Taganrog State and Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve

Exploring the history of the Rostov region continues, but first thing today, go to the famous coffee shop in Taganrog - "Freken Bock". Today, just have breakfast at the best place in town, and tomorrow we'll tell you a little more about it!

After breakfast, take a walk to the Taganrog Art Museum, which is a couple hundred meters from the coffeehouse.
The museum can rightly be considered a gem of the south of Russia, there are works of the leading masters of the XVIII-XIX centuries: A.P. Antropov, F.S. Rokotov, I.E. Repin, V.I. Surikov, I.I. Shishkin, I.I. Levitan and other prominent Russian artists.
By the way, the museum itself is located in the manor of the last third of the nineteenth century, which has fully preserved its historical appearance.
There are three excursion programs, you can see them on the official site. We advise to take the excursion "Three Centuries of Russian Art".
Opening hours: daily from 10:00 to 18:00, weekend - Monday, the last Friday of each month - sanitary day.

Visit the man who was the originator of the Taganrog Museum of Art.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born in Taganrog and loved this city very much. In the house you will visit, the writer lived from the age of 9 to 14 years. The first floor housed the shop, and the Chekhov family lived on the second floor. Little Anton loved to watch his father working in the shop. He reflected his memories of this place in many of his works, for example, in "Vanya" or "Singers".
The museum is not open on Mondays.

There are many places in Taganrog connected with Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, you will continue to explore them after a short snack.
For lunch, check out the inn "Melnitsa", you have to get to it on the other side of the city, but it's worth it! You haven't tasted such delicious khachapuri in Sagliari yet!

The next attraction is the oldest memorial Chekhov Museum in Russia.
The Chekhov House Museum is located in a small annex on the territory of the former home of the merchant A.D. Gnutov. The writer's parents lived here from the summer of 1859 to March of 1861. Here the future writer and playwright was born.
The exposition of the museum presents photographs of the Chekhov family, family relics and household items.
The museum is closed on Mondays.

After traveling to the 19th century and learning interesting facts about the life of the great writer A.P. Chekhov, go visit another famous family.
If you thought the house belonged to a famous Russian composer, it is not quite true. Peter Ilyich's brother, naval officer Ippolit Ilyich Tchaikovsky, lived here. However, the composer stayed with his brother several times.
You should come here at least just to look at this majestic architectural monument, walk around the territory and, of course, look in the room-museum, where you can see a collection of sheet music notebooks and listen to the famous works of Pyotr Ilyich.
Please note, the tour is only available on Wednesdays.

And now go to the main attraction of Taganrog - the Stone Stairs, which is more than 100 years old. From the Tchaikovsky Museum you can walk to it.
The staircase is known for an unusual visual illusion: if you look down at it from above, it seems to be the same width, but if you look up from below, you will see how it gradually narrows.
By the way, near the stairs there is another attraction of Taganrog - the sundial, by which relatively recently checked the time of all street clocks.

Last museum for today and a walk to the park!
The museum is located in the mansion of E.I. Sharonov, erected in 1912. Here you will learn about different architectural styles and see their reflection in various miniatures and works of arts and crafts.
You can learn more about the museum on the website.
The museum is not open on Mondays.

In the evening we suggest to have fun in the Park of Culture and Recreation and take a look at Taganrog from the Ferris wheel.

For dinner, go to the Butcher and Bull meat club. Despite the harsh name, there are very friendly and helpful waiters. It's also very cozy!
The menu features more than 50 of the best meat dishes from around the world.

It's been a very busy day, go on holiday to the hotel. Have a good night!