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      Evening: Kremlin lights and bars by "the Ring"

      ⏱ 4 h 30 min🚶 4.5 km🍽 3📍 8 stops
      🚶 Moderate — 3–7 km

      Kazan after sunset: the illuminated Qolsharif and Palace of Farmers, the Kazanka embankment, a Tatar dinner and two bars, one for wine and one for fruit liqueurs.

      🌙 Evening
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        🏛 Kazan Kremlin
        Кремль, главный вход — Спасская башня с площади 1 Мая
        🆓 free entry · free to walk the grounds, museums are ticketed
        A white fortress on a hill above the Kazanka River: the Qolsharif Mosque, the Annunciation Cathedral, the leaning Söyembikä Tower and museums, all within one set of walls.
        In the evening enter through Spasskaya Tower; it is open all night
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        Kazan Kremlin
        © Айрат Хайруллин · CC BY 3.0
        Kazan Kremlin
        © A.Savin · FAL
        • The white-stone Kremlin was begun after the capture of Kazan in 1552 by the Pskov architects Postnik Yakovlev and Ivan Shiryai.
        • In 2000 the Kremlin ensemble was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
        • It is the official residence of the head of Tatarstan.
        • The Pskov masters built 13 towers; several dilapidated ones were taken down in the 19th century.
        • The Kazan Kremlin Museum-Reserve was established by decree of the President of Tatarstan on 22 January 1994.
        • The best-known views of the Kremlin are from Millennium Square, Dvortsovaya Square and the Kremlin Dam.
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      3. 2
        🏛 Qolsharif Mosque
        Кремль, 13
        🆓 free entry · the Museum of Islamic Culture inside is ticketed
        A white mosque with a turquoise dome and four 58-metre minarets, opened for Kazan's 1000th anniversary.
        The mosque in evening lighting
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        Qolsharif Mosque
        © A.Savin · FAL
        Qolsharif Mosque
        © A.Savin · FAL
        • The mosque was built in 1996–2005 and opened on 24 June 2005, for the city's millennium.
        • It is named after Sayyid Qolsharif, who died defending Kazan in 1552.
        • Each of the four main minarets is 58 metres tall.
        • It was built mostly with donations: the names of more than 40,000 donors are written in books in the main hall.
        • The carpets were a gift from the Iranian government, and the chandelier, weighing almost two tonnes, was made in the Czech Republic.
        • For visitors there are two viewing balconies above the prayer hall.
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      5. 3
        🏛 Palace of Farmers
        Федосеевская ул., 36
        A lavish 2010 palace with a bronze tree in its arch; it houses the Tatarstan Ministry of Agriculture, so you look at it from outside.
        The bronze tree in the arch glows green
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        Palace of Farmers
        © Денис Петьовка · CC BY-SA 3.0
        Palace of Farmers
        © FingerWiki · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The palace was built in 2008–2010 to a design by Leonid Gornik and cost 2.2 billion rubles.
        • The building is compared to the Petit Palais in Paris and the wings of the Hofburg in Vienna.
        • In the central arch stands a 20-metre bronze tree, lit green in the evening.
        • The spire rises 48 metres.
        • Inside is the Tatarstan Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
        • Since 2011, on 30 August, a free gala concert of the Kazan Autumn opera festival has been held at the palace.
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      7. 4
        🌳 Kremlin Embankment
        набережная Казанки от стен кремля до Национальной библиотеки
        A 1.5 km promenade along the Kazanka beneath the Kremlin walls, with views of the Palace of Farmers, the "Bowl" on the opposite bank and the evening lights.
        The view from the Kazanka bank of the illuminated Kremlin
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        Kremlin Embankment
        © Vyacheslav Kirillin · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Kremlin Embankment
        © Vyacheslav Kirillin · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The pedestrian embankment stretches about a kilometre and a half, from the Kremlin walls to the National Library.
        • Along it there are cafés, fountains, sculptures and a pier.
        • Little tourist road trains in the shape of steam engines run along the promenade.
        • In winter a skating rink almost a kilometre long is flooded here, one of the longest in Russia.
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      9. 5
        🍽 Avylym restaurant
        Федосеевская ул., 1
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        Dinner: Tatar cuisine in clay tableware, open until midnight
        🍴 Tatar cuisine in a village-style interior with clay tableware and a view of the Kremlin Embankment. What to order: echpochmak and mains made to traditional Tatar recipes.
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      11. 6
        🍸 Na Bokalchik wine bar
        ул. Баумана, 9А
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        Wine by the glass; a DJ on Fridays and Saturdays
        🍴 A wine bar at the start of Bauman Street: almost everything is poured by the glass, and a DJ plays on Fridays and Saturdays. What to order: rosé or orange wine by the glass, tuna pâté.
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      13. 7
        🚶 Bauman Street
        от площади Тысячелетия до площади Тукая
        Kazan's main pedestrian street: merchant houses, the Chaliapin monument, Catherine II's carriage and cafés with Tatar pastries at every step.
        Evening Bauman Street, as far as Tukay Square
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        Bauman Street
        © Vyacheslav Kirillin · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • One of Kazan's oldest streets: in the khanate era it was called the Nogai Road.
        • After the assault of 1552 it was nicknamed Prolomnaya ("the Breach") after the breaches in the Kremlin walls.
        • It has borne the name of the revolutionary Nikolai Bauman since 1930.
        • It became Kazan's first pedestrian zone in 1996.
        • A tram ran here until 1935, and a horse tram until 1899.
        • The street has monuments to Chaliapin, the Kazan Cat and Catherine II's carriage, in which she visited Kazan in 1767.
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      15. 8
        🍸 Likers bar
        ул. Пушкина, 28
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        Finale: sea-buckthorn liqueur
        🍴 A small bar with brick walls and quiet jazz. What to order: sea-buckthorn or cherry liqueur, a cream shot.

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