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Non-Tourist Kazan

Places tourists never see: Gorky's slums, wooden Kazan, the view from the Three Hills

Duration
3-3.5 hours
Getting around
on foot or in your car

What we will see

  • Secret spots most locals don't know
  • The pre-revolution slums where Gorky and Chaliapin grew up
  • The parks and gardens locals love
  • A view of the centre from one of the Three Hills
  • The disappearing wooden Kazan
  • The Old Believers, Catholics and Armenians of old Kazan

I guide it myself

I show the city the way I would show it to friends. Want to change the route? Message me and we will work it out.

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Photo credits: Reda Kerbush (CC BY-SA 4.0)