Money in the morning, chairs in the evening!

Our trip is a great chance to enrich yourself (both materially and spiritually), meet the Firebird for good luck and make a wish, sitting on the Devil's Chair.

We will visit a merry village of Karelians, people who were constantly mocked by their neighbors. We're going to get in the crosshairs. Find out why the village is the capital of laughter. Residents will share the secret of how to honestly and quickly become a millionaire, raise the status and obtain a new citizenship, and dedicate to the mystery of the opening ceremony of a unique monument in the world. We will get acquainted with national customs, songs, dances and ancient musical instruments. We'll talk and sing in Karelian! Enjoy fresh Karelian pastries with a seagull from a samovar.

On the way to the city, we will walk in the pine forest near the noisy and mysterious Shuya River, having performed the Karelian ritual for good luck. Wander along the wide sandy beach of Lake Onega, and I will tell you about the films that were shot surrounded by picturesque Karelian nature!

In the area of the “Straw Desert” we will visit the House of People. Few people know about this indigenous people of Karelia. We will see interiors and costumes in the Karelian style, furniture hand-made rarities. We'll work the mill and the bread shovel. We will get into the fairy tale “One Thousand and One Firebird”, which will bring luck, happiness to both people and us.

We will climb in Petrozavodsk to the ancient volcano, Mount Bolshaya Vaara (easy and short route, not mountaineering). We'll take the master's seat on the Devil's Chair tract, hanging the legs off the cliff. We make our most cherished wish, relaxing and contemplating the lake and a wonderful view of the city. Let's go down to the northern stone labyrinths and try to solve their mystery.

During the trip I will tell about the local version of the “Ice Age”, “Silver Hoof” and “lullabies” for adults, about the disappearance from the geographical map of Karelia, how the royals developed domestic tourism in the region, and birch wood became a museum rarity, for which the “husband” was thrown into the river. Why did the Karelian lake sank, the strait collapsed, the fish flew away, the kiwi is inedible? And of course, we will talk about ancient legends, cults, rituals, places of power, which graffiti were painted before our era.

The price includes: guide services on the route.

Payable separately:

• my transport (4000 rubles / 1-4 people);
• Entrance tickets for the program in the village (750 rubles / person). - in case of attachment to the group, 7000 rubles - for an individual program) and in the House of People (200 rubles / person);
• Master class "Horseshoe for happiness" in the forge, if desired (the fee for the lesson - 2000 rubles. for 1 hour, the duration of the lesson - at least 1 hour). Our local eminent blacksmith will work with you, who made a copy of the Peter 1 trunk and the gates of the Swedish royal family;
• Walk through the only Botanical Garden in Karelia near the Devil’s Chair tract, if desired (entrance ticket 150 rubles / person, impressions are priceless);
• Lunch at a cafe or picnic on the route (of your choice).

Additional options: Swimming in the river - by season (take bathing accessories and a towel).