Summer Karelia
Description:
1 day | Meeting in Petrozavodsk at the railway station at the 9th car of train No. 18. Comet ride. Kizhi Island is a “business card” not only of Karelia, but also of Russia. The unique ensemble of Pogost is known all over the world, and every year the flow of tourists who want to visit the island is only growing! Excursion program to the museum-reserve with a visit to the Pokrovsky Church and ethnographic expositions If desired, you can register for an evening tour (for an additional fee).
Meeting the instructor. Going alloy. You need to have spare clothes, shoes (shoes should be of a sports type - sneakers, sneakers, light summer shoes of the "flippers" type are allowed, but with a fixed back). In case of rain, a rain cape. Departure to the beginning of the alloy M. Yumanishka. Safety briefing. Delivery of equipment (rescue vests, oars). Raft rafting on the river Shuya, 8 km. Arrival in the town of Polyana, delivery of equipment, change of clothes. Picnic by the fire. Back to the hotel. Attention: the rafting will take place, when recruiting a group of 6 people! |
2 days | Early rise. Breakfast is with a box lunch. Departure by comfortable bus to Western Karelia (280 km). Excursion to Ruskeal Mountain Park. The park was created in 2005 on the basis of the unique monument of industrial heritage of Russia Ruskeal marble quarry. Marble mining was started here in 1769 by decree of Catherine II to decorate the famous buildings of St. Petersburg: the Marble Palace, St. Isaac’s Cathedral, the Mariinsky Palace, etc. The combination of the nature of Karelia and human activity has given these quarries an amazingly picturesque look that attracts travelers not only from Karelia. For an additional fee:
Arrival in Sortavala. Departure by “meteor” to Valaam Island (45 minutes on Lake Ladoga). Arrival at the monastery bay. Sightseeing tour of the central estate of the monastery with a visit to the Transfiguration Cathedral, chapels, cell buildings, economic and hotel buildings. Lunch at the monastery refectory. Moving to Nikon Bay. Visit of Nikonovsky and Gethsemane sketes. Return to Sortavala. Back to the hotel. Attention: water excursion to the island. Valaam will take place under favorable weather conditions! |
| 3 days | Breakfast buffet. Room release. Departure to the town of Kem. Visit the Kivach waterfall - one of the largest plain waterfalls in Europe. You will also visit the arboretum, the decoration and pride of which are the famous Karelian birch trees. Karelian birch is a tree to which nature gave the amazing beauty of wood, resembling marble in its pattern. Even in the XXI century. among scientists there is a debate about the origin of this amazing tree. Picnic on the waterfall with an ear + pork barbecue + vegetable cutting + pastries + tea. Arrival in Kem. Accommodation in the tourist complex "Primory" Workoestrovsk. Free time. |
4 days | Breakfast. Room release. Transition by boat to the Solovetsky Islands (2 hours on the White Sea). Arriving at Wellbeing Bay. Things are transported to the hotel. Sightseeing tour of the Central Estate of the monastery. The tour introduces visitors to the history of the Solovetsky Monastery, the Solovetsky Special Purpose Camp, the Northern Fleet Training Detachment and the Young School. Visitors visit the territory of the central complex of the monastery, existing temples, monuments included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, objects of economic activity of the monastery, expositions. Lunch at the island's cafe. Hotel accommodation. |
5 days | Breakfast at the hotel. For an additional fee: A boat ride - 1200 rubles. Man. (Booked and paid locally). Today you can enjoy a boat trip to the Big Hare Island. On the island you will visit the largest pagan sanctuary of the II-I millennia BC, you will see stone labyrinths, a complex of cult and funerary structures, the first stone harbor in Russia, monuments of St. Andrew’s hermitage. Free time. Lunch and dinner - for an additional fee in one of the cafes of the island. |
6 days | Breakfast at the hotel. For an additional fee: We offer to visit one of the highest points of the Big Solovetsky Island - Mount Sekirnaya, from the top of which an unforgettable view of the northern part of the Big Solovetsky Island and the White Sea opens. To get acquainted with the history and monuments of the active St. Voznesensky hermitage, where during the Solovetsky camp there was a penal detention center - a place of detention and punishment of prisoners. See a unique lighthouse church. And also, look into one of the northernmost botanical gardens of Russia, which is located on the territory of the former Makarievsk desert, see monuments, unique plantings of various periods of the history of the Solovetsky Islands, enjoy an amazing view of the Solovetsky Monastery ensemble, opening from the Alexander Hill (1300 rubles / person). Return to Kem. Accommodation in the tourist complex "Primory".
In this case, a discount is granted:
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7 days | Breakfast. |
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