Krasnoyarsk Visit

[Dashinka 24,660]

I was just wondering if anyone else has had the opportunity to visit Krasnoyarsk. I have been there twice to visit my fiancé and I really like the city, however my experience has been limited to Summer time. I really liked the center city area and hiking in Stolbi park. There were many places to go dancing, or to eat, and the people were very nice. I also was able to experience dutcha living in the outskirts of Krasnoyarsk.

On my last visit we also went to Omsk and Abakan to visit some of my fiance's family. Omsk was much like Krasnoyarsk and Abakan was very nice as well.

Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone else has any experiences they wish to share.

[Aaron&Ulianna 0]

I have not been to Krasnoyarsk yet, she has relatives there and we have promised next time to fly there and spend a little time.

We went to visit my wife's family in Shushenskoye, and spent time in Abakan, and Minusinsk. Since this was in late January I got to experience a real Siberian winter

[BatmanUSA 105]

I spent 10 days in Krasnoyarsk. LOVED IT !!!.

stayed in the Hotel Krasnoyarsk, it was beautiful and centrally located. Walked around town, they play music in the streets, it was just wonderful. I was there in April, it was chilly, but not too cold.

[Dashinka 24,660]

Yes, on my first visit I stayed at the Hotel Krasnoyarsk. I loved the fountains out front. Some really nice fountain shows, Krasnoyarsk loves their fountains even though they have such a short season. I still say Stolbi was the most fun. We only went once during my first visit and my fiancé hiked circles around me. On my second visit we were there three times and explored many of the back trails even going out to the entrance at the top of the ski slopes. I didn't climb any of the rocks as I am not a climber, but it was amazing to see people free climb those huge rocks.

The recreation island in the river was a lot of fun too. They are really improving it and adding more trails for hiking, biking, or skating. The fact that the island (I can never pronounce the name correctly, it is something like Tateshav) is so near the CBD is really nice as well from a restaurant proximity standpoint.

All-in-all, a really nice city even though I may be a little biased since Krasnoyarsk is where I found my fiancé. I hope to take a train to Lake Baikail on a future visit as I hear it is quite beautiful.