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A Victory Day sightseeing tour in Tula is a great opportunity to find out why Tula bears the name of the hero city, how the Tulyaks did not let the fascists into Moscow, and to understand why Tula is called the "Weapons Capital."

Excursions to the museums of weapons, harmony, Tula gingerbread are waiting for you. An interesting program at the Museum of Defense, interactive about the history of Tula weapons craft. You will walk along the new embankment, the museum quarter, and visit the Kremlin.

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Tula

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Tour highlights

The history of Tula gingerbread

Immerse yourself in the era of gingerbread masters of the 19th century, and there will also be a tea party with sweets and keepsake photos!

The oldest museum of weapons

An exciting tour with a rich collection, complemented by interactive platforms, awaits you.

Songs about Victory

Visit the Grandfather Philemon Harmony Museum and enjoy the festive program dedicated to Victory Day.

Itinerary

Day 1 - The Museum of Defense. Tula Gingerbread Museum
11:00 Meeting at the railway station.
11:20 Meeting at the samovar museum.
Boarding the bus.
The Museum of Defense.
The Tula Defense Museum is the only museum in the region where the heroic defense of Tula, which went down in the history of the Great Patriotic War as one of the brightest and most significant pages, is shown on such a large scale.
The exhibition features over 60 software and hardware complexes that allow each visitor to find interesting and important things for themselves.
Electronic encyclopedias reveal to experts and fans of military history not only the period of the city's defense, but also the history of the region during the war, and various interactive programs make it possible to find out in a playful way what was in the ambulance bag and sent to the front, what a Molotov cocktail is and how Tula was heated in the harsh winter of 1941.
Museum visitors will see more than 1,000 authentic wartime objects.
Lunch in the city center.
The Tula Gingerbread Museum is the first gingerbread museum in Russia, opened at the Staraya Tula confectionery factory back in 1996.
The guides will take you on a fascinating tour and immerse you in the era of the gingerbread masters of the 19th century.
They will tell about the history of the Tula printed gingerbread, how the history of the production of the Staraya Tula factory developed and traditions were formed.
You will see a unique exhibition that has been collected for decades.
You will feel how interesting it is to touch the history of bygone years by looking at old photographs and original documents.
Gingerbread and candy packaging, created like a work of art by talented craftsmen, in which famous Tula gingerbread workers sold their best goods.
To read through the gingerbread cookies, as if through the pages of a chronicle, the rich history of our country!
After an interesting tour, there will also be a tea party with sweets and a souvenir photo!
17:30 The end of the program.
Transfer to the hotel.
Check-in (independently by last name).
Day 2 - Victory Day. Tour "Tula Artisanal". Helmet Weapon Museum
10:00-13:00 On this day, you will be able to watch the parade on your own, participate in Victory Day events.
13:45 Meeting with a guide at the Museum of weapons at the monument to Demidov.
Tula Artisan tour (30 minutes walking).
At the beginning of the 16th century, Tula performed defensive functions as part of the Moscow state.
You will understand why they say that you can assemble a gun from the names of Tula streets.
You will see an ancient Weapons factory and you will be able to take photos of Lefty, Peter 1 and the Horseshoe of Happiness.
You will learn about the origin of the famous Demidov family, the richest Russian entrepreneurs, you will see a necropolis and a monument to the founder of the family.
The Helmet Gun Museum is the oldest gun museum in Russia with a wealth of collections, telling about the history of weapons from the Middle Ages to the Present.
An exciting tour awaits you, complemented by numerous interactive playgrounds, modern multimedia devices, virtual simulators and much more.
The program ends after 16:30.
Free time.
You can take part in events on the territory of the Museum of Weapons and in the museum quarter.

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Day 3 - The history of the Tula gun craft. Tula Kremlin. Harmony Museum
Breakfast at the hotel.
Room release.
Things can be left in the luggage room.
10:00 Meeting at the Tulyachok Museum Studio (3 Krasnoarmeysky Prospekt).
The program "The history of the Tula gun craft".
In the interactive program, you will get acquainted with the history of the arms industry in Tula, learn how the technology of weapons production is connected with Tula streets.
At the master class, you will invent medieval gunpowder and learn how to recognize iron ore.
You will also participate in the funny games of Tula masters of the past, and finally, you will hear about the most prominent weapon designers known all over the world — Surnin and Mosin, Tokarev and Makarov, Gryazev and Shipunov and many others.
Walking tour of the city center.
Tula Kremlin is an ancient Russian city that served the defense of the Moscow state for centuries, and then became the country's largest arms manufacturer.
We invite guests to take a walk through the quarters of the Old City – you can see Tula almost exactly as Ushinsky, Tolstoy, Saltykov-Shchedrin, and Uspensky saw it.
You will walk along the Kremlin Garden and the embankment, opened in September 2018, get acquainted with one of the most beautiful streets of Tula – Metallistov St., which recently became pedestrian, take a photo at the monument "Tula gingerbread".
You will see the main sights of one of the oldest cities in Russia, learn about the most famous Tulyaks, about the past and about how our city lives now.
Visit to the Tula Kremlin.
Lunch in the city center.
The Grandfather Filimon Harmony Museum with a festive program dedicated to Victory Day.
15.00 The end of the program.
Independent departure to the railway station.

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Difficulty

Suitable for everyone

Accommodation

Hotel

2 nights

Comfort

Midscale
Upscale
Premium

The tour includes accommodation in a Tula hotel.

The cost of the tour for 1 person, depending on the accommodation, RUB.:

Hotel	2-bed room	Additional place
Hotel 2*	18 400	17 400
Hotel 3*	20 000	19 000
Hotel 4*	22 300	21 300

Single occupancy on request.

Accommodation in 5* hotels on request.

Discount for children under 14 years of age: 500 rubles in the main seat, 1000 rubles in the additional seat.

Hotel "European" 2* or similar

The hotel opened its doors in Tula.

Along with comfort, a fairly affordable price is presented here.

A classic interior style has been chosen for the interior decoration of residential premises. Each room has comfortable beds, TVs, a refrigerator and an individual bathroom.

Residents choose the rate at their discretion - breakfast can be included in the price, or it can be ordered separately. Cafes and restaurants in the central district are also available to residents.

The location of the hotel allows you to relax from the hustle and bustle, but nevertheless the road to the main attractions, entertainment venues of the city, train stations is no more than 7-10 minutes.

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Another option

Armenia 4* Hotel or similar

This hotel is located in the center of Tula, just a 2-minute walk from the Kremlin and the Assumption Cathedral.

The Armenia Hotel offers free Wi-Fi, an indoor pool and a sauna.

The bright, classic-style rooms are decorated in warm colors and equipped with air conditioning.

Each room is equipped with a flat—screen TV, a minibar and a private bathroom.

The Armenia Restaurant serves Caucasian, Russian and European cuisine.

A buffet breakfast is served every morning.

Guests can relax in the Turkish steam bath.

Tula Central Train Station is a 10—minute drive from Armenia Hotel, while Tula Bus Station is a 10-minute drive away.

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Another option

Chernikovsky 3* Hotel or similar

The Chernikovsky Hotel is located in the beautiful city of Tula. The Tula Kremlin is located nearby.

There are several categories of accommodation in the hotel, each of which has comfortable beds with clean linens, a set of towels, and a TV.

The room has a tea station with dishes and an electric kettle, a refrigerator. Moreover, the Chardin restaurant is located not far from the hotel, where you can have a delicious meal.

Near the hotel there are a huge number of sights of the city: the Historical Museum, Kazanskaya Embankment and the Kremlin Garden. The distance to the railway station is 2.5 km, to Kaluga airport - 89.8 km.