, etc.
• Elements of the national costume, traditional clothing and accessories - for example, national skullcaps and ichigi leather boots
• Painted wooden tableware and porcelain bowls
• The symbols of Kazan are Kazan cats, winged diamonds and glass balls with a Kul Sharif
• Dolls in national costumes for children

Rules of conduct in temples. To visit Orthodox churches, the following recommendations should be followed: women should have their heads covered (headdress or headscarf), men, on the contrary, should be uncovered. People in short skirts or shorts will not be allowed into the temple. Pay attention to the rules of behavior in the mosque, which the guide will tell you about before visiting Kul Sharif.

Important. It is recommended for excursions:

• Comfortable shoes
• Insect repellent
• Closed clothes
• Headdress (including a headscarf for women)
• Sunglasses
• Drinking water

During a sightseeing tour of the city, you will get acquainted with the architectural and cultural diversity of Samara. As part of the tour, you will visit the ethnocultural complex"Peoples' Friendship Park", get acquainted with the history of the complex and visit 3 national farmsteads, one of which will host a master class according to national traditions.

Characteristics: auto-pedestrian

Duration: 4 hours

Objects of inspection:

• Revolution Square
• Lutheran Church
• Church of the Heart of Jesus
• Kuibyshev Square Ensemble
• Chapaev Square, Gorky Drama Theatre
• The ensemble of the Square of Glory
• Lenin Avenue (fountain of the 40th anniversary of Victory)
• Soyuz launch vehicle complex
• Oktyabrskaya embankment (monument "Ladya")
• Zhiguli brewery A. Von Wakano
• Iversky Convent
• Leningradskaya Street (pedestrian zone)
• Ethnocultural complex "Peoples' Friendship Park"

Objects of visit: Ethnocultural complex "Peoples' Friendship Park"

About Samara

Samara was once a small guard fortress. And no one imagined that soon it would become a cultural and spiritual center, attracting talented people: artists, architects, writers, musicians. Today Samara is a large Volga city with an interesting history and many original sights.

Ethnocultural complex "Peoples' Friendship Park"

The cultural diversity of Samara was created by the people who lived in this territory. In the southern part of the city, on an area of 12 hectares, there is an ethnocultural complex "Friendship Park of Peoples" with a unique architectural ensemble of 20 national farmsteads. Costumes, musical instruments, household items and folk art are exhibited in each national house, reflecting the peculiarities of the culture of the peoples living in the Samara region: Germans, Kazakhs, Tatars, Chuvash, Russians, Bashkirs and many others. As part of the tour, you will get acquainted with the history of the complex and visit three national farmsteads: two have an excursion program, and the third has a master class, according to national traditions.

Souvenirs

• Confectionery, sweets, including the famous fudge, can be purchased in grocery stores in the city and in branded stores of confectionery enterprises "Samara Confectioner", "Mir", "Russia".

• Zhiguli beer. Samara is the birthplace of the legendary "Zhiguli beer", which has been brewed at the factory founded by Alfred Von Vacano since 1881. One of the oldest enterprises sells products in the Zhigulevsky store right at the factory.

Important. For the tour, you need to choose comfortable clothes and shoes according to the weather, a hat and a supply of drinking water in hot weather, if necessary, take an umbrella or a raincoat with you.

During a sightseeing tour of the city, you will get acquainted with the architectural and cultural diversity of the historical center of Samara. As part of the tour, you will also visit the Military History Museum.

Features: auto-pedestrian

Duration: 4 hours

Objects of inspection:

• Revolution Square
• Lutheran Church
• Church of the Heart of Jesus
• Kuibyshev Square Ensemble
• Chapaev Square, Gorky Drama Theatre
• the ensemble of the Square of Glory
• Lenin Avenue (fountain of the 40th anniversary of Victory)
• Soyuz launch vehicle complex
• Oktyabrskaya embankment (monument "Ladya")
• Zhiguli brewery A. von Wakano
• Iversky Convent
• Leningradskaya Street (pedestrian zone)

Object of visit: Military History Museum

About Samara

Samara was once a small guard fortress. And no one imagined that soon it would become a cultural and spiritual center, attracting talented people: artists, architects, writers, musicians. Today Samara is a large Volga city with an interesting history and many original sights.

