Sights and entertainment in Samara

Sightseeing overview, what to see first

The main part of the sights and tourist places of Samara are museums and galleries. There are very few isolated and interesting historical sights, ancient temples or mosques here. Tourists can spend time hiking in museums, walking through the pedestrian tourist zone on Leningradskaya Street and along the embankment along the Volga, or go to get acquainted with other sights of the Samara region on their own transport or with excursions.

What tourists must visit in Samara

What to visit with children

You can visit interesting places in Samara on your own by private transport, on foot or using public transport. But it is much more interesting to get acquainted with the city during excursions. There are few options for sightseeing tours here, but they are there. It is best to start by purchasing a sightseeing walking or car tour of the historical district of Samara, and then independently visit individual museums and monuments. You can buy them at one of the travel agencies on Kuibyshev and Frunze streets, or book excursions online on sites with reviews:

• 📷 Search for excursions in Samara on Tripster.ru
• 📷 Search for excursions in Samara on Sputnik8.com

Below is a list of the most popular and interesting attractions and entertainment in the city of Samara that tourists should visit, indicating the opening hours, cost, and ways to get there. You can print this list (the pages are adapted to print on the printer) and use it as a guide. Our map with sights is also available for printing. You can customize the map to suit your needs by disabling the display of unnecessary elements on it.

Historical, architectural

• Samara Historical District

  

  The historical district of Samara is the southwestern part of the city, or everything that is located approximately behind Vilonovskaya Street. This is an area of low-rise buildings, where old buildings, parks and squares are still preserved, there is also a pedestrian Leningradskaya street and most of the museums and other attractions. It is quite a pleasant and convenient place for walking. There are sidewalks, pedestrian crossings and traffic lights everywhere. On weekends and holidays it is very quiet here, there is almost no transport on the roads. Read more about the historical district of Samara here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: around the clock.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free.

  🚶 How to get there: the historic district is located in the southwestern part of the city (historic district on the map). The metro does not go here, you can get there by city buses, minibuses and trams.

• Leningradskaya Pedestrian Street

  

  In any self-respecting city there is a pedestrian street, a center of attraction for tourists and recreation of local residents. There is such a street in Samara. It is located, however, not in the center, but almost on the southernmost outskirts in the historical center of the city. This is part of Leningradskaya Street from the intersection with Kuibyshev and Galaktionovskaya Streets, just a little more than 600 meters. Here, as on any similar street, there are boutiques and shops, cafes and restaurants. In summer, the pedestrian zone is decorated with beautiful flower beds and a fountain, equipped with benches, entertainment for children, and local artists exhibit their works for sale. If there is a place for a tourist to go for a walk in Samara, it's here. Read more about the pedestrian street here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: around the clock.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free.

  🚶 How to get there: the pedestrian street is located in the Samara district in the south of the city (samara pedestrian street on the map). The metro does not go here, you can get there by city buses, minibuses and trams.

• Kuibyshev Square

  

  Kuibyshev Square in Samara is one of the largest in Europe and the largest in Russia. Some guidebooks claim that it is the largest in Europe, but in fact it is not, and with its 17.4 hectares it is only the fourth. The history of the square begins in the 70s of the 19th century. Then the construction of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour was started here, which ended in 1894. Around were placed 4 squares, named Nikolaevsky, in honor of the heir to the throne. Unfortunately, in 1930 the cathedral was blown up. Today there is a monument to Valerian Vladimirovich Kuibyshev on the square, the majestic building of the Samara Academic Opera and Ballet Theater is located nearby, and there are 4 green squares in the corners. This is a great place for walking, it's worth walking on it at least once. In summer, especially on weekends, there are a lot of locals walking here, kids ride bicycles and roller skates, fast food stalls and "yummy" work. During the holidays, parades, concerts and other events are held here. In 2017, a major reconstruction was carried out here in preparation for FIFA-2018, and it has become even more cozy for tourists.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: around the clock.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free.

  🚶 How to get there: The square is located near the historical center and pedestrian street, and it is quite possible to walk to it in 15-20 minutes (Kuibyshev Square on the map).

• Samara embankment and beach

  

  The Samara embankment is perhaps the most popular place for locals to relax in the summer. It has a length of 5 kilometers!!! A few years ago, a large-scale reconstruction was carried out here, fountains were added, shops and alleys were updated, a bicycle path appeared, new sculptures. And imagine, there were even palm trees, though in pots and only in summer. Now it is one of the cleanest and most pleasant places in the city, and definitely the best place for summer walks.

  You can walk along the embankment for hours, especially in the summer evenings, when there are children's attractions, cafes, souvenir shops. It's nice to walk here on a hot summer day, when tanned slender beauties appear on the beach. You've probably heard that Samara has the most beautiful girls.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: around the clock.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free.

  🚶 How to get there: the embankment stretches for five kilometers along the Volga bank, originating in the historical part of the city, and reaches the commercial center of Samara (embankment on the map).

• Strukovsky Garden

  

  This is the oldest and largest city park in Samara. This is one of the favorite vacation spots of local residents, and tourists will also like it here. The park has a fountain, walking paths and bike paths, benches. Bike rental is available. Almost in the very center of the park there is an artificial waterfall and a grotto with a statue of a wild goat, which is a symbol of the region. There is also a chess club here, where amateur competitions are held on weekends, and you can also take part in them. Read more about Strukovsky Garden and photos here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: around the clock.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free.

  🚶 How to get there: the park is located in the southwestern part of the city (Strukovsky Park on the map). The metro does not go here, you can get there by city buses, minibuses and trams.

• Monastery Gates

  

  The monastery gate is the only thing that has survived from the Samara Nikolaevsky monastery, opened in 1863. There was a cemetery on the territory of the monastery, where in 1913 the founder of kumysolechenie, Dr. Postnikov, was buried. Unfortunately, the monastery did not survive the years of Soviet power, only the gates remained of it.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: around the clock.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free.

