Moscow is often called a city on seven hills. But not only the capital of the Russian Federation can boast of this title. Rome, Edinburgh, Jerusalem, Kiev, Vilnius and many other cities are built on the same number of hills. On this list, according to the assurances of local residents, gets and located on the river banks of Penza. A young city by historical standards (founded in the 17th century) on seven hills and two rivers, Sura and Penza, attracts tourists not only with its location, but also with sights, which are unexpectedly many.

It is worth knowing: the inhabitants of Penza are called Penza (modern) or Penza (old name). "Penzyks" they are called only by those who want to know the power of the Penza kulak.
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Content

  • 1 How to get to Penza
    • 1.1 Search for air tickets to Penza
    • 1.2 By train
    • 1.3 By bus
  • 2 Climate
  • 3 Transport in the city
  • 4 Cuisine and restaurants of Penza
  • 5 Shopping and shopping
  • 6 Entertainment, excursions and attractions of Penza
  • 7 Theaters of Penza
  • 8 Museums of Penza
    • 8.1 Penza region

How to get to Penza

Those who appreciate their time and prefers airplanes to all modes of transport will be pleased with the information about the Penza airport .Located in Pervomaisky district of the city, on ul .Central, 2, he daily receives and sends flights to Moscow and St. Petersburg .A ticket to the capital of Russia costs 4925 Russian rubles, to the capital of the north - 6025 .In the summer season, from June to October, flights to Sochi, Mineralnye Vody, Saransk are added to these regular flights .Passengers arriving to Penza airport "Ternovka" easily reach the city by public transport: by buses No. 30, 54 and 66, by trolleybus No. 7 or by shuttle bus No. 10a .

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By train

South-East, Kuibyshev and part of the branches The Moscow railways connect Penza with different cities of the Russian Federation and other countries .By direct trains you can get to the Penza-1 station, which is on .Privokzalnoy, 1, from Moscow, Samara, Novosibirsk, Voronezh, in the summer from Adler, Kislovodsk, as well as from Kharkov, Simferopol, Bishkek, Tashkent and t .e .The trip to Penza from a tourist from the capital of Russia will take from 11 to 14 hours, the ticket will cost 488 .80 Russian rubles per sitting place, 889 .70 per seat in a reserved seat and 1899 in a compartment minimum: fast trains cost significantly more expensive and no sedentary cars in them .

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By bus

You can also come here by bus, to the bus station at ul. Lunacharsky, 1. And not only from the cities of the Penza region, such as Pachelma, Spassk, Kuznetsk, but also from Lipetsk, Kazan, Saratov, Ryazan, Gelendzhik and others.

The fare is indicated in May 2011. 

Climate

Penza March 1, Sunday
Mainly cloudy
0 ° C in the afternoon
-5 ° C at night
° С water
Penza 2 March, Monday
Mainly cloudy
-1 ° C in the afternoon
-9 ° C at night
° С water
Penza March 3, Tuesday
Clear
-1 ° C in the afternoon
-6 ° C at night
° С water
Penza weather forecast for 10 days

Penza is a seasonal city, and the best season here is summer, with juicy and green foliage, a bright sun. In the spring and autumn, according to the Russian tradition, it is dirty, and in the winter - it's slippery, the snow is not cleaned here.

Transport in the city

The city transport of Penza is represented by commercial buses and minibuses, municipal buses and trolleybuses. You will definitely have to use them, since the distances between the stops of the city are very long, but the asphalt is so bad that the local residents in the majority prefer to do without high heels.

Cuisine and restaurants of Penza

What can a guest have a snack at the glorious city of Penza, hungry for walks and excursions? Became already a traditional chauffeur from a chicken in numerous local network kiosks. Do not trust these dishes? Then welcome to the ubiquitous McDonald's on the street. Suvorov, 144a or st. Moscow, 73. In general, the most attractive places in Penza are on Moskovskaya Street. For example, "Jean-Paul", a teahouse "Two persimmons", a confectionery at Moscow, 72 - a kind of time machine, allowing for 20-40 rubles to find yourself in a scoop (delicious!).

Map of Penza

Shopping and shopping

If you ask local residents what is best to buy in memory of Penza, they will certainly advise buying some of the Abashev clay toys. These whistles and pipes in the form of musical instruments or various figures have long become the most famous souvenir from the Penza region. Nevertheless, in Penza itself it is quite difficult to buy it, but you can try your luck at the shops at ul. Karpinsky, 2, "Diva Ceramics" on the street. Izmaylova, 34, ul. Sovkhoznaya, 15.

A good choice of gifts and souvenirs in the national style is distinguished by the "Golden House" store at ul. Bakunin, 54/94, "The shop of the wanderer" on the street. Kirov, 15b, "Home Collection", located in the trading house "Eureka."

The local vodka "Ugliovka" was praised by VA Gilyarovsky.
Penza, city views

Entertainment, excursions and attractions of Penza

Both children and adults will have a great time in communion with nature in the local Botanical Garden named after II Sprygin, Belinsky's city park of culture and recreation, where you can ride on the Ferris wheel (great view!) And visit the planetarium.

There is also a zoo in the city, a visit where it costs only 100 rubles from an adult and 50 from a child (for a photo and video shooting you need to pay 20 rubles) .And the city itself is very good .Surprisingly green, with an abundance of monuments (the first settler, family, dead soldiers), the stele (the most famous, original symbol of the city - Rostok, nicknamed the 25-meter Monument of Glory in 1967) and churches (the wooden church of St. Nicholas, the church of St. Mitrofan and t .e .) .And there are also the nearest neighborhoods of Penza with its small resort of Ahuna or the children's railway .Yes, the city on seven hills and two rivers is generous for surprises for its attentive guests - see for yourself .

The main street of Penza - pedestrian Moscow, on which stands the Fountain Square. It is notable for two city attractions: the Degree (huge thermometer in the whole wall) and the Cuckoo Clock (cuckles hourly). To appoint a "watch" appointment is a sign of a good tone in Penza.

Theaters of Penza

If you went to travel with children, it's painful to invent, what would not take them not. It is possible to entertain young guests of Penza not only in gaming rooms of entertainment centers, but also at performances in the circus (13 Plekhanov St.), performances of the Regional Theater of the Young Spectator (13 Kirova Street) or the Puppet House puppet theater on the street. Chkalov, 35.

Adult theatergoers are waiting at the address. Moscow, 89, in the regional theater named after Lunacharsky. Connoisseurs of this art are most likely to be interested in the Museum of the Meyerhold House of theatrical art, formerly known as the Museum of Performing Arts (since May 2012 it has been closed for renovation).

Museums of Penza

In the city there are many interesting objects for connoisseurs of painting, history and literature: the museum of one painting named after GV Myasnikov (11 Kirov Street), which is a branch of the Savitsky Art Gallery (a beautiful prerevolutionary building on Sovetskaya Street, 3). By the way, in 2011, even Forbes mentioned it as one of the three best unique museums in the world.

In addition, there is a literary museum (2 Kirov Street), a local history museum (73 Krasnaya Street) and a museum of folk art (Kuibyshev St., 45a). And this is not a complete list! Photos of Penza (34)