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Places near Kazan by type
All 172 places by distance →One day from Kazan
5 stops, one loop, back by 1:53 pm
55 km on the road, in driving order so you don’t double back. Times assume an 8 am start and typical visit lengths.
- Leave Kazan
- Kazan Nurymosque or dargah · 30 min
- Раузаmosque or dargah · 30 min
- Столбищеlake · 45 min
- Ковалевскоеlake · 45 min
- The Zambezi Rivernature spot · 2 hrs
- Back in Kazan
Questions people ask
What are the best places to visit near Kazan?
Kazan Federal University (attraction, about 1 km), Nurulla Mosque (mosque, about 1 km), Soltan Mosque (mosque, about 1 km), Qol Şärif Mosque (mosque, about 2 km), Bornay Mosque (mosque, about 2 km), Äcem Mosque (mosque, about 3 km).
How many tourist places are there within 50 km of Kazan?
154 places on Spotwander: 39 forts & heritage, 27 lakes, dams & reservoirs, 23 mosques & dargahs, 14 parks, 13 other attractions.
Which is the nearest fort to Kazan?
Ф. И. Шаляпину, about 1 km by road; Department of Astronomy and Space Geodesy (0 km) is next.
Which is the nearest lake to Kazan?
Bulak, about 1 km by road; Black Lake Park (1 km) is next.
What is a good one-day trip from Kazan?
Start in Kazan, visit Kazan Nury, then Рауза, then Столбище, then Ковалевское, then The Zambezi River, and drive back — about 55 km by road in all.






















