Nizhniy Novgorod Travel Guide

 mallyak Says:  8AM to 8PM daily. This eleventh-century cathedral is the centerpiece of Novgorod's religious buildings. The iconostasis and frescoes inside are especially interesting. On the north-west exterior of the cathedral, see the Magdeburg Doors, a bronze twelfth-century German... 

 mallyak Says:  This iron statue is in the park in the center of the Kremlin. It was created in 1862 and is ringed by an interesting panorama of famous individuals in Russian history up to that time. Russian Tsars and Patriarchs appear on one half of the panorama, and cultural figures on... 

 mallyak Says:  Kremlin, (City Center). Novgorod's Kremlin, or Detinets, is free to visitors and includes many of the main places of interest in the city. Admission is free, and two gates (one from the footbridge on the river; the other by Sofiyskaya Square and the Lenin Statue) are open to... 

 traveloturc Says:  The red brick kremlin is one of the strongest castle because after that it was finished in 1511 ,the kremlin was strong enough to keep out the Tatar attacks in 1520 and 1536.Its situated on the top of the city 

 globetrott Says:  I came to Nizhny Novgorod by cruise-ship, on a rivercruise from Perm to Moscow, onboard of M/S Furmanov. Such tours from or to Perm are not yet offered very often, in fact it was the 1st cruise of the summerseason in early May 2008 and that same cruise will be done again as... 

 globetrott Says:  This might be interesting for you to know, when you travel with your smaller children. It seems to be quite popular among the local population to take a ride on a horseback through the pedestrian zone . I had been there in beginning of May, when it was warm enough already in... 

 globetrott Says:  Without beeing able to read at least the russian alphabet you will hardly be able to get along in places like Nizny Novgorod. The inscription of "Cappucino" on my photograph is an exception, as you will hardly find anything written in our letters.A few young people might... 

 globetrott Says:  A monument for holy George fighting with the dragon was placed in the middle of the big square inside of the Kremlin, where you will find the big exhibition of cars, tanks and other machineries for war-fare. This exhibition is quite interesting to see when you think of the... 

 globetrott Says:  Dont miss to take a closer look at the lovely street-lamps that you will find all over the Kremlin-area. 2 Lamps with the local coat of arms between them and the crown on top of it.On my 3rd photograph : the coat of arms of Nizhny Novgorod on top of one of the entrance-gates... 

 globetrott Says:  This is another quite funny monument / sculpture in the pedestria area of Bolschaja Pokrowskaja : a young mother and her son, who is playing with a small steam-boat-toy. The most funny part of this sculpture is the fact that you will be able to take a seat next to the lady... 

 globetrott Says:  This is another great church, not more than just 200 meters from the Kremlin-walls, when you drive to it from the port-area, and about halfway to the upper Kremlin-walls.Our bus had stoped there closeby, but the tourguide went into the other direction and I had to follow her... 

 globetrott Says:  When walking through Nizhny Novgorod you will pass by a lot of interesting buildings and most of them are in good condition and well restored. On the other hand this city was off-limits for foreigners for more than 50 years and you will hardly find any infos about it or maps... 

 globetrott Says:  "House of the children" is the name of this great Art-Nouveau"-building not far from the Kremlin. It has an interesting facade with nice mosaiques, but once again we did not have enough time to get any closer, so I could just take a few pics from a large distance. 

 globetrott Says:  Kuzma Minin is a very popular russian hero, you will see his statues in many cities of Russia, the most popular one maybe in front of Saint Baisil's cathedral on Red Square.Here in Nizhny Novgorod he used to live as an ordinary butcher before he started to support Prince...