Bus sightseeing tour of Petrozavodsk

A walking and bus tour of Petrozavodsk is suitable for those who want to see and learn more about Petrozavodsk than just walking along the Embankment.

The tour immerses in the era of Russia. You will learn about the formation of the Petrovsky Sloboda and Peter the First of the 18th century, the influence of the Swedes and the Dutch on the city, see Petrozavodsk of the Catherine era and provincial motifs of the 19th century, pre-revolutionary Petrozavodsk and the upheavals of revolutions and great world wars of the 20th century, as well as understand the modern, dynamic and fast-developing, but beautiful and brimming with its provinciality city - our beloved Petrozavodsk.

Excursion route:

• We begin with the embankment of the city, a monument to the founder of Petrozavodsk - Peter the Great.
• We will continue our acquaintance with the Petrovsky era on Kirov Square, from where we go to the guns at the Salosinka River and visit the place where the first blast furnaces were laid.
• Old city district "Zareka" with beautiful stone 2-3 storey houses and Borodino Square.
• Petrozavodsk Cathedral - Alexander Nevsky Avenue, the Holy Cross Cathedral and the main city temple of Alexander Nevsky.
• The site of the former Alexandrovsk factories and the Onega Tractor Plant, and now - a creative cluster with the largest monument-installation of the Ski and transformer tractor-COMAR in the world.
• Governor's Park with a monument to Derzhavin and a small exposition
• Eternal flame, the most stately avenue of the city - Karl Marx and a monument to Charles Gascoigne.
• Kirov Avenue, Lenin and the monument to Robert Rozhdestvensky
• We'll finish at the North Hotel.

We suggest exploring the embankment of Petrozavodsk on your own after the excursion - just in time for sunset!

Work of the guide along the route, Transportation service on the bus along the route.

Details of the tour:

• Duration: 2 hours
• On what days: daily (on request)
• Evening program at 17:00 is held only in the summer

Start of the tour:

8:30 (Petrozavodsk Railway Station) / 17:00 (Petrozavodsk River Station (Karl Marx 1A).