  🚶 How to get there: the gate is located on the street. Osipenko near the embankment (gates on the map). From the historic district, you can walk along the embankment here.

• The "Rook" Stele

  

  The "Ladya" stele on the embankment is one of the iconic points, symbols of the city and the largest sculptures in Samara. It is made of monolithic concrete, its height is 20 meters. The deck of the Boat replaces the observation deck with a view of the Volga and the nearby St. Sophia Cathedral. It was erected in 1986 in honor of the 400th anniversary of the city according to the project of local architects. It depicts an ancient sailing boat sailing along the Volga at a time when ships of merchants and knights passed by the local shores.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: around the clock.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free.

  🚶 How to get there: located on Oktyabrskaya embankment (stele on the map).

• Samara Drama Theater

  

  The Samara Academic Drama Theater named after M. Gorky is at the same time an architectural landmark. Even if you don't manage to get to the performance, it's worth taking a couple of beautiful photos of this ancient knowledge. The building appeared in 1888 and is an object of cultural heritage of federal significance, protected by the state. Before that, the theater worked in a wooden building. Well, if you have enough time during your vacation in Samara, you can visit one of the performances. You can view the poster and buy tickets on the official website of the theater - https://dramtheatre.ru/.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: you can view the architecture of the building around the clock, performances are usually scheduled after 18:00.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: tickets depending on the place from 200 rubles.

  🚶 How to get there: located in the historical district on Chapaev Square, 1 (drama theater on the map). You can get here by any transport going to the area of Kuibyshev Square.

• Glory Square and Monument

  

  Glory Square, although it cannot boast of such a large scale as Kuibyshev Square, but it is definitely the most beautiful and well-groomed place in the city. Here is the main symbol of the city - the monument of Glory in honor of the workers of the aviation industry, which is a high stele with a worker holding wings. During state and city holidays, the square becomes the center of attraction for citizens. And it also offers one of the best views of the Volga, especially at sunset.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: around the clock.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free.

  🚶 How to get there: located in the historical district on Chapaev Square, 1 (area on the map).

Museums

Samara has a couple of dozen museums worth visiting by tourists. Not all of them will be of interest to a wide range of tourists, but among the mandatory ones is definitely the Samara Space and the P.V. Alabin Museum of Local Lore. Unfortunately, most of the museums operate on an inconvenient schedule for tourists: they are closed on weekends and holidays. Therefore, if you have plans to visit museums, carefully plan your time before your trip and check with the current time of their work.

• Samara Space Museum

  

  Not all guests of the city know that Samara has been one of the main centers of rocket science in the country since Soviet times. At the Samara Progress plant, many types of ballistic missiles and launch vehicles, rocket engines and rocket elements have been manufactured and are being manufactured. The Vostok launch vehicle, on which Yuri Gagarin flew into space, was manufactured here.

  The museum consists of three floors, each of which has its own exhibition. On the ground floor there is the main exposition - "Samara Cosmic", which should be visited without fail. The second and third floors with expositions "Waiting for space" and "Wings of the Future" are paid additionally. Read more about the Samara Space Museum here.

  Practical Information

  🌐 Website: samaracosmos.ru

  🕐 Working hours: Tuesday - Friday from 10.00 to 18.00; Saturday from 10.00 to 17.00; Sunday from 11.00 to 15.00; Monday - day off. Every first Tuesday of the month is a sanitary day.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: each exposition (floor) is paid separately, there is no single ticket to visit all expositions with a discount. The cost of visiting one exhibition: adult - 250 rubles; students, students, pensioners - 200 rubles; schoolchildren - 50 rubles; preschoolers - free of charge. Audio guide – 50 rubles, guided tours from 400 rubles per group; photo and video shooting – 100 rubles.

  🚶 How to get there: the museum is located at 21 Lenin Avenue (museum on the map). You can get to the metro station "Rossiyskaya"; buses №№ 2, 23, 25, 61, 47, 50; trams №№ 4, 5, 18, 20, 22, 23; trolleybus No. 19; fixed-route taxis №№ 97, 297, 232, 247.

• P.V. Alabin Museum of Local Lore

  

  This is the main museum of the city and the region, and one of the oldest museums in the Volga region. It includes several expositions located in different buildings at once. The most interesting for a wide range of tourists is located in the main building on Leninskaya Street. A rich collection of archaeological finds, natural science exhibits, historical, household and ethnographic collection tells about the history of the region and the country. There is also a numismatic collection, rare books, cold and firearms of Russia, the countries of the West and the East, a collection of photographs and negatives on the history of the region. Additional exhibitions are constantly held, which can be found on the official website of the museum. Read more about the museum here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: from 10:00 to 18:00; Thursday - from 13:00 to 21:00; Monday - closed.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: adult – 100 rubles; children 16-18 years old - 60 rubles; children under 16 years old - free of charge; photo and video shooting - 100 rubles.

  🚶 How to get there: the museum is located at 142 Leninskaya Street (museum on the map). You can get from the historic district on foot, or by buses, trolleybuses, trams to the stop "P. V. Alabin Museum".

• Multimedia Park "Russia – my story"

  

  This is a new attraction of the city of Samara, opened in November 2017. This is a multimedia exhibition and museum about the history of Russia, where information is presented in the form of interactive displays and screens. There are no archaeological exhibits and artifacts here, everything is only electronic and multimedia. You can learn a lot of interesting historical facts, see the same artifacts and exhibits on the screen, watch movies, videos, listen to stories. There are interactive exhibits where you can perform tasks, which children especially like. The exhibition is primarily educational and informative in nature, so children may be bored here. Read more about the museum "Russia - my history" in Samara here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: 11:00-19:00 (ticket office until 18:00), Monday is a day off.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: entrance to one exhibition (section) for adults - 100 rubles, children under 16 years old - free of charge. Use of the audio guide - 200 rubles.

