There are so many things to do to in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan (Russia). Kazan is situated on the Volga river of Russia, 800 Km to the East of Moscow. Let CitySightseeing help you to discover a city that is over 1,000 year old and today it’s the 3rd capital of Russia after Moscow and Saint Petersburg. By choosing to tour the city in one of our instantly recognisable open-top buses, you’re letting a knowledgeable native show you the way. So sit back, relax and enjoy!
Kazan is often described as the City where Europe meets Asia, where the two cultures (Tatar and Russian) and two of the world’s main religions meet. Kazan has lots of things to do and interesting points of interest to see, starting with the Kremlin of Kazan, UNESCO World heritage site, as well Russia’s third oldest university where Vladimir Lenin was a student. A recently acquired treasure is the return of the famous Kazan Virgin Icon given by Pope Jean Paul II in 2004.
Kazan also boosts a high level and variety of performing arts, which is enriched by a number of cultural events including, the Shalyapin International Opera Festival, the Nuriev Classic Ballet Festival, the Music festival “Europe-Asia” and the Muslim cinema festival “Golden Minbar”. All these cultural events are closely interrelated with the names of famous people of Kazan, including : Rudolf Nuriev and Fedor Shalyapin, Lenin, Gorkiy, Tolstoy, Lobachevskiy.