The North Rim - year-round

1 day

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

Attention! The group can also come immediately to Kondopoga (train No. 092 Moscow-Murmansk, arrival at 10:38).

By comfortable bus we go to the small Karelian town of Kondopoga (45 km).

Breakfast in the cafe of the hotel "Karelia" (covering or buffet).

Things in the hotel's storage room.

We begin to get acquainted with the sights of the “cultural capital”. During a walk around the city we will see the Ice Palace, which has no equal in the whole north-west, the solemn and majestic Palace of Arts. Be sure to stop at the musical clock-carillons (a unique belfry brought from Holland). Under the magical sounds of 23 northern bells, we make a wish, and it will come true.

Accommodation in the hotel "Karelia" (Lenin Square 5).

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

- We will go on a tour "In search of Karelian papyrus". We will get acquainted with the pulp and paper mill of Kondopoga OJSC, pass safety training, put on a helmet, workwear and forward - into the bowels of creating paper. In the production shop we will see the work of this BUMMASHINE from the first stage to the output of the bobbin on the packaging machine. Find out what is a “cloakroom” and how many “dresses” are used to changing our “fashion” per hour.

Attention! Excursion to closed production, original documents are required, final lists are submitted 2 weeks before the start of the tour.

* Excursion can be replaced by an equivalent excursion to the fire department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kondopoga.

- Dinner in the cafe of the hotel "Karelia" (covering or buffet).

2 days

- 07:00 - early breakfast in the hotel cafe (covering or buffet).

We are going on a big trip to the former Finnish territories (290 km).

We are greeted by a fantastic marble quarry of Ruskeala. During the tour we will explore the mountain park from a height. Now it is one of the most beautiful places in Karelia. Artificial white marble rocks picturesquely hang over the emerald water surface of a small lake. It was here that marble was mined for the most famous castles and palaces of Moscow and St. Petersburg!

In 2010, the film “The Dark World” was filmed here.

Free time in the park (1 hour) for the purchase of other services (underground route - adult - 1200 rubles, child - 550 rubles, "Trail of Angels" - cost 100 rubles. /person, trolls - the cost of 1200 rubles. /man, etc.).

- Lunch at the café in Sortavala

- Sightseeing tour in Sortavala (Serdobol). Here, houses “grow” right out of the rocks, thanks to the endlessly talented use of natural stone. The most beautiful city “Old Finland” in 2016 became the New Year’s capital of Russia. The city has 3 dates of birth, 3 names, and belonged at different times to 3 states - Sweden, Finland and Russia. Nicholas Roerich called it one of the few places on Earth where there is a special breath. And the most romantic of the poetic cycles of Bella Akhmadulina was written here.

- On the already familiar "blue road" go to the hotel (orientative arrival at 22:30)

- Late dinner (complex) in the cafe of the hotel "Karelia".

3 days

Breakfast in the cafe of the hotel "Karelia" (covering or buffet).

- We're going on a tour. Our way lies to the mighty old man - the giant - the Kivach waterfall! The famous poet G.R. Derzhavin famously sang it in his ode “Diamond will rain down a mountain from the heights with four rocks ...”. We will get acquainted with the national reserve, nature museum and arboretum. In the arboretum, along with exotic trees, we will see different forms of the mystery tree - the famous Karelian birch. Tree, which nature gave the amazing beauty of wood, reminiscent of its pattern of marble. Even in the twenty-first century, scientists have debated its origin.

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

After lunch, we invite you to the Karelian House. At the master class on "Cantel" we will learn to play an ancient Finno-Ugric musical instrument. We will walk in a friendly chain in the Finnish dance "Yetka-Yenka". Under the guidance of an experienced master master master the art of cooking Karelian rupittetu ("Calitki"). And while they are in the stove, we are in needlework. Now "for good luck" and for good memory from visiting our amazing places you will have a doll-amulet "VEPSYANKA"

We drink tea with fragrant masterpieces.

- Kondopoga Museum. Its collection consists of more than 2000 exhibits. These are geological samples of White City and Tivdian marble, Karelian archaeological utensils, historical photos and documents, modern painting and graphics of Karelian artists.

Organ concert and excursion in the Palace of Arts of Kondopoga.

Visit the mysterious king of musical instruments - organ and plunge into the world of harmony of sounds.

Cost 250 p.schooler/350 p.adult

Water trip under sail on Lake Onega on a ship of Peter's times The cost of the excursion: 600 rubles / person. (from May to October)

Not everyone can boast that he sailed on a ship of Peter’s times.

Welcome aboard the unique sailboat Yakutsk.

This is an exact copy of the ship that participated in the Great Northern Expedition in the Bering Strait in 1728. Dub-sloop was specially built for the filming of the historical film "First", which took place in Karelia.

Today we are pioneers and in our expedition we will learn about selfless patriots and travelers Vitus Bering, Vasily and Tatiana Pronchchiev, Semyon Chelyuskin and the Laptev brothers, learn how to knit sea knots and admire the beauty of the Onega skerries.

Duration: 1.5 hours.

- Dinner in the cafe of the hotel "Karelia" (covering or buffet).

4 days

Breakfast in the cafe of the hotel "Karelia". (cover or buffet).

- We're going to Lake Onega.

Interactive cognitive and game program "Visiting the shaman".

A wise shaman will meet guests in the Sámi plague by a hot fire on deer skins. Together with the hospitable owner of the house, we will learn about the traditions of the peoples of the North, learn to speak Karelian and recharge with positive energy. The shaman will guess on the runes, perform the ceremony of “obedience to the teacher and cleansing from bad grades” and introduce him to his friends – sled dogs and their small puppies.

In the d / garden of the husky, you can squeeze fluffy lumps and make a cool selfie.

We go to the first Russian resort "Martial Waters".

Its main attraction is the Church of the Apostle Peter. People call her a “foreigner.” This is not surprising, because he led the construction of a unique temple designed by the emperor Dutchman Wilhelm Genin. The church has preserved candlesticks from Karelian birch, carved and painted under marble by Peter I himself.

Tasting useful glandular water from four sources will give new strength

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

- Room release.

- Shungite Center. In the relaxation treatment room, we learn a lot about the beneficial properties of the healing stone and try tea from shungite-purified water. There you can also buy souvenirs from shungite.

- Moving to the capital of the Republic of Karelia - Petrozavodsk.

- Sightseeing tour of Petrozavodsk - Let's walk along the favorite place of walks of citizens - Onega embankment. We will make a few memorable photo stops at the gallery of original compositions from Finland, Sweden, Germany, France, etc. (the only open-air museum of modern avant-garde sculpture in the world) and a monument to the founder of Petrozavodsk - Peter I. We will see a piece of the starry sky of Neubrandenburg and ask for something cherished from the UHA on the Tree of Desire. As promised by Kent Andersen, the author of the monument, it will come true.

And farewell - a real fairy tale (the gallery "Doll's House"). It differs from other galleries with a special home atmosphere. The doll is the first among toys, known since ancient times and remains eternally young. She is not affected by time, she still finds her way to the hearts of children and adults.

Dinner in a cafe in Petrozavodsk (cover). The cost is 350 rubles per person.

At 17:30 we will take you to the railway station of Petrozavodsk (groups following from / through St. Petersburg).

At 20:30 (groups coming from/through Moscow).