09:00 We meet with the guests of the city at the railway station on the Forecourt near the fountain "Dancing children" (sign "Weekend in Volgograd").
Sightseeing tour "Hero city — Volgograd". Our guide will tell you about the fascinating history of Tsaritsyn-Stalingrad-Volgograd, about the unusual founding of the city on a river island, about the industry and trade of merchant Tsaritsyn, about the Battle of Stalingrad — a fundamental turning point in World War II.
About today's Volgograd, the Dancing Bridge, the famous Volgograd high-speed tram, which Forbes included in the list of twelve interesting tram routes in the world, about the monument to the patron saint of Volgograd, about the sculpture "Motherland calls!", which is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest sculpture-statue in the world at that time..
With our guide, you will walk through the central streets of the city and see: The Central embankment named after the 62nd Army — the gateway to the city from the Volga; the Alley of Heroes; memorial Square; the Square of Fallen Fighters; Eternal Flame; the House of Sergeant Yakov Pavlov; Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Square; the ruins of the Gergard mill.
Guided tour of the historical and memorial complex on Mamayev Kurgan "To the Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad".
Our guide at the main height of Russia at 102.00 — Mamayev Kurgan — will tell you about the Battle of Stalingrad, a fundamental turning point in the Second World War.
About the sculpture "Motherland is calling!", which is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest sculpture-statue in the world at that time.
The tour with our guide will begin at the composition "Memory of generations", then walk along the alley of poplars and climb to the square "Standing to the death" with a monument to a soldier in the center of the square.
Then climb the steps along the ruins of the walls, which depict the events of a difficult era, the defenders of Stalingrad and the inscriptions of those days. The atmosphere of the war years is keenly felt here and the real sounds of war can be heard!
After walking through Heroes' Square, you will enter the Hall of Military Glory. An eternal flame is burning in this hall, thousands of names of fallen soldiers are immortalized, and there is a company of honor guards. Time seems to freeze here.
Then the tour will continue in an emotional place on Mamayev Kurgan — the "square of Sorrow". Next to the Square of Sorrow stands the main monument of the complex — "Motherland calls!", striking in its power and grandeur.
Our guide will tell you whose image was used to create the monument, as well as the main secret of the monument — what is inside it! At the end of the tour, you can place candles in the Church of All Saints, opened in 2005 to mark the 60th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
Lunch for an additional fee (time is given for an independent lunch in nearby cafes and restaurants).
Visit to the Battle of Stalingrad Panorama Museum. The museum is located on the city's waterfront and consists of two levels. The first level houses the Battle of Stalingrad Museum. The museum features a Triumphal Hall, on the walls of which 229 names of formations and associations that took part in the Battle of Stalingrad are stamped.
The end of the excursion program.
15:00 Check-in at the hotel. Free time.
Optional for an additional fee: immersive performance tour "Fragments of Memory".
































