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Siberia

Russia’s Biggest Indoor Water Park Opens in 2018

2018-01-20 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The largest indoor water park in Russia will be opened in the west Siberian city of Tyumen this year. The 130,000 square meter park by Polin Waterparks will include mineral spring baths and a hotel, and developers expect more than one million visitors a year. 

Tags: Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Polin Waterparks, Siberia, Siberia attractions, Siberia tourism, Tyumen, water attractions, water parks

56th Parallel: Trekking Volcanoes in Kamchatka

2017-02-21 by Phil Butler

Kamchatka acid lake

A couple of times a month our my friend Michael Schneider, Founder of  56th Parallel emails me news and special deals for unique travel across Russia. 56th Parallel is an Independent travel company that specializes not only in trips to Russia, but adventure travel experiences off the scale. Michael’s most recent mail offers a real “bucket list” must – […]

Tags: 56th Parallel, Kamchatka, Kamchatka travel, Michael Schneider, Russia hiking, Russia tours, Russia treks, Russian adventures, Siberia

Putorana Plateau Calls from the Wilds of Siberia

2017-02-14 by Phil Butler

Putorana Nature Preserve

Our distant ancestors must have had their breath taken away by the sights and sensations of places like Siberia’s Putorana Plateau.

Tags: Arctic lands, Lake Lama, Putorana, Putorana Plateau, Russia nature, Sergey Gorshkov, Siberia, Talnikovy Waterfall

Republic Of Buryatia Head Addresses Lake Baikal Sustainability

2016-12-19 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Lake Baikal

The Prime Minister the Republic Of Buryatia, Vyacheslav Nagovitsyn told a session of the Siberian Federal District constricting the sustainable growth of the region surrounding lake Baikal will have negative impacts.

Tags: Buryatia, Lake Baikal, nature, Oleg Safronov, Russia nature, Siberia, Siberia lakes, Vladimir Putin

Russia, the Oh-So Photogenic Subject

2016-10-11 by Phil Butler

Gelio Vostok

Earlier this year I profiled a wonderful Russian photographer named Slava Stepanov, who is absolutely one of the finest photographers in the federation. Slava, who is from Novosibirsk, is the co-founder of the stunning agency known as Gelio Vostok. Over the years Over the years, Slava’s company has taken on projects from the US to the Far East […]

Tags: Gelio Vostok, moscow, photography, Siberia, Slava Stepanov, St. Petersburg, Vladivostok

Adventure Saturday: Exploring the Wilds of Russia

2014-05-03 by Argo Contributor

Lake Baskunchak

Russia is a vast and fascinating country, with landscapes ranging from sunny beaches to icy tundra, rugged mountains to dense forests and mysterious lakes. In addition to its natural attractions, the country boasts cultural and historic sites that are unique in the world. To see the real Russia, you need to get beyond the cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Tags: adventure travel, Lake Baikal, Lake Baskunchak, Russia sites, Russia travel, Siberia, Tsoi-Pede, Tunguska

Yeti Resort Hopes to Lure Tourists to Siberia

2013-01-22 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Ask anyone where you’re most likely to bump into the legendary Yeti and they’ll more than likely tell you that your best bet is somewhere around Mount Everest, in the Himalayas. But few people realize that the infamous ‘abominable snowman’ is just as likely to be found lurking further north, in Siberian Russia.

Tags: Abominable snowman, Russia, Russian yeti, Shergesh, Siberia, Siberian Yeti, Yeti, Yeti Park, Yeti resort

Rezidor Announce Plans for new Park Inn Hotel in Novosibirsk

2011-04-26 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The Rezidor Hotel Group plan to expand into all of Russia's major cities

Developed in conjunction with one of the groups’ most important Russian partners, the Regional Hotel Chain, the 150-room, mid-market property is scheduled to open up to guests for the first time in 2014. Located in the center of Novosibirsk, the hotel lies in immediate proximity to both a subway station and the main railroad terminal. Aside from its 150 guest rooms, Park Inn Novosibirsk is set to offer facilities including an all-day gourmet restaurant, a luxury spa and gym, lobby bar and five conference rooms.

Tags: BSGV-France, Commerzbank, Gateway to Siberia, KMB Bank, Kurt Ritter, Novosibirsk, Park Inn, Park Inn Novosibirsk, Raiffeisenbank, Regional Hotel Chain, Rezidor, Rezidor Hotel Group, Russia travel, Siberia, Silicon Forest, Transfiguration Cathedral, Ural Mountains

Hospitality in Germany; Siberian Anna Klimenko: Value Absolute

2011-01-28 by Phil Butler

Anna Klimenko - our hostess at Taj Mahal, Trier.

She comes from Siberia, yet she has the warmest of hearts. Anna Klimenko was our hostess today, at Trier’s Taj Mahal Indian-Pakistani restaurant.

Tags: Anna Klimenko, Bernkastel, Bernkastel Kues, Gordon Ramsey, Graacher Tor, Hotel Bernkastel Hof, people of Trier, Russia, Siberia, Taj Mahal Trier, Taj Majal, Trier restaurants, Trier travel

To Russia With Love

2010-10-20 by Phil Butler

Jewel of the Urals, Ekaterinburg

Russia’s government now intent on breaking down barriers for the travel and tourism industry there. What has been one of the most difficult countries in the world to visit, should the plan succeed, will become one of the world’s most visited. Russia holds some of the world’s greatest tourism treasures, and now more people will be able to share them.

Tags: Angela Merkel, Dmitry Medvedev, Minister of Tourism, moscow, Nadezhda Nazina, Russia travel, Russia travel industry, Russia trouism, Russian travel, Siberia, St. Petersburg, Volga, Yamal




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