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10 most interesting places in Tver Region (PHOTOS)

1. Catherine the Great's ‘Travel Palace’ in Tver 

The city was founded on the Volga River in 1135. It’s 12 years older than Moscow and even competed to become the capital of Ancient Russia. Today, it is a major regional center with a population of around 414,000 people.

Travelers from one capital to the other would often stop in Tver. Empress Catherine II even had a travel palace built in Tver so as to have somewhere to rest along the way. Now, it houses the Tver Regional Art Gallery. It includes artwork collections owned by Tver governors from country estates in the Tver Governorate that were nationalized after the Bolshevik Revolution. They contain works by Alexey Venetsianov, Konstantin Korovin, Arkady Plastov, Valentin Serov, Mikhail Vrubel and other famous artists.

2. Rzhev Memorial

The town of Rzhev is located 120 km from Tver. From October 1941 to March 1943, some of the bloodiest battles of World War II, including the ‘Battle of Rzhev’, took place there (you can read more about the battle here ). Soviet troops lost more than 1.3 million men, including wounded, missing in action and taken prisoner.

A memorial to the soldiers who fell in the battle was inaugurated in Rzhev in June 2020. At the center of the composition is a 25-meter bronze statue of a Soviet soldier whose trench coat "morphs" into a flock of cranes. The reference is to one of the most popular and poignant songs about the war titled: 'Zhuravli' ('Cranes'). It was composed by Yan Frenkel to lyrics by Rasul Gamzatov.

3. Lake Seliger

Lovers of outdoor recreational activities should visit the shores of Seliger at least once in their life! This huge (260 sq. km) lake of glacial origin is home to about 30 species of fish. Hence, fishermen go there at all times of year and fish from boats, from the shore and, in winter, through ice-holes.

The winding shoreline of the lake has a multitude of different hotels and campsites (as well as glamping sites), so anyone can stay there according to their preferences. And you can jump straight into the lake from the banya (bathhouse)!

One of Seliger's landmarks is the charming town of Ostashkov, the largest on its shores.. Its key attractions include a Soviet local history museum, which is housed in a former church.

You can also take a ride on a retro train along the Seliger - Ostashkov - Bologoye route.

Seliger train

4. Nilov Monastery (St. Nilus Stolobensky Monastery)

One of the main attractions in Tver Region is the Nilov Monastery, founded in the 16th century. This functioning monastery is also situated on the picturesque shores of Lake Seliger. In Soviet times, it housed a colony for young offenders, a prisoner-of-war camp, a hospital and a tourist hostel…

According to legend, a hermit monk named Nil, famous for his diligent prayer, settled on the island of Stolobny on the lake. It was said that no calamities or robbers could force him off the island. After he died, other monks began to go to where his cell had stood and, eventually, they founded a monastery there. Before the Bolshevik Revolution, it was one of the most revered monasteries: Thousands of pilgrims used to visit it to worship the relics of the Venerable Nil. As part of the project ‘Russia: 85 Adventures’, we filmed a video at the monastery – you can watch it here .

If, in Torzhok, you've time to eat, Pozharsky's is the place to know. Their cutlets, fried, are such a treat, Then after lunch you'll lightly go!

So wrote Alexander Pushkin, who frequently traveled from St. Petersburg to Moscow to see his friend Sergei Sobolevsky. Thanks to Russia's most outstanding poet, ‘Pozharsky cutlets’ – patties of ground chicken coated in white bread croutons – became the town's most famous speciality. And they remain its calling card to this day.

But, the town is famous for more than just gastronomy. The once major trading center has, today, evolved into a charming provincial town. Things to see include the picturesque scenery along the banks of the River Tvertsa, the Saints Boris and Gleb Monastery, which is virtually the oldest monastery of Ancient Russia (believed to have been founded in 1038), and the unique, wooden 17th-century Old Church of the Ascension.

6. The flooded bell tower of Kalyazin

One of the region's most famous sights is the flooded bell tower of Kalyazin. The 74-meter tower protrudes out of the water not far from the shores of a reservoir. Tourists who take pictures of it are sometimes oblivious of the fact that the ruins of a once-flourishing monastery lie hidden under the water.

Most of the Makaryev Monastery of the Holy Trinity was demolished in 1940, ending up in the flood zone of the Uglich hydroelectric power station on the Volga River and the Uglich Reservoir. What remains now as a reminder of the monastery are the bell tower, which was recently restored and re-whitewashed and also a set of frescoes miraculously rescued from the monastery. You can read more about them here .

