Listvyanka

Arboretum

Дендропарк

Arboretum, or rather a park as it has several flowerbeds, part of the Baikal museum but free to visit. It has a viewing tower.

Baikal Museum

Байкальский музей

At the former Limnological Institute, this museum describes many aspects of the lake in a scientific manner. There's information and statistics about the flora, fauna and geology, but also aquariums with seals and other sea life, a model of an icebreaker, the Paisis-11 - a submersible that has been used for lake exploration and a simulator where visitors can experience a dive with that submersible.

400 ₽, diving simulation has a separate fee

Baikal husky center

Байкальский центр ездового спорта

Dog sledding in the winter, from 10 minute trips around the premises to (expensive) two day excursions on the Baikal ice. The kennel has more than 60 huskies. In the summer the center offers horse trips. On Facebook. On Vkontakte.

Café Baikalskaya Bochka

Кафе «Байкальская бочка»

Fish, kebab and sashlik as well as good pies. Moderate prices for being in Listvyanka. The place offers lodging as well.

Closed · opens 10 am·mains: 400-500 ₽

Café Proshlyi Vek

Кафе «Прошлый век»

Restaurant with wooden "traditional" interior, has received mixed reviews.

Closed · opens noon

Cherskov's rock

Камень Черского

Viewpoint, 270 m above the lake with great views of the surroundings. If you have a car, drive to the Eastland ski resort and hike (15-20 minutes) or take the chairlift (400 ₽, 2021) up. Without a car, walk for 2.2 km from the Baikal museum to get to the same ski resort. As it's easily accessible, in the summer it's often as crowded as Listvyanka downtown.

Diving center "New dimension"

Дайвинг-центр «Новое измерение»

Diving courses and tours from one day trips to longer trips far out on the lake.

Eastland ski resort

Горнолыжный комплекс «Истлэнд»

Yes, in the winter you can ski downhill in Listvyanka, at Eastland - the Cyrillic name really reads "Istlend". This is small and simple ski resort, in the summer the chairlift can be used to access the Chersky's rock (see above). For serious downhill skiing, head to the slopes above Baikalsk, at the southern shore of the lake.

Gem museum

Музей самоцветов

A private museum of gemstones by an enthusiastic collector who also conducts tours of the museum.

11-19, during winter 11-17

Large solar vacuum telescope

Большой солнечный вакуумный телескоп

At the end of the road there's a telescope used for observing solar activity. It can be visited by guided tour, otherwise you can look at the structure from the outside.

Lyubovnoye Café

Любовное кафе former Кафе «Шуры-Муры»

Café-restaurant with great views to the lake and good food, though with high prices.

Closed · opens 11 am

Market

Рынок

Fish and souvenirs, prices above average for a Siberian market. There are some food stands also.

Closed · opens 9 am

Nerpinary

Нерпинарий

There are marine mammal parks all over the world, but only two have Baikal seals, one in Irkutsk and this one. Photography and video shooting is allowed only in one pool and for a fee. Great to visit with children, but if you want to see them in a more scientific and less theatralical setting, it's better to see the seals in the Baikal museum.

11-18, sessions every hour·1000 ₽

Restaurant Mayak

Ресторан «Маяк»

The Hotel Mayak (lighthouse) has three restaurants, the main one with the largest variety of dishes in town, "Khinkal no. 1" - a Georgian restaurant, and the grill-bar at the 7th floor with a shorter menu than the main restaurant and nice views from the windows, and during summer even better views from the outdoor terrace.

Restaurant around the clock, grill-bar 10-24·mains from 500 ₽

Restaurant Sval

Ресторан «Свалъ»

A modern restaurant despite the sign with curly letters. Wooden interior and beautifully made servings, though they may not live up to the prices. The restaurant is adjacent to the Café Podlemore with good coffee and pastries.

11-23, café 9-22·mains from 700 ₽

Retro-Park/Osipov Museum

Ретро-парк/музей Осиповых

A museum of old cars, that's where the "retro" part comes from. But unlike what most people expect from a car museum, these cars are rusty and in a shabby state. The highlight of the museum isn't even the cars, but artworks made of rusty metal (you can find such artworks in town as well, all made by the owner of the museum).

100 ₽

Shaman's stone

Шаман-камень

The tip of a rock in the middle of the Angara, best seen from a viewing platform just north of Listvyanka. It used to be higher (and more impressive) but when the Irkutsk hydroelectric plant was built across the river in the 1950s the water level rose. According to a legend, Baikal threw a big rock after his daughter Angara who refused to marry Irkut (whom Baikal had chosen as her groom) and instead fled to Yenisey - this rock now is the shaman's rock peeking out from the water. There's a more famous similarly named rock on Olkhon island.

Siberian zoo

Сибирский зоопарк

Petting zoo opened in 2017 where you could earlier even pet wolf cubs but as they have grown up, visitors are nowadays just allowed to get close with herbivores. On Facebook.

Closed · opens 10 am·450 ₽

Song theater

Театр авторской песни

During the summer many small traditional song events take place in the region, and in this theater you can enjoy traditional song concerts around the year. Events are often led by theater director Yevgeni Kravkl, occasionally by visiting directors.

St. Nicholas church

Церковь Николая Чудотворца

This 19th century wooden church is the oldest building around the lake. It has been modified over time, and only the round windows gives a hint of the original classicist architecture.

Kalinka

Магазин «Калинка»

Food products and household items.

Closed · opens 10 am