Solovetsky Archipelago

Excursion tour to Solovki with a visit to the Solovetsky Monastery + boat trips along the Long Bay to the Big Muksalma Island and the Big Hare Island. Races: June - 13, 20, 27; July - 11, 18, 25; August - 01, 08, 15, 22 (3 days / 2 nights) tour cost 11500 rubles 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. Additionally paid: railway tickets; sea crossing Workoestrovsk-Solovki-Rabocheostrovsk (500 rubles x 2 flights). Meals along the route and excursions to Kemi, listed as "self" or "for an additional fee". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Excursion tour to the Solovetsky Archipelago can be ordered by phone: (495) 974-7774 1 day 00:10 and 01:00 Arrival at Kem. Meeting at the train station. Transfer to the port of Workoestrovsk. 01:30 Sea crossing to Solovki (2.5-3 hours, paid on the spot). 04.00 Arrival on Big Solovetsky Island (Tamarin pier). Transfer. Accommodation in a hotel (turcomplex). 10:00 Late breakfast. 11:00 Walking tour “History and architecture of the Solovetsky Monastery”: history and architecture of the central complex of the Solovetsky Monastery, inspection of existing temples and monuments included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, the 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. Visit to the monastery shop. 13:30 Lunch at the cafe. 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. 20:00 Dinner (for an additional fee). 2nd 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. 3 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). 4 day 05:00 Breakfast (included in the price and can be given dry ration). Room vacancy and breakfast depend on the time of departure of the train. Transfer to Kem railway station.