Sightseeing tour of Kazan with a visit to the Kremlin.
Description:
Getting acquainted with our wonderful city, I suggest starting with a sightseeing tour.
Kazan is a historical center with a thousand-year history and at the same time it is a modern megalopolis with a population of more than 1 million people, it is a cultural capital, a student city, and since 2013 it is also a major sports center, a venue for international sports competitions.
During our sightseeing tour, we will be able to plunge into the atmosphere of the Tatar national color, visiting the Old Tatar Sloboda - a tourist corner recreated in the style of the 18th-19th century. You will see the first stone mosques built in Kazan in the late 18th century, with the permission of Catherine II. Hear the legends of the mysterious Lake Kaban, on the shore of which Ivan IV (the Terrible) allocated a place for the survivors of the capture of Kazan Tatars.
Two worlds, two religions have coexisted peacefully in our Republic for many decades. This land was blessed with the miracle of the appearance of the Mother of God and the acquisition of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. Visiting the Bogoroditsky Monastery, you can see the place of obtaining one of the most revered icons in Russia, touch the miraculous Vatican list of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.
Driving through the streets of the city, you will hear many famous names, known not only in Russia but also abroad, whose creative and scientific works were born in Kazan. Many great scientists came from the walls of one of the oldest universities - now Kazan Federal (Volga) University.
In the heart of the city - the Kazan Kremlin you will learn the history of the construction of a military fortress, starting from the 9th century, the time of the Volga Bulgaria and the Kazan Khanate, you can visit the oldest temple of the 16th century - the Annunciation Cathedral and the modern mosque Kul Sharif, recognized as one of the best in the world.
The famous sports facilities built for the World Summer Universiade 2013 will not be left out. In such a short time we will try to see and learn as much as possible about our wonderful city!
The price includes:
Services of an accredited guide, transfer on a comfortable passenger car.
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