Congress Tours
The Perm Congress offers delegates a great choice of technical and sightseeing tours.
Payment for tours: 7 September 2012 at the latest
Pre-Congress Technical Tours >>
Mid-Congress Tours for accompanying persons and delegates >>
Post-Congress Tours >>
You can see the places you always wanted to visit in Russia on the way to Perm, and after the Congress. Packages are available for visiting the sights of Moscow and Saint-Petersburg. >>
The contact person for the tours is Irina Domnina, english speaking manager. When calling/e-mailing to Irina please tell her that you are an ISOCARP Perm Congress participants.
Tel +7 812 335 20 15
Fax +7 812 335 20 13
irina@krugozor-expo.ru
www.goingtorussia.com
skype: Domninai
Pre-Congress Technical Tours: free; choose one
All Technical Tours will take place in the morning of 10 September and are offered by the LOC.
1 Perm City Centre walking tour
Meet at the Ural Hotel at 8:30 am.
History, art and architecture in the city centre. Walk in small groups of about five or six people, following sections of the city’s heritage red and green lines, making brief visits to museums (including the modern art museum) and stopping to have a coffee and returning to the Ural Hotel at 1 pm. Each group led by a volunteer from the City Projects Bureau, the planning department or the university.
2 Metropolitan planning tour of the city and hinterland
Board the bus at the Ural Hotel at 8:30 am.
Bus tour to places of interest and to see some of the challenging issues for the planners: suburbs, industrial areas, the garages areas, and the expansion area across the river, the hydro power station, a university, and the Motovilikha armaments museum. Return to the Ural Hotel or the Congress venue at 1:30 pm.
3 Historic and traditional wooden architecture
Board the bus at the Ural Hotel at 8:00 am.
Visit the extensive and impressive open air architecture museum near the village of Khokhlovka. Walk freely around the museum, or join small groups with volunteer guides. Return to the Ural Hotel or the Congress venue at 1:30 pm.
Mid-Congress Tours for Accompanying Persons and Delegates
Morning of Tuesday, 11 September
Walking Tour City of Perm
Meet at the Ural Hotel at 8:30 am, starting the tour at 9:00.
History, art and architecture walking tour through the Perm city centre.
Return to the hotel at 1:00.
Cost: 25,- Euro
Wednesday, 12 September
Whole-Day Tour to Khokhlovka
Board the bus at the Ural Hotel at 8:00 am, transferring to Khokhlovka ferry at 8:30.
Visit the extensive and impressive open air architecture museum near the village of Khokhlovka. Walk freely around the museum, or join small groups with volunteer guides. Return by bus to the Ural Hotel at 6:00 pm.
Cost: 80,- Euro
Post-Congress Tours
Friday, 14 September 2012
Whole day tour to Kungur
Meet at the Ural Hotel at 8:30 am, boarding bus at 9:00.
Kungur is 120 km from Perm. One of the oldest Ural towns, by the mid 18th century Kungur was a major trading centre on the Siberian road. By the end of the 19th century it had grown into an important industrial, commercial and cultural centre, and today prides itself on the preservation of empire and baroque buildings. Nearby the Kungur Ice Cave, an extensive and impressive system of karst caves with spectacular lakes and ice formations described as ‘frozen poetry’, is a very popular destination for Russian and international tourists. Return by bus to the Ural Hotel at 6:00 pm.
Cost: Euro 60,-
Friday 14 to Sunday 16 September 2012
Three day planning tour of Moscow
Flight to Moscow on Friday morning.
Participants should book the flight UT 566 and inform Elena Chukaeva (chukaevabgp@mail.ru) about the booking. If there is another flight booked they should inform her as well.
Take the comfortable Aeroexpress train to the centre of Moscow, for 8 Euros.
Aeroexpress services run every half hour from Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo airports and every hour from Vnukovo airport, taking about 40 minutes to reach the Belorussky, Paveletsky and Kievsky city terminals respectively. Participants will be met at the city terminals and taken to the hotel by bus.
Check in at the Kitai-Gorod Hotel (approx EUR 80-100 per night).
