Resting Rooms

Western Siberia


Clean and friendly. The location is utterly impractical for visiting the city, but ideal if you’re arriving late or waiting for an early-morning connection.


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Nearby Western Siberia attractions

3. Minsalim Folk Art

6.38 MILES

Minsalim is a master bone-carver who turns mammoth tusks and antler fragments into detailed figurines related to myths and legends of the local brand of…

4. Gubernsky Museum

6.42 MILES

Built in 1887 for the 300th anniversary of the founding of Tobolsk, the Gubernsky Museum has displays on the history of Tobolsk, a hugely impressive and…

5. Water Tower

6.45 MILES

Prominently located in front of the kremlin.

6. Castle Prison Museum

6.46 MILES

At the eerie 1855 Tyuremny Zamok you can get a sense of the grim life behind bars in both Tsarist and Soviet times. The Tsarist exiles were temporarily…

7. St Sofia Cathedral

6.55 MILES

The glorious gold- and blue-domed 1686 centrepiece of Tobolsk's kremlin is one of the most inspiring religious buildings in Western Siberia.

8. Kremlin

6.55 MILES

The centrepiece of the tower-studded, white-walled, 18th-century kremlin is the glorious 1686 St Sofia Cathedral. Less eye-catching from the outside, but…