Northern Voyage: Solovki + Kizhi! (6 days)
Description:
Belomorsk - Solovetsky Islands - Zalavruga - Medvezhyegorsk - Sandarmokh - Povenets - White Sea-Baltic Canal - Kondopoga - Marcial waters - Kivach waterfall - Petrozavodsk - Kizhi
Visit the islands-legends, where the diligence and Faith of Russian ascetics created the Eighth Wonder of the World! Rich excursion program, unusual museums and objects of tourist display.
Belomorsk - Solovetsky Islands - Zalavruga - Medvezhyegorsk - Sandarmokh - Povenets - White Sea-Baltic Canal - Kondopoga - Marcial waters - Kivach waterfall - Petrozavodsk - Kizhi
Visit the islands-legends, where the diligence and Faith of Russian ascetics created the Eighth Wonder of the World! Rich excursion program, unusual museums and objects of tourist display.
1 day. Departure by evening or night train from the Leningrad station.
2 days. Arrive in White Sea tonight. Hotel transfer. Placement. Overnight.
3 days. Breakfast. Transition on a high-speed vessel "Comet" along the White Sea to the Solovetsky Islands. Arrival in the Bay of Welfare of the Big Solovetsky Island. Excursion "History and architecture of the Solovetsky Monastery: territory, cathedrals, walls, towers, necropolis". Lunch. A walk to the picturesque shore of the White Sea, where you will see "danced" Solovetsk birches and "labyrinths" - a monument of culture of prehistoric civilizations. Return to Belomorsk. Hotel transfer.
4 days. Breakfast. Room release. Departure by bus to Petrozavodsk. Visiting Zalavruga. Inspection of unique cave paintings - petroglyphs of the Neolithic era (IV thousand BC). Travel information on the route "White Sea-Baltic Canal". Inspection of Medvezhyegorsk, the former capital of the Stalin White Sea-Baltic Canal. Visit the unique Medvezhyegorsk City Museum. Lunch. Visit the Sandarmoh Forest Cemetery. Moving to Povenets, where the legendary Petrovsky "State Road" ended, along which in 1702 during the Northern War military ships were dragged from the White Sea to Lake Onega. Inspection of the lock of the White Sea-Baltic Canal. Moving to Kondopoga. Inspection of a unique monument of wooden architecture on the shore of Lake Onega Church of the Assumption of the Virgin (1774). Moving to Kivach Reserve. Ecological excursion with a view of the largest plain waterfall in Europe - Kivach. Arboretum of Karelian birch. Arrival in Petrozavodsk. Hotel accommodation.
5 days. Breakfast. Room release. Bus sightseeing tour "From the history of Petrozavodsk" with a tour of the main sights of the city and a walk along the embankment of Lake Onega, where there is a unique open-air sculptural museum. Transition on a high-speed vessel "Kometa" to the island of Kizhi (1 hour 15 minutes en route on Lake Onega). Acquaintance with the world-famous monument of wooden architecture. Excursion program with a visit to the Pokrovsky Church and ethnographic expositions. Return to Petrozavdsk. Transfer to the train station. Departure to Moscow.
6 days. Arrival in the morning in Moscow at the Leningrad station.
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Prices and availability of seats (Northern voyage: Solovki + Kizhi! (6 days)) Northern voyage: Solovki + Kizhi (6 days)!
The cost is indicated in rubles from 1 person per tour
transport on the route (rail coupe + internal crossings): june - from 5790 + 990 rubles., july - from 5890 + 990 rubles, july 26-august - from 5990 + 5990 rubles, september - from 5790 + 990 rubles.
Dates of arrivals 2-seat additional seat Agency Commission n
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Brief description of accommodation:
Hotels Frigate and Government and Gandwick.
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