Alex BespoyasovAuthor's photo

Kazan, July 2017

I was in Kazan two years ago. The standard tourist route has not changed, but the embankment and the parks have become cooler.

It's more convenient to start walking from Bauman Street, it's the main pedestrian street:

Bauman Street
Bauman Street
Bauman Street
Bauman Street

It will lead to the Kazan Kremlin:

Kremlin
Kremlin
Near the Kremlin
Near the Kremlin
Konka
Konka

There's also the Kul Sharif mosque and the “Falling” tower:

Kul Sharif Mosque
Kul Sharif Mosque
Falling Tower
Falling Tower

The pavement is cool :-)

Pavement tiles
Pavement tiles
Paving stones
Paving stones

It's nice to walk around the city in general, you meet some nice details:

Cute birdhouses
Cute birdhouses
Sculpture of a squirrel with a dog
Sculpture of a squirrel with a dog
Iron wagon with flower pots
Iron wagon with flower pots

I didn't get a good picture of the Agricultural Palace last time or this time:

Agricultural Palace
Agricultural Palace
Square next to the palace
Square next to the palace

The Black Lake Park was promised to be improved two years ago:

Reconstruction plan
Reconstruction plan

And they did! The park has added playgrounds and public spaces. Here, for example, an outdoor stage with a canopy (I didn't take a picture of the canopy for some reason, it's on my left):

Public spaces
Public spaces

The facades next to the park are freshened up:

Houses nearby
Houses nearby

The park wasn't fully opened, just part of it. Just a real iterative launch :-)

The Kremlin Embankment is really cool:

The embankment is always crowded
The embankment is always crowded
The profile of the opposite bank is beautiful
The profile of the opposite bank is beautiful
The garland decorations overhead
The garland decorations overhead
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