Weekend tour The Land of Two Religions

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.

Excursion to Yelabuga. (a merchant town on the Kama river. You'll see monuments of architecture and archeology of the X-XII centuries.)

Lunch in Yelabuga.

Excursions to museums of Shishkin, Tsvetaeva, Durova.

Departure to Kazan.

Duration - 12 hours

Day 3

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.

Duration  - 6 hours

Transfer to railway station/airport/river port