Discover Novosibirsk, the Third-Largest Russian City.
My name is Olga Tkachenko, I work and live in Novosibirsk, Western Siberia, Russia, together with my husband and our three sons. I am a freelance English-Russian and German-Russian tour guide, interpreter, and translator. Me and my team of experienced and dedicated tour guides and interpreters, all of whom are experts in everything in and around Siberia, offer tailor-made tours of Novosibirsk, its surroundings and the nearby cities and towns like Tomsk, Kemerovo, Barnaul, Omsk and Biysk, in English, German, Spanish, Italian and French. At your request tours to Altai Mountains are also possible.
Pickup
In front of the grand Lenin Monument with a sign.
Description
If you are short of time but want to have an idea of Novosibirsk, this tour is what you need. You will explore the main sights including: the magnificent Main Railway Station, the Ascension Cathedral (1913), the impressive Lenin Square with the grand Opera and Ballet Theatre, St.Nikolas Chapel (the former centre of the Russian Empire), the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (1899), the busy and authentic Central Market, and a lot more. All the main sights are easily accessible on foot, but taking a bus/minibus/car is also possible at an extra payment. Multiple museums such as the Siberian Birch Bark, the Nature and History Museum, the Novosibirsk Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Nikolas Roerich can be explored on the way. You will learn how and why the small settlement on the Trans-Siberian grew to the third-largest Russian city within less than a hundred years. Bookings are required, we look forward to seeing you!