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Kizhi vakation - breath of tranquility

Company:Intourist-Petrozavodsk
Type:cultural
Season: summer 2010
Petrozavodsk + Kizhi
 2 days/1 night
 
Day 1:
Arrival in Petrozavodsk. Transfer from the railway station to a city café.
Breakfast.
City tour “The City of Peter the Great” (the architectural ensemble of the Round Square (18th century), the Governor’s Garden, the Theatre Square (4 theatres), the Onego Lake Embankment with a unique open-air museum of modern avant-garde sculpture). Photo-stop near the Monument to Peter the Great.
Transfer to Kizhi Island by hydrofoil (1 h 15 min).
Transfer to the guesthouse “Kizhskaya Blagodat” by boat (10 min). Accommodation. Kizhskaya Blagodat” is a cozy family run guest house situated on the mainland right opposite Kizhi Island. You will be pleasantly surprised with a tranquil atmosphere of the place as well as with the hospitality of its hosts.
Free time.
Sauna for additional pay.
Dinner.
 
Day 2:
Breakfast.
Transfer to Kizhi Island by boat (10 min). Kizhi is one of the first open-air museums and one of the most popular tourist attractions in Russia. The pearl of the museum is its world-known wooden church ensemble which is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990.
Excursion in the Kizhi Open-Air Museum of Wooden Architecture. Visit of the functioning church of the Kizhi Architectural Ensemble and ethnographic village of the museum. Free time.
Transfer to Petrozavodsk by hydrofoil (1 h 15 min).
Dinner at a local restaurant on the Onego Lake embankment.
Transfer to the railway station.
 
The price is given on request.
 
The price includes:
Accommodation in the guesthouse “Kizhskaya Blagodat”, meals according the program, transfers, entrance tickets, and guide services.
 
Attention: Train tickets are not included!
 
Additional information: The Company has the right to change the order of given services without limiting.