Location: Yekaterinburg
Top Things to do in Yekaterinburg
Top Restaurants in Yekaterinburg
Top 10 Things to do in Yekaterinburg, Russia
Yekaterinburg is the thinking tourist's city, jam-packed with libraries, theaters and museums, plus seemingly out of place monuments that pay homage to entities like Michael Jackson and a keyboard. The beautiful Yekaterinburg Circus building is an intricate lace dome that arches over seating for 2600 spectators.
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1. Yekaterinburg War Memorial
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 218 reviews
This monument honors soldiers who died in Russia's Afghan War.
Reviewed By Andrew E - White Bear Lake, Minnesota
Largely organized and paid for by the mothers of fallen soldiers, this is a remarkable memorial to combatants who paid the prices of sometimes questionable decisions made by government leaders. The Russian war in Afghanistan is at the center of this memorial, but local soldiers who died in other wars are also recognized. Highly recommended.
2. V. Vysotskiy Museum
Overall Ratings
5 based on 143 reviews
Reviewed By Beachednarwhal - Brisbane, Australia
Really fascinating museum of a Russian actor of whom the building is named after. If you buy a ticket to the lookout, admission is included.
His original Merc, and many Soviet antiques and memorabilia are on show. It helps if you can read Russian and learn about his rise to fame. There is also a fairly good replica of his apartment.
Worth a visit, especially in winter to stay out of the cold.
The toilets for this museum are tucked upstairs behind a small corridor.
3. The Church of Ascension
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 164 reviews
Founded in 1792
Reviewed By NomadicBoys - London, United Kingdom
Very interesting and lovely photo opportunities from the outside and some interesting information about the last Tsar of Russia and his family.
4. Sevastyanov's House
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 196 reviews
Reviewed By Frickelbude - Dusseldorf, Germany
You will probably not manage to enter, as it is not so easy - but even simply walking outside is worth, as the neo-gothic or art-deco (depends how you see it) mansion of one of the most wealthy city persons from the time the city has surged as center of the being burn heavy industry is a great view.
And its surrounding, which invites for a stroll, or even a boat ride within the closed water space in front
5. Dendropark
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 165 reviews
Reviewed By Dimitry_Filatov - Yekaterinburg, Russia
A lot kind of tree, you can see small animals and birds. It is beautiful place. But in weekends there are more walking people. I'm prefer early time when you may hear a song of nature.
6. Visotsky Business Center Lookout
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1 reviews
Reviewed By Beachednarwhal - Brisbane, Australia
Must do in Yekaterinburg. Tickets purchased downstairs and then a brisk lift ride to the platform. Bring very warm clothing in winter due to the windchill. Great views especially of the lake, and friendly souvenir shop.
The ticket also gets you into the Visotsky museum on the ground floor which was fascinating and a nice escape on a cold winter's day.
7. Weir on river Iset
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 757 reviews
Reviewed By KodoDrummer - Yekaterinburg, Russia
There is especially a lot of activity on weekends and evenings. This centrally located park is where many come to hang out, musicians play nice music and trying to earn some money, teens perform various acrobatics, street food vendors offer ice cream, drinks and other foods, people of all ages ride bikes, kids/teens are boarding, people go for romantic walks and more.
Besides the waterway, Fountains, and statues, the park is an outdoor museum of many very large precious rocks (see photos I am attaching).
Many of the best museums and restaurants are a few minutes walk away.
On a few possibly 150 metre long railings lovers and other have locked thousands of locks to the railings.
8. Ganina Yama Monastery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 652 reviews
Reviewed By Brigitte H - London, United Kingdom
I Think Tsar Nicholas II and his family would have approved this very calm but beautiful memorial to remember their terrible murders and their bodies first being thrown down a mine shaft here, in haste. Since then the 7 churches for each family member have been built in the woods and a monastery established. Each church us a little different and the bronze busts of the family are exquisite, especially the one of Tsarina Alexandra, Queen Victoria's granddaughter.
Long skirts and head scarves are provided for female visitors, photography permitted outside but not in any building.
Quaint cafe serving coffee, tea and local delicacies.
Recommend.
9. Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 148 reviews
Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts is one of the largest art museums in the Ural region. The museum of fine arts has 2 buildings. They are located in the historical part of Yekaterinburg. The museum is famous for the unique collection of Kasli cast-iron moulding and ,of course, the Kasli cast iron pavilion. The collection includes works of Russian and European artists of XVIII-XX centuries. The museum has a collection of icons, including rare examples of the Orthodox icons of the XVI century.
Reviewed By Moskvichka12 - Moscow, Russia
The museum is much bigger than it seems from the outside and needs at least two hours to see everything. The most impressive exhibit is the huge pavilion in the main hall, surrounded by lots of locally-carved metalwork. Upstairs there are some beautiful modern pieces of jewellary representing the minerals mined in this area. Lots of other artwork, including some famous pieces by Shishkin and Aivazovsky. Definitely worth visiting.
10. President Center of Boris Eltsin
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 678 reviews
Reviewed By Andrew E - White Bear Lake, Minnesota
The Elstin (Yeltsin) Museum is an outstanding history museum documenting the establishment of the Russian Federation, first open elections, and the tumultuous first decade of the Federation. Very moving exhibits on the election of Yeltsin, the battle against the re-establishment of Communism, and the collapse and rebuilding of the nation's economy. I learned a tremendous amount about this critical period in Russian (and by extension, World) history. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to learn more about recent Russian history.
Art gallery adjacent to the museum has a modest but excellent collection of 19th and earl 20th Century Russian paintings.
By the way, the museum is within a typical modern office building - appropriate in that Yeltsin helped move his country into the modern era, but would have preferred to see it having a more distinguishing exterior. I will say that it is a very functional office building, including an excellent book store (including an English language section), and both a nice, casual cafe and a full service restaurant.
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