KIZHI VACATION – BREATH OF TRANQUILITY
Duration: 2 days/ 1 night
Group size: min 2 persons
Dates: May – September
Prices: Single supplement = 27 EUR/person
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10 pax |
259 EUR/person |
Day 1:
07:00 Arrival in Petrozavodsk from St. Petersburg. Meeting with the guide at the railway station. Transfer to the restaurant.
07:20 Breakfast.
08:20 City tour of Petrozavodsk. You will get acquainted with the history of the capital of Karelia and visit its major places of interest. Photo stop near the monument to Peter the Great.
11:30 Departure for Kizhi Island by hydrofoil.
12:45 Upon arrival transfer to the guesthouse Kizhskaya Blagodat by boat (10 minutes). Kizhskaya Blagodat is a cozy family run guesthouse situated on the mainland right opposite Kizhi Island. The owner of the guesthouse is the son of the head carpenter, who restored the church of the Transfiguration in the Soviet time. You will be pleasantly surprised with the tranquility of the place as well as with the hospitality of its hosts. Accommodation in twin rooms (WC and shower in every room).
14:00 Welcome lunch.
15:00 Excursion by boat to the ancient wooden chapels around Kizhi Island, which form the famous Kizhi Necklace.
19:00 Dinner. * Sauna for additional pay.
Day 2:
08:00 Breakfast.
09:00 Transfer to Kizhi Island by boat (10 minutes).
09:15 Excursion in the Kizhi Open-Air Museum of Wooden Architecture. 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.
12:30 Lunch.
14:45 Transfer to Petrozavodsk by hydrofoil (1 hour 15 minutes).
16:00 Arrival in Petrozavodsk. Transfer to the railway station.
Price includes: city tour of Petrozavodsk, transfers and meals according to the program, hydrofoil Petrozavodsk – Kizhi – Petrozavodsk, accommodation in twin rooms at the guesthouse Kizhskaya Blagodat (1 night), boat excursion “Kizhi Necklace”, entrance tickets, guide services.
Price does not include: train tickets