  🚶 How to get there: 131 Krasnoarmeyskaya St. in the Gudok shopping center, 3rd floor (park on the map). It is very easy to get there by public transport: you need to get to Samara railway station, where there are a lot of buses and trolleybuses from all over Samara, and then 5 minutes on foot.

• Stalin's Bunker

  

  Stalin's Bunker is one of the most famous sights of the city, and deservedly so. Every guest of the city is obliged to visit this historical place and at the same time a museum. It was built in 1941-1942 for the evacuation of the Supreme Commander and the government during the Great Patriotic War, and was classified until 1991. Now the bunker is open to tourists, but an independent visit is not possible, only as part of a group tour by appointment by phone. Read more about Stalin's Bunker here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: monday-Friday from 11:00 to 15:00, from 13:00 to 14:00 lunch. Saturday, Sunday and all public holidays are days off. Excursions are held every hour, for which groups of 20 people are recruited. Just to come here and get on an excursion is very problematic: you need to sign up for an excursion in advance, preferably a few days in advance, by phone +7 (846) 333-35-71. The duration of the tour is 40-50 minutes. We also advise you to call by phone and clarify the possibility of making an appointment for a weekend excursion, since sometimes they are held outside the schedule.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: the cost of the tour is 350 rubles for adults, 250 rubles for children under 10 years old. If there are not enough people in the group, you can pay the full cost of the tour from the group - 2000 rubles.

  🚶 How to get there: Stalin's bunker is located in the historical part of the city at 167 Frunze Street (stalin's bunker on the map). The entrance to it from Frunze Street is not marked in any way. Look for him in the courtyard through the passage between buildings No. 167 and No. 169. You can get here by buses 24, 34, 61; trams No. 16, 20, 3; minibuses No. 247, 261, 61d, 207, 226, 240, 297, 34, 92, 94. From leningradskaya pedestrian street 25 minutes on foot.

• Art Nouveau Museum (Kurlina Mansion)

  

  Is a branch of the P.V. Alabin Museum of Local Lore. It is located in the old mansion of Alexandra Kurlina, built in 1903 in the Art Nouveau style, and is an architectural monument. The exhibition is dedicated to the Art Nouveau style, an artistic direction in architecture, decorative, applied and fine arts of the late 19th - early 20th centuries. Visitors are offered a permanent exhibition in three halls of the front ground floor: "study", "boudoir", and "dining room". The collection includes furniture, clothing, paintings, accessories by European and Russian masters of that time. Read more about the museum here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: from 10:00 to 18:00; Thursday - from 13:00 to 21:00; Monday - closed.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: permanent exhibition adult – 80 rubles; children 16-18 years – 60 rubles; children under 16 years - free of charge; photo, video - 100 rubles; audio guide - 100 rubles. Temporary exhibitions can be paid for and attended separately or on a single ticket for 200 rubles.

  🚶 How to get there: the museum is located at 159 Frunze Street, entrance from the side of Krasnoarmeyskaya Street through the museum yard (museum on the map).

• House-Museum of M.V. Frunze

  The museum is a branch of the P.V. Alabin Museum of Local Lore. It is located in a building built in 1891 by the Samara architect A.A. Shcherbachev, and in 1919-1920 Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze, a revolutionary, Soviet statesman and military figure, one of the largest military leaders of the Red Army during the Civil War, who did not lose a single battle, lived and worked here.

  The main exposition of the museum is devoted to the activities of Frunze and the period of events of the Civil War of 1918-1920. In the basement there is a permanent exhibition" and again Vivat ..." dedicated to the events of the War of 1812, which includes a one-of-a-kind miniature diorama - a mock-up of the Battle of Borodino measuring 4 by 3.2 meters. Read more about the museum here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: 10:00 to 18:00; Sunday, Monday - weekend.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: adult – 50 rubles; children 16-18 years old - 40 rubles; children under 16 years old - free of charge; photo and video shooting - 100 rubles.

  🚶 How to get there: the museum is located at 114 Frunze Street (museum on the map).

• House-Museum of V.I. Lenin

  Is a branch of P.V. Alabin Museum of Local Lore. It is located in the former household of the Samara merchant I.A. Rytikov built in 1885, a historical monument of federal significance. The second floor of this house was rented by the Ulyanov family from May 1890 to August 1893.

  Actually, the exposition of this museum is devoted to the subjects of everyday life and the history of Lenin's family's stay in Samara. Many of the items, furniture, piano belonged to the Ulyanov family, and were collected and bought after the 40s of the last century from the residents of Kuibyshev (the year Samara was called that). As a result, it was possible to restore the situation down to the wallpaper and glass in the windows. But during the visit you will be able to get acquainted not only with the life of the Ulyanov family, but also with the life of families of that time in general. The museum is not small and not very spectacular, but with an excursion, its visit will be interesting and informative. Guided tours are available for an additional fee. Read more about the museum here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: 09:00 to 17:00; Sunday is a day off.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: adult – 100 rubles; children 16-18 years old - 50 rubles; children under 16 years old - free of charge; photo, video shooting - 100 rubles.

  🚶 How to get there: the museum is located at 131 Leninskaya Street (museum on the map).

