Just a couple of years ago, Kazan "knocked" not a little, not a little - 1000 years . To this round "in the cube" date, the city thoroughly cleaned up: historical buildings and monuments of architecture were refurbished and restored, new constructions were built, trade and cultural -Incentive centers of international level . Foreign investments were attracted to the city, which allowed Kazan to add European features to its original Muslim-Orthodox appearance . This did not prevent the city from preserving its uniqueness, but only intensified interest to it tourists and guests .
Kazan is a multi-confessional city. It has over 20 mosques, Orthodox churches, the Lutheran church, the Catholic chapel, the Jewish synagogue and other religious institutions.
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Phone numbers
+ 7-843 - number of te lephone.
Kazan International Airport: (843) 267-88-07, 237-98-09
Tatar Air Communications Agency, ul. Patrice Lumumba, 47a: (843) 276-37-92, 276-80-35
Kazansky railway station, st. Chernyshevsky, 36/14: (843) 292-95-34, 231-23-00
The central bus station "Kazan", st. Portova, 1: (843) 293-04-00, 293-00-41
How to get to Kazan
Distance from Moscow: 797 km. Flights from Moscow to Kazan from Domodedovo airport depart daily, flight time: 1 hour and 25 minutes. Kazan airport also accepts flights from St. Petersburg, Norilsk, Sochi, Yerevan, Tashkent, as well as international routes to Antalya, Istanbul, Frankfurt, Hurghada. To get to the city center, you can take the bus number 97 by bus (the stop is called "Airport").
Address: 420017, Kazan, ul. Airport
Tel .: +7 (843) 267-87-92, 267-86-99
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By train
In addition, daily from the Kazan station in Moscow to Kazan takes several trains - both direct and passing .Depending on the chosen option, the journey time is from 11, 5 to 19, 5 hours .Not all trains run regularly, so the schedule for specific dates should be specified .The station is a five minute walk from the Kazan Kremlin .This is a major railway junction (the Gorky Railway), through which trains run from all over Russia: Siberia, the Far East, the Volga region, the Central part of Russia .At the station there are: VIP hall, cafe-bar, waiting room, ATMs, kiosks .
Address: 420000, Kazan, ul. Said-Galeeva, 6
Tel .: +7 (843) 231-23-00, 231-25-00, 231-29-72
By bus
The Kazan bus station is located in Vakhitovsky district of Kazan, near the River port. From here you can get to N.Chelnov, Chistopol, Nizhnekamsk, Bugulma, Almetyevsk, Bavly, Ufa, Sterlitamak and Ulyanovsk. The services of passengers: luggage storage, two cafes, press kiosks, hairdresser, intercity and international telephone, medical center.
Address: 420108, Kazan, ul. Devyataeva, 15
Tel .: +7 (843) 293-04-00
Office of information of Kazan
Address: Kazan, st. Kremlin, 15/25
Tel .: +7 (843) 29-29-777, 29-22-388, 29-22-381; fax: +7 (843) 29-23-010
Round-the-clock information on excursions: + 7-9172-305-605
The climate of Kazan
Cloudy -3 ° С in the afternoon -9 ° C at night ° С water |
Clear -3 ° С in the afternoon -8 ° C at night ° С water |
Clear -4 ° С in the afternoon -10 ° C at night ° С water |
| 10 days weather forecast for Kazan | ||
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| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | sen | Oct | but I | Dec | |
| in the afternoon | -9 | -9 | -2 | +9 | +18 | +23 | +25 | +23 | +16 | +7 | -1 | -7 |
| at night | -16 | -16 | -10 | +0 | +7 | +12 | +14 | +13 | +7 | +1@@ | -7 | -13 |
Transport
The role of public transport in Kazan is metro, buses (the most popular), trams, trolleybuses and taxis. On all types of transport (except for taxis, of course) an automated fare system operates based on a single smart card.
