"The Merchant City of Elabuga"

We invite you to an excursion to the charming 1000-year-old merchant town of Elabuga, cozy located on the banks of the Kama River surrounded by pristine, majestic nature, one of the most ancient cities of Tatarstan, the cradle of Russian merchants, a county town where the fates of many wonderful people intertwined; a modern city of car manufacturers and oil workers. The most famous merchant families built mansions in Elabuga, most of which have survived in their original form to this day.

At the beginning of the XX century in the city of Elabuga on the river Kama lived 10,000 inhabitants, of which more than 600 merchants, including 12 millionaires. In the city there is a memorial house - the museum of I. Shishkin and the house - the estate of N. Durova, the heroine of the Patriotic War of 1812. By a tragic coincidence, Elabuga land became the last refuge for the poet Marina Tsvetaeva. Not far from Elabuga is the famous Elabuga settlement - the remains of a fortified settlement of one of the Volga tribes that lived at the end of the I millennium AD. The surviving stone tower of the Yelabuga settlement is a symbol of Elabuga. Excursion to Elabuga (from Kazan 210 km) from 10 hours to 12 hours with lunch. In addition to a sightseeing tour of the city, at your choice of visiting museums in Yelabuga: Museum of the 1000th anniversary of Yelabuga Memorial House-Museum of I.I. Shishkin Museum-Estate of N.A.Durova Museum of District Medicine named after V.M.Bekhterev Literary Museum M.I.Tsvetaeva House of Memory of M.I.Tsvetaeva Museum "Portomaine" (with excursion)