"KIJI TO VALAAM"

Petrozavodsk - Kizhi - alloy - Sortavala - Valaam 4 days / 3 nights (thursday-sunday) The Kizhi-Valaam tour is convenient for those with only a few days to travel - starting on Thursday, the tour ends on Sunday. But during these 4 days you will see the unique 22-head Transfiguration Church in Kizha and pass through the holy land of ancient Valaam, admire the surface of Lake Onega and feel the power and greatness of Ladoga. A tour of the ancient city of Sortavala will open for you the most amazing pages of the history of the Karelian region. 1 day In the morning we arrive in Petrozavodsk (train No. 18 for tourists from Moscow, train No. 658 for tourists from St. Petersburg). Meet the guide at the 12th car, the representative will be with a sign "Lukomorye". Breakfast at the cafe. Then we go on a sightseeing tour of the city "From the history of Petrozavodsk". After the tour, we stay in a cozy hotel, in 2 local rooms with amenities (calculated hour 12.00). Transfer to the passenger port. We leave for Kizhi Island (1 hour 20 minutes on Lake Onega on the Meteor). On the island there is an interesting excursion program with a visit to the Pokrovsky Church and ethnographic expositions. We're back in town tonight. Dinner at the cafe. Free time. 2 days After breakfast at the hotel, we vacate the rooms. We visit the unique private gallery "Doll House", where you can buy souvenirs-amulets. We go with things to Sortavala (260 km from Petrozavodsk). On the way, we offer everyone a fascinating and safe rafting along the Shuya River with lunch in the forest by the fire (for an additional fee of 600 rubles for adults, 550 rubles for schoolchildren). In the evening, arrival and accommodation in the hotel "Neva" in the city of Sortavala (2 local rooms with amenities). Dinner. 3 days After breakfast we will visit the exhibition of the famous wood carver - Kronid Gogolev. Then we will go by boat to the island of Valaam (50 minutes on Lake Ladoga). We are waiting for a sightseeing tour of the central estate of the monastery with a visit to the Transfiguration Cathedral, the Resurrection and Gethsemane hermitages. We'll have lunch at the refectory. We will listen to the concert of the singers of the Valaam Monastery, which will acquaint you with the amazing in its strict beauty tradition of the famous church singing. Return to the mainland. In the evening, a beautiful sightseeing tour of Sortavala, during which we will get acquainted with the history of the emergence of the border city, the variety of architecture of provincial streets, and also climb to the highest peak above the bay - Mount Kuhavuori, from where a magnificent panorama of the city opens. 4 days Breakfast, vacate rooms and leave for Petrozavodsk (260 km). We visit Ruskealsky waterfalls, where the filming of the famous film “And the dawns are quiet here” took place. Next excursion to the mountain park "Ruskeala". For more than 200 years, decorative light gray marbles were mined in local quarries to decorate churches and palaces of St. Petersburg, fountains of Petrodvorets and columns of Tsarskoye Selo. The canyon is filled with crystal clear water. Rock grotto and galleries carved in marble will make an indelible impression on you. On the way to G. Petrozavodsk will be another stop at the memorial "Worship Cross", erected in memory of the participants of the Winter War of 1939-1940. Then lunch with national dishes. We are coming to Petrozavodsk. At 18:00, the train station. Departure. Cost: 16 100 rubles per person Additional payment for 1-bed accommodation: 4 600 rubles. Supplement for foreign citizens: 1,500 rubles. The cost of the program for children under 12 years: 15 800 rubles. INCLUDED: accommodation in the hotel of Petrozavodsk (2 local rooms with amenities) and in the hotel "Neva" (2 local rooms with amenities), 2 meals, entrance fees and excursion services on Kizhi Island and Valaam Island; sightseeing tour of Petrozavodsk and Sortavala, the exhibition of Kronid Gogolev, an excursion in the "Doll House" and on Marble Lake; the cost of travel on the "Meteor" on Lake Onega and on Lake Ladoga.