Solovki - Northern monasteries

Excursion tour of the Northern monasteries, including the Solovetsky Monastery, St. Artemiye-Verkolsky, Holy Trinity Antoniev-Siisky and other monasteries of the Russian North. Races: 24 June; 8, 22, 29 July; 5, 12 August (9 days/8 nights) tour cost 16000 rubles The cost of the tour includes: accommodation and meals according to the program, excursions according to the program, escort by group guides, transport services (group transfers). Additional fees are: train tickets; excursions, activities and services specified as “for an additional fee” or “independently”. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tour Northern monasteries - Solovki can be ordered by body: (495) 974-7774 1 day 09:35 Departure from Moscow (train No. 16 Moscow – Arkhangelsk) 2 day 06:25 Arrival in Arkhangelsk. Meeting at the train station. 8:00 Breakfast at the cafe. 09:00 Sightseeing tour of Arkhangelsk "City with the name of the Angel" with a visit to St. Ilyinsky Cathedral. 11:00 Bus tour to the Museum of wooden architecture "Small Korely" - an open-air museum that has preserved for posterity unique creations of folk architecture: chopped huts, six-wall houses, ancient temples and bell towers, grain barns on stilts, reminiscent of fabulous "huts on chicken legs", a collection of bells and the exposition "Northern rings". 15:30 Lunch at the cafe. Transfer to the train station. 17:35 Departure to Karpogory. 23:40 Meeting at the railway station. Hotel transfer. Placement. 3 day 08:00 Breakfast. 09:00 Trip to the village of Sura - the homeland of John of Kronstadt: a visit to the St. Nicholas Church and the holy wonder-working spring "Nikola". Excursion to the Museum of St. I. Kronstadsky. Visit to the Sursky Women's Monastery. 14:00 Lunch. 14:30 Trip to the village of Verkola with a boat crossing to St. Artemy-Verkolsky Monastery: the history of the monastery, the life of Artemy the Righteous, the architectural complex. 20:00 Dinner. 21:00 Return to Karpogory. Transfer to the train station. 00:40 Departure to Arkhangelsk. 4 day 07:30 Meeting at the railway station. 08:00 Breakfast in the cafe. 08:30 Bus tour "Treasures of the Antoniev-Siysky Monastery" (10 hours) with a visit to the village of Kholmogory. The church complex of the village includes the Transfiguration Cathedral of the 17th century, a stone bell tower, and the Chambers of Bishops. A trip to the village of Sia, where on the shore of Lake Mikhailovsky stands a unique monument of Russian architecture of the 16th century Holy Trinity Antoniev-Siysky Monastery: a story about the colonization of the North, the history of the Antoniev-Siysky Monastery, the life of Anthony Siysky, etc. Walking tour "Architectural complex of the Antoniev-Siysky Monastery" with a visit to the current Annunciation Church. 18:00 Dinner. Transfer to the train station. 21:30 Departure to Kem. 5 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 at the Café Workostrovsk. Group gathering. 23:00-01:00 Sea crossing to the Solovetsky Islands (the cost of the transition is paid on the spot separately). 6 day 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). 7 day 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). 8th 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. 9th 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). 10 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.