The road to Ufa

We'll start the day with breakfast at Samovar café in Satka. This is probably the only cafe in Satka that opens at 9:00.
It's a café like a dining room. Here is a beautiful design of dishes, variety in the menu and reasonable prices.

The first place we're going is the square in front of the Magnesite Cultural Center. The House of Culture is interesting because in front of its entrance from Lenin Street there are original sculptures of Rodin.
On the other side of Lenin Street there is the Park of Glory dedicated to the Great Patriotic War.

From here we go to the town of Bakal. It is in a real career land. Iron ore mining has been carried out here since XVIII century. And now there are 16 quarries dug in the vicinity of the town.
We'll visit one of them. It's the New-Bakal Quarry. It's located closest to the urban development. And it's only separated from it by rail. Park at the corner of Shchorsa and South. It's very close to the quarry from here.
The quarry ate part of the city during mining. A cinema, a school, a kindergarten and several residential buildings were demolished for its expansion. Some of the buildings have not yet been demolished and are standing abandoned.

We'll go to Yuriuzan for lunch at Pita's Pizza. Here you can eat quickly, deliciously and cheaply.

When you drive up to the city of Ust-Katav after the bridge over the Katav River, on the left side of the road there will be a beautiful high rock with a good view. It is called Maryin Rock.
But it's not easy to get close to her. Here on a rather long section of the highway it is forbidden to turn, so it will be necessary either to run over the highway, or to drive to the turn to Ust-Katav and park at the gas station "Gazpromneft", which will be on the left side of the road. From here to the rock, you will walk 600 meters through the forest on a dirt road.
The Great Ust-Katavskaya Cave is located in the rock. Take a flashlight to walk along it. The entrance to the cave is an arch 10 meters wide and 25 meters high. The cavity itself consists of three rounded halls with ceilings up to 17 meters high. The cave floor rises steeply from the entrance.

The cave is located at the top of Kissyatyash Rock. And it overlooks the Yuryuzan River. The cave itself is picturesque and not dirty at all. You can walk here without being afraid to get your clothes dirty.

The M5 motorway offers a beautiful view of the city of Sim. Here it descends smoothly from the mountain and you can see the whole city.
The observation deck is to the left of the road. But it's not allowed to turn left. Park on the cliff platform on the right side of the road. There's a small quarry behind the rocks.

Atmospheric restaurant. Facilities and service are above all praise. There is a large selection of grilled dishes on the menu. Perfect place to spend the evening.
The restaurant is open until 2:00 a.m.

Before going to bed, let's take a little walk around evening Ufa. Park in the parking lot near the congress hall (Zaki Validi, 2). This parking lot is located on Salavat Yulaev Square. From the square begins the alley to the monument to Salavat Yulaev. It is placed on the Cherkalikhinskaya mountain. The monument is the biggest equestrian statue in Russia, its height is almost ten meters. From the monument let's go back to the congress hall. Across the road from it in the center of Gafuri Street there is a park where we will see such art objects as "The Open Book", "The Tree of Love", "The Bee". From the square we will go back to Congress Hall and turn left onto Zaki Validi Street. Four blocks away we will meet the building of the Bashkir Academic Drama Theatre named after Mazhit Gafuri. The theatre is named after the national poet of Bashkortostan. In front of the building is a monument to M. Gafuri. The Lenin Park is situated near the Drama Theater. Let's go into the park. It is one of the oldest parks in Ufa. It was created in 1867-72. It was the main resting place for citizens of pre-revolutionary Ufa. Here was placed the first fountain in the city, operated a summer cinema. Let's pass through the park at a slant and go to the crossroads of Tukaeva Street and Sovetskaya Street. There is a two-story building. It is a former Governor House. The building was built in 1832-38. Now the building houses the Ministry of Health of Bashkortostan. From the Governor's House, we'll walk down the center of Tukaeva Street. Here is Sofyushkina Alley. Trees in the alley are planted in staggered order parallel to each other on both sides of the walkway. The alley will lead us to the Aksakov House Museum. Next to it on the bank of Belaya river there's Salavat Yulayev garden. Along the river there are several cast-iron pavilions, which are nicely illuminated in the evenings. There is a view of the Belaya River and the bridge over it. From the garden we return to Sofyushkin Alley and walk along it until Novomostovaya Street and turn to it. After a block on the left will be Aksakov's garden. We take a walk through it. Here you can find a stele in memory of the Aksakovs family estate and a sculptural composition "The Scarlet Flower". Not far from Aksakov garden at the crossroads of Pushkin and Novomostovaya Streets there is a house-museum of Hudayberdin. This building is a fine example of wooden architecture. A block away on Novomostovaya street is a church of Saviour. It used to resemble a Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg. It was laid in 1824. In this way, you can get to the Aksakov Garden and turn right into Pushkin Street. At the crossroads with Tsyurupa street stands Mariinskiy Gymnasium, built in 1860. Nowadays gymnasium No.3 is located here. There is a monument to Maxim Gorky in front of it. Go further along Pushkin Street and after two blocks, turn to Lenin Street. There is an Alley of modern sculpture. One of the art objects that stands out is "Three screws". So nicknamed the stylized name of the city in the Bashkir language. Behind the art object on Sovetskaya Street one can see the building of the National Museum of the Republic of Bashkortostan. This is the largest museum in Bashkiria and one of the oldest in the country. Let's go back to Pushkin Street. At the corner of Lenin and Pushkin stands a beautiful two-story building of the Noble Assembly, across the street from it is the Bashkir State Theatre of Opera and Ballet. Along Pushkin Street there is Pushkinskaya Alley, where we will see monuments to Aksakov and Pushkin. On the corner with Karla Marksa Street stands the remarkable house of Kosterin, a bakery trader. We go straight along Pushkin Street, after two blocks turn left into Gafuri Street and return to the car.

The second day of our journey has come to an end. Gain your strength before you go back.