Feel The History of Russia

DAY

Itinerary

DAY 1

Arrival to Kazan (central railway station/airport). Meeting the guide.

Breakfast

Highlight tour around the city which includes visit to Kazan Kremlin (main sightseeing of history and architecture located in the Kremlin, Kul Sharif mosque). Tour also includes historical part of the city: Bulak creek, Kamal Tatar Drama, stylish Tatar village "Tugan Avilim" (native village), Millennium park, Bauman and Peterburgskaya (pedestrian) streets, Tukay and liberty squares, National cultural centre "Kazan" and modern part of the city which includes tour around Universiade buildings (World Student Games which took place in Kazan in 2013), family centre "Chasha" (in the form of cup), new puppet theatre, Basket-hall.

Lunch in the local cafe.

Excursion to Kazan Kremlin.

Duration - 4 hours.

Transfer to the hotel. Check in. Free time.

DAY 2

Breakfast. Meeting the guide.

Excursion to the Old-Tatar district where you will visit first stone mosque Mardjani which was built under permission of Ekaterina II. You will see ancient Tatar merchants mansions.

Walking tour of the Kremlin street.

Excursion to the building of national library. It was a present of Kazan University student Aleksey Ushkov to his bride Zinaida Visotskaya. The building includes different styles: stairs built in Oriental style, great hall in Empire style, dining-room in gothic style, green living-room in rococo, ex-smoking room in Morisco and interior garden decorated as a cavern. All this beauty is decorated with moldings, glass paintings, panel pictures. Even door handles are unique.

Lunch in the local cafe.

Duration - 3 hours 

DAY 3

Breakfast. Meeting the guide.

Excursion to Tetushi.

It is located 150 km from Kazan (2,5 hours). You will be lucky to see one of the oldest Tatarstan museums - historical museum of Tetushi. You will be welcomed by a merchant and folk company. You will visit legendary fish museum.

Then you will go to watchtower, holy Vshikh mountain which is historical centre of the town. During excursion you will be amazed by the sturgeon's monument (once was caught there)

Folk dinner (consists of freshly caught and cooked fish)

In the second part of the excursion includes visit to nature-sanctuary "Dolgaya Polyana", Molostvov's rural nobility manor.

Back to Kazan.

Duration - 9 hours.

DAY 4

Breakfast. Meeting the guide.

Excursion to Sviyazhsk island. It is located 70 km from Kazan (1 hour). You will get acquainted with armoury of different centuries. In 1551 in 4 weeks was built this town, which firstly was built in Uglich and sent to Sviyazhsk. This town became combat outpost of Ivan the Terrible before Kazan conquest. Mostly all ancient buildings remain till nowadays. Sviyazhsk hots the oldest cristian Church on the Volga, the wooden Trinity Church. The solitary and pure nature of the island is preserved with no industry or public transport allowed on the island.

Arrival to Kazan.

Lunch in the local cafe.

Transfer to railway station/airport.