The city of Astrakhan or the "Fishermen's Capital" - this is how Astrakhan today is called.
After all, on the Volga there are such delicious fishes as: pike perch, carp, bream, pike, perch, asp, catfish, crucian, reddish, known to all the roach and other river inhabitants.
I like this city and such beautiful birds that swim in the Swan Lake.
Here you can spend a nice weekend, quietly, calmly, not hot, lots of entertainment, catamarans, boats and amazing swans around ...
But the lotuses, because only in the delta of the Volga, not far from Astrakhan, you can see large lotus fields.
But this is a photo of the "Petrovsky" fountain only in the daytime, but unfortunately there are no music or color lights here.
"Petrovsky" fountain, surrounded by a balustrade of small fountains, which have quite impressive dimensions. It is divided into several levels, and during the presentation from each level the powerful jets of water rise alternately upwards. You can see such original "dances" almost every hour on the embankment of Astrakhan.
I really liked to consider these amazing trickles of water, because the heat was at 45 degrees, and next to him to stand was very nice.
On the waterfront you will find and such a growing herbal watermelon, though wonderful.
And this is the museum "The House of merchant Tetyushinov." Miraculously survived in the Lower Volga region, and today is the only example of wooden architecture of the late XIX century.
This two-story carved tower, was built in 1872 by the merchant of the first guild, Grigory Tetyushinov.
I advise you to stroll around this museum, there are many amazing and unusual things.
Even the interior of the house reminded me of the fairy tale "Scarlet Flower", the scene when the father of three daughters went to distant countries and asked them what kind of gifts they should bring.
But now about the camels.
A camel is a visiting card of the Astrakhan region. The Astrakhan region today is the leading region of Russia, where the largest number of camels, the Bactrian of the Kalmyk breed, is bred. About the camels beautiful legends are created.
According to one of them, Allah, having made a man out of clay, divided the remainder of his mother into two halves: from one he created a date palm, a sister of man, and from the other a camel, a brother of man. Without a palm tree and a camel, a person could hardly survive in the desert.
Today, even jumps on camels are held, a very spectacular event.