• Samara Art Museum

  

  The Samara Art Museum is one of the largest museums of its kind in Russia. His collection was founded in 1897, and includes about two thousand works, divided into sections: Russian painting, foreign painting, Oriental art, Samara artists, ceramics. The exhibition presents canvases by I. Aivazovsky, K. Bryullov, V. Surikov, I. Shishkin, A. Kuindzhi, I. Levitan, V. Serov, K. Korovin, I. Repin, V. Surikov, N. Ge, I. Kramskoy, V. Makovsky, A. Savrasov, R. Gobert, D. De La Pena, F. Vouverman, Ya. Bunce, K. Malevich and other masters. Exhibits from China, Japan and India are one of the largest collections of the East and the Russian province. Expositions change every nine months. Read more about the museum here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: daily from 10:00 to 18:00; Thursday and Saturday from 13:00 to 21:00. Tuesday is a day off. Every second Monday of the month is a sanitary day.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: various sections of the museum are paid separately, the cost is from 40 to 80 rubles; temporary exhibitions from 50 to 300 rubles.

  🚶 How to get there: the museum is located within walking distance from Leningradskaya pedestrian street at 92 Kuibyshev Street (museum on the map). You can get there by bus № 34, 24, 37, 46, 47, 61; trolleybuses No. 1, 3, 16; trams No. 3, 20.

• Military History Museum

  

  This museum is fully called the Military History Museum of the Red Banner Volga-Ural Military District. The main idea of the museum is the military-patriotic education of young people, but it will also be interesting for tourists, including those with children. The collection is decent, occupies two floors. There are a lot of old military equipment on display since the First World War, weapons, equipment, documents and photographs, there is even an armored car. You can also see modern weapons. Objectively, it should be said that the museum is old and a little dilapidated, and the design of the exhibition does not seem to have changed since the USSR. However, this does not prevent tourists from visiting this place, and most remain satisfied. Read more about the museum here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: Tuesday-Friday from 10:00 to 17:00, lunch from 13:00 to 14:00; Sunday from 10:00 to 16:00; Monday, Saturday - day off.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: adults – 60 rubles, schoolchildren - 50 rubles. Excursions should be booked in advance by phone +7 (846)332-09-70.

  🚶 How to get there: located near the historical district of Samara at 157 Kuibyshev Street (museum on the map).

• M.D. Chelyshov Museum of History

  

  This museum is located in an ordinary residential building, formerly one of the apartment buildings of a successful merchant and the head of the city, Mikhail Dmitrievich Chelyshov. The museum is small, and rests on the enthusiasm of its employees, who put their soul into it. Although there are not very many exhibits, including photographs, paintings, personal belongings of famous Samaritans of the last century, but thanks to the guide's story, his visit will be very interesting. The only problem in visiting this museum is to get into it. Unfortunately, the museum is not always open at the proper time, so it is better to call in advance and clarify by phone 8 (846) 332-75-17. And yet, in order to get into it, you must first ring the doorbell, since it is located in the former residential premises of an existing residential building. Read more about the museum here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: Tuesday-Saturday from 10:00 to 18:00; Sunday, Monday - day off.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free.

  🚶 How to get there: located in the historical part of Samara, 49 Frunze str., sq.1 (museum on the map). From the pedestrian street can be reached on foot in 20 minutes.

• The Literary Memorial Museum of M.Gorky and the estate of A. Tolstoy

  

  The name of the museum may mislead you, but it is dedicated not only to Maxim Gorky, but to the writer Alexei Tolstoy, in whose estate the museum is located. He also talks about all the other famous writers who have ever lived in Samara. M. Gorky is also devoted to a large exposition. The museum is located in an old building, on the second floor of which the writer lived in 1901 as a child, but apart from the exposition you can walk around the courtyard – the estate of A. Tolstoy. Read more about the museum here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: from 10:00 to 18:00; Thursday from 12:00 to 20:00; seven days a week; sanitary day - the last Wednesday of each month.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: visiting the main exhibition adults – 150 rubles; schoolchildren, pensioners - 70 rubles; preschoolers - free of charge. A walk around the estate – 50 rubles. Photo and video shooting (cell phone) – 100 rubles; Photo and video shooting (camera, camera) - 250 rubles. See the entire price list on the official website.

  🚶 How to get there: the museum is located at 155 Frunze Street (museum on the map). You can get from the historic district on foot.

• Volga Museum of Railway Equipment

  

  In this open-air museum on an area of 1.68 hectares. there is a collection of ancient steam locomotives, diesel locomotives, electric locomotives, wagons, more than 50 exhibits in total. Here you can see the steam locomotive of the P-36 series No. 232, produced in the XX century in a batch of only 251 units. There are mainline and shunting locomotives, locomotives, electric trains, and much more. You can touch the exhibits, climb inside, press the buttons there and twist the handles. In a separate pavilion there is a uniform of railway workers, historical documents, photographs, a station attendant's room with antique oak furniture of the late 19th century, appliances, tools and dishes has been recreated. Read more about the museum here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: from 9:00 to 17:00, break from 12:00 to 13:00; Monday is a day off.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: adult – 90 rubles; children - 30 rubles; excursion support - 100 rubles. Booking excursions by phone +7 (846) 303-75-00.

  🚶 How to get there: the museum is located at Litvinova str., 332a, letter 1 (museum on the map). It is not easy to get here by public transport, it is better to come by private car or taxi.

• Museum of Photography "Photo-History"

  

  The Samara Museum of Photography "Photo-History" is a private museum of the history of photographic equipment and photography. Here you can see old cameras, old photo printing equipment and other photo accessories. The older generation will surely see among the exhibits a lot of photo accessories familiar from childhood, which have given way to digital technologies today. Of course, a collection of photographs is presented. The museum will be of interest to a wide range of visitors, and especially tourists and travelers, whose integral attribute is a camera. Read more about the museum here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday from 11:00 to 18:00; Wednesday from 11:00 to 20:00; Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 to 17:00. It is better to call before visiting and clarify whether the museum will work by phone +7 927 203 33 66.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: adults 200 rubles; students 100 rubles; schoolchildren 50 rubles.

  🚶 How to get there: the museum is located away from the historical district of Samara at 61 Sadovaya Street (Building of the Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences) (museum on the map).

