Ryazan: attractions, souvenirs, lodging

Table of contents

• Where to stay
• What sights of Ryazan to see
• Where else to go in Ryazan
• What to bring from Ryazan

Where to stay

If you travel by train or train, the hotel is better.Lovech", Which is not far from the railway station, you cannot find! If you are in your car, it will also be quite convenient - there is parking here. Cost - from 2,446 rubles per night in a double room with breakfast.

From other options - hotel «Old city", Located in the very center of Ryazan (from 3 129 rubles per night). «Ryazan»Is located a kilometer from the main attractions and is highly appreciated by the guests. A room per night with breakfast will cost you about 2,361 rubles. «Sleep House Ryazan"- from 1 505 rubles per night in a good hotel with a high rating. This option is more suitable for those who travel by car, as it is located 4 km from the center. We also recommend the Park Hotel “Paustovsky»Away from the bustle of the city (19 km from the city) - it offers comfortable accommodation with an amazing view of the Ryazan pine forest for 2,800 rubles per night.

You can also consider hostels near the city center - you can walk to the main attractions. Overnight at the hostel «Ison"Will cost from 450 to 900 rubles.

You can find decent apartments on Airbnb starting at RUB 1,000 per night. For example, remove a cozy apartment in the historical center next to the Kremlin for 2,111 rubles. Another convenient option is apartment for 1,440 rubles in a 15-minute drive from the Kremlin.

What sights of Ryazan to see

Ryazan Kremlin

This is the most ancient part of Ryazan, a whole historical and architectural reserve, which stands on a high hill, surrounded by two rivers and a dry moat. The entrance to the territory of the Kremlin is free, you can just walk and admire the monuments of history and culture of the XI-XIX centuries.

There are museums here, they are located in Oleg's palace, the singing building, the hotel of the mob and the consistory building. I recommend visiting all of them. The cost of a ticket to one museum is from 100 to 150 rubles, all five expositions will cost 550 rubles. True, they are now closed to the public, follow the news on website.

Oleg's palace deserves special attention - the most grandiose building of the Kremlin with windows as if from fabulous tower and colored platbands.

In general, the Kremlin and its buildings are striking in size. For example, you can go to the Assumption Cathedral and see how huge and majestic it is.

The best time to visit the Kremlin is summer. And to see all the natural beauty of the reserve, you must definitely come here during sunset.

Cathedral Park

After walking through the territory of the Kremlin, you can walk across the Glebovsky Bridge and get to the Cathedral Park. From here, from the hill, there are breathtaking views of the temples and the Ryazan rivers. It is in this park that there is a monument to Sergei Yesenin, made of bronze. Work on it was carried out for 10 years, andMonument to Sergei Yesenin a monument on a round date - the 80th anniversary of the poet's birth. Newlyweds and official delegations often come to him to be photographed.

Monument "Mushrooms with eyes"

This amusing figure is located on the pedestrian Lenin Street, next to house 24. It's better to walk here in the early morning, while the crowds tourists did not surround him on all sides. The monument was opened not so long ago - in 2013. His sketch wonA monument "Mushrooms with eyes" appeared in Ryazan in the competition for the best symbol of the city based on the saying "And we have mushrooms with eyes in Ryazan."

Lenin street

We continue to walk along the main street of the city, which was originally called Astrakhanskaya. The most spectacular historical buildings are located on Lenin Street: the University of Culture and Arts, the former Noble assembly (currently the regional council and the wedding palace are located here), court, merchant houses, hotel XIX century.

The street is also famous for the fact that for over 20 years a local resident named Joseph for a symbolic fee of 3 rubles weighs everyone on a precision medical scale with a lever - helps his fellow countrymen and tourists to keep track of health. Joseph himself says that during his work every inhabitant of Ryazan weighed at least once. Also, many share with Joseph their experiences and worries, calling him a "folk psychologist."

Space Museum

Address: s. Izhevskoe, st. Green, d. 23.

On Voznesenskaya Street in Ryazan, there is a house associated with the life of the father of Russian cosmonautics Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. But we recommend visiting another place - Museum K. E. Tsiolkovsky, or the Museum of the History of Cosmonautics, in the village of Izhevsk, which is an hour and a half drive from Ryazan. You can get there by car, as well as by bus or minibus from the Prioksky bus station.

The nominal entrance fee is 30 rubles for adults, 20 rubles for students, schoolchildren can enter for free. In the museum, you can independently walk through the halls and get acquainted with the exhibits that tell about the history of the Soviet astronautics and the discoveries of the scientist himself. The tour will cost from 300 to 600 rubles. The museum also offers visitors master classes and educational programs for children.

Unfortunately, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the museum is temporarily closed. Before traveling, it is better to check the information on website.

Village Konstantinovo

Without visiting this museum-reserve your impressions of Ryazan will be incomplete. The village of Konstantinovo, located 40 km from Ryazan, is the birthplace of Sergei Yesenin, one of the most beloved poets of Soviet times. In 1964, a memorial house-museum of Yesenin was opened here with expositions and exhibitions dedicated to the life and work of the poet. Only 20 years later, this place became the state museum-reserve of Yesenin.

You will be able to visit the estate of the poet's parents, where you will be greeted by a snow-white Russian stove with 19th century household utensils and family photographs on the walls. By the century Sergei Yesenin on the territory of the reserve, a zemstvo primary school was restored, from which the future poet graduated with a certificate of honor. Now the expositions are closed from visitors, you can follow the news in group in the social network "VKontakte".

And, of course, Konstantinovo is famous for its natural beauty - vast green meadows and birch groves. They are beautiful in all seasons, and you can spend a pleasant whole day here.

Where else to go in Ryazan

Historic city streets

In addition to the already mentioned Lenin Street, it is worth walking along Pochtovaya, Sobornaya, Voznesenskaya and Pavlova streets and falling in love with Ryazan antiquity with wooden houses. Around are birch and linden alleys, which excite with their honey smell in June. On these streets of Ryazan, you find yourself in the atmosphere of a carefree summer from childhood - when there are no sorrows and you can freely drink clean water from a pump around the corner.

House-estate of academician Pavlov

Address: st. Pavlova, d. 25.

This is historical the museum, and it is worth ordering an excursion to listen to the story of the life of the academician and his family, to get acquainted with the history of the things that surrounded him. It will be interesting for both adults and children. Outside, the building of the museum is also worth seeing: the two-story wooden house has been preserved in excellent condition.

Museum of the history of the Ryazan candy

Address: st. Cathedral, d. 14/2.

IN museum three small rooms with exhibits dedicated to sugar business and tea drinking. You will learn where sugar was first produced and the history of the traditional delicacy - cockerel lollipop. There are also master classes on caramel making and painting of candies, which you can take with you later. By the way, you will receive a lollipop as a gift immediately at the entrance to the museum.

What to bring from Ryazan

Treats

The best place to buy edible souvenirs is the Candy Museum, which we described above. Without visiting the museum, you can immediately go to the shop and teahouse, where you should definitely treat yourself to loafs (thin pancakes with milk) with different fillings and buy sugar candies and handmade chocolates with images of the city. The price is affordable: two loafs cost 100 rubles, a lollipop - from 25 rubles, chocolate - from 100 rubles.

Products made of wood and birch bark

These can be useful objects in everyday life or just cute trinkets. You can find them in countless Ryazan souvenir shops or bring them with you from Konstantinovo. The choice is great: handmade mirrors in birch bark frames, wooden combs, salt shakers and pepper shakers made of fragrant wood, birch bark boxes.