Thermal springs, pancakes from the Guinness Book of Records and other reasons to buy a ticket to Tyumen right now

Thermal springs in Siberia are almost an oxymoron, but it is an amazing truth. About 20 thermal resorts are concentrated around Tyumen, where mineral water has a unique composition and more than 70 microelements useful for the body. 24 km from the city center there is the Taiga ecopark with a hotel (room — from 4,000 rubles), a cottage village, a Polyanka restaurant and a mini-zoo. From entertainment — riding on all-terrain vehicles of local production, horseback riding, a hot spring with a Russian bath and a Finnish sauna (cost on weekdays — 500 rubles).

In the private gallery of the artist Igor Ryazantsev (or Rene Reza) there is an excursion program “The Great Silk Road with a Golden Thread”. It is conducted by the author himself — the creator of the new painting technique «philumism», which involves the use of thin threads of acrylic paints and gold leaf on canvas. Pay attention to the central picture — it depicts Grigory Rasputin, and his eyes really shine. At the end of the tour, you can take part in a large-scale performance — be an artist yourself and paint with acrylic on a large canvas.

In Tyumen, one should taste the cuisine of the peoples of Siberia. The dishes in the establishments are repeated, so choose where you want to try sliced ​​meat, venison, roe deer, wild boar or bear meat.

Yalutorovsk

The city is located 85 km from Tyumen and is now famous for its gastronomic performances. On Maslenitsa, the largest pancake in the world is baked here in order to get into the Guinness Book of Records, and recently they fried the World Yaish from 1,500 eggs with onions and lard. Condensed milk and Gulliver sweets were produced here. On the territory of the tourist complex «Yalutorovsky Ostrog» there is a Siberian carnival with dressing up, competitions and a round dance. You can dine in the restaurant «Peasant’s Feast».

House Museum of Grigory Rasputin

A must to visit. The most mysterious character in Russian history and the most famous Russian in the world, Grigory Rasputin, was born in the village of Pokrovskoye, where his private museum was founded. The space was opened in 1990 by the Smirnovs, who also lead excursions. You must register in advance. The exposition is not very large, there are only two rooms in the museum, but a lot of work was done to collect material. Things were searched not only throughout the village, but all over the world — in addition to the real chair on which Rasputin sat, condoms and vodka under the Rasputin brand were exhibited.

«Abalak»

The wooden tourist complex «Abalak» on the banks of the Irtysh is a reconstruction of a prison from the time of the conquest of Siberia by the Cossacks Ermak Timofeevich. Hotel rooms (from 3,000 rubles on weekdays) are called chambers: voivodship, archery, Cossack. There is a wedding tower with a swivel bed (from 7,000 rubles), a White Owl tavern and a Russian wood-fired sauna. Fairy-tale scenes are played out on the territory of the complex — visit the real Baba Yaga, who lives in a hut on chicken legs (in summer the structure makes a 180-degree turn) and take a picture against the backdrop of a three-headed snake.

Tobolsk

The ancient capital of Siberia with the only white-stone Kremlin beyond the Urals, a museum of Siberian penal servitude and exile (by the way, Dostoevsky was sitting here) and the first state museum in Russia of the family of Emperor Nicholas II. It was from this building that they set off on their last journey to Yekaterinburg. After the filming of the film «Tobol», the scenery was left here, so it is very easy to feel like an 18th-century Siberian.