Nizhny Novgorod
hello. you are coming to Nizhny Novgorod — the city of Minin and Pozharsky ( they were the leaders of the civilian militia and helped to protect Russia from Polish intervention in 1612), the city of deer (a joke, it’s just a symbol), the city of great architecture and the city of amazing and interesting people. Irisha Bobrova and I have made the plan of places we could visit together. even though we have this plan we will glad to follow your suggestions of places to go. and, obviously, the time can be changed as well. so here is our plan for two days visit and five days visit.
The first day in Nizhny Novgorod
10.00 — meeting at ‘Gorkovskaya‘ subway station
11.00 — a walk through Bolshaya Pokrovskaya street (it’s the main street in the city and it has many statues, historic monuments, and it’ a VERY famous place for tourists) and go to the Kremlin
11.40 — go inside the Kremlin and visit the Alley of Glory ( an exhibition of the weapons of World War 2) and just go around taking pictures of the wall which was built in the 14th century
12.00 — lunch time in one of the cafes on the Bolshaya Pokrovskaya street
13.00 — a walk along Verhnevolzhskaya Naberezhnaya (A promenade) to the Art Museum where many paintings of famous Russian artists are kept.
And then we will go to the nearest bus stop and go home.
The second day in Nizhny Novgorod
13.00 — meet with each other at The Apartment Museum A.M Gorky (a famous Russian author who was born and bred in Nizhny Novgorod)
14(15).00 — a walk around M. Gorky Square. Lunch time somewhere.
15(16).00 — take a bus to Rozhdestvenskaya street which is the oldest street in NIznhy Novgorod. it has about 35 architectural monuments like churches or sculptures.
And then we will go to the nearest bus stop and go home.
The third day in Nizhny Novgorod
11.30 — meeting at the mall ‘Nebo’, buying tickets to Arzamas ( a city in Nizhny Novgorod oblast, the bus ticket costs about 350–400 rubles and the distance between cities is about 68 miles = 2 hour trip)
14.40 –in Arzamas. Lunch time
15.30 — a trip to Peshelan village for the mining and geology museum.
The Museum tells about the history of mining and industrial development of the local gypsum Deposit, which began in the 30s of the XX century. One of the halls is devoted to Geology, where about 300 samples of rocks mined in Russia are presented.
17.00 — back to Arzamas, have some food and go back to NIzhny Novgorod.
And then we will go to the nearest bus stop and go home.
The fourth day in NIzhny Novgorod
12.00 — meeting at Nizhny Novgorod Stadium which was built for FIFA World Cup 2018 and just walk around
13(14).00 — Lunch time and then go to the Nizhny Novgorod Fair and attend the multimedia Russian historical exhibition ( there are many exhibitions there)
And then we will go to the nearest bus stop and go home.
The fifth day in Nizhny Novgorod
12.00 — meeting at the Kremlin
13.00 — a trip to Bor (a small but a great town near Nizhny Novgorod) using funicular (100 rubles) to look at the city and Volga river from above.
13.15 — spend some time in Bor learning the typical life of Russian people and go back to Nizhny Novgorod. Lunch time.
14(15).00 — take a bus and go to the Planetarium of Nizhny Novgorod ( it’s a great place to just relax after a hard day)
And then we will go to the nearest bus stop and go home.
that’s it.
thank you,
anita
