Grand Tour of the Southern Urals
Description:
We invite you to a great trip to the Southern Urals.
This is a tour for those who want to visit the most popular, beautiful and recognizable places of the Southern Urals, enjoy rest, switch from bustling everyday life to peace and contemplation of nature. We will see five of the most beautiful lakes in five days!
We will walk through the age-old pine forest, talk with animals, sail to the island of Vera and visit the dolmens inside. We will learn about the riches of the Ural land – Miass gold and gems, the abundance of flora and fauna, meteorites and water resources.
Foodies will be able to appreciate the Ural cuisine, which attracts primarily the naturalness of regional products. We will taste real Ural dumplings, legendary cherry cake and Mias coffee and chocolate!
Welcome to this rich, delicious summer trip.
Day 1. Perm - Zyuratkul - Chrysostom (Wednesday)
6:00 departure from Perm by bus. Moving to Lake Zyuratkul. On the way acquaintance, watching movies, sanitary stops (2 times).
14:30 Arrival at Lake Zyuratkul. Lunch at the 1175 eco-cafe.
15:30 trekking along the eco-trail "Secrets of the Lake" (2.6 km - about 2 hours along the shore of the lake along a wooden deck). Visit to the Forerunner Chapel.
17:30 Free time at the lake. You can visit a mini-zoo with bears and camels, ride a horse.
18:30 Dinner in the eco-cafe "1175".
19:00 transfer to the deer farm.
19:30 visit to the maral farm “Noah’s Ark”. You can feed marals, take pictures of these beautiful animals. Also on the farm there are porcupines, deer, rabbits and alpaca.
20:30 transfer to the city of Chrysostom.
21:30 check-in to the hotel "Taganai". Rest.
Day 2. Chrysostom - Semibratka - Turgoyak (Thursday)
8:00 breakfast at the hotel cafe. Room release.
9:00 Sightseeing auto-pedestrian tour of Chrysostom: Arsenal, Cathedral of Seraphim of Sarov, Memorial of Glory, Mount Kosotur, observation deck overlooking Zlatoust pond, Red Hill - Park of Tales of Pavel Bazhov.
Mount Kosotour can rightly be considered the hallmark of Chrysostom. It is located in the historical center. There is an ecological trail with a total length of 3.5 km, equipped with two observation decks; at the beginning of the trail, a 120-meter staircase march has been mounted, information houses have been installed along the entire route.
Red hill: the monument to I. Chrysostom, the chapel of the saint, the Mountain Park of P. Bazhov, the observation deck. Free time: there are souvenir shops and cafeteria "Veselukhin spoon", where you can enjoy aromatic tea from a giant samovar (68 l), infused on Ural herbs.
For those who wish: climb to the bell tower with an excursion in the exhibition halls. From the observation deck of the Tower offers a chic view of the majestic ridges of the Ural Mountains. The bell is included in the price. (For an additional fee, paid when booking a tour).
12:00 Excursion to the existing weapons production. Forge workshop with interactive program, exhibition hall, souvenir shop.
We will find out how iron ore was mined in ancient times, we will try to kindle a fire in a scream oven, on a unique sylomere we will try ourselves to the title of "Airovets", we ourselves will inflate furs in a forge and make cherished wishes in a special way.
13:40 Lunch at the cafe
15:00 Excursion to the mountain "Semibratka". The Semibratka tract is a chain of 7 rocky remains, at the southeastern border of the Taganai National Park. Small and simple route - about 4 km long. Two stairs with observation decks, two large arbors with useful information and a beautiful view of the city of Chrysostom and the mountains! "Sevenbratka" is a "ring route" around the rocks. The first and fifth brothers built comfortable and strong metal stairs with observation decks at the top.
17:00 Transfer to Lake Turgoyak.
17:30 Accommodation to the recreation center "Forelka".
18:00 Dinner at the base restaurant.
Free evening. You can walk along the coastline or along paths in the pine forest, rent a boat or catamaran (for an additional fee, at the price of the recreation center, purchased on the spot).
Day 3. Turgoyak - Miass - Turgoyak (Friday)
5:00 dawn meeting on the lake (optional, independently) for the opportunity to take bright, beautiful photos against the background of the lake and mountains.
9:00 breakfast in the restaurant on the base (complex)
9:30 Moving to Miass.
10:30 Excursion to the Natural and Scientific Museum of the Ilmensky Reserve. The museum is one of the five largest geological and mineralological museums in Russia. In the Ilmen Hall you will hear a story about the main milestones of studying the Ilmen Mountains and get acquainted with the history of the creation of the Ilmensky Reserve. In the Mineralogy Hall, visitors will enjoy the beauty of unique samples of minerals and rocks from the deposits of our country and from abroad. In the Biological Hall, the guide will tell you a lot of interesting things about animals, birds, fish and insects of the Ilmensky Reserve, the Chelyabinsk region and the Urals as a whole.
The museum has three (!) large souvenir shops. Fans of stone products, all kinds of jewelry and souvenirs are waiting for a great choice and the opportunity to buy something for a souvenir from the trip.12:00 Sightseeing tour of the city of Miassu. Miass was born as an industrial village at a copper smelting plant. Today it is a modern industrial city with many beautiful buildings, art objects and attractions. During the tour, we will definitely see the monument "URAL" (ZIS-5) on the pre-factory square, the Church of Archangel Michael and the wooden Temple of the Royal Passion-Bearers, climb to the observation deck of Krutiki with a chic view of the expanses of Lake Turgoyak, and also visit the Park of Giant Sculptures "Bureocrat". Here you can see not only a stationery button with a diameter of two meters, four-meter scissors, a rostomer ruler with a height of two and a half meters, a nine-meter clip, but also read the "family tree" of the subject on the information stand located nearby. Time for a photo shoot (for your cameras).
