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Ekaterinburg Weekend

Guide will tell you about deep cultural and historical traditions of Ekaterinburg. This walking tour starts from the Hill of Ascension.

As a modern city with a long past, Yekaterinburg has so many elements to explore. Execution site to the last Russian royal family and birth place to the Russian Federation’s first president, the city has unique political importance. Its industrial roots are still evident in many of its constructivist buildings, replete with Brutalist charm and splendour. It also has a thriving art, culture and music scene, and as the major city for the Ural region, straddling both European and Asian Russia, it is a gastronomical delight.

Type: Small Group Tours
Duration: 2 days

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Day 1: A TOUCH TO CULTURE OF EKATERINBURG

There wibe some time to walk in the Kharitonov Park, made in classical English part style. You will proceed from Kharitonov Manor Houseto the Cathedral on the Blood, you will also see place of ex-Ipatyev’s house where the last Tsar family was killed. Tour continues in Literary Quarter. There are number Ural writers’ Estates and visiting one of them. (guiding, 3 hours)

Day 2: EUROPE AND ASIA BORDER

This is 40 km far away tour. This is "the must" for tourist to visit, like Greenwich in London. Ekaterinburg is located in Asia but people feel themselves europeans. This is because Asia and Europe continent border is very close to the city. First monument that marks the line is 17 km far from Ekaterinburg. You will see this point first. You will surely make a photo stop. After you will proceed to the original monument which is 40 km far. You will also make a stop to see memorial to Stalin`s soviet regime victims. (guiding, transport, 2,5 hours)

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Hotels

Bolshoy Ural, Ekaterinburg
Bolshoy Ural (Big Ural) is the biggest budget hotel of Ekaterinburg. It has 2 buildings. First building – is in the city centre – 2e Malysheva street. This is perfect place for football fans to stay in, since this hotel is next to the main sport stadium of Ekaterinburg. This hotel is close to Alatyr... Show more

* Hotels availability is subject to change. In case current hotels are booked out we will provide alternative hotels of an equal value for you.

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Russian visa support (Russian visa invitation letter) is included.

Sights included in program

1/7th of the World : Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg is a beautiful and well developed city with many fabulous historical buildings in classicism style, with one of the world's biggest collection of constructivist architecture buildings and with several modern high-techs skyscrapers. It is situated in the central part of Russia, on the eastern slopes of the amazing Ural mountains and almost on the border between Europe and Asia. Yekaterinburg was founded in 1723 and named i... Read more
This temple, built in honor of the Lord's Ascension, is one of the oldest Orthodox churches in Yekaterinburg. The temple was founded in May 1770 and was consecrated on September 19th of the same year. Read more
The Church on Blood in Honour of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land is a Russian Orthodox church built on the site of the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, where Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, and his family, along with members of the household, were shot by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War. The church commemorates the Romanov sainthood. Read more
Yekaterinburg : Literary Quarter
Located north of skver Popova, the Literary Quarter features restored wooden houses, some of them now museums about celebrated local writers such as Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak and Pavel Bazhov Read more
The Kharitonov Palace is arguably the grandest palatial residence in the Urals. This Neoclassical townhouse was commissioned in 1794 by Lev Rastorguyev, an Old Believer merchant and landowner. The main house was built on the so-called Annunciation Hill in Yekaterinburg. The nearby Annunciation Church was built at the same time. Read more
Yekaterinburg : Sevastyanov's House
Next to the Residence of the Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast is the most elegant building in the Urals Region – the Sevastyanov's House. Local official Nikolay Sevastyanov, who made his fortune from mining, bought the house in 1860. In 1863, he commissioned its reconstruction by Alexander Paduchev, a student of architect Malakhov. The experts say that the resulting building was a mix of styles and ages, with elements of the Neo-Baroque, Pseud... Read more
Border between Europe and Asia is one of the features of the Ural area. Read more
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