As any other seaside town, Vladivostok is famous for its lighthouses, each of which has its own name and unique history. The Basargin Lighthouse standing at the city's main sea gates is recognized as one of the most famous and beautiful among them. Being among Vladivostok's most recognizable symbols, it has been serving as an important navigation reference for the vessels that enter the Zolotoy Ro
The picturesque Admiral Fokin Street, nicknamed Vladivostok's Arbat by local residents, is the favourite recreation place of city's locals and guests and one of its main attractions. It is always pleasant to stroll along the block pavement admiring well-groomed houses built in the 19th - early 20th century, to stop by at numerous shops and to drink a cup of coffee in one of the many cozy coffee ho
The Vladivostok sea terminal that is reckoned among the largest ones on Russia's Pacific coast is not only city's main sea gates, but one of its key attractions. Its fanciful building, designed in form of snow-white sea liner, became seaside capital's romantic symbol and its bright trademark long ago. In addition, the Vladivostok sea terminal is one of those places where it is easy to feel unusual
The architecture of the Vladivostok's downtown amazes with variety of forms and styles that reflect the unique peculiarities of its early inhabitants' national culture. One of the most adorable - and unusual for Vladivostok - constructions is rightly considered to be the Catholic Church's building standing on the knoll near the Zolotoy Rog Bay. It bears the status of the Primorsky Krai capital's m
The Russky Island is famous not only for marvelous natural sights, but for handmade wonders too. These are in particular the unique fortification facilities straggling on its territory. The Voroshilov Battery - the true military equipment's wonder and Vladivostok's pride - is among them. Thousands of naval history buffs yearly visit the island in order to see it.
Since the early 1930s, the Japanes
Vladivostok is the unique city in many respects, and, therefore, it is no wonder that it is here that the History and Technology Automotive Antiques Museum - the youngest and definitely the most original museum in Primorsky Krai's capital - is situated. There are no museums of the kind in any other town in Russia. It is the desired point of interest in excursion program of any tourist who is tired
The Primorsky Krai is the territory with absolutely unique nature. You can prove this even without traveling through the region - it suffices to visit the V.K. Arsenyev Primorsky State Associated Museum in Vladivostok. It is the oldest and the largest museum on the Far East and in the Eastern Siberia that is situated in city's historical center. Vast collection of valuable materials about Primorsk
The memorial ship 'Krasny Vympel' is a small elegant vessel that rocks slightly on the waves at the quay №35 on the Korabelnaya Naberezhnaya (literally: Ships' Quay). It is one of the many unique historical attractions in Vladivostok. The Pacific 'Aurora' - it is the 'Krasny Vympel's nickname on the Far East - is one of the five museum ships, built in the pre-revolutionary times, on the modern Rus
The funicular, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2012, is not only very convenient and indispensable mode of transport for a city with such complicated relief as in Vladivostok, but one of Primorsky Krai's capital's most vivid trademarks. Vladivostok funicular's uniqueness ensured its status of significant sight: it is the only such electric kind of transportation in the Russian Far East an
