A specific reference point for finding your way around Tashino is the route of regional road 49N-0107: it runs from the Veliky Novgorod–Luga road to Tashino; the section in Tashino is 0.85 km long. A 2010 regional road-list decree names this connection. For a trip today, it is advisable to check current road conditions. If you are looking for a holiday apartment, you can first decide whether you want your stay to focus on Tashino itself or on a particular destination in the region.
Tashino and the surrounding area
Several cultural destinations lie in the wider regional area, in Batetsky District. In Tereboni is the Muravyov estate complex on the Luga River. It includes a 5.1-hectare park and the Church of Our Lady of Kazan, dating from 1904. The combination of the estate complex, park and church offers a different focus from finding your way around Tashino.
Other named places in Batetsky District include Podgorye, with the park of the Milyukov estate, and Gorodnya, with the Church of Demetrius of Thessaloniki. Shum-Gora, also known as Peredolskaya Sopka, is there too: it is a burial mound that the regional tourism information describes as one of the largest in Europe. Pilgrimages to active Orthodox churches are also offered in Batetsky District. Estate parks, churches, a burial mound and pilgrimages represent a range of cultural interests; choose the theme that appeals to you most when planning your trip.
Novgorod Oblast: Nature and Culture in Valday
As a broader travel destination, Valdai National Park offers a connection with nature on a large scale: it covers 159,100 hectares and extends across Valdaysky, Demyansky and Okulovsky districts. This regional perspective is distinct from the individual cultural sites described elsewhere in the oblast.
In Valday, bells take center stage from different perspectives. At the Bell Museum, staff demonstrate bell-ringing techniques and let visitors try them out for themselves. The Museum Bell Center displays bells from around the world, bell designs dating from the 3rd century BC to the Middle Ages, and modern souvenir bells. You can choose between hands-on experience with bell ringing and a closer look at the collection and variety of designs.
The County Town Museum in Valday combines the history of the town with local crafts. Its exhibition, which opened in 1998, covers the everyday lives of townspeople, the development of local trades, and the lives of individual Valday families and well-known summer visitors to Valday. The museum also preserves the memory of stonemasons, carpenters, blacksmiths, women who baked bubliki, soap makers and bell founders. These trades complement the themes of everyday town life and family history with concrete insights into local work.
You can also encounter the craft tradition in public spaces: the monument “To the Blacksmiths and Bell Masters of Valday” was erected in Valday in 2017. From Valday’s waterfront promenade, you can enjoy a view of the Iversky Monastery. When choosing cultural themes, you can therefore distinguish between hands-on activities, exhibitions, craft history and a view from the waterfront. These destinations belong to the broader travel destination of Novgorod Oblast and should not be attributed to Tashino.
Discover more destinations: Retle, Korotsko, Petrovshchina, Krivoye Koleno, Zimogorye, Grigorovo, Chudovo, Simanikha.
For the broader travel guide: Novgorod Oblast.
