Delicious Vladivostok. New Year's Tour

Breakfast at the hotel.

10:00-12:00 Excursion to the Samovar Museum and the Ginseng Museum.

The first private museum dedicated to the legendary ginseng, a relict plant that has been successfully preserved in Russia only in the Ussuri taiga.

Guests can look at a rare collection of large roots and devices used to extract this plant.

Ginseng is credited with unique healing properties, it is revered as a natural source of strength and is considered a panacea for many diseases.

In the old days, three grams of gold were paid for one gram of the root. Therefore, people were hunting for the coveted plant very actively. And, unfortunately, it has led to the fact that ginseng is now listed in the International Red Book.

Russian Russian Samovar is the only museum in Primorye with a rare collection of Russian samovars.

The exhibition presents the very first samovars that arrived in Primorye with migrants by sea from Little Russia at the end of the XIX century.

In the exhibition halls you will learn many interesting stories and even see the first "samovar slow cooker" that worked on firewood.

We are happy to tell our guests about the original samovar culture of our country. And of course a tea party with local traditions.

12:30-14:30 Gastro lunch at the Syndicat-Port Café restaurant, a master class in Far Eastern cuisine. 

All dishes are prepared by the chef in front of you and for you!

Sample menu:

• live seafood from the aquarium: seaside scallop, Pacific oyster, trepang skewer;
• cold appetizers and salads: venison tartare, lard and cherry pate on cuttlefish ink loaves, fern appetizer with vegetables, octopus ceviche with lemongrass sauce, squid and kelp salad;
• hot dishes and snacks: creamy soup with corbicula, fried scallop with potato gratin, grilled squid fillet, halibut oyster sauce, deer fillet with rosemary and vegetables;
• drinks: tea "Taiga collection" with wild berry jam, tasting set of taiga tinctures.

15:30-16:30 Walking tour of the old Chinatown Millionka.

Millionka is a maze of courtyards and wells in the very center of Vladivostok, at the beginning of the last century there was a local Chinatown inhabited by a "million" Chinese, the most criminal quarter of the port city with brothels, thieves' raspberries and opium smokeries.

The spirit of adventurism still hovers here, although the thievish age of the Millionaire ended with an NKVD raid in the 1930s, and now the quarter is inhabited by creative bohemians, opening fashion stores, coffee shops and art residences in fragile houses and gradually putting in order an almost slum landscape.

To get into the outgoing nature, after the tour it is worth looking into the Millionka restaurant, reviving the urban legend.

The owner literally restored the luxurious mansion from scratch, assembling the interior from fragments of carved doors, furniture, oriental fabrics found on the antique market, dressed the waiters in padawan costumes, and on the walls of the restaurant a video sequence with the inhabitants of the old Millionaires is shown – Chinese matrons, rickshaws, opium dealers…

Russian Russian and Asian recipes, local seafood, fish and Russian dishes in an avant-garde Asian presentation are presented in the author's menu of the restaurant. 

A stone's throw away is the Chinoaru bar, where cocktails with Japanese whiskey and Chinese soju are mixed, glasses are painted with hieroglyphs and symbols of Asian painting.

The bar is at the 10/10 level, a must-visit place in Vladivostok.

Breakfast at the hotel.

9:30-17:30 Safari Park tour: Amur tiger Park, Far Eastern leopards, Himalayan bears, spotted deer, ungulates, predators and birds. 

All animals of the Ussuri taiga are without bars. 

Tame inhabitants come out to people themselves, they can be hand-fed, petted and photographed nearby. Food for ungulates is provided free of charge.

Guests are guaranteed to watch tigers and leopards from the bridge without bars.

According to the magazine "Around the World", the Primorsky Safari Park is one of the twelve best zoos in the world.

Transfer to the seashore of Shamora Bay.

Lunch at the cafe for an additional fee.

We will return to Vladivostok along the Ussuri Bay with a stop in Glassy Bay.

The uniqueness of the bay is that it is strewn with pieces of broken glass, in fact, it is a glass beach on which sand, glass and pebbles are mixed.

18:30-20:30 Master class of the School of Far Eastern cuisine.

Since 2019, the School of Far Eastern Cuisine has been teaching adults and children to cook healthy and delicious dishes from Far Eastern products with knowledge and love.

They studied the unique properties of the gifts of the Pacific Ocean and the Ussuri taiga, developed recipes and conducted master classes, lectures, tastings for local residents and guests of the Primorsky Territory.

School is not just a popular leisure activity, it is a real culinary club, it is warm not only from the stoves, but also from the hearts.

What awaits you? We will be located in a specially equipped hall with stoves and all the necessary equipment for cooking delicious food. The blanks have already been made. Let's get to know the chef and get started!

We cook together, and then we taste delicious!

Water and tea are included in the price, wine is available for an additional fee.

What kind of master classes are there?: "I'm cutting, cutting, cutting seaweed", "Fish battle: halibut vs flounder", "Classics of Far Eastern cuisine", "Scallop from and to", "Sea-taiga", "Let's have a crab!" and others.

We choose the best seasonal workshops. And, of course, recipes for dishes to remember.  

In the Far East, they appreciate the natural taste of products.

We say that the skill of the chef is to help reveal and emphasize the natural taste, so most of the dishes of both restaurant and home cuisine in the region are simple.

A healthy, nutrient-rich diet provides a powerful energy boost for an active life. 

Breakfast at the hotel.

9:30-15:00 Russian Island + A marine farm.

Gathering of the group in the central square of Vladivostok.

Russian Russian Island, the most Russian island in Russia, is being crossed by two bridges.

The first stop at the Novosiltsevskaya Battery viewing platform is the history of the Vladivostok fortress and an excellent panorama of the Russian Bridge.

Next, the way lies to Voevoda Bay, it is here that the Dalstam marine farm is located.

On the tour you will get acquainted with the technology and stages of breeding trepang, mussel, scallop.

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.

You will see and be able to touch adult scallops, oysters, trepang, crab.

It is possible to purchase the products of the marine farm.  

A seafood tasting lunch is planned.

Return to Vladivostok by 15 o'clock.

If desired, the bus can take you to PrimorskyThe aquarium, which is located on an island in the bay of Zhitkov.

This is the largest Aquarium in Russia – the size of 5 football fields!

You buy tickets yourself and visit the exhibitions.

Return to Vladivostok by public transport or taxi. The cost of a ticket to the Aquarium is 550-1600 rubles.   

And be sure to plan a delicious dinner in one of the trendy restaurants in Vladivostok – Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Far Eastern, farm cuisine.

Breakfast at the hotel.

It's time to buy delicious souvenirs and return home.

Rooms are available until 12:00.

Check out of the hotel on your own.