The metro was opened on August 27, 2005 by the Millennium of Kazan and became the first subway in Russia built after the collapse of the USSR .In the Kazan metro there is one branch and 6 stations: Prospekt Pobedy, Gorki, Ametevo, Sukonnaya Sloboda, Gabdulla Tukaya Square and Kremlyovskaya, length: 8.4 km .The operating mode is from 6:00 to 23:00 hours, the minimum interval between trains is 7 minutes .To pay for travel, smart tokens and smart cards are used .All entrances of stations are equipped with invalid ramps, announcements are made in two languages - Tatar and Russian .The fare is 20 RUR .
Kazan tram is one of the oldest tramway systems in Russia. There are 10 routes, the length of the lines is 187 km. The fare is 10 RUR.
In addition, the city has about 20 trolleybus routes, the fare is 12 RUR; and 91 route buses. Not so long ago in Kazan introduced a new scheme for the movement of buses, in connection with which all fixed-route taxis were canceled. Now among the townspeople there is an expression "ride on the red bus", as all new buses, regardless of the brand, are painted red.
Shopping and shopping
Boots and shoes of bright multi-colored leather, skullcaps, velvet robes, decorated with beads and sparkling threads. Dolls, decorative panels, painted wooden utensils.
In Kazan, almost all the world's brands of clothing, cosmetics, household appliances, sports goods are represented, there are giants IKEA, METRO, OBI, Sportmaster, Adidas, Soyuz, Igromax. Large foreign and Russian networks are represented in such shopping malls as MEGA, XL, Fashion Family, Tandem, Suvar, Koltsovo, Yuzhny.
Hotels in Kazan
Kazan is a progressive city that attracts investors, businessmen, tourists, business meetings of various levels are held here. Therefore, the hotel infrastructure of Kazan is developing dynamically. Today, the guests of the city are the hotels of the level 4 and 5 stars "Shalyapin Palace Hotel", "Suleiman Palace", "Korston" and "Mirage". Each of these hotels has its own unique style and represents a whole complex of comfortable residences where there is a conference hall, a business center, a fitness club, a beauty salon and a restaurant.
In addition, in Kazan there are hotels 2 and 3 "stars", from year to year there are guest houses and mini-hotels with no more than 10-15 rooms. All Kazan hotels and hotels are equipped with WiFi Yota access points. Today in the hotel fund of Kazan about six thousand seats, and by 2013, the year of the international Universiade, it is projected to increase the number of hotels in hotels to ten thousand.
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| Milena Hotel from 1 600 rub. Kazan Tazi Gizzata Street 19 | Berison Astronomicheskaya hotel from 1 000 rub. Kazan Astronomicheskaya Street 13/30 | Kolvi Hotel from 1 800 rub. Kazan Ulitsa Mikhaila Khudyakova 7 |
Cuisine and restaurants of Kazan
In the city there are restaurant complexes offering a choice of several cuisines of the world - from Japanese national cuisine to Italian and French. There are also purely Japanese or Chinese restaurants, the chefs in which respect all the authentic traditions of their native cuisine, from processing food to serving a meal. At the same time, there are many different small cafes of author's cuisine, bars, hookahs, coffee shops and tea shops, democratic pancakes and bistros at the prices.
All Kazan cafes and restaurants are equipped with WiFi access points. Many Kazan restaurants have a delivery service to anywhere in the city.
The basis of most Tatar meat dishes is lamb and poultry. Milk is used mainly in processed form, and a favorite Tatar drink is prepared from the fermented milk - Katya, from which Tatar cottage cheese is also made.
Other elements of the Tatar natsukhni: soups and broths (shulpa, tokmach) - meat, dairy and lean, as well as baked flour products (bailshi, peremyachi, backkens, ech-pouches, sums, etc.) stuffed with meat, potatoes or porridge. Tea is usually served from sweet dough - katlama, kosh-body, chak-chak. Also popular is the shirbet, sweet fruit and honey drink.
