KAZAN – SVIYAZHSK – YOSHKAR-OLA
Duration: 3 days
Day 1. KAZAN CITY TOUR
Guide & transport
Meet the guide. Transfer from airport/railway station.
Sightseeing tour includes a visit to the Kazan Kremlin and the Kul Sharif mosque. The excursion also includes the historical part of the city: Bulak stream, Kamal-Tatar drama theater, stylish Tatar village “Tugan Avilim” (native village), Millennium park, Bauman and Peterburgskaya street (pedestrian), Tukay and Svoboda squares, National cultural center ” Kazan ” and the modern part of the city, including a tour of the buildings of the Universiade (World Student Games, held in Kazan in 2013) and other attractions.
Day 2. SVIYAZHSK & RAIFA MONASTERY
Guide & transport
Breakfast. Meeting with guide at the hotel lobby.
Excursion to Sviyazhsk island with interactive program. You will get acquainted with military armoury of diferent centuries. This town was built in
1551 within 4 weeks. The fortress itself was originally built in Uglich and transported to Sviyazhsk. This town became a military outpost of Ivan the
Terrible even before the conquest of Kazan. Almost all old buildings have survived to this day. Lunch in the local cafe.
Excursion to Raifa monastery. It was built in XVII-XIXth centuries and now includes a temple with Georgian miracle-working icon of Our
Lady-of-God.
On the way back to Kazan you will get acquainted with All Religions Temple (exterior view).
Day 3. IOSHKAR OLA
Guide & transport
Breakfast. Check-out of the hotel.
Morning sightseeing tour of Yoshkar-Ola “Pages of history and youth of the Mari El capital”. Historical and modern capital of the Republic: walk along the embankment – merchant houses of Pchelin, Bulygin, Korepov, legends of the Ascension Church, restored cathedrals, republic square, “12 Apostles” clock on Patriarchiya Square, Tsarevokokshay Kremlin.
Lunch in the local cafe.
Transfer back to Kazan. Transfer to railway station/airport.
Available languages
Guide:
English-speaking/French-speaking/German-speaking/Spanish-speaking/Czech-speaking. Other languages are upon request.