• Museum of Aviation and Cosmonautics SSAU named after S.P. Korolev

  

  This is a small cosmonautics museum operating at the Samara State Aerospace University. The exhibition presents products, units and models of aviation and rocket and space technology, photo-documentary materials. The most interesting exhibits are: descent capsules of spacecraft, spacesuit, samples of space food, tools for working in space, rocket and aircraft engines, the cabin of the Su-9 fighter, aviation weapons, instruments and equipment, compensating suit and other equipment of the pilot. In general, the museum is interesting and informative, but it is inconvenient that its visit is possible only by appointment and according to documents (passport), otherwise, coming here, you may find yourself in front of a closed door. Read more about the museum here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: from 10:00 to 17:00; Saturday, Sunday is a day off. The visit must be agreed in advance by phone 8 (846) 267-48-49, 8 (846) 267-43-75 or 8 (846) 267-43-76.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free.

  🚶 How to get there: Moskovskoe Shosse, 34, bldg. No.3 SSAU (museum on the map). You can get there by any transport going to the main bus station in the city center.

• Museum of the History of Tram and Trolleybus Management

  

  This is the departmental museum of the Samara transport enterprise TTU, dedicated to the history of urban public transport in the XIX-XX centuries. Its peculiarity is a large number of material exhibits (things, objects), authentic documents, as well as a historical number of tram and trolleybus models. You can visit only by pre-agreeing a visit by phone. There is a free tour. Read more about the museum here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: from 08:00 to 17:00 (Friday to 16:00), lunch from 12:00 to 12:45; Saturday, Sunday - day off. The visit must be arranged in advance by phone 8 (846) 309-95-37.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free.

  🚶 How to get there: located in the city center at Michurina str., 3 (museum on the map).

• Museum of the History of the Kuibyshev Railway

  

  This is a departmental museum dedicated to the history of the founding and development of the railway. Among the exhibits are models of steam locomotives, models of stations, bridges, clothes of railway workers, awards, documents, photographs, and much more. The museum is small and specific, but since it is located at the main railway station of Samara, you can look into it if you have time before departure. Usually the doors to the museum are closed, and you need to ask someone from the employees to open them. To clarify when the museum will be open, you can also call 8 (846) 339-46-55. Read more about the museum here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: from 08:00 to 17:00, lunch from 12:00 to 13:00; Saturday, Sunday - day off.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free.

  🚶 How to get there: located at Samara railway station, Komsomolskaya Square, 1 (museum on the map).

• Ethnographic Museum "Gornitsa"

  

  The ethnographic museum "Gornitsa" was created in the Center of Extracurricular work "Search". It is small, consists of two halls: ethnographic and local history. Both are dedicated to the Middle Volga region: Samara, Ulyanovsk, Orenburg and Nizhny Novgorod regions. In the ethnographic section, you can see recreated peasant dwellings of the late nineteenth century, tools, weaving and embroidery, weapons of the peoples of the Volga region. The paleontological hall presents fossils of prehistoric organisms, household items of the pre-revolutionary period, a collection of ancient and modern metal and paper money of domestic and foreign production. In total, the museum has more than 1,000 exhibits, all of them authentic, most of them from the late XIX - first half of the XX century.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: 09:00 to 17:00; Wednesday is a day off. Accepting applications for excursions by phone +7 987 982 58 09.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: 100 rubles, including a tea party and a master class.

  🚶 How to get there: the museum is located at ul. Osipenko, 32a (museum on the map).

• Museum of Banking

  

  This museum operates at a branch of Sberbank of Russia. It consists of two small halls, one of which houses a not very large but beautifully decorated collection of original banknotes and coins of Russia from the 12th to the 21st century, as well as coins and banknotes of other countries. In another hall there are original exhibits and archival documents telling about the appearance in 1855 and the development of the savings business in the Samara province to the present day. The visit is only accompanied by a guide, free of charge. Read more about the museum here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - from 10:00 to 17:00; Friday - from 10:00 to 16:00; Saturday, Sunday - closed. To visit the museum, you must make an appointment in advance for a tour by phone + 7 (846) 332-05-47.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free.

  🚶 How to get there: the museum is located in the historical center of Samara in the Sberbank building, 93 Kuibyshev St. (museum on the map). From Leningradskaya pedestrian street on foot a few minutes.

• Frog Museum

  

  This is the only museum of this kind in Russia. He tells about this amphibian in a funny and kind way, and, above all, will be interesting to children. Here is a large collection of frogs from fairy tales in the form of drawings, figurines, models. A whole fabulous swamp with frogs has been created in one of the rooms. There is a section dedicated to frogs as a biological species. There are also performances, exhibitions and workshops, during which children can make a toy frog with their own hands. The visit program also includes watching a movie and feeding live frogs.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: Monday-Friday from 10:00 to 18:00; Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00; pre-registration is required on weekdays by phone +79023729280. Check the information in the museum group https://vk.com/museum_frog

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: adults – 200 rubles / children, schoolchildren, students - 150 rubles.

  🚶 How to get there: the museum is located in the historical district, 1a Krupskaya St., on the 6th floor of the Stroydom shopping center, tel. +78462729280 (museum on the map).

• Children's Art Gallery

  

  The gallery is located in the old mansion of the merchant of the second guild Ivan Andreevich Te-Klodt, which is an architectural monument of the XIX century of federal significance. The art gallery opened here in 1990. It was created especially for the child-viewer and the child-artist. But along with children's works, the museum exhibits paintings by professional artists, students, graduates of art schools and universities, exhibitions of traditional national cultures, folk art and crafts, various educational and developmental projects are held. Now the gallery is a collection of four different museums (the Museum of children's creativity, an architectural monument and the museum of household culture of the late XIX-early XX centuries, the Museum of Decorative and Applied Arts, garden museum). There are also workshops for the development of children's fine art and a lecture hall. Read more about the gallery here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: from 9:00 to 18:00, seven days a week.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: adult – 90 rubles; children - 30 rubles; excursion support - 100 rubles. Booking excursions by phone +7 (846) 303-75-00.

