Sights in Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky
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Kamchatka State Unified Museum
Several Crimean War monuments can be seen off ul Leninskaya, which you can follow south a few hundred metres and reach the Kamchatka State Unified Museum, housed in an attractive half-timbered building overlooking the bay. The museum features an imaginative mix of relics and murals that outline Kamchatka’s history, for example dioramas of nomadic herders, old cannon balls and flags, photos of the 1975 Tolbachik eruption and maps showing Alaskan expansion.
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historic centre
The most walkable part of Petropavlovsk is around the historic centre - particularly up from pl Lenina at bayside Nikolskaya Hill, where there's a small chapel and several monuments to those who fell in the failed Crimean War invasion in 1854. Some buses (including 1 and 22) continue south of town along the hillside road to Rakovaya village, with even better bay views.
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Institute of Volcanology
One way to begin a volcano-centric trip is by taking in an expert’s lecture at the one-room exhibit in the Institute of Volcanology. You’ll need to prearrange an interpreter (about R1000 to R2000 per group) with a travel agency.
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Zavoiko
Just south of town is Zavoiko, where there's a black-sand beach, one of the area's nicest, and a good spot from which to spot puffins and other sea birds.
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