Kizhi tour for the weekend
Description:
1 day:
Arrival in Petrozavodsk by morning train (Train No. 12 for tourists from St. Petersburg, train No. 18 for tourists from Moscow). The guide meets at the entrance to the railway station.
Breakfast at the cafe.
Sightseeing tour of the city "From the history of Petrozavodsk" with a walk along the famous Onega embankment.
Transfer to the passenger port.
Trip on Lake Onega on the "meteor" to the island of Kizhi (1 hour 15 minutes).
You will see a unique monument of northern Russian architecture, the 22-head Transfiguration Cathedral, visit the magnificent Pokrovsky Church and make a wish at the Lazar Muromsky Church, built in the XIV century.
Ethnographic expositions of the open-air museum will acquaint you with the life and traditions of the inhabitants of Karelia.
For an additional fee, we invite you to the tour "Villages of Kizhi Island" in the breechka, which will bring a lot of positive emotions and a charge of healthy energy from staying in the clean air.
You will take a walk through the Kizhi villages - Yamka and Vasilyevo, known by documents from the middle of the XVI century; you will see the largest and most beautiful wooden house of the island, completely covered with carvings; the chapel of the Assumption of the Virgin, which appeared on the island before the famous multi-domed churches; get acquainted with the peasant life of the past and modern life of the Zaonezh village.
The cost is 500 rubles. Man. A group of 5 to 7 people. Applications when booking a tour!
Boat transfer to Ersnevo village (10 minutes on Lake Onega).
Accommodation in the guest house "Kizhskaya Grace" (2-bed rooms with amenities).
Free time.
For an additional fee in the guest house you can:
- dinner
- russian
- rent boats and fun boats, fishing gear
- smoke-box
- under favorable weather conditions, parasailing (flight by parachute (parasale) behind the boat)
Day 2:
Breakfast. Room release.
Departure by boat from the Kizhi skerries area.
Arriving on the mainland, boarding the bus. Departure towards Petrozavodsk.
We will stop at one of the most famous springs in Karelia "Tsaritsyn Key", which is famous for its crystal clear water, which has an amazing taste and soothing effect. Moving to the village of Shunga is the oldest and most famous village of Zaonezhya.
You will see the world’s only deposit of shungite stone with unique healing properties.
Then visit the oldest nature reserve, explore the famous waterfall Kivach. It is located on the Suna River, one of the largest Karelian rivers.
The height of the waterfall is about 11 meters (water falls from several ledges).
It is the third largest plain waterfall in Europe.
Lunch at the trout barbecue cafe.
Arrival in Petrozavodsk.
Transfer to the railway station (about 17:00).
For an additional fee in Petrozavodsk we offer to visit a unique shungite grotto.
An hour-long relaxation session restores the biofield, eliminates stress and depression, promotes recovery and recovery.
Cost: 500 rubles / per person. Duration: 1 hour.