Ufa

Worth seeing in and around Ufa

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Dynamo Stadium

   Dynamo Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Ufa, Russia. It was used mostly for football matches and was the home stadium of FC Ufa prior to their move to Neftyanik Stadium in 2015.

   1 km · multi-purpose stadium in Russia · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Bashkir State Art Museum (Nesterov Museum)

   The Bashkir Nesterov Art Museum is an art museum in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia. It was established in 1920 by the Government of Bashkortostan.

   800 m · Art Museum in Ufa, Russia · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Mazhit Gafuri Bashkir State Academic Drama Theater

   Bashkir State Academic Drama Theater Majit Gafuri operates in the Ufa city, the capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan of Russian Federations. The foundation of the theater was laid on December 4, 1919, in Sterlitamak – the capital of the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

   900 m · Bashkir-language Drama Theater in Ufa, Russia · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Old Mosque

   The Old Mosque, Ufa, commonly known as the Tukayev Mosque, is located in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia.

   1.3 km · mosque in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Ufa Rail Bridge

   Constr Ufa rail bridge carries double tracked rail lines over the River Belaya. It is located at Ufa, the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia.

   2.7 km · bridge in Russia · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Ice Palace Salavat Yulaev

   Ice Palace Salavat Yulaev is an indoor sporting arena located in Ufa, Russia. The capacity of the arena is 4,043.

   4.8 km · indoor sporting arena in Ufa, Russia · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Russia-Bashkir Monument of Friendship

   The Russian-Bashkir Friendship Monument is a monument in the city of Ufa, dedicated to the 400th anniversary of the accession of Bashkortostan in Russia, located on a hill above the Belaya River. Construction of the statue began in 1957 in honor of the 400th anniversary of Bashkortostan's entry into the Russian Empire.

   1.9 km · monument in Bashkortostan, Russia · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Ufa Lenin Museum

   The Ufa Lenin Museum is a museum devoted to Vladimir Lenin in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia. The museum was established in 1941 by the Government of Bashkortostan.

   800 m · biographical museum in Bashkortostan, Russia · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Sergey Aksakov Memorial House

   The Memorial Aksakov Museum in Ufa is a writer's house biographical museum which commemorates the life and work of author Sergey Aksakov in an apartment where he lived in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia. It is located about two blocks from Republic House.

   1.4 km · biographical museum in Bashkortostan, Russia · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Munira Ufa Mosque

    The Munira Mosque is a mosque in Ufa, in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia.

    2.5 km · mosque in Russia · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

What to see in Ufa is a tricky question. On one hand, it is easy to spend more a day here, especially if you visit Chernikovka and other areas outside the center. On the other hand, there no one well-known attraction in the city. Perhaps the best known sight is the Monument to Salavat Yulaev, but for the average traveler, it's just another monument, albeit one with a beautiful setting overlooking the river.

1. 01
   Lenin Monument

   Lenina and Kommunisticheskaya, near Gostiny Dvor).

2. 02
   Gostiny Dvor
3. 03
   Gentry Assembly Building

   This three-story, mid-19th century mansion is noteworthy because the great Russian opera singer, Fyodor Shalyapin, began his career here.

4. 04
   House of Cooperation
5. 05
   Temple of the Savior

   This small copy of the Kazan Cathedral om Saint Petersburg in a one-story Ufa suburb looks really out of place.

6. 06
   Demidov Home

   This small, one-story mansion and one-time home to the Demidov miners has magnificent stucco molding and is believed to be the oldest building in the city.

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Things to do

1. 01
   Bashkortostan National Museum

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Where to eat

Restoran Chestnykh Tsen, ul. Lenina 16 (Just opposite to McDonald's). Recommended. Offers meals for about 200R. Tasty Tramcar (in the square outside of Guest's Yard (mall) on Lenin). Only open in the summer. Good cheap schwarma and donuts. The schwarma is like a Russian burrito. ~70 руб per person. Lido, Pushkin, 94 or Mendeleev, 201b. Don't eat anything from the hot bar.

1. 01
   Farfor

   Pizza, rolls, sushi, assorted sets, Japanese soups, salads, desserts, main dishes and drinks.

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Getting to Ufa

Airports

Ufa (UFA), 19 km · Magnitogorsk (MQF), 236 km

• Magnitogorsk → Ufa

  242 km · quickest by road, 6h 10m · ₽1,180–1,570
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  385 km · quickest by air, 6h 19m · ₽4,970–7,670
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• Chelyabinsk → Ufa

  362 km · quickest by air, 6h 19m · ₽4,910–7,590
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