Ufa
Ufa is the capital and largest city of Bashkortostan, Russia.
The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers, in the centre-north of Bashkortostan, on hills forming the Ufa Plateau to the west of the southern Ural Mountains, with a population of over 1.1 million residents, up to 1.4 million residents in the urban agglomeration. Ufa is the tenth-most populous city in Russia, and the fourth-most populous city in the Volga Federal District.
Getting to Ufa
- 01Ufa International Airport
- 02Train Station
Housed in a large new building with a mosque-like dome.
- 03South Bus Station
Contrary to the name, the bus station is in the center of the city, not the south.
- 04North
Worth seeing
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.
- 01Lenin Monument
Lenina and Kommunisticheskaya, near Gostiny Dvor).
- 02Gostiny Dvor
- 03Gentry Assembly Building
This three-story, mid-19th century mansion is noteworthy because the great Russian opera singer, Fyodor Shalyapin, began his career here.
- 04House of Cooperation
- 05Temple of the Savior
This small copy of the Kazan Cathedral om Saint Petersburg in a one-story Ufa suburb looks really out of place.
- 06Demidov 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.
Things to do
- 01Bashkortostan National Museum
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.
- 01Farfor
Pizza, rolls, sushi, assorted sets, Japanese soups, salads, desserts, main dishes and drinks.
Getting around Ufa the local way
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- Get inLocal minibuses as well as intercity buses collect passengers here.
- Get inCity buses and minibuses (marshrutki) go to the airport from the city center.
- Get inComing from the center, find a bus/minibus with a sign for «по Ленина» or «Гостиный двор» (for example, routes 101 and 110).
- Get inMinibus service stops after 22:00 or so, while Bashavtotrans buses stop service even earlier.
- Get inVia commercial minibus it's , although drivers sometimes will add a surcharge for bulky baggage.
- Get inLeaving the station building and climbing another staircase, you will find yourself at a public transport stop, from which numerous minibuses (No.
- Get inLastly, there are buses and marshrutki to Izhevsk, but the time to get there varies widely, depending on the ferry across the Kama River.
- Get aroundMarshrutkas and buses go all over the city and run very frequently.
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