It is quite easy to get from Izhevsk to Ufa, but this route has its own specifics. If you compare it with other travel options in the region, for example, to Kazan, then you can travel the train by train only by making a big detour.
A trip along the route by different means of transport
The fastest way to get from Izhevsk to Ufa is by plane. The flight of the Orenburg company departs from Izhevsk at 11:20, and lands in Ufa at 13:30. It performs a small-sized aircraft L-410. Departure at 17:10. The plane is on the way for about an hour.
Four buses depart from Izhevsk to Ufa per day (08:00, 14:00, 19:00, 22:00). The trip takes about 5 hours, passengers are disembarked on Richard Sorge Street. The back graph is about the same. A ticket costs about 1,000 rubles. From Ufa to Izhevsk, the distance is about 340 kilometers.
If it seems that there are few flights, then a variant with a transfer in Naberezhnye Chelny is possible. To this city there are trains departing at 08:24 and 16:32, they are 3 hours and 45 minutes on the way, and tickets are quite cheap - from 285 rubles.
In addition, from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. several buses depart from the central bus station in Izhevsk; they travel about 3 hours to the bus station of Naberezhnye Chelny. Ticket price - 500 rubles.
Buses run from Naberezhnye Chelny from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m., there are many flights, the trip takes about 5 hours. They arrive at the southern bus station of Ufa. Flights are served by buses of different models and different capacities - Hyundai, Mercedes, Nefaz.
The route from Ufa to Izhevsk can also be reached by car. On the shortest road, the distance is about 340 kilometers. On the R-322 highway, you need to go to Sarapul, and then along the Kama coast to the city of Neftekamsk, and then to the M-7 and along it to Ufa.
Sights of Izhevsk
In the city, which is the departure point for this route, there are many attractions - enough for a few days of walking. If you are interested in a collection of weapons, then you should go to the Kalashnikov Museum, and if the Udmurt culture - then to the national museum, which is located in the building of the arsenal of the early XIX century. A rare place to learn about one of the Finno-Ugric cultures.
On the canvases of painters, both famous and local, you can admire the Udmurt Museum of Fine Arts.
Not far from the city there is an open-air museum - Ludorvay. Similar to it are found in other regions of the country, but this one specializes in the architecture of Udmurtia.
The city architecture of Izhevsk is also of interest, it is worth paying attention to the main building of the arms factory or the cathedral building. There are also a lot of amusing monuments - to the crocodile Gena, dumplings on a fork and the astronaut dog.
Ufa Attractions
Ufa slightly exceeds Izhevsk in the number of interesting objects, and the national color is felt more, for example, there is a beautiful mosque Lyulya-Tulip, a huge equestrian monument to Salavat Yulaev, a children's railway, and institutions with national cuisine.
The largest museums are local history and art, and of the other expositions, it is worth noting the archaeological, Soviet life, the Aksakovs house, military glory and the Lenin Museum, unexpected for these places.
Interesting places along the way
The surroundings of Izhevsk and Ufa contain several objects that are worth visiting during the trip. The road passes through the city of Sarapul, where you can visit the Museum of History and Culture of the Middle Prikamye and take a walk in the center with ancient buildings and parks, the streets there intersect at right angles.
Also on this route is the city of Dyurtyuli, you can also drop into it to walk along a long alley, it stretches through the whole city. On the banks of the Belaya River there is a monument that depicts the soldier's farewell to the front. It has a museum, a beautiful fountain and a monument to the samovar.
In another district center along the way - Kushnarenkovo, you can again admire the Belaya River, and there is also the northernmost vineyard in Russia and archaeological sites of the Stone Age.