Samarskaya Luka National Park
Limestone hills and forest inside the great Volga bend in Samara Oblast
The park covers most of the peninsula formed by the Volga's 180-degree bend around the Zhiguli Mountains. Northern taiga species such as the Ural owl live close to southern steppe species such as the European bee-eater.
Things to do
- On footWalk the 2 km Witch Lake Trail, which suits children and has signs on local myths
- On footClimb the Molodetsky Kurgan ridge along the Volga
- HeritageVisit the chapel of St. Nicholas at the Stone Bowl Tract
- HeritageTour Ilya Repin's house museum in Shiryaevo