|
4 days / 3 nights
Tour is also possible for 5 days/4 nights
Tour can be transit or combined with Moscow and Saint Petersburg (see Stopover packages)
Program:
|
Day 1
Coach hire and tour guide for 6 hours |
|
8:00 |
Arrival in Kazan. Meeting with tour guide at the railway station. Departure for the sightseeing program. |
|
8:15 |
A walking tour "White-stone Fortress". The Kazan Kremlin is the main sight of the city; it is a UNESCO world heritage site. The Kremlin is an official residence of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan and a state museum-preserve attended by thousands of tourists every year. |
|
09.30 |
Bus and walking sightseeing "Legends and Mysteries of the Millennium-old Kazan" by bus. Enjoy the original beauty of Kazan, see the bright colors of its streets and squares with your own eyes, learn where teeming treasures of Khans of Kazan are kept and where water boiled in a cauldron with no fire by taking the sightseeing tour. |
|
Optional (extra fee) |
Ferris wheel "Around the World" - 36 warm cabins, each dedicated to one of the great cities of the world, such as Paris, London, Rome, Moscow - together they symbolize the unity of the world community. The concept involves the design of each passenger cabin: images of city sights, popular music of the country - all this creates a vivid picture in the imagination and awakens pleasant memories of travels, arouses interest in the culture of a country. |
|
12.30 |
Lunch in the city restaurant. |
|
|
Folklore program "Yakyn Duslar" will immerse you in the world of the ancient culture of the Tatar people. Each people of the world is unique, and its soul, hidden in spiritual creativity - folklore, is unique. All tourists have the opportunity from the first minute of their stay in Kazan to touch the age-old culture of the Tatar people. |
|
14.00 |
Arrival in the hotel. Check-in. Leisure time.
|
|
Day 2
Coach hire and tour guide for 7.5 hours |
|
From 07:00 |
Breakfast at the hotel. |
|
9:00 |
Meeting with tour guide at the hotel lobby. Departure for the sightseeing program. |
|
|
Observation of the «Universal Temple». It is a unique building that combines features of Catholic, Orthodox, and Buddhist temples, a Mosque, and a Synagogue.. The Universal Temple is an architectural symbolic symbiosis of religions, civilizations and cultures. |
|
10:30 |
A walking tour "The Island Town of Sviyazhsk". Sviyazhsk is a historical and cultural gem of the Republic of Tatarstan. The sightseeing tour in Sviyazhsk comprises unique monuments of history: the Cathedral of the Joy for All Who Grieve, one of the oldest wooden temples of Russia – the Holy Trinity Church, an operating Assumption Monastery featuring an architectural ensemble of the 16-17 centuries, Stable Yard, workshops. |
|
12:30 |
Lunch in the cafe in Sviyazhsk. |
|
14:00 |
Departure for Raifa Virgin Monastery. |
|
15:00 |
Excursion "The Land of Legends" to Raifa Virgin Monastery locate 30 Km from Kazan in a sanctuary forest, on a bank of an enchantingly beautiful lake. The monastery was founded in the 17th century. Its architectural ensemble, one of the most magnificent in the Middle Volga, was shaped for centuries. The main relic of the monastery is a wonderworking Georgian image of the Most Holy Virgin (17th cen.). In the monastery, there is a spring of water consecrated by the Patriarch of Moscow and Russia. |
|
17:00 |
Departure for Kazan. |
|
18:00 |
Return to the hotel. Leisure time. |
|
Day 3
Coach hire and tour guide for 11 hours |
|
From 7:00 |
Breakfast at the hotel. |
|
09:30 |
Meeting with tour guide at the hotel lobby. Departure for the sightseeing program. |
|
|
Kazan - Bolgar (~2.5 hour = 190km) |
|
12:30 |
You can get acquainted with new sites in Bolgar. See one of the most significant structures added to the contemporary collections of the architectural heritage of Tatarstan – Ak Mechet (the White Mosque). |
|
12:45 |
Lunch in the restaurant in Bolgar. |
|
13:30 |
A walking sightseeing tour "Mecca of the North" in the town of Bolgar. More than 700 years ago, in the place of the present-day town of Bolgar, there was an ancient city, the capital of Volga Bulgaria – an early-feudal state located in the interfluve of Volga and Kama rivers. The historical and archeological site of Bolgar was included in the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites. Visit the Literacy Museum at the embankment of Volga, the Memorial Sign built to commemorate the official adoption of Islam by the ancient Bolgars, where the world-biggest printed Quran is kept. |
|
14:30 |
A walking sightseeing tour "Mecca of the North" in the town of Bolgar. More than 700 years ago, in the place of the present-day town of Bolgar, there was an ancient city, the capital of Volga Bulgaria – an early-feudal state located in the interfluve of Volga and Kama rivers. The historical and archeological site of Bolgar was included in the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites. See all the landmarks remaining in the territory of the ancient town site: Congregational Mosque, East and North Mausoleums, Khans’ Mausoleum, Minor Minaret, Black Chamber, White Chamber, Khans’ Bathing House, Khans’ Palace.
Visit the Literacy Museum at the embankment of Volga, the Memorial Sign built to commemorate the official adoption of Islam by the ancient Bolgars, where the world-biggest printed Quran is kept. |
|
17:30 |
Departure for Kazan. |
|
20:30 |
Arrival in the hotel. Leisure time. |
|
Day 4
Coach hire and tour guide for 6 hours |
|
From 7:00 |
Breakfast at the hotel. |
|
09:30 |
Check-out. Meeting with tour guide at the hotel lobby. Departure for the sightseeing program with luggage |
|
10:00 |
A walking tour "Kazan Arbat". Bauman Street is one of the most favorite places to walk for both residents and guests of Kazan, a meeting point for people in love. During the tour, make a lot of amazing discoveries for yourself. Being in Kazan and missing a walk in Bauman Street - one of the oldest streets in the city - is the same as missing something most important. |
|
11:30 |
The Chak-Chak Museum is a place where you will plunge into the atmosphere of the Tatar life and feel like guests in an old Tatar family.
Here you will learn the secrets of preparing the chak-chak, you will be introduced to the utensils that were used before, you will discover a lot of new things seemingly in the usual things. |
|
13:00 |
Lunch in the city restaurant. |
|
14:30 |
Departure for the airport. |
|
15:30 |
Arrival in the airport. End of the tour. |
Price for the tour per person in EUR from:
Guide with English, German, French, Italian, Spanish
|
Hotel |
Single
Supplement
Per night |
10+1 |
15+1 |
20+1 |
25+1 |
30+1 |
35+1 |
40+1 |
|
Relita 4*/similar
(open buffet) |
25 |
335 |
330 |
305 |
285 |
270 |
265 |
260 |
|
Korston 4*/similar
(open buffet) |
25 |
353 |
347 |
315 |
297 |
285 |
278 |
272 |
|
Kazan Palace 5*/similar
(open buffet) |
85 |
590 |
577 |
545 |
525 |
510 |
503 |
497 |
Price includes:
- Accommodation in halal-friendly hotels Relita 4* and Korston 4*
- Transport and guide according to the program (supplement for Chinese/Arabian speaking guide +15 euro p.p. per day)
- Meals according to the program
- Individual audio guides
- Entrance tickets
|
|
