Hayall Hotel Kazan
Universitetskaya street 16 Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Privolzhsky, Russian Federation
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Tataristan Republic
... fortified wall we walked towards the mosque. It had only been built in 2005, during the anniversary of Kazan. We made 3 rubles for show coverings and went inside. Not much different to any other Mosque. Kate said it was a working Mosque and that half of Tataristan were Muslims but I didn’t hear one call to prayer the entire time we were there. Next we entered the Russian Orthodox Cathedral where Kate cornered me about my religious beliefs. Turns out she ...
First real russian city
... pieces including a model of the kremlin.
Headed back towards the entrance and entered a museum I had passed by earlier. This one had lots of cool displays of suits of armour. Unfortunately photos werent allowed and since I got busted twice in the same room (didnt know the first time) I had to be careful. In the end managed to get a few photos in the last room since a display blocked the view of the person watching the room and this person wasnt particularly ...
Friggin freezing!
... outside the cathedral were great views over Kazan, the area both this side of the river and the other side of the Kazanka river which is now being developed as Kazan's riviera. Both the Kazanka and the Volga river are frozen at the moment, they meet at Kazan city. We then headed up to another cathedral where one of the holy icons from the cathedral of the assumption was found after it had been lost when Ivan the Terrible had some of the cathedral destroyed. There is a lot ...
A trip to the heart of Tatarstan - Kazan
... tried by the author- bus 97 runs from the airport via the Mega shopping mall to "39 Kvartal” to connect to other areas in Kazan.
If you are flying to Kazan from abroad, then you need to follow the Russian travel roles and entry regulations.
Accommodation
There are a plenty of hotels in Kazan, those by the Volga River are advised due to the spectacular views and the ease of walking around. The hotel I stayed in, for ...
Kazan (catch up)
... are some good photos of this. They’re flat is interesting; it’s very small with only 2 bedrooms, a toilet and a kitchen with a bath in it lol. I must have spent about 10 minutes trying to get the toilet to flush; I bet they wondered what the hell I was doing in there!! It was not a simple operation – it had a manual stop valve FFS. Although I really enjoyed the evening and the vegetarian pasta dish that Timo cooked was ...