Military History Museum

The military history museum displays almost the entire history of the district — the First World War, the Civil War, the Second World War, Afghanistan, Chechnya and even the liquidation of the Chernobyl accident – several stands are dedicated to liquidators with equipment, uniforms and documents. The exhibition presents ancient military equipment dating back to the First World War, dioramas, weapons, equipment, documents and photographs, there is even a Fiat-15 armored car and a mock-up of a combat missile resting on the dome of the museum. You can also see modern weapons. The museum has an interactive showcase with weapons, all the exhibits of which can be held in your hands, as well as photographed with them.

Souvenirs

• Confectionery, sweets, including the famous fudge, can be purchased in grocery stores in the city and in branded stores of confectionery enterprises "Samara Confectioner", "Mir", "Russia".

• Zhiguli beer. Samara is the birthplace of the legendary "Zhiguli beer", which has been brewed at the factory founded by Alfred Von Vacano since 1881. One of the oldest enterprises sells products in the Zhigulevsky store right at the factory.

Important. For the tour, you need to choose comfortable clothes and shoes according to the weather, a hat and a supply of drinking water in hot weather, if necessary, take an umbrella or a raincoat with you.

During a sightseeing tour of the city, you will get acquainted with the architectural and cultural diversity of the historical center of Samara. As part of the tour, you will also visit the Samara Regional Art Museum.

Features: auto-pedestrian

Duration: 4 hours

Objects of inspection:

• Revolution Square
• Lutheran Church
• Church of the Heart of Jesus
• Kuibyshev Square Ensemble
• Chapaev Square, Gorky Drama Theatre
• The ensemble of the Square of Glory
• Lenin Avenue (fountain of the 40th anniversary of Victory)
• Soyuz launch vehicle complex
• Oktyabrskaya embankment (monument "Ladya")
• Zhiguli brewery A. Von Wakano
• Iversky Convent
• Leningradskaya Street (pedestrian zone)
• Samara Art Museum

Object of visit: Samara Regional Art Museum

About Samara

Samara was once a small guard fortress. And no one imagined that soon it would become a cultural and spiritual center, attracting talented people: artists, architects, writers, musicians. Today Samara is a large Volga city with an interesting history and many original attractions.

Samara Regional Art Museum

The Samara Regional Art Museum is one of the largest museums in the Russian province, created by local artist Konstantin Golovkin with the participation of a group of Samara painters. Currently, the museum's collection includes more than 18 thousand exhibits. The pride of the museum and the region are the works of masters of Russian art – I.K. Aivazovsky, K.P. Bryullov, I.E. Repin, V.I. Surikov, I.I. Shishkin, A.I. Kuindzhi, I.I. Levitan, V.A. Serov, K.A. Korovin, K.S. Malevich, O.V. Rozanova.

Souvenirs

• Confectionery, sweets, including the famous fudge, can be purchased in grocery stores in the city and in branded stores of confectionery enterprises "Samara Confectioner", "Mir", "Russia"
• Zhiguli beer. Samara is the birthplace of the legendary "Zhiguli beer", which has been brewed at the factory founded by Alfred Von Vacano since 1881. One of the oldest enterprises sells products in the Zhigulevsky store right at the factory.

Important. For the tour, you need to choose comfortable clothes and shoes according to the weather, a hat and a supply of drinking water in hot weather, if necessary, take an umbrella or a raincoat with you.

A guided tour of Ulyanovsk, participation in interactive excursions at the museum "Simbirsk Classical Gymnasium" and the museum "Simbirsk Chuvash School. Apartment of I.Ya. Yakovlev".

The names of prominent political figures of the XX century, V.I. Lenin and A.F. Kerensky, writers I.A. Goncharov, S.T. Aksakov, historian N.M. Karamzin, poets N.M. Yazykov, D.V. Davydov, satirist D.D. Minaev, national enlighteners I.N. Ulyanov and I. are associated with the Simbirsk-Ulyanovsk region.Ya. Yakovleva et al. One of the first theaters in Russia and the first Karamzin Public Library in the Volga region, preserved in its original form to the present day, was opened in Simbirsk.

In the museum "Simbirsk Chuvash school. Apartment of I.Ya. Yakovlev" guests will plunge into the atmosphere of everyday life of the Simbirsk intelligentsia of the late XIX - early XX centuries, getting acquainted with the recreated memorial setting of the apartment of the family of the school principal I.Ya. Yakovlev.

Tourists will be able to take part in the national games of the peoples of the Volga region, contributing to the creation of a family, as well as try on the Chuvash wedding costumes of the bride and groom and find out why the groom needs a whip and how the bride's headdress changed after marriage.

In conclusion, tourists will be able to visit the temple of the Descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles, which is distinguished by an unconventional architectural solution.

