Karelia. Valaam + Mount Filina + Mountain Park

– visit the territories belonging at different times to Sweden, the Russian Empire, Finland, the USSR, the Russian Federation.
Karelian Ladoga region is called our “Karelian Switzerland” or “Northern Crimea”. - Mr. Sortavala is the unofficial capital of the Karelian Ladoga region.

Travel information on the way: The three wars of Greater Finland are white spots of history; traditional occupations and customs of the Finno-Ugric peoples of Karelia; educational and entertainment information.

1st stop: "Mount Filin", the headquarters bunker of the Finnish army, the Museum of the Winter ("Unknown") of the war of 1939-1940 and 1941-1944 and separately geology.

2nd stop: d. Sortavala is a small architectural encyclopedia, at different times belonged to three states. Mount Kuhavuori, the Singing Field is a unique natural phenomenon.

3rd stop: Brave island of Valaam

4th stop:g. Sortavala, St. Nicholas Church – for three years of construction, it replaced three architects and was consecrated three times in different years (in 1873, in 1943, in 1947). The first abbot in the post-war period, a participant of the Great Patriotic War was awarded the Order of the Red Star and the medal For the Victory over Germany. Lunch. Getting on the bus, moving to the mountain park Ruskeala.

5th stop: Ahvenkoski Falls (perch threshold). Filming locations for the films “And the Dawns Are Quiet Here...” and “The Dark World.” 6th stop: marvelous quarry in Ruskealsky mountain park. Walking tour of the marble quarry Getting on the bus, going to dinner. Return to Petrozavodsk.

The program includes payment:
Transport and excursion services on the ground and on the route - Mountain Park Ruskeala, Mount Filina, sea transfer to Valaam and excursion program, food guide and driver.