Welcome to Samara! The hospitable city is situated in the centre of the endless plain, on the high bank of the Volga River facing the majestic Zhighuly Mountains.
Guests can reach the Samara Region easily and with comfort from more or less anywhere in the world. Such international airlines as Lufthansa, Czech Airlines and Aeroflot offer regular flight from European cities to Samara. Each day there are more than 10 flights that connect Samara and Moscow.
The region’s silhouette on the map looks like a heart, symbolizing the world-famous hospitality of the people living along the Volga. Up to this day this land is associated with various legends, mystical theories and scientific controversy.
The Samara Region offers accommodation options for every taste and budget. Enthusiasts of world famous international hotel brands can stay at the Renaissance Samara (a Marriott brand) or Holiday Inn Hotel (InterContinental Group). Authentic local hotels meet European standards as well. Vacation homes along the Volga outside of the city are another accommodation alternative that allows tourists to enjoy the comfort typical of hotels combined with active sports, fishing, outdoor activities and picturesque views.
Лучшие рестораны, кафе и другие съедобные местаместной кухни доступны для вас прямо сейчас.
The Samara Region is the capital of Russian festivals. More than 400 great events take place here every year.
Nowadays one cannot imagine Samara without the Volga and The Zhiguli Hills. They are in the middle course of the river and impress by the size and unique nature. Beautiful forests, boundless steppes, rich pastures, numeral lakes and fertile fields – all these natural resources are carefully used and protected. And it is not by chance that the national nature reserve Samarskaya Luka was established here. It is on the right bank of the Volga, on the territory of the Zhiguli Hills. About 1000 kinds of plants and more than 6000 species grow and live here. Among them are relic and rare for Russia. Forest parks and springs with healing water are a small part of those things which a traveler can find here. These landscapes have often been used by many painters to create their works of art. Among them are such Russian painters as Aivazovsky, Shishkin, Surikov. Ilia Repin once lived in a small village in the Zhiguli, after that he created his famous painting “Barge haulers on the Volga”. Now there is a museum of Repin in that village. Due to such scenery the Zhiguli Hills are very inviting for tourists. Besides, new ski-mountain routes are being built. On the both banks of the Volga there are numerous tourist centers, where one can rest and enjoy the beauty of our nature.
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© Tourist Guide, 2013