Sightseeing tour of the city "City of St. Catherine"

The excursion program offers to get acquainted with the history of the city of Yekaterinburg from the beginning of its foundation to the present day.

The tour begins with the historical center of Yekaterinburg - the city dam. For residents of the capital of the Urals is a special, magical place.

Why?

- Be sure to tell about it during the tour, reveal the secrets of our "Plotinka", show the symbol of the city, its "heart".

Next, we will pass along the main street of the city, see the magnificent buildings of the Opera and Ballet Theater, the Ural State University, the complex of the “town of Chekists”.

The square of the Russian Army - the memorial complex "Black Tulip", the building of the District House of Officers, samples of military equipment in the open air - symbols of the "Standing edge of the State", many monuments on the square of the Russian Army, which appeared in the 2000s.

One of the main attractions of the city is the Ascension Hill: the Ascension Temple, the Rastorguev-Kharitonov estate, the monument to the Komsomol members of the Urals, the Theater of the Young Spectator, the Temple-On-Blood - the history of Ekaterinburg for three centuries is concentrated here.

The place where the real "gold rush" began is also not far from here.

Be sure to visit the literary quarter, where each building is unique in its own way, where you can see the monument to the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. This is the only monument to the poet where he is depicted barefoot.

The main square of the city: the administration building with a clock tower and a ruby star, the first stone building of Yekaterinburg, the magnificent house of the merchant Tupikov, the Ural Arbat, the shopping center "Europe" or the house of the Korobkov-Dmitrievs.

The features of the modern appearance of the city are most clearly represented on Yeltsin Street. In February 2011, a monument to B. N. Yeltsin was erected on this street on the day of the 80th anniversary of the former president, and in 2015 the Yeltsin Center was opened, undoubtedly one of the most interesting places in the city.

From the Embankment of the Iseti River, a magnificent panorama of the historical center opens.

The modern appearance of the city is “animated” by sculptural compositions.

Tourists will have the opportunity to get acquainted with the “Invisible Man”, with “Klava” (computer keyboard), and with “Realter”. One of the most romantic places in the city is behind the building of the Opera and Ballet Theatre, where there is a wonderful pair sculpture "Marina and Volodya".

Why the sculptor chose this place for the monument, why Marina Vladi did not like the monument - I will tell during the tour.

Be sure to walk along Gorky Street to see the corner of BEATLES, street art of the British artist Jimmy C, the headquarters of RMC - a project of the architectural bureau with the world name of Norman Foster, the "Japanese garden" next to the house of the merchant Chuvildin, we will reveal the secrets of this house.

On the Ural Arbat there are places where you can make a wish, it will come true. This is the "Skorobeinik" - one of the favorite characters among residents and guests of the city, and touching and rubbing the ring at the "Banker", you can expect good luck in financial affairs. On this street appeared the first monument to Michael Jackson in Russia. Not far from the largest shopping center "Greenwich" you can "meet" the main character of the series "Happy together" Bukin, Babka-Eshka, advertising goods.

Yekaterinburg is a modern hospitable city, a metropolis with many attractions, architectural originality and a special mountain Ural color you will definitely enjoy!