Excursions

The sights of the thousand-year-old city combined the culture of the West and the traditions of the East. As part of the tour, you will visit: Old Tatar Quarter, Sukonnaya Sloboda, Fountains Square, Kaban Lake, Kazan University, Liberty Square, Bogoroditsky Monastery, and the Kazan Kremlin – the only Tatar white-stone fortress preserved in Russia, the northernmost point of Islamic culture in the world. The sites on the territory of the Kremlin date back to the 10th century and are inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Island-town of Sviyazhsk is the ancient stronghold, built in the Middle Ages during the reign of Ivan the Terrible, served as a military outpost in the Volga region and a place of rest and training for military units to march on the impregnable fortress of Kazan. The Island-town of Sviyazhsk is famous for its history, the spirit of Orthodox culture, the beauty of the natural and urban landscape. On the island, you may visit unique monasteries: Bogoroditse-Uspensky (Assumption) Monastery and St John the Baptist Monastery with the most ancient church of Tatarstan.

A visit to the Bolgar Historical and Architectural Museum and Reserve – “Bolgar Settlement”. Visiting all the sites that have been preserved on the territory of the ancient settlement: the Cathedral Mosque, the Eastern and Northern mausoleums, the Khan's tomb, the Small Minaret, the Black Chamber, the White Chamber, the Khan's bath, the Khan's Palace. A visit to the Commemorative Sign, built in honour of the official adoption of Islam by the Volga Bulgars in 922, where the largest Quran in the world is kept. A visit to one of the most significant buildings of the architectural heritage of Tatarstan – Ak Mosque (White Mosque).