Samara walking route: Samara City to Kuibyshev Square
The route covers the key sights of Samara: the historical center of the city on the banks of the Samara River, Kuibyshev Square, the second largest in Europe, and the panorama of the Middle Volga region. The length of the route allows you to get acquainted with the urban landscape and natural features of the region.
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- Places
- Start
- Samara City
- End
- Kuybyshev Square
- Stops
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Stops on this route
- Samara City — Ninth largest city in Russia with population of 1.163 million, located on the Volga River.
- Kuybyshev Square — The second largest square in Europe with 17.4 hectares; contains the opera and ballet theatre.
Useful for your trip
- Tip
- Visit Kuibyshev Square, the second largest square in Europe (17.4 hectares) with the Shostakovich Opera and Ballet Theater
- Timing
- The average summer temperature during the day is +26°C, winter in January is about -10°C. Extremes: +39.9°C and -43°C
- Tip
- Visit the Volga embankment - partially lined with granite slabs from defeated Nazi Germany, stretching for 50 km
- Food
- Try Zhigulevskoye beer, a cult Soviet brand that has been produced since 1881 at the Zhiguli factory in Samara
- Timing
- The Grushin Festival is one of the oldest and largest festivals of author's song, held on the first weekend of July on the banks of the Volga
- Tip
- Visit the monument to Švejk – there is a monument to the hero of the Czech writer Jaroslav Hašek in the city
- Tip
- Samara has the highest station in all of Europe with a height of 101 m
- Avoid
- Avoid the area of frozen civil engineering projects - there are unfinished or unfinished houses in every area of the city
- Tip
- Visit Stalin's bunker at a depth of 37 m, accessible to tourists, or other bunkers
- Tip
- Samara is the ninth largest city in Russia with a population of 1.163 million people, founded 438 years ago as a guard fortress
Video on this route
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