Lipetsk Travel Guide

 Pablos_new Says:  This could be really "off the beaten path tip" as this building is situated far from main streets of Lipetsk.This is the only building that remained from monastery of XVI c., a seed from which town have started. 

 1 Review and 5 Opinions  This is really good 3* hotel in the center of the town. Right near Upper Park. You can see... 

 Pablos_new Says:  Very good quality of food and service for very low prices. Frankly speaking this is called a cafe, not restaurant, but I found no difference ;-) Very interesting interior decorations.P.S. Thanks to VTer maroh for remembering it's name ;-) 

 bugulma Says:  Nice restaurant with Italian cuisine, although you may get here Russian meal too. The visitors are quite specific and the café is one of the expensive ones in the city. Well I really don't like such places. I found it by chance in the first day and it was the nearest café to... 

 bugulma Says:  It's very comfortable transport possibility for trains because I got train in Moscow in evening and in the morning I've come to Lipetsk. It's very useful I think. The ticket is EUR 34 (one way) in the 1st class (coupe for 4 persons) and EUR 70 in the so-named "business... 

 Pablos_new Says:  One can get to Lipetsk from Moscow by bus or by train. Both ways it will take you about 4 hours. This is the picture of the central railway station. 

 Pablos_new Says:  This funny signs are just beside "Petrovski spusk". Top sign shows the direction to the Holly Assumption Monastery, and bottom one states: "Right speed - guarantee of safety..."What does that mean? Who knows? ;-)))) 

 bugulma Says:  In the park on Pervomayskaya Street there is a monument to Peter I. It was open to 300 years of Russian navy. As a matter of fact in Peter times Russia has access only to Azovskoe Sea and it was the reason why the first Russian navy ships were constructed in the cities... 

 bugulma Says:  It is situated not far from Metallurg football stadium, in the Torgovaya Street. I just heard that the prior of the church has a reputation of the best in the city. So, I've just wanted to see. The church is new and situated among new buildings as you see 

 bugulma Says:  Another river flowing in the city is Lipovka. It divides central and northern parts of the city. I must say I crossed it by bridge but I didn’t see the river, just a kind of jungle under the bridge, you may see it on the picture. 

 bugulma Says:  In every place I've been I did everything that to see the river or lake or sea in the area. In Lipetsk it is Voronezh River. It was not far from the zoo, in 10 minutes by walk I found the city beach and people swam in spite of it was October already, though there were very... 

 bugulma Says:  The local zoo excites my very sad feelings. It is the poorest zoo I've ever seen. The strangest thing for me is the cage is the same for both a wolf and for a bear. Another remark is that animals run to visitors straight away that to eat something, it seems for me that there... 

 bugulma Says:  Next general tip is Revolution Square. It is just in few steps from Upper Pond. The square is the beginning for the one of the main streets of Lipetsk, Sovetskaya Street. In the middle of the square there is monument. I heard a funny name for it, "a man with towel". Well,... 

 bugulma Says:  Not far from Lenin Square there is so named Upper Pond (there is no ponds around, though). It is very popular place among local citizens to have a rest and relaxation. 

 bugulma Says:  The amazing thing for me is that in Lenin Square there is a church that was kept during Soviet times almost opposite Regional Administration building. The cathedral was built in the end of XVIII century and the bell tower was built a bit later. In Soviet times the regional... 

 bugulma Says:  The main square of the city is Lenin Square. Such squares survive in many regional cities of Russia. Of course, the monument of Lenin is on the square and, as usually, behind it there is regional administration.