Walks in Kazan are discoveries at every step, archaic and modern, ancient monuments and modern architectural masterpieces, the fusion of West and East, religions, nationalities, cultures. And at the same time, complete harmony.
Walking around Kazan by bus
Probably, this is the most comfortable type of travel in Kazan, only you need a bus, not an ordinary city one, but a tourist one. They say that the capital of Tataria has become the 101st city that decided on this type of tourism business, and now everything here is like in Europe.
A luxurious double-decker bus with a folding roof, ten stops along the way, where you can get off to enjoy the sight of the sights. Then take the next similar mode of transport and continue the journey. The route includes the most important places of the city, iconic points:
- The Kazan Kremlin, whose history began in the XII century;
- Shamil's House, which is more reminiscent of a medieval castle, although it was built at the end of the 19th century;
- Kul Sharif, a modern mosque, but erected in memory of a previous religious building destroyed in 1552.
Why is the tourist bus good? At each stop of the route, there is an opportunity to get off and slowly, examine in detail every monument or historical corner of Kazan.
Walking along the Kazan streets
There are several important streets on the map of the Tatar capital, a trip along them will also help you get to know this beautiful city better, turn over individual pages of its glorious history. Bauman Street, despite the fact that it bears the name of a famous leader of the revolution, is one of the oldest in the city, its role today can hardly be overestimated. It acts as a business center of Kazan, and as an entertainment and tourist center. Among the most famous sights of Bauman Street are the Brening pharmacy, monuments, temple complexes.
To get acquainted with the national characteristics of the republic and the city, you can choose a walk along the Old Tatar Sloboda: the development of this part of the city began in the 15th century and continued over the next centuries. Of the first buildings, few have survived, but you can see the mansions of the wealthy representatives of the Tatar bourgeoisie (mid-19th - early 20th centuries).