Simbirsk of the late 19th century is a Russian provincial town with its own way of life, traditions and customs. Local features made it different from other cities of the Volga region. The participants of the program will have the opportunity to visit the memorial quarter of the Museum-Reserve "Homeland of V.I. Lenin", appreciate the brightness and completeness of the cultural heritage of the Simbirsk-Ulyanovsk region, walk along the pavements, feel the whole flavor of everyday life of bygone centuries, plunge into the atmosphere of the past!

The Simbirsk Quarter tour will present the whole lifestyle of the Simbiryans:The participants will visit middle–class Simbiryans, immerse themselves in the life, traditions and customs of the XIX century in a cozy house on Moskovskaya Street (now Lenin) - on the ancient estate of the museum of urban life. They will also get acquainted with the history of crafts in the workshop of an apprentice (the Carpentry Workshop Museum) and visit the home store of household and edible goods (the Petty Shop Museum).

Cheboksary is the capital of Chuvashia, one of the largest industrial and cultural centers of the Volga region. Here, in the most incomprehensible way, the dynamics of a modern city, the magic of ancient culture and Orthodox Shrines coexist, successfully complementing each other.

Our journey will begin with an amazing corner — Vladimirskaya Gorka. It was here that the ancient settlement was located and it was here, even before the founding of the fortress city of Cheboksary, that "... there was already a military force" at this place, which met the first Archbishop of Kazan and Sviyazhsky Guriy in the summer of 1555, who was instructed by Ivan the Terrible to illuminate the site of the future urban settlement and the main temple. After getting acquainted with the historical events and traditions of this secluded monastery - the Transfiguration of the Savior Convent, we will continue our journey around the city and go to the western slope to the main Orthodox church of Chuvashia, a unique architectural monument of the XVII century, which has survived almost in its original form - the Vvedensky Cathedral.

Here, in the historical part of the city, we will see objects of cultural heritage that have survived to the present day: the oldest operating prison in Russia; the Church of Michael the Archangel, the Holy Trinity Monastery with the miraculous image of Nikola Mozhaisky of the XVI century and an Art Gallery located in an architectural monument in the Art Nouveau style of the early XX century.

Taking a car trip with us through the industrial past of the city, you will learn how Cheboksary became an all-Union construction site and what it cost to turn it into an industrial capital? How did Cheboksary goods conquer abroad and why was the golden age of our industry so short?

The era of the powerful economic and cultural flourishing of the city of Cheboksary occurred in the 60-80 years of the last century. It was a time of shock All-Union Komsomol construction and socialist competitions. It was in those years that such large enterprises as the ELLARA instrument-making plant, Cheboksary Industrial Tractor Plant, Cheboksary hydroelectric power plant, thread, weaving, sewing factories and many others appeared in Cheboksary. Over thirty years of rapid industrial development, the number of Cheboksary residents has more than quadrupled, reaching a figure of 420 thousand people.

Then we will visit the only Tractor History Museum in the country. In addition to rare items and collectible models, 50 real rare tractors are waiting for us parked in the hall, which can and should be touched with your hands.

Cheboksary-Shupashkar is the capital of ethnic Chuvashia, and is one of the oldest cities on the Volga. During this tour, you will learn about the history of the city, see what it is rightfully proud of: temples, museums, theaters, parks and monuments, get acquainted with the original culture of the Chuvash people through its history, myths and legends

We will take a walk along Konstantin Ivanov Square and the Moskovskaya Embankment, Red Square and Cheboksary Arbat. We will see an Art gallery located in one of the most beautiful Art Nouveau buildings in Cheboksary, the Monument to the Patron Mother and Cheboksary Bay.

We will get acquainted with Chuvash fine art and the work of artists by visiting the permanent exhibition of the Chuvash Art Museum, where we will learn about the historical stages of formation and change of stylistic trends, the search for national content and expressive artistic form.

The monastery was founded in the first half of the XV century by St. Macarius of Zheltovodsk and Unzhensky. Zheltovodsk is named after the Yellow Lake, on the shore of which St. Macarius founded the monastery. The Volga, changing its course, eventually swallowed up the lake, and the monastery ended up on the Volga coast. On the territory of the monastery there are: Trinity Cathedral, the Church in honor of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the gate church of Michael the Archangel, the Church in the name of St. Makariy Zheltovodsky.
The tour will take place with a minimum group size of 10 people.

Specially trained staff will conduct an exciting tour of the farm, where all age groups of ostriches from birth to adult breeding families will be demonstrated. They will tell you where and when the ostrich appeared, its evolution, life in the wild and in farm conditions.