Day trips:Legends of Princess Oldenburg's Palace + “Watchmen” of mysteries of the reserved forest

You will visit the only in the Central Black Earth Region palace of Imperial family, granddaughter Francoise Marie-Josephine (wife of Napoleon I Bonaparte), Princess Oldenburg's Palace. The Unique Palace, that was built in the  XIX century. It is registered as an object of Russian cultural heritage. In 1879 Tsar Alexander II gave the estate of Ramon to the Princess Eugenia and the Duke of Oldenburg as a wedding gift. In 1883 they commissioned construction of the palace, in red brick, in the style of an English Gothic castle with gatehouse.

Princess was an active woman, so, she has founded in our region the first Russian steam chocolate factory, products of her factory had an international recognition. Some recipes are still used at Voronezh chocolate factory. 

We invite you to visit the unique place in our region, the biggest in Russia beaver's farm, which is also shelter for many animals, some of which are listed in the Red Book of Russia - Voronezh State Nature Biosphere Reserve, which is administered by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation. It was given the status of a biosphere reserve by UNESCO and it is currently a part of the international network of biosphere reserves, to monitor the state of the environment.

The reserve territory includes a unique complex - "Beaver's city", created on the basis of an experimental farm, which is nowadays, the place for regular filming. We will visit a beaver's shed and a two-level aquarium, an interactive museum "Beaver's House", created using the best technologies.

One more significant place on the territory of the reserve is Tolshevsky Monastery, which was founded in the first half of the 7th century. The name "Tolshevsky" came from the incredible thickness of trees growing here.

*If you need a translator or english- speaking your are able to request it additionally.

Book now! Booking form is avaliable for twenty four hours.