Arrival to Krasnoyarsk railway station.
The day begins with a city walking tour around Krasnoyarsk with visiting of all basic sights: Mira Avenue, merchant mansions of 19th century, Drama Theatre, Annunciation temple, Intercession cathedral and Catholic church, Opera and Ballet House, Yenisei quay, modern architecture monuments. Mira Str. is a central avenue, it is bright, clean and so long, it has the rich history. You will follow its history.
Tourists will visit Surikov’s house-museum – a wooden house of the beginning of the 19th century, keeping all the features of that period (furniture, design, utensils, service buildings). At the end of 19th century a young boy Vasia Surikov left this house to win world-wide glory of one of the most prolific painter of that period.
Lunch in a restaurant.
We invite our guests to the Krasnoyarsk Regional Museum where you can find lots of ancient exhibits and even real satellite constructed on the local laboratory which provide 70% of national satellite market. This Museum located in the very city center, on the quay is considered to be the best Russian provincial Regional Ethnographic Museum (Siberian indigenous people, first Russians in Siberia, Siberian merchants, Tunguska explosion, Orthodox icons, items from Soviet Russia).
Continuation of the walking tour.
The program ends in the historical centre where the founders of the city – a group of cossacks with Andrey Dubensky as the leader – landed in 1628 and where the Historical Gates are erected. The modern architectural ensemble in the area of the Mira square is represented by 2 big public buildings: a cultural-historical museum complex and a building of the Krasnoyarsk regional philharmonic society with the Big Concert Hall.
Free time, dinner independent.
09:00 meeting at Krasnoyarsk railway station, leaving baggage in the cloak-room
09:30 Krasnoyarsk walking city tour
11:00 excursion in Surikov’s house-museum
13:00 lunch in a restaurant
14:00 excursion in Regional Museum
15:30 continuation of the walking tour
17:00 end of the program at the Mira Square (place of city’s foundation), for an extra payment dinner*
Time may be changed according to your arrival/departure time
Hotel accommodation is not included
Lunch in a restaurant
about 7 km on foot
For extra charge
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