  🚶 How to get there: the museum is located at 139 Kuibyshev Street (gallery on the map). You can get there by buses No. 24 and 61 (to the stop "House of Industry"); № 37, 47, 46 ( to the "Philharmonic Hall"); by tram №№ 3, 15, 20, 16, 18 ( to the stop "Philharmonic Hall"); by trolleybus No. 16 (to "Nekrasovskaya").

• Raduga Cultural and Exhibition Center

  The Rainbow Cultural and Exhibition Center is a gallery consisting of 16 halls of different themes. The main part of the exhibition is reproductions of works by masters of painting and photo sales, but there is a hall of stones. Separate halls are dedicated to different countries, cultures and types of art: India, Italy, Egypt, Greece, Buddhist culture, Russian landscape, Gothic art and others. If you have time, be sure to visit the exhibition center, especially since the entrance here is free. It is also a good place to go with children to introduce them to art.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: from 10:00 to 18:00, Monday is a day off.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free.

  🚶 How to get there: located at 23 Michurina Street (center on the map). This is somewhat away from the historical part, so you will have to get here by taxi or public transport. You can get there by buses No. 4 and 20 (from the railway station); trolleybuses №4, 12, 15, 17, 20 ( from the railway station) to the stop "Expo-Volga Exhibition Center".

• Victoria Gallery

  This is a gallery of contemporary art, where, in addition to local artists, works by authors from different cities of Russia are exhibited, temporary paid and free exhibitions are held. The exposition is based on amazing installations made of materials unusual for art, for example, from human waste (but not biological waste, nothing like that). There are photo exhibitions, music concerts, lectures and master classes.

  Practical Information

  🌐 Website: gallery-victoria.ru

  🕐 Working hours: from 10:00 to 18:00, Monday is a day off.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free.

  🚶 How to get there: located at 23 Michurina Street (center on the map). This is somewhat away from the historical part, so you will have to get here by taxi or public transport. You can get there by buses No. 4 and 20 (from the railway station); trolleybuses №4, 12, 15, 17, 20 ( from the railway station) to the stop "Expo-Volga Exhibition Center".

• Zelenka Children's Museum

  

  This is a small museum for school-age children, located next to the Art Nouveau Museum (Kurlina Mansion). This is very convenient: you can leave the children in the "Green" while you inspect the expositions that are not very interesting for children in the Art Nouveau Museum. Just keep in mind that children may not understand the exhibits of Zelenka on their own, so the participation of adults in the inspection is recommended. To do this, by the way, group excursions with children are held at certain times of the day, so it's better to plan a visit for this time. The museum consists of only one hall filled with a dozen interactive exhibits-tasks with which you can get acquainted with some natural phenomena, physical phenomena, inventions. Read more about the museum "Zelenka" here.

  Practical Information

  🌐 Website: https://samaramodern.ru/children

  🕐 Working hours:

  • Independent visit without excursions: from 10:00 to 15:00 and from 13:00 to 20:30 depending on the day of the week, Monday is a day off.
  • Excursions start: Tuesday - 14:00, Wednesday - 16:00, Thursday - 16:00 and 19:00, Friday - 14:00, Saturday excursions by appointment.

  Check the opening hours and the Schedule of excursions on the official website.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: child + adult - 250 rubles, family (two children + two adults) - 300 rubles. Excursion support – 150 rubles. Master classes - from 250 rubles.

  🚶 How to get there: Zelenka works at the Art Nouveau Museum at 159 Frunze Street, entrance from the side of Krasnoarmeyskaya Street through the museum yard (museum on the map). The entrance to the "Zelenka" is in a separate building, and not in the Kurlina mansion.

• Zhukov's Bunker

  

  Zhukov's bunker is a new attraction in Samara, which opened to the public just a couple of years ago. This is a defensive fortification (bomb shelter) of the Second World War, and in fact it has nothing to do with the commander of the Soviet troops, it's just his "folk" name given to the object by guides. And contrary to the misconception, this is not even a military facility, but a civilian one, intended to shelter the guests of the Volga sanatorium from possible air raids.

  A visit to the bunker takes place as part of excursions, which must be booked in advance. You can do this by phone or via social networks by contacting one of the two guides of this object. During the tour, you will be guided through the bomb shelter and sanatorium, will be told about its purpose, construction and some interesting facts.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: excursions are conducted by appointment by phone +8 (927) 609-93-38 or through a group https://vk.com/bunkerzukowa. Unfortunately, the bunker is not very popular with tourists yet, so the recruitment of full groups to visit does not happen often. It is better to call in advance before the trip to Samara.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: the cost of the tour is 300 rubles when recruiting a group of 8 people or more. If the group is not recruited, you can pay 3,500 rubles for your group.

  🚶 How to get there: the bunker is located on the territory of the Volga sanatorium on the Volga bank at the end of 7th Proseka Street (Zhukov's bunker on the map). This is away from the center and the historical district, the only minibus No. 272 goes here.

Temples and mosques

• Iversky Convent

  

  The history of this monastery began in 1850, when a women's religious community was established in Samara, and a wooden chapel was built on the current site of the monastery. In 1860, a full-fledged convent was created, stone temples and a fence were being built. A cemetery appears at the monastery, where more than 1,000 people were buried. During the Soviet period, the monastery was closed and severely destroyed, the buildings of monastic dormitories were transferred to workers for housing. The revival of the monastery began in 1992. Since then, the monastery temples, the monastery bell tower in the appearance of the XIX century have been restored and restored, a new chapel-temple has been built. Anyone can visit it today. Read more about the monastery here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: during daytime.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free.

