EKATERINBURG   is the capital of The Urals and Western Siberia
       (1.837 km from Moscow, area phone code - 3432, Moscow time + 2 hours)

1) Hotel “AVS”

* - note, the bathroom is on the floor.

3) Hotel “Alexsandrovskii Park-Otel`”

4) Hotel “ Uktus”
Address: Street Proninoi, 25.
Hotel Uktus is located in green space, in city boundaries of Ekaterinburg that allows visitors to use public transport.
   

5) Hotel “Taganskay”

6) Homestay

Guide in the Russian, English, German or French languages is included into the price. Prices for excursions in other languages will be given at your request.

1) CITY TOUR - 3 hours.

 2) Walking tours – 2hours.

b)Walking tour "Fair pictures".
The excursion takes place in the old trade street –Vainera, city Arbat (the popular place for purchases, walking and dates)It has pavement that remembers old history ivents that are important for the city. Except old houses and side streets, townsfolk also will take part in the excursion. All way long the tourists will meet sculpture genre turns from local life: bargainer with a tray, a guy on a bicycle with a huge wheel, a merchant wearing frock coat and a tall hat, a bold driver and amorous couple. All these characters are made of bronze but they are interlaced into city life hustle, that is why the guide’s narration becomes more like a real performance, and street musicians add some theatricality and picturesque to the scene.

c)Walking tour “Bridges and pavements of river town”.
History of Yekaterinburg as a city-plant-fortress and later as the main mining centre is forever connected with the main water artery – Iset river. Bridges and pavements in the historical centre remain the same as 300 years ago (The Historical Square Bridge, Dendrologic Park Bridge, Tsar Bridge). But there has appeared a beautiful grantical levee where every here and there you can see unusual modern time marks, they’re circus cupola in constructivism style, 200-meter tower-transponder- the top-ranked restaurant and amusement complex, a monument  that is devoted to revolutionary doer of Soviet period Malyshev or for instance brand-new Keyboard monument.

-  entrance tickets to Museum of Regional Studies, Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Yekaterinburg history Excursion costs:  250 roubles/group
- entrance ticket  50 roubles/pers

3) Exscursion - «To the borderline between Europe and Asia» - 3hours.
The excursion starts in the easten part of the city and continues in the western one. It runs through the Great Siberian (Moscow) highway to a column - obelisk “Europe and Asia boundary” established on crossroads of two parts of the world. The borderline that is layed out from Ural stones is so thin that tourists will be able to take photos of each other standing with one foot in Asia and with another in Europe! Everyone will be offered a glass of champagne, but it is a surpise  and tourist will find out about it only at the boundary marker (this is included in price).

4) Excursion - «The last days of the last Russian tsar» - 4hours.

The memorial route acquaints with the tragic events of Yekaterinburg history of 1918.  Our guests will visit the place of the last Russian Tsar execution, where the Cathedral in the Name of all Saints has been recently erected and the Monastery of Saint  Martyrs, the place of the initial Emperor’s burial… Tourists will see and visit six wooden churches surrounded with a centuries-old pine forest.

5) Excursion - «The last days of the tsar» +obelisk «Europe and Asia» - 5 hours

6)Village tour  “Who has got a  good life in old Russia?” – 6 hours.
Duration : May – September.
This excursion runs to Russian village, where grandmother and grandfather lives in a house with a stove  and vault, they sing folk songs, stroke a cat and are always happy to have guests. Guests will see banya (Russian sauna), have a look at the garden and discover the way Ural village used to live. After village tableful the way runs to the lake where tourists will go boating, get acquainted with Ural minerals and have a picnic.

A) By car

  
 
 
B) Public transport

7) Excursion to Nevyansk – “Siberian Wealth Sources”.

