Solovetsky Islands - Kargopol

Excursion tour Solovetsky Islands - Kargopol with a visit to Solovetsky Monastery + a trip to Kenozersky National Park and the village of Big Lyadyn + excursions to Kargopol. Races: June - 10, 17, 24; July - 8, 22, 29; August - 5, 12 (8 days / 7 nights) The cost of the tour includes: accommodation, full excursion service in the Solovetsky Islands and meals, according to the program; transport services and group transfers; escort by a group guide. Additional payment: train tickets on the route, meals specified as "independent" or "for an additional fee". Sea crossing on the route Kem - Solovki - Kem (500 rubles x 2), sea trip to the Big Zayatsky Island (450 rubles), excursion service in Kemi, Sea walk on the Long Bay (400 rubles). Excursion tour Solovetsky Islands - Kargopol can be ordered by phone: (495) 974-7774 1 day Arrival on st. Tourist nursery. Meeting at the train station. Transfer to Kargopol. 11:40 Arrival at Kargopol. Accommodation in the hotel "Kargopol". 12:00 Lunch at the hotel cafe. 13:00 Walking tour of Kargopol - one of the oldest cities of the North of Russia: the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ, the architecture of the city; white-stone temples of the XVII - XIX centuries of the Old and New Trade, the remains of the fortress of Valushka - the place of foundation of Kargopol. 15:00 Climb to the Cathedral bell tower with observation platforms on tiers. Visiting the gift shop. 16:00 Visit to the Center of Folk Crafts "Bereginya", where you will be introduced to the process of making Kargopol clay toys, show how to work on an old loom. 18:00 Dinner in the cafe (independently). Free time. Russian bath with brooms (for an additional fee). 2 day 08:30 Breakfast in the hotel cafe. 09:10 Bus tour to Kenozero National Park (92 km). 10:50 Excursion "Northern Equator" to the Church of Alexander Svirsky (18th century), which stands on the Hizhgora, the ridge, ancient fibers. 13:30 Lunch-picnic on the cordon at Maselga Lake. A short rest. 16:00 Trip to the village of Big Lyadyn: inspection of the ensemble of monuments of wooden architecture, the tented Pokrovo-Vlasievskaya Church (1743) and the tent bell tower. 17:45 Visit to the school ethnographic museum-workshop (the revival of flaxseed trade, objects of peasant life, the history of the village) or the Private House - the museum of G.F. Sergeeva. Performance of the folklore collective "Lyadin glorified women" (for groups of 5 people). 18:45 Return to Kargopol. 19:30 Dinner in the cafe (independently). Free time. A motor boat ride along the Onega River and Lake Lache (for an additional fee). 3 day 08:30 Breakfast. 09:10 Trip to the village of Oshevenskaya Sloboda: a visit to the Alexander-Oshevensky Monastery, St. George's Church of the XIX century, the wooden Epiphany Church of 1787 and vowel crosses. Arrival in the village of Pozdyshevo on the Spasskoye Lake, called the Saint (in the presence of free time - swimming in the lake). Return to Kargopol. 14:00 Lunch at the cafe. 15:00 Visit to the exposition "Heritage of ancient Kargopol" in the church of Zosima and Savvaty of Solovetsk wonderworkers (a rich collection of icons of the XVII - XIX centuries, unique samples of Russian wooden sculpture and copper casting). 18:00 Dinner in the cafe (independently). 19:00 Room release. Get on the bus. 19:10 Visit to the creative woodcarving workshop of Nikolai Fomin. 19:40 Transfer to Nyandomu. 21:17 Departure to Kem. 4 day 13:44 Arrival in Kem. Meeting at the train station. Get on the bus. For an additional fee: a sightseeing bus tour of Kemi with a visit to the Assumption Cathedral, the museum and the historical center of the city of Lep-island; a sea tour of the Kem skerries of the White Sea. Transfer to Workoestrovsk. Lunch in the cafe (for an additional fee). Group gathering. 23:00-01:00 Sea crossing to the Solovetsky Islands (the cost of the transition is paid on the spot separately). 5 day 02.0004:00 Arrival on Big Solovetsky Island (Tamarin pier). Transfer to the hotel / tourist complex. Placement. 10:00 Late breakfast. 11:00 Walking tour “History and architecture of the Solovetsky Monastery”: acquaintance with the history and architectural features of the monuments of the central complex of the Solovetsky Monastery; operating temples, monuments, Holy Gate, the central courtyard of the monastery, the Refectory and Kelar Chambers, the exposition “Bell ringings”, the exposition “The Sacristry of the Solovetsky Monastery”, the Trinity Cathedral, the Transfiguration Cathedral, the Annunciation Church. 13:30 Lunch in the cafe of the village. 15:00 Sea boat trip to the Big Zayatsky Island: the largest pagan sanctuary of the II-I millennia BC, stone labyrinths, a complex of religious and funerary structures, the first stone harbor in Russia, monuments of St. Andrew’s hermitage (if desired – for an additional fee). 6th day 08:00 Breakfast. 09:00 Water and pedestrian route "Small circle of the lake-channel system": hydraulic monuments and structures of the Big Solovetsky Island, boat trip through man-made canals connecting 5 lakes (tourists independently row on light boats of the "Pella" type). Snack on the shore of Lake Carzino (be sure to bring dry ration and drinking water). Car excursion "Solovetsky ways". History and legends" along the picturesque forest roads of the northern part of B. Solovetsky Island: a hermitage on Sekirnaya Hill, Savvatevsky and Isakovsky hermitages; a visit to the Botanical Garden. Return to the village by bus. 19:00 Dinner (for an additional fee). Return to the hotel / tourist complex on foot. 7th day 08:00 Breakfast. Room release. 09:00 Sea boat trip along the bay Long lip to the island of Bolshaya Muksalma: a man-made boulder dam with a length of 1.5 km, connecting the islands of Bolshaya Solovetsky and Bolshaya Muksalma; the history of the Sergievsky hermit of the Solovetsky monastery. (To the pier in the Bay of Long Guba tourists follow on foot – 5 km). 14:30 Lunch at the cafe. Transfer to Tamarin dock. 17:30 Sea crossing to Rabozheostrovsk (the cost of the sea crossing is paid on the spot). 20:00 Arrival at the port. Transfer to Kem. 20:30 Accommodation in the tourist complex "Kuzova" or "Primory" (2-3 local rooms with amenities per block). 21:00 Dinner (included in the price). 8th day 05:00 Breakfast (can be given by dry ration). Room vacancy and breakfast depend on the time of departure of the train. Transfer to Kem railway station. Wires.