Tula

Older than Moscow, primarily the city was the major outpost of nomads until in 1503 it became a part of Dutchy of Muscovy and its southern fort. In 1552 the city overcame the 30,000 people strong siege of Khan Devlet Geray. The beginning of the XVI century it was an epicenter of Dark Times and later on it grew as a great iron guns producer which is Tula is well-known for even today. Its samovars are of all-Russia brand of quality and are as recognizable as its pryaniki (cookies).

By train

• Moskovsky Vokzal

  address: Ul. Puteyskaya (Путейская улица), 12А

• Rizhsky Vokzal

  address: Ulitsa Ryazhskaya (Ряжская улица), 13

Trains arrive from Moscow (2 to 3.5 hours), Oryol, Kaluga and are served by two railway stations. There is an option to ride by retro train, but only for groups (email: bobrov1979@mail.ru).

Buses, trolleybuses, marshrutkas, taxi.

• Taxi Visit, phone: 360-360.
• Taxi Volga, phone: 370-370.

• Tula Kremlin

  address: Ulitsa Mendeleevskaya (Менделеевская ул.), ~8
  5 centuries of its history never knew enemies flags flying over it. Inside the 9-tower rampart there are two Cathedrals and the Museum of Guns.

• Cathedral of the Assumption

• Bell Tower of the Cathedral of the Assumption

• Naugolnaya tower16th century

• Ivanovskaya tower

• Tower of the Ivanovsky gate

• Spasskaya Tower15th century

• Museum of Gunscannons, rifles, sabres, pistols.

• Museum of Samovarsbuilding in the old town near the Kremlin walls

• Tula Art MuseumRussian icons, metal-plastic art, European classics

Museum Tula's Cookie

phone: +8 4872 347070

address: Ul. Oktyabrskaya (Октябрьская ул.), 45a

learn how to make gingerbread pie Tula-style.

Transfiguration Church

address: Ulitsa Mendeleevskaya (Менделеевская ул.), 15

The temple was built in 1842, in the style of Russian classicism, on the site of the ancient church of St. Nicholas the Miracle Worker "Nikola on the Square" (designed by V.F. Fedoseyeva).

Cathedral of the Assumption

address: Менделеевская ул., 13

Administration of Tula and Tulskaya oblast

address: Lenina (просп. Ленина), 2

The White House in Tula. Built in 1970s

Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

phone: +7 487 256-56-53

address: Blagoveshchenskaya (Благовещенская ул.), 1

Ruins of the temple of the Holy Virgin

address: Ulitsa Metallistov (ул. Металлистов), 7а

Palace of Children and Youth

address: Ulitsa Revolyutsyi (ул. Революции), 2

Culture House.

Ruins of the Old Nikita Church

address: Ul. Nikitskaya (Никитская ул.)

• Central Park of Belousov

• City Garden of Kremlin

  address: Sadovyy pereulok

• Circus

  address: Ul. Sovietskaya (Советская улица), 96
  Built in 1963.

• Gladiator's Cup Tournament

  phone: +7 4872 395701
  address: 29 Belousova st
  Annual two-day battle at the walls of the wooden fort.

• Tula State University
• Tula State L.N.Tolstoy Pedagogical University

• Tula English language school LanArk

  phone: +7 4872 30-5757
  address: office#10, 9th floor, 7, Krasnoarmeisky Prospekt
  Practice your English with local students.

Banks

• Sberbank

  phone: +7 4872 32-87-00
  address: Ulitsa Metallistov (ул. Металлистов) and Plosch. Krestovozdvizhenskaya (Крестовоздвиженская пл.) corner, 1
  Unit № 8604

Malls

• Gostiny Dvor Shopping Centre

  address: Ulitsa Sovyetskaya (Советская ул.), 47
  Hotel, Restaurants, Offices, pub, shops and ATM

• Paradise Shopping Center

  address: Lenina (просп. Ленина)

• Shopping Centre Utyug

  phone: +7 487 2251425
  address: Ul. Demonshratsii (ул. Демонстрации), 1g

Mid-range

• History Hotel

  phone: +7 487 2419321
  address: 24, Shuhov st
  A Western hotel with 29 rooms of various classes includes sauna, a pool and a cafe-bar.

• Inshinka Spa

  phone: +7 920 7700505
  address: 23, Inshinsky
  Located outside of Tula, the hotel offers 17 rooms, spa, sauna, a pool and solarium.

• Moskva Hotel

  phone: +7 487 2316560
  address: (Путейская улица), 3,

Splurge

• Grumant

  phone: +7 487 2505050
  address: 201th km Moskow-Krim
  Located outside of Tula (20 km), the hotel offers 50 rooms, spa, bowling, a pool? a restaurant.

• If you need acceptance and guide, contact with a tour agency 'Veter Stranstvy', their email: vsbron@yandex.ru. If you want to get straight to the ancient battlefield Kulikovo Pole, contact the museum, their office is at 47, Lenina st., email: kulpole@tula.net, phone:+7(4872)36-28-34.

Free wi-fi

• Tula State University at 92 Lenina st., from 7:30 to 19:00.
• Cafe Blinnaya at 58a, Boldina st., and 6a, Khalturina st., from 10.00 to 23.00.

• Kulikovo Pole.
• Yasnaya Polyana, museum of the home of Tolstoy, author of War and Peace.
• Filimonovo, the village of old-style clay toys with a museum. You can order a tour via their contacts in Tula: filmuseum@yandex.ru, +7(4872)56-01-55.