This exscursion is to the capital of Demidovs empire, to an old town Nevyansk. The tour includes the visit to the inclined tower of 18 century and acoustical room with extraordinary “spy” effects. Also tourists will find out some secrets of Russian history about minting counterfake coins in Siberia and illegal gold mining. And in V. Tavolgi, village that is famous of its pot makers, guests will have Ural lunch with pancakes and hotpots. Here every guest with the help of potter’s wheel would create anything he wish from the piece of clay: a vase, a pot or a penny whistle and would take as a souvenir.
Number of pax    The price for a tour
1    €254
2    €278
3-6    €321
7-9    €413


Additional costs:
Village lunch – 300 roubles/person


8) Active tours
Attention. 
Insurance is required.
All active tours are taken keeping an accident prevention, ensuring safety of life and health of tourists.
In a table you will find transport to the place of the beginning of the tour.
Tourists are accompanied by 1 instructor and 1-2 guides (depending on the amount of tourists).
Guide service (Russian, English, French, German languages) is required and included in the price.
Guide service (Russian language) is required and included in the price.









a)  Summer* (from 15 May to 15 September):
Summer HIKING in region of rocks, rivers and caves»  of a national park «The Deers` Streams». The route (6 or 15 km depending on a choice) runs through the Ural taiga forest along wooden paths which were made 200 years ago by the first plant owners of the Urals. Also, the most courageous tourists can explore one of the biggest cave in the Urals called "Friendship", hidden among rocks. Fitness level – high.
HUNTING SHOW: a falconry. Tourists will appear in the Center of rehabilitation of birds of prey such as goshawks, falcons, steppe eagles etc. After the tour around the open-air cages our tourists will take part in a HUNTING SHOW. A horse ride and delicious lunch/picnic are included.
Summer  Middle-level extreme RAFTING on catamarans/boat along the quiet rivers Chusovaya or Serga.  Our tourists will start with rafting down the river between the Ural Mountains. Then they will hike and admire the unique rocks, flora and fauna of the Urals. Tourists are supplied with the necessary equipment.
Summer boat-trip on the mountain Lake. Tourists will go by car with instructor and guide to one of the Ural lakes with picturesque lakeside and pure blue water called Tavatui. This lake is located in a huge granite bowl surrounded by pine, fur tree forests and high mountains. The tour starts in a village. While tourists with a guide are walking along the lakeside , the instructor will prepare boats and fire for a picnic. After little picnic tourists will go boating on the lake making stops for mini-excursions in the most beautiful places. Picnic is included.
National Natural Park “Bazhov’s Places”. Tourists will go by car with the experienced instructor and guide in of the most picturesque places in the suburbs of Yekaterinburg, full of legends and fairy-tales of the Grey Ural.  You will make a first stop in a small town Sysert with a visit old dam of the 18th century there. Then hiking to the Watch platform where from you will enjoy the view to endless pine trees and beautiful and clean pond on Sysert River. Further the way will look like a narrow forest road and wooden small bridges, which will take you to the mysterious forest. On the way to one of the most beautiful and amazing mountain lake Talkov Stone tourists will pass the dam, old merchant settlement and a spring that is able to make younger any person. Talkov Stone is considered to be a creation of the Ural nature. For a great memory you can bring back a picture from the 30m high rock! walking on the lake’s shore will bring unforgettable impressions and picnic cooked on fire! Picnic is included.
Tour ”Secret of the Ural Mountains” You will enjoy 7km long way that runs on the territory of the Middle Urals. Tourist will not only see, but even investigate frozen river, going to the depth of 100m inside the marvelous and giant size open-cast mine called “Old Lense”.  It was closed almost half-century ago. You can also observe waterfall falling down from the rocks, which in winter times looks like sparkling frozen river. On the bottom you can find springs and there are a lot of mining machines and techniques from the last centuries, that is now a real open sky museum. At this place people often find many different ural stones and you during your excursion will be presented one for the memory. After that you will walk to the rock called «Snake hill» and our guide will tell you the story about the Malachite Lady and you will enjoy a picnic.

b) Winter* (from 15 December to 15 March):
Winter tour "In Soviet style". Winter tour takes place in the Park of Culture located in a beautiful forestzone in the city. At first you will slide in a finnish sledge to the main Ice Town with a 15-meters high decorated fur tree. Then you will make a circle on the "Big Dipper"from where you'll see the Mountains and Forests, covered with snow, and the city on the border between Europe and Asia! After vodka and pelmeni in the local cafe you'll drive a real carrige and appear in the Ghost Castle with heros of Russian fairy tales: Baba Yaga, Koschei the Immortal. You will experience all winter amusements popular in Soviet Russia!
The Unique fascinating tour “Khaski dog sledding”.  Tourists will be accompanied by a skilled instructor who will acquaint with the rules how to manage dogs sledge, let you run the sledge on fresh snow, then will fry a shish kebab (“shashlyk”) and will tell many cheerful stories about the dog life. Tourists will be supplied with sheepskin coats and  warm overalls so that they would not get cold on their way and Vodka - national Russian medicine from freezing – will save them from cold and melancholies.
Ski walk “From Europe to Asia”. This unique ski walk runs trough marathon track “From Europe to Asia”. Tourist will go to the ski lodge by car, get all necessary equipment and then cross the border between Europe and Asia! They will see the obelisk and get a personal Certificate of passing the real border between two parts of the world! As a prize the Skiers will get warmer with glass of vodka and taste salty cucumbers and russian pies. As a memory tourists will take a picture standing with one foot in Europe and with the other in Asia. They will continue the ski walk in the forest for about 1 km. After that by car they will get to another place called “Biathlon” with nice high hills and mountains. During 3-km ski walk everybody will enjoy mixed birch and pine-trees forest, picturesque landscapes of the Grey Urals covered with white snow. Open air box lunch at stopping place. Tourists will get back to the hotel by public transport.
“Winter FISHING for coast rainbow trout”. It will be a great fishing with guaranteed catch! Tourists will catch and eat coast rainbow trout, pike and pike perch! There will be an instructor who helps with fishing and equipment, tells many interesting fishing stories – you will remember these moments for the whole life! Every tourist is provided with huge warm overalls, mitten, felt boots and this makes the tour very special. Fish soup, smoked coast rainbow trout and a glass of vodka have very special taste! Herbal tea, kickback by the fireplace and a walk in winter forest is a bonus! Tourists will definitely have a fishing good luck!
Winter amusement tour “Snowflake (by public transport) is acquaintance with all Russian winter amusements in one day! The tourists may choose any they wish among skating, skiing, tubing, or for extra payment -snowmobile driving, horse riding or all together! While there is a halt, you may play these traditional games as “Stream” and “King of the Hill”, snowballs. After this tourists will have a stop for a picnic in Russian house or in a tent.
* note for active tours:
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From train station  to hotel and back

1-2 pax Volkswagen “Passat” (07:00-21:00/ 21:00-07:00)    €30/33
3-6 pax Mercedes “Istana” (07:00-21:00/ 21:00-07:00)    € 52/ 55
7-9 pax Mercedes “Istana” (07:00-21:00/ 21:00-07:00)    €66/68
10-15 pax Mercedes “Sprinter” (07:00-21:00/ 21:00-07:00)    €90/95
16-20 pax Kia GranBird, Mitsubishi (07:00-21:00/ 21:00-07:00)    €163/167

From airport station to hotel and back

1-2 pax Volkswagen “Passat” (07:00-21:00/ 21:00-07:00)    €36/39
3-6 pax Mercedes “Istana” (07:00-21:00/ 21:00-07:00)    € 63/66
7-9 pax Mercedes “Istana” (07:00-21:00/ 21:00-07:00)    €65/68
10-15 pax Mercedes “Sprinter” (07:00-21:00/ 21:00-07:00)    €101/104
16-20 pax Kia GranBird, Mitsubishi (07:00-21:00/ 21:00-07:00)    €167/182