14:30 lunch at a restaurant on the base overlooking the lake
15:00 For those who wish to walk on a sailing yacht to the island of Vera with a tour of the island (the parking lot of Neanderthals, ancient megaliths, menhirs and dolmens, a Neolithic quarry, an Old Believer hermitage) - for an additional fee. Payable on the spot, cash yachtsman: 2000 r / seat on the yacht and 300 r / excursion on the island.
For those who do not go on a yacht: rest on the lake, free time.
19:00 dinner at the base restaurant.
Free evening. You can swim, walk along the coastline or along paths in the pine forest, rent a boat or catamaran (for an additional fee, at the price of the recreation center, purchased on the spot).
Day 4. Turgoyak - Miass - Chebarkul - Chelyabinsk (Saturday)
5:00 dawn meeting on the lake (optional, independently) for the opportunity to take bright, beautiful photos against the background of the lake and mountains.
9:00 breakfast in the restaurant at the base (complex). Room release.
10:00 transfer to Miass.
10:30 Excursion to the production of "CHAOKOFE". We will get acquainted with a unique factory that unites under one roof the production of coffee, chocolate, ice cream and apple cider. On the tour, we will not only learn how to make delicious products, but also conduct a tasting of products: 2 types of coffee, 2 types of chocolate, 3 types of nut pastes. It will be possible to buy delicious souvenirs directly from the manufacturer.
12:30 transfer to Chelyabinsk. Travel information, watching movies. On the way we will stop at the lake Chebarkul, take a photo at the stele dedicated to the fall of the meteorite (photo-stop for 10 minutes, on your cameras).
14:30 Lunch at the restaurant "Ural dumplings". "Ural dumplings" - the legendary restaurant of Chelyabinsk. Opened in 1964, it became a kind of symbol and brand of the city, received a huge number of awards and medals. This is a favorite place for residents of the city and a mandatory point in the tourist route of each guest. Lunch menu: salad with ragged smoked beef and fried mushrooms, soup from white mushrooms, dumplings "Branded" according to the recipe of 1968 (with beef, pork and butter), bread basket, tea "Currant-Ural herbs", cherry cake (lunch is paid additionally when booking the tour: 2000 p per person).
For those who do not go to the restaurant, free time is 1 hour (14:30 - 15:30) for an independent lunch. There are several cafes nearby.
15:30 transfer to the museum
16:00 Excursion to the State Historical Museum of the Southern Urals is a local history museum made in high-tech style, within the walls of which more than 300 thousand copies are carefully stored. In the hall of nature and ancient history, we will see the largest part of the Chelyabinsk meteorite that fell into Lake Chebarkul in 2013.
17:00 Sightseeing tour of Chelyabinsk - City Bor (Forest Park), Science Square and Monument to I.V. Kurchatov, Central Street of the city, "Sphere of Love", Theatre Square, Park "Scarlet Field", Revolution Square, Embankment of the Miass River, Square of Three Stations, Pedestrian Kirovka and much more...
20:00 Hotel check-in. Free evening, dinner on your own.
You can walk along the square "Scarlet Field", in the Stone Garden or the Pushkin City Garden, visit a cafe or restaurant, ride on the Ferris Wheel on the embankment of the Miass River.
Day 5. Chelyabinsk - Kasli - Perm (Sunday)
until 8:45 breakfast at the hotel (buffet). Room release.
9:00 transfer to Castle. Travel information, watching movies.
11:00 Arrival in Casley. Sightseeing tour of the city of Casley. We will be surprised by the abundance of cast iron products in the design of urban space and admire the panorama of Kaslin lakes. The house-museum of the sculptor A.V. Chirkin, Kaslin factory hospital, the Temple in honor of the Supreme Apostles Peter and Paul, the Ascension and St. Nicholas churches, the coast of Lake Big Kasli ...
12:30 Excursion to the Kaslin casting museum "Cast iron lace". The exposition is dedicated to the works of Russian and Western European sculptors of the XIX century, embodied by Kaslin masters of artistic casting in cast iron.
13:30 Lunch in the cafe (complex)
14:30 Departure to Perm. Rest, sanitary stops on the way. Dinner by yourself.
23:30 approximate arrival in Perm.
The price includes:
transport service by a tourist class bus, escort by an employee of the company throughout the tour, excursion service according to the program, entrance tickets for the program, meals and tastings according to the program, accommodation (1 night at the Taganay hotel, 2 nights at the Forelka recreation center, 1 night at the Malachite hotel), insurance from the N.S. for the entire duration of the tour.
Additional services:
- Excursion to the Bell Tower of John Chrysostom (adult) - 350 RUB
- Excursion to the Bell Tower of John Chrysostom (preferential) - 300 RUB
- Lunch in the restaurant (Chelyabinsk) - 2000 RUB
The tour price does not include:
- Excursion to the Bell Tower of John Chrysostom: 300p / Vzr, 250 p / children, pensioners (paid when booking a tour).
Lunch in the restaurant "Ural dumplings" (Chelyabinsk) - 2000 r per person.
- Yacht tour on the island of Vera: 2300 r (paid on the spot in cash to the yachtsman).
- Meals over the program, purchase of souvenirs, additional services at the recreation center "Forelka", additional excursions in a free evening in Chelyabinsk.
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