Walking down the historical pedestrian street

From 5 000₽ per private group

Category:

Culture

Subcategory:

City tours

Description

Type: Single-day activity
Duration: 2 hours
* We will take a walk along Stolypin Avenue (Kirov Avenue until 2022), one of the first pedestrian zones in the USSR. We will walk from the Indoor Market to the Conservatory, two federal architectural monuments. We will find out how the Volga Germans appeared in Saratov, and how German Street became a pedestrian avenue. Let's see how apartment buildings and urban estates were built here, and what happened to them during the Soviet era. Which famous people are associated with these places. Be sure to see some architectural treasures from the inside. On our way there will be a circus, the Peter Nikitin House, the Bestuzhev House, the Book House, the St. Petersburg private pawnshop, the Krasnovsky House, the Erfurt House, the Astoria, Russia and Europa hotels, the Grand Michel Cinema, the New Life house, the Valovaya House, the Catholic Cathedral of St. Peter the Great.St. Clement's, the Catholic Bishop's house, Druzhinin's house, Zamotkin's house, Saratovgaz House, monuments to the Saratov accordion and the only monument to the song in Russia. We will conclude the tour by viewing the unique diorama "Saratov: yesterday, today, tomorrow", made for the anniversary of Saratov.
Available languages

Russian

Group type

Private

Age restrictions

Kids are allowed

Training level

Not required

Transfer

Transfer not included

Details

Starting point

* We will meet at the Dandelion fountain opposite the Saratov Circus (Kirov Square).

Finish point

* Entrance to the Lipka Garden

How to get

* How to get to the Indoor Market bus stop. Trolleybus No. 15, buses No. 2d, 6, 53, 90, minibuses №№ 13, 21, 23, 41, 56, 57, 58, 64d, 79, 83, 89, 94, 97, 99, 110

Экскурсии с Денисом Жабкиным
Экскурсии с Денисом Жабкиным
Organizer
Меня зовут Денис. Я краевед, градозащитник, автор популярного блога о Саратове. Являюсь членом совета Ассоциации экскурсоводов Саратовской области, председателем саратовского регионального отделения МОО "Союз экскурсоводов". Увлекаюсь историей родного города с детства. С 2014 провожу экскурсии по Саратову для местных жителей и гостей города. На данный момент разработал более 300 маршрутов.

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