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Ufa

The city of Ufa - the capital of Bashkortostan, a sovereign democratic republic within the Russian Federation - is located in the East of Europe. The city lies upon a peninsula, occupying an elevated plateau at the foot of the Ural mountains encompassed from the sides by the Adhigel (the Belaya), the Ufa and the Dyoma rivers. Nature endowed this land with unique beauty. Here, side by side with the mountain ridges are beautiful lowlands stretching far and wide. Large expenses of the steppe alternate with thick wild forests. The climate here is continental. This land is fabulously rich in natural resources: iron-ore, copper, gold, zinc, lead, aluminium, chromium, brown coal, natural gas, manganese and salt. However, the major wealth here is oil. The population of Ufa is over 1100000 people. If you are going to visit Ufa you are welcome to use the booking system of Academservice, where you can choose a hotel in Ufa and book a room on-line. Booking a hotel in Ufa you should consider the following Ufa Airport. Ufa International Airport is located 5 km away to the south of the city centre, in Bulgakovo village. Booking one of the hotels, located downtown, you will be able to reach the city's air gateway without any troubles. Route taxis run between the airport and the city. There is also a bus stop by the international terminal. Buses run from the airport through the city to oil factories in the north of Ufa. Ufa railway terminal. Ufa railway terminal is located downtown, close to the Belaya river embankment. After you've registered on Academservice's website you can choose among the available hotels the one that stands closer to the railway station and book a room on-line. Ufa terminal, constructed in 1888, is one of the oldest in Russia. The old building of the terminal has recently been refurbished. Today the terminal, equipped with horizontal escalators (travalators) and elevators, meets all modern requirements to comfort. Ufa bus terminals. Passenger flows are distributed unequally between two bus terminals of Ufa - Severny and Yuzhny: Yuzhny terminal is overloaded, while Severny terminal sometimes stands idle. The 3-star AMAKS Tourist Hotel, belonging to AMAKS Hotels group, is located next to Yuzhny terminal in a forest park area. Yuzhny bus terminal receives buses from almost every corner of Bashkiria. The embankment and the Old Town of Ufa. The 4-star Bashkortostan Hotel is located at Lenin street, in Old Ufa - the historical city centre. The President Hotel also stands downtown within a short walking distance from local landmarks - St.Sergiy's Church, Blagoveschensky Convent, Aksakov's Cottage Museum, and Friendship Monument. The legend says that Ufa fortress was installed at the site of today Friendship Monument at the Belaya river embankment. The road on the opposite side leads to Ufa Airport. The old wooden pier at Ufa embankment was rebuilt into a landing stage. Cruise boats start from here along the river. The 3-star Aymak Hotel is the nearest hotel to the embankment. It takes five minutes to get to Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theatre and Bashkir Drama Theatre, which offers simultaneous translation of plays into Russian. Svyato-Sergievsky Cathedral is located to the right of the Friendship Monument. It had for a long time been the only Orthodox Church in Bashkiria. Ufa business centre. Booking a hotel in the cultural and business centre of Ufa, which includes the territory from the embankment to Oktyabrya avenue, you will find it easy to reach key administrative and financial institutions of Ufa, such as National Bank and Ufa Administration. The AZIMUT Hotel, one of the city's modern hotels, equipped with up-to-date meeting rooms and conference facilities, is located at Oktyabrya avenue within close proximity to the KPD business centre, the Congress Hall, the TV centre, and the monument to Salawat Yulayev. Lyalya-Tyulpan mosque and madrasah, one of the most impressive sights of Ufa, stands at the end of Oktyabrya avenue, within several minutes drive from the hotel. Gostiny Dvor with galleries and atriums, which was restored in 1999, is not only a shopping and business complex, but one of the city??â„¢s cultural centres as well. Yakutov Park, one of the favorite places of Ufa residents, is located in the centre of Bashkortostan capital.