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Volga river: Moscow to Astrakhan

Volga river: Moscow to Astrakhan

Experience amazingly beautiful voyage with wonderful nature of Russia! After getting acquainted with scientific Moscow, historic town Uglich, Yaroslavl and Kostroma enjoy magnificent views of wonders of the Russian South. Visit the 4th largest city of Russia — Nizhny Novgorod, which is located at the confluence of the Oka and the Volga Rivers.

During a bus city tour in Cheboksary, the capital of Chuvashia republic and a real gem in provincial Russia, you’ll have a chance to admire its numerous architectural monuments: Vvedensky Cathedral (the 1st Orthodox Church in Chuvashia), Saint-Trinity Monastery, the Assumption Church.

Join a bus city tour along the «Pearl of the Central Volga Region» — Kazan, the capital of the Tatar Autonomous Republic (Tatarstan). Presently, it is the city of 1 million inhabitants (half Russian, half Tatar) and absolutely charming with a unique blend of the Muslim and Christian cultures.

Welcome to Samara, an important industrial and cultural centre famous for its broad, beautiful port and the Rossiya (Russia) chocolate factory. A bus city tour includes a visit to the splendid Fine Arts Museum which houses a good collection of Russian paintings from the 16th to the 20th centuries (Repin, Levitan, Malevich, Surikov and others).

Enjoy the landmarks of Saratov, the boyhood home of Yuri Gagarin: the 17th century Trinity Cathedral, the greenery of «Lime Tree park» and the calm pedestrian Kirov street.

Get acquainted with Volgograd, which has a unique geographical location on the crossroads of land and waterways which link Europe and Asia together. Mamayev Hill, the site for the battles fiercest fighting is now a memorial dominated by a 70-m (239-ft) statue of Russia the Motherland wielding a sword.

Welcome to Astrakhan, the largest river and sea port in the Volga-Caspian basin. It is now a multinational city where Russians (70% of population), Kalmyks, Tatars, Kirghizes and Cossacks happily coexist. The bus city tour will include a visit to a 16th-century Kremlin grounds (Assumption and Trinity Cathedrals).