Experts from the Tutu service told socialbites.ca about places near major cities that will be of interest to both children and adults on the weekend.
“Ethnomir” in the Kaluga region is suitable for a short trip for families living in Moscow or the Moscow region. This is a large open-air ethnographic park museum, where visitors learn about the life of different peoples. In workshops – they get acquainted with crafts, in museums – they study the history and culture of many countries of the world, in nurseries – they hug friendly huskies, look at snakes and iguanas, take pictures of funny meerkats. “The “Russian Stove” Museum, huts from different regions of Russia, houses of the peoples of the world, including the doll museum, the iron museum and the match museum,” experts began.
They also recommended going to the Okhta Park resort in the village of Mistolovo in the Leningrad region.
“St. An hour’s drive from the center of St. Petersburg there is a forest resort where you can ice skate among coniferous trees. Garlands flicker on the ice rink, and those who are tired of skating rest in a special area with soft chairs. The resort also has nine ski slopes of different difficulty levels. Experts said that children are taught to ski at ski school starting from the age of two.
According to them, it is also worth paying attention to the Bobrovy Log fan park in Krasnoyarsk.
“It’s a great place to learn to ski with your child, alone or with an instructor. “Also take the chair lift to the top of the slope and admire the beautiful view of the forest and the city, run down the mountain with the breeze and ride roller skates in an attraction called rodelbahn,” explained the service experts.
For those who want to go on a long journey, it is worth going to the Kudykina Gora park in the village of Kamenka in the Lipetsk region or the Sami village “Sam Syyt” in the Murmansk region.
“The legendary Kudykina Mountain from idiomatic units actually exists. True, they do not steal tomatoes there, but they travel a lot with snow tubes and bananas, on sleds and ice skates, and also ride camels. And the main attraction of the amusement park is the huge Serpent Gorynych, which bursts with flames at 18:00 strictly according to the winter schedule. And a hundred kilometers from Murmansk there is a village where you can get acquainted with the life of Sami. And also – make friends with reindeers, raccoons and huskies, sit in a real tent, ride snowmobiles and reindeer sleds. Both adults and children will definitely enjoy active Sami games; “It’s like pulling rope, throwing rings, and throwing a lasso on a deer’s antlers,” they said.
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