Tourist Information Centre
Welcome to the official website of “Red Izba” - tourist information centre in Veliky Novgorod.
Celebrate New Yaer and Christmas in Veliky Novgorod - the Birthplace of Russia!
Red Izba Tourist Information Centre (5 Sennaya Sq.) is open for visitors on December 31, 2011 from 11a.m. to 5p.m., on January 2 - 9, 2012 from 10a.m. to 6p.m.
Red Izba Tourist Information Office in Park Inn Hotel (2a Studencheskaya St.,) is open for visitors on December 31, 2011 from 11a.m. to 4p.m., on January 2 - 9, 2012 from 10a.m. to 6p.m.
24-hour tourist information hotline +7 905 290 86 86 or 8 816 2 99 86 86, 24/7.
Veliky Novgorod keeps on amazing its guests. There are now two tourist information offices in the city where tourists can get full, timely and reliable information about travel offers in Veliky Novgorod, book a guided tour; take a free city map and a city guide:
Red Izba Tourist Information Centre
5 Sennaya Sq., Veliky Novgorod
9.30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Tel. +7 (816 2) 77 30 74,
Fax +7 (816 2) 73 73 42
Red Izba Tourist Information Office
2a Studencheskaya St., Park Inn Hotel, Veliky Novgorod
Hours:
- Friday 2 p.m.-6 p.m.
- Saturday 9.30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
- Sunday 9.30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Tel.: +7 (816 2) 94 09 17
For your convenience we have a 24-hour tourist information hotline: +7 (8162) 99 86 86.
To submit your questions about travelling to and around Veliky Novgorod please use e-mail: info@visitnovgorod.ru
On VisitNovgorod.ru website you can book guided tours, excursions, accommodation and interactive programs. There are now English, German, Finnish and French versions of the website. In December 2011 Spanish and Chinese ones will be launched.
We made a few suggestions for you to discover the Birthplace of Russia – Veliky Novgorod.
Travel tips by Tourism Development Centre “Red Izba”:
1. Before you set off please look through Veliky Novgorod tourist attractions and deals on the information website VisitNovgorod.ru, and use online reservation system to book a tour or a hotel. Feel free to ask questions or share your impressions in guestbook.
2. Download a free e-application “Mobile guide to Veliky Novgorod” on VisitNovgorod.ru website.
3. Stop at the tourist information area near the Saint-Petersburg-side city entrance. There you will find several information boards with a city map, important information about the city and events on them.
4. Use the volunteer services during the big city and national celebrations. Volunteers can be met at the Moscow and Saint-Petersburg-side city entrances and in the historic centre of Veliky Novgorod.
5. Get free information, city map and city guide at the Red Izba Tourism Development Centre Red or Red Izba Tourist Information Office.
6. Learn more about the origins of Russia by taking a motor ship trip to Rurik’s hill fort (IX century) – the place where Russian statehood was born.
7. Set forth on a trip back through time from the XXI century to the Middle Age, see the city's past that has been congealed in the cultural layer and watch the "performance of the Theater of Time while visiting Troitsky Excavation Site.
8. Meet novgorodian posadnik* Sbyslav Yakunovich and characters of ancient novgorodian legends during the performance tour. Take part in staged collecting of coins from the Hansa Fountain on Yaroslav’s Courtyard. (* governor of medieval Russian city-state, appointed by prince or elected by citizens).
9. See the World’s best tourism films and meet the directors on the Third International Tourism and Culture Film Festival “Kitovras-2012” in autumn 2012.
10. Celebrate the 1150 years anniversary of the Russian statehood in Veliky Novgorod - the Birthplace of Russia on 21-23 September, 2012..
And, finally, fall in love with Veliky Novgorod – the birthplace of Russia and come back here again!
Самые популярные туры* в Великий Новгород и города Новгородской области:
* по статистике туристского информационного портала Новгородской области visitnovgorod.ru
