Your own route

Places for walking tours

• Bauman StreetKazan’s main pedestrian street, with history back to the khans and street musicians today.Add
• Black Lake ParkA park every local loves; to me, the city’s atmosphere is felt best here.Add
• Theotokos MonasteryThe monastery where the icon of Our Lady of Kazan was found.Add
• Ekiyat Puppet TheatreAdd
• Freedom SquareThe main square of the old centre, with the opera house and the government of Tatarstan.Add
• Kazan Family Centre («the Bowl»)Add
• Kazan KremlinThe cradle of the city: the only kremlin in Russia where an Orthodox cathedral stands next to a mosque, with the oldest buildings in Kazan.Add
• Kremlin EmbankmentAdd
• Kremlyovskaya StreetAdd
• Millennium BridgeAdd
• National LibraryOne of the most modern libraries in Russia and a favourite with local students.Add
• Old Tatar QuarterThe historic Tatar quarter: colourful merchant houses, old mosques and the Kaban lake embankment.Add
• Palace of FarmersAdd
• St Peter and Paul CathedralThe city’s most vivid cathedral, often compared to a garden of paradise, almost untouched since the 18th century.Add
• Temple of All ReligionsAdd
• Tugan AvylymAdd
• Kazan UniversityRussia’s oldest university after Moscow’s, where Lenin, Tolstoy and Lobachevsky studied, with a quiet courtyard.Add
• Ushkova HouseA mansion a merchant built to win a girl’s heart. We see it from outside: it is closed for restoration.Add