Recommended period: all the year round
Main sights: sightseeing tour, Kazan Kremlin, Raifa Virgin Monastery
Accommodation: 4*
Meals: breakfast
Transport: minibus / coach
Itinerary
Day 1
- Arrival in Kazan.
- Meeting with tour guide at the railway station.
- Departure for the sightseeing program.
- 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. The white-stone Kremlin is the heart of the ancient city that incorporates the culture of the East and West. Minarets of the main mosque of the city – Qul Sharif – shoot up into the sky, and cupolas of the Annunciation Cathedral, oldest one in Kazan, shine with gold. Inside the fortress, there is one of the symbols of Kazan – the famous “leaning” tower of Tsarina Suyumbike.
- 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. The sites of the millennium-old city combine the culture of the West and traditions of the East: Old Tatar Settlement where Tatar residents lived from the 16th century, Textiles Settlement originating as a result of industrial reforms by Peter I, fountain squares, Kaban lake with its mysteries and legends, a simulated Tatar village Tugan Avylym (My Native Village), a new building of the Puppet Show, Kazan Federal University, Liberty Square as a cultural and administrative center of Kazan. During the sightseeing tour, you will see a variety of minarets and cupolas, crescents and crosses, which is a proof of a good neighborliness of the two native peoples – Tatars and Russians.
- Arrival in the hotel. Check-in.
- Leisure time.
Day 2
- Breakfast in the hotel.
- Check-Out.
- Meeting with tour guide at the hotel lobby. Departure for the sightseeing program with luggage.
- 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.
- Departure for the airport.
- Arrival in the airport.
- End of the tour.
Included:
- accommodation in Kazan 1 night with breakfast
- sightseeing tour, Kazan Kremlin, Raifa Virgin Monastery
- licenced English speaking guide
- transport service according to the program
- 1 FOC in sgl room
- commission
