Karelian weekend

1 day

- Meeting of the group at the railway station of Petrozavodsk by the carriage of your train (guide with the sign "Karelia").

Breakfast in a cafe in Petrozavodsk (cover).

- The first pleasant acquaintance with the Republic - the capital of Karelia - Petrozavodsk.

Governor's Park, ancient squares and sights of the city.

A memorable photo of its founder - Peter I and a walk along the Onega embankment. This gallery of original compositions from Finland, Sweden, Germany, France is a museum of modern avant-garde sculpture in the open air. We will ask you to fulfill the cherished dream of the Tree of Desire. As promised by Kent Andersen, the author of the monument, it will come true.

- Shungite room. We'll visit the relaxation treatment room. We will learn a lot about the useful properties of healing stone and try tea from shungite purified water. There you can also buy souvenirs from shungite.

- Moving to the "cultural capital" of Karelia - Kondopoga (45 km).

- Accommodation in the rooms of the hotel "Karelia" (Kondopoga, Lenin Square 5).

Lunch in the cafe of the hotel "Karelia" (buffet).

- Continuation of the excursion program.

- Welcome to Girvas - a unique geological object, the oldest (about 2 billion years) crater of the volcano in Karelia!! You will see a section of more than 20 lava flows with a capacity of up to 32 m and fossilized volcanic "bombs", including gas voids.

- Bright attraction of Karelia - nature reserve "Kivach".

“Diamond falls a mountain from a ledge with four rocks...” – Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin, the first poet-lyricist of Russia, wrote admiringly about it. A pleasant addition to the raging water element will be the grove of Karelian birch, which has become the decoration of the arboretum of the reserve. This is a mystery tree with amazing wood marble pattern. Even in the twenty-first century, scientists have debated its origin.

Admire the souvenirs from the "scarlet" - you can in the Museum of Nature.

- Music carillons. At the entrance to the city are unusual clock-carillons.

The northern bells count down city time every hour. Stop and we'll be at the belfry for a while and listen to familiar tunes.

Dinner is a buffet at the hotel. The cost is 300 rubles per person. or

Festive banquet for graduates with entertainment program, host, DJ and welcome glass of champagne. Cost from 1000 rubles. Man. (The final price depends on the selected menu).

2 days

- 08:00 - Breakfast in the cafe of the hotel "Karelia" (buffet).

- Room release.

- Departure to the South-West of Karelia, to "Old Finland". No passports or visas (290 km) are required.

- 13:15 - lunch in the cafe (cover).

- Stop for a photo session at Ahvenkoski Falls. This is the famous "Zhenkina river", the filming scene of bathing lumberjacks from the legendary film "And the dawns are quiet ...".

Ground tour in the marble park "Ruskeala" (1.5 hours). With the ease of a talented painter, nature walked through the monument of mining, turning it into one of the most beautiful places in the Republic. It was here that marble was mined for a long time to decorate the cathedrals and palaces of St. Petersburg. The bizarre outlines of sheer marble cliffs, mysterious galleries and grottoes became a natural scenery of the fantasy film “The Dark World”.

- Moving to Sortavala.

Dinner at the cafe in Sortavala (cover). The cost is 350 rubles. Man.

At 18:15 we will take you to the railway station of Sortavala (school children coming from (through) St. Petersburg). Train number 822h "Swallow", departure at 18:45.

- For those leaving by later trains - a sightseeing tour of the city of Serdobolsk granites (Sortavala).

The city is rightly called the “architectural encyclopedia of European architecture”. He gave creative inspiration to Robert Christmas, Bella Akhmadulina and many other poets and composers.

- By 20:00 we will take you to the railway station of Sortavala (school children coming from (through) Moscow). Train 160A, departure at 20:25.