The pearls of Nizhny Novgorod Region

The Kremlin, the Chkalov Stairs, cableway, GAZ museum. The capital of the Volga Region is worth to amaze the World Cup guests. “The business newspaper” asked our famous citizens about their favorite locations – the most interesting places for Mundial guest to visit. Each speaker called his own “pearls” in Nizhny Novgorod Region which are assembled into the amazing necklace.

Go beyond Nizhny Novgorod

Gleb Nikitin, the Head of Nizhny Novgorod Region

- First of all, you should walk down Bolshaya Pokrovskaya street, even not once. Every time walking the street, I discover something new. You can find museums, cafes, restaurants there. The Kremlin, of course.

You should walk through Rozdestvenskaya street. There are lots of restaurants, museums, interesting places there. And “Strelka” and Nizhny Novgorod Fair, for sure. It is the main touristic locations in the center.

If it is possible, go beyond Nizhny Novgorod. I hope you would certainly have “Khokhloma” from our factory. You also may like a spoon made in Gorodetz, hand-painted by Gorodetzskaya painting. This souvenir is very unique and special.

The cableway connects Nizhny Novgorod with satellite city Bor.

Alexey Alyohin, the Head of Department of tourism development of Nizhny Novgorod

- The Kremlin is the heart of historical center of Nizhny Novgorod, the unique military engineering construction dated the beginning of 16 century and the oldest architectural monuments of the city.

Nizhny Novgorod cableway. It is considered to be the only funicular railway in Russia and Europe constructed above the water 861,21 meters length (it is the official record in Russia).

The cableway connects Nizhny Novgorod with Bor, the satellite city. Beside the transport function, it is a touristic trip where the guests may enjoy the beautiful views.

Semenov is the “Khokhloma” motherland. This kind of craft is world famous and it became the real brand of Nizhny Novgorod Region.

Tourists can visit the factory in Semenov, to learn the history of Khokhloma, to take part in craftworks.

Gorodetz – the city with its own spirit. Every street and every house has its own history. Lots of museums and historical places attract tourists every year.

Vyksa is the city of contemporary art, where the industrial tourism is promoted actively. Either art objects or the heritage of Shuhov the engineer in Vyksa are of the interests to all tourists.

Gorodetz, Makariy, Semenov, Diveevo — the cities with its own unique history

Pavel Solodkiy. The ombudsperson for the rights of entrepreneurs in Nizhny Novgorod Region

- The most energetic place in Nizhny Novgorod, for my opinion, is view site by the “Azimut” hotel (the former “Nizhegorodskaya” Hotel) located on Fedorovskogo embankment. The site offers the most beautiful views of Nizhny Novgorod: the “Strelka”, Kanavinskiy bridge, St. Alexander Nevski cathedral, the Rozhdestvenskaya church with its famous mosaic domes. And now the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium with its amazing views. All of the awesome photos taken from the Stadium are in the touristic guidebooks and alboms.

Verhnevolzhskaya embankment is the another beautiful place in our city. I always walk with my friends there, show them The Volga river views, the cableway.

And, of course, the museums. A fabulous mansion of Rukavishnikov family, Sirotkin the merchants’ house – it is the symbols of Nizhny Novgorod merchants. The museums’ exposition represents the history of Niznhy Novgorod, we can find the unique exhibits there.

If the weather is good, I always show the Kremlin to my guests, then we go down to Rozhdestvenskaya street. This street keeps the history of our city, every building with its own unique history.

Besides, there are lots of restaurants represented international cuisine.

If we have enough time, we visit Gorodetz, Makariy, Semenov, Diveevo (the small cities in the Nizhny Novgorod Region). The cities with its unique history are very interesting locations for tourists.

Nizhny Novgorod is magnificently located

Sergey Dmitriev, rector of Nizhny Novgorod Technical University n.a. R.E.Alekseev

- As for FIFA World Cup Russia guests I would recommend to visit “the heart of a city” first of all. This is a place where the future capital of the Volga region was found, the Kremlin. By the way, our stone fortress has never been captured.

It’s a great pleasure for our guests to walk around Fedorovskaya embankment then, to stay by the Azimut hotel. That place offers beautiful views of the “Strelka”, famous Nizhny Novgorod Fair and the Stadium.

I would also recommend to visit Nizhnevolzskaya embankment, which was reborn after 10 years. This embankment is supposed to be the longest embankment in Russia. It became more attractive after the reconstruction.

In my opinion, Nizhny Novrogod view by the riverside is the best of all cities in the Volga region. World Cup guest may join the river trip to make sure that our city is “magnificently located”, as the Ekaterina the second said travelling by the Volga river.

And, as we talking about the Volga river, it worth to spend time and visit Gorodetz, the oldest city in the Volga region. This place is considered to be the greatest openspace museum

I would definitely invite them to my native Avtozavodskiy Region

Natalia Sadova, Discus throwing Olimpic champion

- I’m sure the Worlds’ Cup guests can reach the city center on their own and visit the Kremlin and walk through Bolshaya pokrovskaya street, walk down Nizhnevolzhskaya embankment.

That’s why I would definitely invite tourists to visit my native Avtozavodskiy Region. We have the amazing history museum of GAZ (Gorky Automobile Plant). All the models of light and heavy vehicles produced by the plant, military equipment are exhibited there. The foreigners loves the museum excursions.

It would be great to introduce one more museum – the museum of the Sport glory located in the Nizhny Novgorod Olympic training institute. The history of sport in Nizhny Novgorod is represented in the museum.

I would also invite guests to “Limpopo” zoo. I love such places.

I have travelled half across the globe and always visited local zoo. I’ve felt relaxed and inspired by positive emotions. And let the tourist visit our circus. Nizhny Novgorod circus is really nice!