Parks and the outdoors in Staraya Russa

Parks and the outdoors in Staraya Russa

1. See

   Staraya Russa Balneologic Resort

   Курорт Старая Русса

   While today foreigners come to Staraya Russa because of Dostoevsky, and Dostoevsky alone, the town was for hundreds of years known for its balneologic resort, where ailing Russians would come and avail themselves of the mineral water and mud treatments. The buildings and sculptures throughout the park are for the most part pretty unremarkable, whereas the so-called Muravyovsky Fountain merits a visit. This big fountain at the centre of the complex is built atop a natural mineral water spring, and for most of its history was covered by a rather marvellous metal pavilion, with covered galleries, adorned with wooden carvings, running from the fountain to the hotel and to the wooden theatre. The complex was almost completely destroyed in World War II. In the early 1980s, the government made a half-hearted attempt to erect a new metal dome over the fountain, but the salt in the air corroded the metal and quickly brought it down. Today, the fountain is a shell of its once majestic stature—even the flow has been reduced to reduce salt water damage to nearby trees. But you can still sample its waters from the Drinking Pavilion behind it—chilled or hot like it came out of the ground.

   Muravyovsky Fountain 'gives' water strictly on schedule 07:00-09:00, 11:30-14:30, 18:00-19:30

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   See

   Trinity Church

   Троицкая церковь

   A well-preserved 1676 church, characteristic of churches for the merchant class of the seventeenth century, right at the central City Park.
3. DoWater park

   Аквацентр

   62В Минеральная улица

   Closed · opens 9 am tomorrow

4. DoTheme park

   Верёвочный парк

5. DoPark

   Аллея Победы

6. DoPark

   Парк 55-летия Победы

7. DoPark

   Парк Победы

8. DoPark

   Первомайская площадь

9. DoPark

   Реликтовый парк

10. SeeGarden

    Сад камней

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Staraya Russa (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).