First walk
Rostov-on-Don: The market and Bolshaya Sadovaya
The cathedral by the Central Market, Chernova Mansion, City Duma and merchant façades in the centre. Stops, walking map, terrain and GPX for an independent walk
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Rostov-on-Don, on foot
Bolshaya Sadovaya, merchant houses and the Don waterfront. 8 walks, 24 places. Area guides and walking routes
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Neighbourhoods
Rostov-on-Don: The Don waterfront and theatre square
The Don Father sculpture, an exterior view of Paramonov Warehouses, Gorky Theatre and Revolution Park. Stops, walking map, terrain and GPX for an independent walk
All walking routes
The market and Bolshaya Sadovaya ↗
The cathedral by the Central Market, Chernova Mansion, City Duma and merchant façades in the centre
The Don waterfront and theatre square ↗
The Don Father sculpture, an exterior view of Paramonov Warehouses, Gorky Theatre and Revolution Park
Extended central walk: Rostov-on-Don ↗
The main stops from the first themed central walks; additional districts are covered by separate routes
Bolshaya Sadovaya: the trading city ↗
Turrets, stucco and commercial façades along the main historic street
Musical theatre and eastern mansions ↗
Intercession Square, the piano-shaped theatre and the Martyn brothers’ red-brick house
Merchant lanes and Pushkinskaya ↗
Market blocks, smaller mansions and a literary boulevard
Old Rostov: a museum and a synagogue ↗
Museum of Contemporary Art on Dmitrovskaya → Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin → Soldier Synagogue → Paramonov Warehouses
Nakhichevan-on-Don: merchant museum and old theatre ↗
Russian-Armenian Friendship Museum → Rostov Youth Theatre → Gorky Drama Theatre
Places on the map
- Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin
- Central Market
- Rostov City Duma Building
- Margarita Chernova Mansion
- Rostov Fine Arts Museum on Pushkinskaya
- Nikolay Paramonov Mansion
- Paramonov Warehouses
- Father Don Monument
- Gorky Drama Theatre
- October Revolution Park
- Rostov Regional Museum
- Rostov Musical Theatre
- Intercession Church
- Gench-Ogluev House
- Masalitina House
- Martyn Brothers House
- Yablokov Trading House
- Pushkin Monument
- Pavel Kramer Mansion
- Maximov House
- Museum of Contemporary Art on Dmitrovskaya
- Soldier Synagogue
- Russian-Armenian Friendship Museum
- Rostov Youth Theatre
How these guides are made
Sources: tourism organisations, museums and heritage sites. Distance follows the walking track; time and elevation are estimates. Sources are checked remotely; an on-site walk has not been confirmed