  🚶 How to get there: the monastery is located right in the city near the historical district, Volzhsky Prospekt, 1 (monastery on the map).

• Cyril and Methodius Cathedral

  

  Cyril and Methodius Cathedral is the largest and one of the most beautiful temples in Samara, but it is not a historical place. The decision to erect a temple on this site was made in the 1990s, and construction began in 1994 with the consecration of the construction site and the laying of the first stone. A prayer service was served near this stone, and now this block stands at the entrance to the cathedral. The first Divine Liturgy in the new church building was held on May 24, 2001. A little later, a bronze monument to Cyril and Methodius was erected next to the temple, which was consecrated on May 23, 2004. It is difficult to call this temple a tourist attraction yet, besides, it is located far from the historical district of Samara. But if you suddenly find yourself in the area of Barboshina Polyana, you can admire it, it is beautiful both from the outside and from the inside.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: during daytime.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free.

  🚶 How to get there: the cathedral is located in the area of Barboshina Polyana far from the historical district, 260 Novo-Sadovaya Street (cathedral on the map).

• Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

  

  This church, also known as the Polish Church, was built from 1902 to 1906 by a Moscow architect. But it did not last long, and with the advent of Soviet power it was closed, and in the 30s all the property was seized by the state, after which the empty premises were occupied by a children's theater, a cinema and a theater college, a builders' club, and even an anti-religious museum. In 1941, the Regional Museum of Local Lore took its place. Only in 1991 the building was again returned to the Catholic community, and by 1996 the church was restored and re-consecrated.

  Today the temple is open to tourists as an architectural and religious landmark, you can also see it from the inside. Concerts of sacred and classical music are also held here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: the church is open from 09:00 to 13:00 and from 15:00 until the end of evening services.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free.

  🚶 How to get there: in the historical district, Frunze str., 157 (temple on the map).

• Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "Sovereign"

  

  This temple is new, built in 2008, and therefore has no historical value yet. However, since it is located in the center of the historical district next to the Tolstoy Museum and the Catholic Cathedral, you can look into it when visiting other attractions. Dedicated to the revered miraculous icon of the Virgin "Sovereign", the meaning of which is that the death of the monarchy and subsequent political events were sent to the Russian people as part of the punishment for multiple sins.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: the temple is open from 08:00 to 19:00, seven days a week.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free.

  🚶 How to get there: in the historical district, 151 Frunze str. (temple on the map).

Entertainment

There are quite a lot of entertainments in Samara, but not so many that could surprise tourists. You can visit a small local zoo, a tropical butterfly park, a water park, a science museum or a Galileo wonder park. In summer, you can take a cruise on a pleasure boat along the Volga, including a night cruise with a disco (cost from 500 rubles, depart from the river station). You can also participate in "quests", of which there have been a lot in recent years. Perhaps this is the end of the list of notable tourist attractions.

• Zhiguli Brewery

  

  This is one of the oldest and most famous breweries in Russia. It was built in 1881 by the world-famous brewer Alfred Filippovich von Vacano, an Austrian citizen. You can visit the factory as part of an organized tour, get acquainted with the production process, and, of course, taste the products and buy fresh beer in the company store. Read more about the plant here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: guided tours are held from Monday to Friday in 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00 and 14:00. Excursions are not held on public holidays. Duration – 1 hour 20 minutes.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: 700 rubles.

  🚶 How to get there: the plant is located in the historical part of Samara at Volzhsky Prospekt, 4 (Zhiguli brewery on the map). You can get here from hotels in the historical district of the city on foot, including along the embankment. You need to sign up for excursions in advance on the website http://www.samarabeer.ru/production/excurs/, but they are held only when recruiting a group of 10-15 people, so sometimes applications for visits are processed for a very long time. You can also visit the factory with the help of a group tour purchased from travel agencies on the streets of the city.

• Galileo Wonderland Park

  

  This is an entertaining science museum for children and adults. Here visitors are introduced to physical phenomena in an entertaining and funny way, while explaining certain phenomena. A mirror maze, a room upside down, a trick of sight, a magic ball, a head without a body, an infinite cube, etc. There are more than 50 exhibits in total. Consultants-guides always help to sort out this or that exhibit, explain the essence of the phenomena, the main thing is not to hesitate to ask them. Additionally, there is a "laboratory" in the park - something like a master class in science, during which children and adults themselves conduct experiments on various topics under the guidance of instructors. The laboratory works according to a separate thematic schedule (see on the official website), so you can choose the right experience for yourself. Read more about the park of wonders here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: the park is open from 10:00 to 20:00, the last entrance is at 19:00. Classes in the "laboratory" are held on weekdays at 13:30 and 15:30, on Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 to 18:00 every hour.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: adults on weekdays 400 rubles, on weekends 450; children (4-16 years old) on weekdays 300 rubles, on weekends 350; up to 3 years free. Classes in the "laboratory" are paid additionally, and cost 250 rubles on weekdays, 300 on weekends and holidays. Discounts are offered to birthday people, pensioners, students.

  🚶 How to get there: "Galileo" is located in the city center in the shopping center "Iceberg", Dachnaya str., 2, building 1 (Galileo Wonderland Park on the map).

• Victoria Water Park

  This is the only water park in the Samara region. It works all year round. There are very high slides for adults, small ones for children, pools for very young children, in general, everything is like in any other good water park. The only bad thing here is that it takes a very long time to get to the water park, since it is located on the outskirts of the city at the other end from the historical center, and the fact that there are almost always a lot of people here. And it's also inconvenient that there is only one tariff for the whole day.

