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Vladivostok
Tips
Places to Eat
Chinese Restaurant – This restaurant
is particularly good for large groups. It’s
inexpensive and has an excellent variety of food.
The menu is in Russian, but there is an English
pictured menu for the asking and waitresses who
speak English are available. Also, separate
private rooms are available. For location, walk
past the main square (GUM side) and look for the
red Chinese lanterns hanging outside.
Chinese Restaurant – Located on the
White House side of the main street about 4
blocks past the main square and one block towards
the harbor, is a Chinese restaurant with live
music and dancing. Prices are reasonable. Watch
for the belly dancers. ? Children not permitted
after 8:00 p.m.
Nostalgia – Located on the street
which runs to the train station. Small but very
pleasant restaurant serving excellent food.
Places to Visit
Dolphinarium – Seals doing tricks,
dolphins, and baluga whales in small enclosures.
You may pay a small fee to have your picture
taken with the seals or the whales. Located on
the ocean past the marina
Aquarium – A nice aquarium with
interesting exhibits. Faces the fish market at
the public beach/fair grounds.
Fair grounds – Children’s rides
such as bumper cars, small rollercoaster,
minature train, etc. On the public beach near the
marine.
Fort near the marina – behind the
aquarium is a fort museum which is well worth
exploring. Saturday’s, costumed actors fight
with swords. The noon gun is fired from this site.
Indoor Zoo – Attached to the aqaurium
on the city side is a small indoor zoo.
Vladivostok Museum – At the top of
the stairs at across the street from the White
House is the larger Vladivostok Museum. Some very
nice displays and a large map where many families
have their pictures taken.
Fort on the Hill – Just out of town
is an excellent fort on the hill. Tours through
the tunnels are fascinating and the history
presented is very interesting.
Submarine – Located on the harbor
lower road past the White House. You can’t
miss it. It has been mostly stripped, but
interesting.
Ship tour – Very near the submarine
on the ocean. Marine museum.
University Museum – Excellent museum
Circus – At various times of the
year, the circus comes to Vladivostok. An
excellent cultural experience.
Theatre – Various performances are
available throughout the year. The musical
theatre we experienced was excellent.
Shopping
On the main street is a flower shop, but as you
enter, you can see that it is really lined with
several small flower shops. As you procede
through, shops of various descriptions appear.
Head out the back door and there is an alley
lined with shops. Just outside the back doors, on
the left, is a view to the railway. At the top of
the alley, the street merchants have taken over (moved
from the market place across from the aquarium
street).
Under the main square are two floors of markets.
The upper floor is fairly expensive, but the
lower floor is very interesting and bargains can
be found. Entrances are a little shed on the main
square with stairs leading straight down, a door
at the bottom of the stairs in the middle of the
main square (turn sharply to the right), or on
the lower harbour road in the middle of the main
square wall.
The GUM is 4 floors of shops. Across from the
main square.
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