7. The source of the Volga

It's hard to believe that this spring and stream in the Valdai Heights are the place where one of the world's biggest rivers (and the biggest in Europe) rises. Next to the spring stand a chapel and a footbridge with a plaque – an ideal spot for a souvenir selfie!

In Ancient Rus’, the River Volga was always held in special esteem – it was described as “Mother Volga”, a multitude of towns were built along it and it provided food for a large number of Russian regions and continues to do so to this day. This is why pilgrimages have been made to its source for several centuries now. Back in the 17th century, a monastery stood there, but it burnt down and was never restored. A new one was, however, built in 1912 – the Olginsky Convent.

8. Shirkov Pogost

This spot on the shores of Lake Vselug (today part of the Volga River) is dubbed the "Kizhi of the Tver Region". Like the famous Kizhi on Lake Onega , Shirkov Pogost is of interest because of its multi-tiered wooden church – in this case, the church of John the Baptist, a masterpiece of Russian wooden architecture, which was built in 1697.

According to one legend, the Pogost was named in honor of the Shirkov brothers, merchants who had the church built. They were taking two icons of John the Baptist from Novgorod to Moscow. On this spot, they laid down the sacred images and decided to rest, but they could not pick them up again – and, so, decided to build a church there without using a single nail!

9. Vyshny Volochyok

The town got its name from the word ‘volok’ (‘portage’) – in other words, various watercraft were carried across a section of dry land between two bodies of water there. True enough, Vyshny Volochyok was on the watershed of the basins of the Baltic (Tsna River) and the Caspian (Tvertsa River, a tributary of the Volga). Under Peter I, the first artificial canal in Russia was built between the two rivers.

Vyshny Volochyok was always an important staging post on the route from Moscow (and Central Russia) to St. Petersburg. Because of its convenient location, there were many factories and production plants there, from garment factories to glass and woodwork facilities. Volochyok is also famous for the manufacture of ‘valenki’ (‘felt boots’) and it even has a museum devoted to this footwear and to the art of wool hand felting.

A host of old factory buildings, as well as houses that once belonged to affluent merchants in a great variety of styles, have survived in the town. A roadside imperial palace was also built there, which, today, houses a school.

10. Konakovo

Until 1929, the village was called Kuznetsovo, after which it was renamed in honor of Porfiry Konakov, a participant in the 1905 Russian Revolution. The area is famous for its china. The Konakovo Pottery Factory was founded as early as 1809 and is one of the oldest in Russia. It is no longer in operation, but local craftspeople are using the legacy of its artistic workshop to revive production today. Items can be bought as a souvenir in Tver Region.

But, today's tourists know the location more as a fashionable riviera. Konakovo and nearby Zavidovo are popular places for recreational activities and water sports. People go sailing, wakesurfing and wakeboarding and there are a multitude of hotels and glamping sites for holiday stays. And the close proximity to the M11 motorway makes the location even more attractive (particularly to Muscovites, who can get there in just over an hour!). 

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Hong Kong’s southernmost island of Po Toi, which is home to few inhabitants, offers a picturesque escape from the bustling city. Get your camera ready to capture images of strange rock formations, ancient carvings and idyllic landscapes. The 3.69-sq-km island, accessible from the city by kaito ferry is known for its craggy, quirkily named coastal outcrops, such as Conch Rock, Palm Cliff and Tortoise Rock. It’s also home to Bronze Age rock carvings dating back more than 3,000 years. You can easily explore the island by following the three crisscrossing hiking trails, which offer amazing coastal views of the South China Sea.

There are several village shops next to the ferry pier and in Tai Wan village. You can also buy soft drinks, but availability varies and is not guaranteed, so it’s best to bring your own snacks and drinks.

Mo’s Old House

Few people live on Po Toi, but one of the first families known to have settled there still has a house up on the hill, known as Mo’s Old House (or Old Mansion of Family Mo). This dilapidated, long-abandoned property, built in the 1930s, has interesting stories involving pirates, an attempted kidnapping, occupying Japanese forces and, of course, its original owner Mo Siu-tong, after whom it is named. You can still see reminders of Mo’s descendants inside the house today, such as the tiny concrete flower sculptures set into a few of the walls. But don’t linger inside too long as it’s said to be haunted!

Supine Monk and Tortoise Rocks

You will find these two thought-provoking outcrops facing Po Toi’s lighthouse. Supine Monk Rock resembles a religious man, with his head raised in contemplation, looking out to sea, while the gigantic Tortoise Rock seems to have stopped for a rest in front of the monk, after climbing the hill. The rock formations offer you the chance to be creative with your photography, which is sure to liven up any Instagram post.

Nam Kok Tsui Lighthouse

On the south side of Po Toi Island you’ll find Nam Kok Tsui Lighthouse. Some visitors take photos while standing on the steps in front of the blocky concrete building, but walk behind it and stand beside a small monument — inscribed with a Chinese poem in memory of someone who died — which is a good spot for taking photos of the stunning coastal scenery.

Below the path to the left, you can see Palm Rock, also known as Buddha’s Hand Rock, which juts up with outstretched fingers pointing to the sky. This cliffside, hand-shaped outcrop sits next to what appears to be a rock shaped like a person’s head — as if the person is frozen in time while praying or meditating. This is also a great place to relax and glimpse some of the island's wildlife, such as the grey-faced buzzard.

Ancient Rock Carvings

A declared monument in Hong Kong, these two cliff-side rock carvings looking out towards the sea on the southwest edge of Po Toi Island are believed to be more than 3,000 years old. At that time the area that now forms Hong Kong was sparsely populated with many small island villages and fishing havens. The carvings, which were discovered in the 1960s and possibly created to appease sea spirits, feature two different motifs separated by a 70-centimetre-wide rock fracture. One group consists of lines resembling stylised animal and fish patterns, while the other comprises various interlocking spirals. Standing in this remote, craggy location offers you the chance to take in the significance of your peaceful surroundings as the waves crash against the rocks below.

Po Toi is home to only about 20 residents, with most living in Tai Wan village, beside the island’s southern bay. Visit this quaint community to rest and treat yourself to some locally cooked food. You will find several village shops offering a limited menu of mainly local dishes featuring seaweed or fish maw, or sweet soup with beans and kelp. One of the best dishes to try before starting any trek is what the locals call ‘hiker fuel’ — Po Toi’s version of luncheon meat noodles served with home-grown seaweed. You can also buy souvenirs, such as locally produced dried seaweed and dried fish belly.

Tin Hau Temple

Tin Hau (Goddess of the Sea) Temple was built on the southwestern edge of the island to protect the local fishermen and villages. The temple organises annual celebrations, including Cantonese opera performances, to mark Tin Hau’s birthday on the 23 rd day of the third lunar month, which attract many visitors. Feel free to look around inside the incense-filled temple, while the coastal scenery outside offers Instagram and photography buffs some of the island’s most impressive panoramic views of the South China Sea.

Don’t miss this last hidden gem, Conch Rock, which you can find just beyond Tin Hau Temple. A concrete pathway gives way to smooth sloping rocks and, as you walk on, the top of the huge shell-shaped rock will come into view. The unique-looking shape of the outcrop, precariously positioned beside the sea, has the power to move you.

Getting to Po Toi Island

Tuesdays and Thursdays From Aberdeen Bus terminus on Wu Nam Street, take the subway under Aberdeen Praya Road and head towards the promenade and pier. You’ll find the Po Toi Ferry Terminal halfway between the Aberdeen Praya public landing steps and the old Jumbo Pier. The kaito to Po Toi Island departs at 10am (once a day). You can also take a 20-minute walk from MTR Wong Chuk Hang Station. The travel time between Aberdeen and Po Toi Island is about 50 minutes. Weekends and public holidays You can take a ferry from Aberdeen via Stanley or head straight from Aberdeen/Stanley Pier at weekends and on public holidays. From Stanley Plaza, head through the shopping mall towards Murray House. The Po Toi Ferry departs from Stanley’s Blake Pier, with a travel time of about 30 minutes. Check the government website for more details of departures.

Leaving Po Toi Island

Tuesdays and Thursdays The ferry departs at 3:30pm and will signal its departure with a horn 30 minutes, 15 minutes, and 1 minute before it leaves. Arrive at the ferry at least 30 minutes before departure to ensure you get a seat. Weekends and public holidays At weekends and on public holidays, several ferries depart from Po Toi for Stanley, but only a few go back to Aberdeen. Check the government website for more details of departures.

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Your guide to Yim Tin Tsai, Hong Kong’s little salt pan

Header image courtesy of Dr Martin Williams

Did you know there is locally produced salt in Hong Kong? Yim Tin Tsai (鹽田仔; “Little Salt Field”) contains one of Hong Kong’s only salt pans. Surprisingly, this little island once sustained 1,200 people through farming, fishing, and salt-making—before everyone left their village houses to live more urbanised lives on Hong Kong’s mainland.

What was once an abandoned island has since been revived by a group of motivated villagers. We now get to enjoy its cultural and ecological features, and the Yim Tin Tsai Arts Festival encapsulates the small community perfectly in with how it “exemplifies the peaceful co-existence of Roman Catholicism and Hakka culture.”

Boasting only 0.24 square kilometres in land area, the petite island of Yim Tin Tsai is perfect for a one-day on-foot exploration with the family and little ones. Follow the latest instalment of our island-hopping series for a look into Yim Tin Tsai and all the things there are to do on this once-forgotten island.

History of Yim Tin Tsai

Yim Tin Tsai (鹽田仔; “Little Salt Field”) can trace the significance of its name to about 300 years ago , from when the Hakka folks of the Chan family made their way to the small island all the way from Shenzhen. 

At the same time as the establishment of the village, Catholic priests also arrived and began preaching about the Catholic faith. Villagers developed sustainable methods of fishing, farming, and salt farming to sustain themselves. Local production and exportation of salt helped the island rise economically, and Yim Tin Tsai was at its most prosperous in the 1940s , with over a thousand residents and salt fields that stretched six acres.

However, rural life became increasingly difficult—salt was produced in China and Vietnam for cheaper and education opportunities were limited. It prompted the wave of emigration to Hong Kong’s mainland, with the last family moving out in 1998. Yim Tin Tsai then became uninhabited and was named “ Hong Kong’s ghost island .”

A movement to revitalise the island started in 2000 amongst the descendants of the original villagers. Donations were collected to renovate and conserve the historical chapel in 2004, a year after Joseph Freinademetz, the reverend who set up the chapel, was canonised by Pope John Paul II. Continuous support led the descendants to create the heritage trail around the old Hakka village homes and to revive old salt fields .

How to get there

Planning ahead but with no prior ferry booking:  Make your way to Yim Tin Tsai from the Sai Kung Public Pier in 15 minutes by kaito (街渡; small motorised ferry). Round-trip tickets ($60) are available at the reception counter, which can be found at the rightmost of the pier next to Hung Kee Seafood Restaurant. 

Note that there are multiple kaito operators at the pier, so look for those with the Yim Tin Tsai flag hoisted. Trips to and from the island are only available on weekends on an hourly basis from Sai Kung Public Pier and a specific time schedule from Yim Tin Tsai Pier. A sticker that indicates admission to the salt pans and the Yim Tin Tsai Heritage Exhibition Centre to see Hakka cultural artefacts is also included in the purchase of your ferry ticket.

Here are the timings for your reference:

Book in advance for your group:  Take this opportunity to plan your trip and book transportation in advance. At $60 per head, pre-booked visits are available through email at [email protected] —there must be a minimum of 10 people for a group visit and 20 for a guided visit . Parties with fewer than the minimum attendees will be charged the same. For instance, a group of 16 will charged the same as a group of 20 for a guided visit.

Group arrival and departure times to Yim Tin Tsai are to be self-arranged as well—with the earliest kaito leaving at 9.30 am from the Sai Kung Public Pier, while the latest departs Yim Tin Tsai at 5 pm. In special circumstances, arrangements by the Salt and Light Preservation Centre, the non-profit organisation founded by village descendants to conserve and nurture the cultural and ecological values of Yim Tin Tsai, will be made.

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Yim Tin Tsai is not only filled with activities, but also picturesque sights. From architecture and nature to art and food, the island is perfect for a day trip, and if you want to really spend time appreciating the sights and history of the island, you might want to carve out another day just to enjoy the different activities in their entirety.

Guided tours

Guided tours ($30 per person) are available and especially suitable for first-timers to the island. In just two hours, you will learn the history of Yim Tin Tsai—retracing the footsteps of the Catholic missionaries and St Joseph’s Chapel, learning about Hakka culture by visiting the Yim Tin Tsai Heritage Exhibition Centre, and the salt pans.

If you prefer something more experiential, their spiritual retreats may be to your liking. Opt for the  pilgrimage ($30) and the Road of Reconciliation ($30), both of which are two-hour activities that will help you become more in tune with your faith through mediation, prayers, and reflections.

In-depth tours, which last for three hours, are also offered for those wishing to go on a spiritual journey ($45) or attend a taizé prayer service ($45). On the other hand, the chapel is free to visit and available for group praying and meditating activities. Donations are welcome and receipt for tax exemption is available upon request. 

Larger groups , organisations , and schools can also collect themselves in the activity room. At an hourly rate of $200 per person, audio-visual utilities, air-conditioning, tables, and chairs are included. Fittingly, preparation meetings with instructors ($500) are also available for mini-lectures about the island.

Sea salt-making workshop

For those who think spirituality is too woo-woo and would rather experience the wonders of Yim Tin Tsai through good old elbow grease, the  sea salt-making workshop ($100) is the activity for you. Hosted by the salt pan’s full-time volunteers, participants will learn how seawater forms crystals and get to examine trays of salt in different stages of the production process over a two-hour workshop. Lastly, you will get to harvest and sweep up some crystals yourself and bring home the salty fruits of your labour! Be sure to contact the salt pan workers on Facebook or Instagram  before your visit to check for the most up-to-date workshop schedule.

Hakka village houses

Yim Tin Tsai is wholly built on Hakka culture—from the people and food to its architecture. Despite covering only six acres of land, the island embodies multi-cultural influences. Chinese tiles pitched on the village houses alongside the European architecture of St Joseph’s Chapel present a new combination of East-meets-West.

Such village houses, which were mostly built in the 1950s on the hillside of the southwestern part of the island, are structured as duplex units. The symbiotic relationship of the Hakka and Catholicism is also reflected in the interplay of these constructed houses with nature—families mainly relied on natural lighting and ventilation to carry out daily activities. Each unit has a yard in front of the house with trees planted for shade and shelter.

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St Joseph’s Chapel

St Joseph’s Chapel has taken on multiple forms over the centuries. In 1890, the current iteration replaced the old church, as Reverend Joseph Freinademetz preached about the Catholic faith and villagers got baptised. The architecture of the chapel is simple, but still represents the aesthetic combination of Catholicism and rural Hakka culture. In 2005, the conservation of the chapel was recognised by UNESCO and won an Award of Merit. Successively, in 2011, the Hong Kong Antiquities Advisory Board rated the chapel as a Grade II historical building.

Spring of Living Water

As the only active well for the entire village, the Spring of Living Water provided enough for drinking, washing, and other needs for more than a thousand villagers. It was instrumental to agricultural activities as well, as freshwater was sourced here for fishing and farming. A small reservoir was eventually built to store water. Due to this crucial forethought, the Spring of Living Water got the villagers of Yim Tin Tsai through a drought in the early 1960s.

Yim Tin Tsai Arts Festival

Apart from getting a glimpse of life as a Hakka villager, the island also offers a look into the future with the concept of an “open museum.” The Yim Tin Tsai Arts Festival, a three-year pilot scheme, presents the co-creation and collaborative efforts of Hong Kong’s budding artists and villages through an exhibition of art installations, scattered across the island to highlight the cultural and ecological significance of Yim Tin Tsai.

The aim of the Yim Tin Tsai Arts Festival is to “tell stories closely related to the people of the island [and] to showcase the harmonious co-existence of human and nature.” As a result of the conservation efforts of the early 2000s, the festival is used as a launchpad to continue the revitalisation of the island and community.

Chef de Yim Tin

As the island gained popularity amongst local and overseas tourists, there are now more options for food on the island. Chef De Yim Tin is a quaint little restaurant by the pier. With indoor and outdoor sitting available, the private kitchen serves drinks and a limited food menu. Its chef and owner is a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu, equipping him with the experience and skills to execute and plate dishes to perfection. Enjoy your set lunch and dinners with a killer view as you wait for your kaito back to Sai Kung. Call (+852) 9100 7990 to book ahead.

Gabrielle Caselis

Strumming a few tunes on the guitar or trying to connect her Spotify playlist to the sound system is what you’ll find Gabrielle doing in most social situations. She is a homebody and the way to her heart is good food and good company. Apart from music, she spends her time watching and reading up on all there is to know about pop culture.

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