  Practical Information

  🌐 Website: aquapark-samara.ru

  🕐 Working hours: from 11:00 to 17:00, seven days a week, in the summer, the opening hours may increase until 19:00.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: 1000 rubles all day, children under 3 years old inclusive - free of charge. Rates vary depending on the day of the week and the season, check on the website. And by the way, it is most convenient to buy tickets also on the website.

  🚶 How to get there: Moskovskoe highway 18-th kilometer, 23, Moscow shopping mall (water park on the map). You can get there by buses No. 1, 1d, 46, 51, 56, 67, 68, 144; minibus taxis No. 1, 1k, 96, 110, 205, 210, 221, 268, 295, 296, 410a, 492.

• Samara State Circus named after O.Popov

  The Samara State Circus named after O.Popov opened in 1969, and up to that point all circus performances took place in temporary tents. The capital building was designed for 2,185 seats. The place for its construction was chosen very well – the picturesque Volga embankment became an excellent addition to the beautiful building of the Samara Circus. Today, every Saturday and Sunday there are from 1-2 performances in the best traditions of the Soviet and Russian circus genre.

  Practical Information

  🌐 Website: http://www.circus-samara.ru/

  🕐 Working hours: performances are held according to the schedule published on the official website, on Saturdays and Sundays at 13:00 and 17:00.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: from 700 to 1300 rubles, depending on the chosen place, children under 5 years old - free of charge. Tickets can be purchased on the circus website.

  🚶 How to get there: Molodogvardeyskaya, 220 (circus on the map).

• Zoo

  

  The Samara Zoo is the only permanent zoo in the Samara region. Compared with the capital, or even the zoos of other large cities of the Russian Federation, it is small, there are not very many animals, and the price is too high. But since it is the only one, residents of the region and guests of the city have no other choice. Here you can see the Amur tiger, the Far Eastern leopard, the African lion, monkeys, crocodiles, peacock and others (see the full list on the zoo's website). Donkey and pony rides are offered on weekends. Read more about the zoo here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: the zoo operates differently at different times of the year, mainly from 10:00 to 17:00 / in summer from 10:00 to 20:00.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: from 7 years – 300 rubles; from 2 to 7 years - 150 rubles; up to 2 years - free of charge; photography - 150 rubles; videography - 300 rubles.

  🚶 How to get there: the zoo is located at 146 Novo-Sadovaya Street (zoo on the map). You can get there by buses No. 50, 206 (from the railway station), No. 61, 261, 297 (from the historical center); trams No. 4, (from the railway station), 5, 20 (from the historical center), and 18, 20k, 22.

• Tropical Butterfly Park

  

  "The world of exotic butterflies" in Samara is a place where you can not only see a large number of species of these beautiful creatures, but also buy them. Butterflies do not just live in this park, they are also grown here for subsequent sale. Butterflies are sold live and framed as a souvenir. As for the butterfly exhibition, although it is not very large, it pleases both adults and children with its bright colors. However, it is worth objectively saying that the price does not meet expectations, there are very few insects. Children under the age of 14 are allowed to the exhibition only accompanied by adults, who are also required to buy a ticket.

  Practical Information

  🌐 Website: https://vk.com/samara_butterfly/

  🕐 Working hours: Tuesday-Friday 12:00-19:00; Saturday and Sunday 10:00-20:00; Monday - day off.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: on weekdays adults - 250 rubles, on weekends adults - 350 rubles; children from 3 to 14 years - 200 rubles; children under 3 years - free of charge.

  🚶 How to get there: the butterfly park is located in the shopping center "Europe" at 96 Frunze str., 4th floor (zoo on the map).

• Gagarin Park

  Gagarin City Park is the main place for entertainment with children in Samara in the summer, since the main amusement park is located here. The park is large and green, so it is suitable not only for entertainment, but also for hiking. In the center there is a lake, or rather a canal with a water bike rental, at the outskirts there is a tiny "Swan Lake" with ducks. As for the attractions, we will not exaggerate their attractiveness. Basically, these are children's carousels, swings, shooting ranges, trampolines and just a few extreme entertainments interesting to teenagers and adults.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: around the clock, the rides work only in the summer.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free of charge, entertainment and attractions are paid additionally.

  🚶 How to get there: the park is located away from the tourist area on Moskovsky Prospekt (Gagarin Park on the map). You can get here by tram №№ 4, 12, 17, 19, 20 and a large number of bus and minibus flights. There is a small free parking for private transport on the north side, and if there is no space there, you can park your car across the street in the parking lot of the Park House shopping complex.

• Soka tunnels

  

  This is a relatively new attraction of Samara and the region, previously known only to a narrow circle of local tourist enthusiasts and local residents of the neighboring village. Today, everyone can visit the tunnels, including guided tours (so far unofficial). They are located at the base of the Tip-Tyav mountain (sometimes called Tip-Tyaf) on the outskirts of Samara near the Sok River. In the middle of the last century, until 1980, large-scale lime mining was carried out here. According to various estimates, the length of the passages here is more than 40 kilometers, and therefore their visit is associated with certain risks. Read more about Sokskie tunnels and how to visit them here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: around the clock.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free.

  🚶 How to get there: the tunnels are located on the outskirts of Samara at the confluence of the Sok River with the Volga. There are several entrances to them, the main one No. 1 is located on the side of the Sok river almost at the road level, here is its exact position on the map (the main entrance of the Soksky tunnels on the map). There is a dirt parking lot nearby, from where you need to climb to the entrance just a couple of dozen meters along the trail. We highly do not recommend other entrances for independent visits without experience.

  It is best to get to the main entrance by car, but if this is not possible, then you can also take buses. Buses (minibuses) № 392, 389, 447, 113, 406, 79, 78 and others often go to the village of Volzhsky from the Frunze Glade and the main bus station during the day, but they do not go directly to the entrance to the tunnels. You need to get off at the stop "Traffic police Post", and from there to the entrance on foot a little more than a kilometer.