"If you want to change the world, start with yourself...” - Mahatma Gandhi
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(Beautiful turquoise blue Masjid Qul Sharif in Kazan) |
Day 13: Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Route: Kazan City Tour
Train Route: Kazan to Moscow (12 hrs)
Our last breakfast here at the Kazan Palace Hotel by Tasigo was Omelette and potatoes with Russian bread rolls. It was a sunny 4°C morning here in Kazan when we started the city tour.
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(A heavy breakfast early in the morning) |
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(Displays of calligraphy, mosaics and ornaments) |
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(Viewing area on the upper floor) |
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(Beautiful decorative tiles in the washroom) |
The most conspicuous landmark of the Kazan Kremlin is the leaning Söyembikä Tower, which probably goes back to the reign of Peter the Great. A well-known legend connects the tower with the last queen of the Khanate of Kazan.
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(The leaning tower of Soyembika) |
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(Beautiful yellow tulips and the leaning tower) |
We had lunch at Ashkazan Canteen in the Kazan Kremlin. It was a cafeteria style restaurant serving halal food. We had veal cutlet with curried rice and grilled perch with pumpkin soup.
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(Canteen style restaurant) |
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(Panoramic view of the city) |
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(Fantastic views from the observation deck) |
After visiting the Kremlin, we headed to the Tartar Village. We passed the Puppet Theatre of Kazan where fantastic repertoire of fairytales and performances for children are performed by Ekiyat, one of the oldest theater troupes in Kazan.
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(A mural on the wall) |
In the Old Tatar Quarter there are a total of 75 monuments of history and culture of the 18th – 20th centuries which form the settlement.
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(Tartar old village along the bank of Lake Kaban) |
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(Monument to the Tartar scholar Shigabutdin Marjani) |
We visited the Marjani Mosque in the Kazan Tartar Old Quarter. After several decades of persecution of the Muslims in Imperial Russia, the Märjani Mosque was the first mosque built in Kazan under Russian rule. It is the oldest active mosque in Tatarstan and the only mosque in Kazan that evaded closure during the Soviet period.
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(Boarding the premium double decker train to Moscow) |
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(Complimentary dinner with fruit basket and chocolate bars) |
We had a complimentary dinner of cod fish with red velvet cake on board.
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