Tula Travel Guide

 bugulma Says:  Annunciation Church is situated near of Kremlin, on Blagoveshenskaya Street. It is the oldest church in the city in its original architecture. The church was built in 1692 and in present day we may see it kept without any additional building works but with reconstruction... 

 bugulma Says:  Epiphany Cathedral was built in 1855-1862 in honour of soldiers of 1812 War. In Soviet times it was the home for 2 clubs, aeroclub in 1930-1950 and gym club till 1989. In 1989 the Weapon Museum was open here (we didn't visit 'cause of huge queue). 

 bugulma Says:  the first main Cathedral in Kremlin was arkhangelsky Cathedral, built in 1626. The present view cathedral was built in 1762-1766 by L.Kopteltsov, S.Sidnev and A.Volodimirov. In 1772-1781 the belfry was built near by (it was burnt down in 1936). The iconostasis was painted in... 

 bugulma Says:  In present we can see 9 towers and 4 ones among them are with arches. The main entrance is through Odoevsky Gate. Near of the entrance there is the ticket office. I paid RUR 90 as an entrance fee for 2 persons and 1 photo shots (USD 2.95). 

 bugulma Says:  The Kremlin was founded in Tula in 1503 by Ioann III. Later his son, Vasily III built wooden walls in 1507-1509 and later the stony walls were built in 1514-1521. In XVII century the Russian border was carried away to the south and Kremlin lost its military purpose. 

 bugulma Says:  Preobrazhensky Temple is situated near of Uspensky Cathedral. The Temple was built in 1842 by V. Fedoseev architect (the Temple was built instead of old wooden St.Nikolay Church). In soviet times the belfry was destroyed and the Temple was Navy school's building. Temple was... 

 bugulma Says:  Uspensky Cathedral is situated on the Lenin Square, near of Kremlin. The first church was built here in wood in XVII century for the nunnery. In XVIII century it was completely reconstructed in stone with last style of 1791-1792. In XIX century it was reconstructed again. In... 

 bugulma Says:  There are not much places in Russia indeed when Lenin monument is a neighbour of churches and cathedrals. Tula city is one of those places. On the city square you may see the region government building and two churches as well as Kremlin churches are near by too. Photos are... 

 bugulma Says:  Lenin Avenue seems the longest street of the city. It starts near of Kremlin and goes to the southern part of the city. It is interesting to look at the change of architecture style when the old houses in the beginning of the street turn to Stalin-style houses and further... 

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 bugulma Says:  Karamel' is restaurant decorated in Japanese style and mostly with Japanese cuisine although some usual dishes are available here. The restaurant is not big and the atmosphere is quite nice. We paid RUR 1200 around for 2 persons with alcohol drinks (USD 39.35 around). 

 bugulma Says:  Litr beer restaurant is situated near of Victory Square. The service is very fast that is quite normally for the beer restaurants, though, the not good thing is, beer seemed to me not very fresh... We paid RUR 1100 (USD 36) for dinner with 2 pints of beer. 

 Anjutka Says:  This bar is located on the central street (Lenin Prospect) and it is a nice place to stop to have some relax to eat something or to drink a cup of coffee. We were drinking coffee with strudel. As a specialist in strudel i can say it wasnt that bad, may be because it was... 

 Anjutka Says:  This restaurant you will find on the central street of Tula. The name "Skovoroda" means "Pan". The ambiance is very nice, the walls are decorated in the ukrainian style, there are a lot of pictures. The stuff is very very friendly and is ready to fullfill all your wishes.... 

 bugulma Says:  We got Tula by regional train (electrichka). The route lasts 3 hours 30 minutes from Kursky railway station, the ticket is RUR 310 (USD 10 approximately). The train has stops near of metro stations as well such as Lyublino, Tekstil'shiki and Tsaritsino and you may get the... 

 Anjutka Says:  Tulskije pryaniki are famous cakes from Tula with very long history. In some way they remind german/austrian "lebkuchen", but anyway they are different. You can find pryaniki with all possible tastes. Good pryanik is the best cake for tea from not less famous "samovar"...