The city of Vladivostok is located on the Muravyov-Amur Peninsula and is washed by the waters of the Sea of Japan!
During the sightseeing tour, you will visit the best embankments – Korabelnaya, from where the city began, where there is a monument to pioneers, a memorial to soldiers who died in World War II, with an Eternal Flame and a chapel.
The Headquarters of the Pacific Fleet is located on the Ship Embankment, Russian and very often foreign warships are on the raid. Here, on the raid, the memorial ship "Red Pennant", it was from him that the legendary Pacific Fleet of Russia began.
Then the path lies along the main street of Vladivostok - Svetlanskaya, with ancient mansions and leads to the railway and sea stations. Vladivostok is the only city in Russia where these two stations stand side by side. It is in Vladivostok that the Great Trans-Siberian Railway ends, and upon arriving at the terminal station by rail, you can immediately transfer to a motor ship and go on a long journey by sea to Japan or South Korea.
The building of the railway station in Vladivostok is very similar to the building of the Yaroslavl railway station in Moscow. Thus, Russian railway builders sealed the way from the capital to the shores of the Pacific Ocean with two stations.
The length of the route is more than 9,000 km, the branded train "Russia" goes from Moscow to Vladivostok – 7 days! There is a sign on the platform here, signifying the end of the longest railway in the world.
The marine station stands on the shore of the Golden Horn Bay. It is to him that the cruise ocean liners "Princesses" are moored, bringing thousands of tourists from all over the world.
The sightseeing tour must include a visit to the viewing platform.
It offers a view of Russian Island, the Golden Bridge connects the two shores of the Golden Horn Bay. You will see all this and much more on a sightseeing tour of Vladivostok.
The Primorsky Aquarium is one of the largest oceanariums in the world.
The total area of the interior space is almost five football fields, the shape of the building resembles an open clam shell.
In the left wing of the aquarium there is a reservoir with a 70-meter underwater tunnel. In the right wing there is a dolphinarium with an arena pool and bleachers that can accommodate 800 spectators.
The water show takes place at 11 and 15 o'clock.
Among the inhabitants of the Primorsky Aquarium are representatives of all oceans and climatic zones of the Earth. Including the inhabitants of the Sea of Japan, the Arctic, Lake Baikal, the Amur River and others.
The Dalstam Marine Farm is located on Russian Island. On the tour you will get acquainted with the technology and stages of mariculture production – from fry to packaging.
More than three million young Trepangs live in Voivode Bay. They grow in special pools for four months, and then move to their natural habitat. The marine farm has been in existence since 2011.
At first, only trepangs and scallops were grown here, and three years ago they decided to experiment with mussels. In Voivode Bay, mussels grow in a "sea garden" near the shore.
The tour of the farm is conducted by a marine technologist. The company's offices and workshops are located in a two-storey ship.
There is also a laboratory for growing shellfish feed, a "maternity hospital" for juveniles and large baths with running water for storing shellfish before shipping to restaurants all over Russia. Here you can buy fresh seafood and dietary supplements at producer prices and order a delicious seafood lunch.
The Land of the Leopard National Park and the Kedrovaya Pad Nature Reserve are famous all over the world due to their truly unique nature.
Located at the junction of the borders of three states, this territory has the largest variety of animal and plant species in Northeast Asia. The "Land of the Leopard" includes reference areas of the South Ussuri taiga that have preserved relict forests.
This place is rightfully called the "most feline" natural territory of Russia. After all, only here there are four types of wild cats at once – the Far Eastern leopard, the Amur tiger, the lynx and the Far Eastern forest cat.
Travelers are only 200 km from Vladivostok to the National Park.
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