Treatment in Kazan
In the city there are many rest houses and health camps, sanatorium-and-spa treatment is developed. Sanatoria of Kazan, such as "Santa", "Vasilievsky", "Livadia", "Krutushka" not only became European comfortable, but also significantly updated and expanded their medical and sports facilities.
Entertainment, excursions and sightseeing in Kazan
The most ancient architectural monuments of the historical center of Kazan date back to the second half of the 16th century. The border of the historical center almost coincides with the urban features of Kazan in 1890. It covers the territory of the cape between the rivers Volga and Kazanka, runs from the Kazanka coast along the Arskoye cemetery along the street. Vishnevsky, Esperanto, Pavlyukhin, pl. Vakhitova, covers the old Tatar cemetery and ends on the embankment of the Volga (Vakhitovsky and part of the Volga region).
The oldest in the city Bauman Street (now it is pedestrian) remains the main artery of the city, its business center, the place of concentration of entertainment establishments .The main local attractions: Breninga pharmacy with a small exhibition of personal belongings of an apothecary, fountains and sculptures And .Bashmakova, the House of Press is an interesting monument of Soviet constructivism, a bronze copy of the carriage of Catherine II at the entrance to the Drama Theater .AT.AND.Kachalov, the temple complex - the Intercession Cathedral and the Church of St. Nicholas of Nyssa .Also interesting is the Petersburg street in the center of Kazan, opened on the eve of the 1000th anniversary of the city - a gift from St. Petersburg to the anniversary .
Kazan Kremlin
The Kazan Kremlin, on the territory of which the State Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve was created. The modern mosque Kul-Sherif, erected in memory of the one that was destroyed in the capture of Kazan in 1552. "Shamil's House", built in the late 19th century, looks like a medieval castle with turrets, protrusions, a high tent and weathercock.
Other attractions
Kazan University (19 centuries) - one of the most outstanding monuments of Russian architecture, built in the style of Russian classicism 20-30-ies. 19th century
Old-Tatar Sloboda (18-20 centuries) - the territory of the lower part of the city, behind Bulak. The construction of this part of the city began in the 15th and 16th centuries. The general architectural appearance of the settlement is created mainly by the buildings of the mid-19th and early 20th centuries: the rich mansions of the Tatar bourgeoisie, houses and manors of the well-to-do and middle-class population, intellectuals and clergy, public buildings, mosques, madrassas, shopping benches, industrial buildings.
The Musa Jalil Opera and Ballet Theater is the venue of the International Opera Festival named after Fyodor Shalyapin and the International Festival of Classical Ballet named after Rudolf Nuriyev. On the shore of Lake Kaban there is a building of the Tatar Theater named after Galiaskar Kamal, resembling a large white ship. The museums and the theaters of Kazan deserve special attention.
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Temples of Kazan
The Peter and Paul Cathedral (erected in memory of the visit of Kazan to Peter I in 1726), the Epiphany Cathedral in Bauman Street, the Annunciation Cathedral in the Kazan Kremlin, the Bogoroditsky Women's Monastery with the miraculous icon of the Kazan Mother of God. Ioanno-Predtechensky Monastery (built after the capture of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible), Apanaevskaya and Burnaev Mosques.
Museums of Kazan
Museum C .Saidasheva, Museum L .N .Tolstoy Museum-Apartment of Sharif Kamala, National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan, State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan, Museum G .Tukaya, museum E .A.Boratynsky, Literary and Memorial Museum A .M .Gorky, Chamber Shalyapin Hall, Museum-Apartment M .Jalil, the Museum of Communication History of the Republic of Tatarstan, the museum of Kayum Nasyri, the museum-apartment of Nazib Zhiganov, the museum of local lore of the village of Karakashly, the Memorial Museum of Academicians of Arbuzov, the Theater Museum at KABDT .AT.AND.Kachalov, Museum of National Culture, Museum of History of Kazan University, Museum Baki Urmanche .
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