The Perm Congress Local Organising Committee recommends that all participants book at the Kitai-Gorod Hotel as partners of 48th ISOCARP Congress: http://www.otel-kg.ru/en/. In the line “Additional comments” please type “ISOCARP Congress 2012” for a 10% discount.
Friday, 14 September
15:00-18:00 Professional visit and seminar at the Exhibition of the Moscow Agglomeration Competition
19:00 Free time
Saturday, 15 September
10:00-14:00 Bus tour: Moscow, the historic city
14:00 Free time
16:00 Pedestrian tour of Moscow city centre
18:00 Free time
21:00-23:00 Exploring the Moscow Metro
Sunday, 16 September
10:00-16:00 Moscow professional planning tour
16:00 Tour concludes
Cost: Euro 230,-
Includes the professional seminar in Moscow and the four excursions.
Airfare to Moscow, hotel in Moscow and meals to be paid and arranged individually. Delegates will be proposed some meals.
Friday 14 to Tuesday 18 September 2012
Five day planning tour of Moscow and the World Heritage City of Yaroslavl
Flight to Moscow on Friday morning. Take the comfortable Aeroexpress train to the city centre, for 8 Euros.
Aeroexpress services run every half hour from Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo airports and every hour from Vnukovo airport, taking about 40 minutes to reach the Belorussky, Paveletsky and Kievsky city terminals respectively. Participants will be met at the city terminals and taken to the hotel by bus.
Check in at the Kitai-Gorod Hotel (approx EUR 80-100 per night).
The Perm Congress Local Organising Committee recommends that all participants book at the Kitai-Gorod Hotel as partners of 48th ISOCARP Congress: http://www.otel-kg.ru/en/. In the line “Additional comments” please type “ISOCARP Congress 2012” for a 10% discount.
The historic city of Yaroslavl is situated at the confluence of the Volga and Kotorosl Rivers some 250 km north-east of Moscow. The centre of the city has around 140 individual federally-protected architectural monuments. Since 2005, this ensemble along with the Spassky Monastery has been included on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Yaroslavl developed into a major commercial centre from the 11th century. It is renowned for its numerous 17th-century churches. It is an outstanding example of the urban planning reform ordered by Empress Catherine the Great for the whole of Russia in 1763. While keeping some of its significant historic structures, the town was renovated in the neoclassical style on a radial urban master plan. It has also kept elements from the 16th century in the Spassky Monastery, one of the oldest in the Upper Volga region, built on the site of a pagan temple in the late 12th century but reconstructed over time. For heritage information see the UNESCO site, http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1170
- Photos: Zherlicin Victor
Friday, 14 September:
Early flight to Moscow. Check in at Kitaigorod Hotel (approx EUR 80-100 for the night).
15:00-18:00 Professional visit and seminar at the Exhibition of the Moscow Agglomeration Competition
19:00 Free time
Saturday, 15 September:
10:00-14:00 Bus tour: Moscow, the historic city
15:00 Departure for Pereslavl-Zalessky
16:30-18:00 Tour of Pereslavl-Zalessky
20:00 Arrival in Rostov Veliky, check in at hotel
Sunday, 16 September:
09:00-12:00 Excursion in Rostov Veliky
13:30 Departure for Yaroslavl
15:00 Arrival in Yaroslavl, check in at hotel
20:00 Pedestrian excursion in Yaroslavl
Monday, 17 September:
10:00-13:00 Technical tour of Yaroslavl
15:00-17:00 Meeting at Yaroslavl City Council for professional discussion
Tuesday, 18 September:
08:00 Departure for Moscow by express train
11:00 Arrival in Moscow, tour concludes
- Photo: Alexei Lisovoi
Cost: EUR 750. Fee includes the professional seminar in Moscow; hotels and breakfast in Rostov (one night) and Yaroslavl (two nights); excursions in Moscow, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rostov and Yaroslavl; and train to Moscow.
Airfare to Moscow, hotel in Moscow and meals to be paid individually.
about Yaroslavl:
http://www.yaroslavl-online.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaroslavl