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Events & Holidays

An annual international festival of classical music in Irkutsk, founded in 2004 on the initiative of the pianist Denis Matsuev. Concerts are…

Events & Holidays

The anniversary of the 1945 victory, marked every 9 May with a wreath ceremony at the Eternal Flame, a parade on Speransky…

Events & Holidays

The pancake week that sees off winter, celebrated across Irkutsk in late winter with folk games, songs, pancakes and the burning of…

Events & Holidays

The main city tree and an ice town on Kirov Square, a Santa Claus residence, midnight fireworks and Christmas on 7 January.…

Events & Holidays

The city's birthday, held every year on the first Saturday of June. Concerts, a fair of crafts, a book fair and a…

Hotels

A small boutique hotel with 14 rooms in wooden buildings on Sedova Street, in the 130th Quarter. Its Provence-style rooms have wooden…

Hotels

A modern airport hotel on Shiryamova Street, described as a short walk from the Irkutsk terminals and about 15 minutes by road…

Hotels

A large three-star hotel complex with more than 300 rooms on Sukhe-Bator Street, next to Kirov Square. A supermarket, a pharmacy and…

Hotels

A nine-storey three-star hotel on the Angara embankment, opened in 1979 as the Intourist hotel. It has 163 rooms, a restaurant, a…

Hotels

A four-star ibis hotel of the Accor group with about 128 rooms in an eight-storey building near the Angara embankment, 700 meters…