For guests this season have developed a tempting offer “Weekend in Sviyazhsk”. It’s a weekend day which involves an overnight stay in the hotel (House of the merchant Kamenev XIX century), Breakfast and two lunch, visit of historical reconstruction “Lazy Torzhok” and a couple of excursions.
And for all in all – two and a half thousand rubles per person (based on double occupancy per room). That is, for example, a married couple, it will cost five thousand rubles. A trip to the island-city alone will cost three thousand rubles. Tour cost for child from 8 to 13 years old are accommodated on extra place will be a thousand eight hundred rubles. For comparison, if you go to the island themselves, without buying a tour, then all the same fun will cost you 9 500 rubles.
the press service of the place is amazing. It is located at the confluence of three rivers: the Volga, the Sviyaga and the Shuka. The city as an Outpost for the capture of Kazan, was founded by Ivan the Terrible in 1551. In a small area, an area of one kilometer by 600 meters, where more than a dozen monuments and six museums. When tourists first see his silhouette with the domes of churches and towers, it is inevitable many have Association with the island of Buyan “the tale of Tsar Saltan” by Pushkin. By the way, you can reach it on buses and in cars, as Sviyazhsk is connected to the mainland by a Causeway. And can be on the water for river transport.
the Main attraction of the island-reserve – sviazhsky mother of God monastery of the XVI century. His Cathedral of the assumption was recently included in the world heritage list of UNESCO. It is unique for its murals, especially the image of St. Christopher with a horse’s head. Such a face you will not see anywhere else. There is also a lifetime portrait of a young Ivan the terrible.
Preserved on the island and the wooden Trinity Church built by Tsar Ivan Vasilievich. But the most magnificent temple of Sviyazhsk, in honor of the mother of God “joy of All who sorrow”, almost copies of St. Sophia Cathedral in Constantinople.
On the territory of the island is the only in Russia Museum of the archaeological wood, which stands on the site of the unique findings of the remains of the liberties of the XVI century. It has been preserved thanks to the special properties of the soil. The floor in the Museum is made of transparent material so that the skeletons of huts and buildings, which are directly under the feet of visitors, can see well.
There are also interesting Civil war Museum. Few people know that in 1918 the press was in the middle of it. In his neighborhood receded, the Red army, after the capture of Kazan white Czechs in. Then the city was not an island (from the mainland cut it off after the creation of the Kuybyshev reservoir in the 1960s). As acknowledged by Trotsky in his memoirs: “the fate of the revolution was decidedcamping at Sviyazhsk”. Sam Lev Davidovich arrived here on the train, to save the situation.
However, even if you are a connoisseur of Church monuments and indifferent to museums, Sviyazhsk you still will delight in the spectacular views, unhurried way of life and colorful inhabitants. No wonder in the 1980-ies this place was chosen by the most talented artists of Kazan. And now there is a vast body of paintings devoted to the island.
Here you can taste fish soup of freshly caught fish, eat delicious lush fritters, which are fried in your eyes, the sisters Sophia and Olga. One thing I – 40 rubles, but you will certainly bonus will give one or two. The dough for them involved “with love and prayer.” In addition to the pancakes fragrant herbal tea from a samovar. Uncle Gene Gorokhov will show you his wonderful pigeon-house.
And, of course, where without sviazhsky cats! By the way, this year they have even met with the famous fat cat Victor (his last year was not allowed on the plane, after which he became a star of the Internet). Well-fed, relaxed they feel themselves to be the rightful inhabitants of the island. How many of them here, no one knows for sure, but certainly no less than people (population about 250). In the Museum-reserve are seriously thinking for them to build a cat house. Who knows, maybe a new attraction in Sviyazhsk will be this summer.
as for Souvenirs in the local shops for a huge number of them. The price varies from 150 to 1000 rubles. Moreover, “kitayschinu” you will not find here. Almost all local: from the original magnets, to Potter’s and blacksmith’s products. A kind of souvenir can be called a roach, but the memory of the island it will store probably only to your first get-togethers with friends.
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