SILVER RING OF KARELIA
Group: from 2 persons
Dates: June - September
Duration: 5 days/ 4 nights
Travel itinerary: Petrozavodsk + Kizhi + Valaam + Kivach Waterfall + Petroglyphs + Solovetsky Monastery
Prices: Single supplement = 65 EUR/person
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10 pax |
720 EUR/person |
Day 1:
07:00 Arrival in Petrozavodsk. Meeting with the guide. Breakfast in the restaurant of Petrozavodsk.
08:00 City tour around Petrozavodsk, the capital of Karelia, with its major sights and a walk along the embankment of Lake Onego. Photo stop near the monument to Peter the Great.
11:15 Transfer to Kizhi Island by hydrofoil (1 hour 15 minutes).
12:45 Excursion in the Kizhi open-air museum of wooden architecture and cultural history. 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 with the magnificent 22-dome church which is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990. Lunch boxes.
16:45 Departure for Petrozavodsk.
18:15 Arrival in Petrozavodsk. Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation.
19:00 Dinner at the hotel.
Day 2:
Today you will wake up early in the morning to make an unforgettable trip to Valaam Island.
06:30 Departure for Sortavala (250 km).
10:00 Breakfast.
10:30 Arrival in Sortavala.
11:00 Transfer to the Valaam Monastery by hydrofoil (50 minutes).
12:00 Excursion program around the Central Monastery Complex. Today you will get acquainted with one of the main orthodox sacred places in Russia and visit its cathedral of the Transfiguration. After a walk around the monastery complex you will also visit one of the sketes and try simple monastic food during the lunch in the monastery's refectory.
17:00 Departure to Sortavala by hydrofoil (50 minutes).
18:00 Transfer to Petrozavodsk.
20:00 A short stop in an ancient Karelian village Kinerma. Nadezhda, a local resident of Kinerma Village, will meet us and show the main sights of the village, which are houses of the end of the 19th century and the wooden chapel of Virgin Mary of Smolensk erected in the 17th century. After the excursion around the village Nadezhda will invite you to her house to have dinner in a Karelian house.
23:30 Arrival in Petrozavodsk.
Day 3:
Breakfast at the hotel.
09:00 Departure for Kem (500 km).
On the way a short stop in the Kivach Nature Reserve. You will see the second largest plain waterfall in Europe and listen to the melody of its roaring waters. You will also visit the museum of nature, get acquainted with the wildlife of Karelian taiga and walk along the alley of well-known Karelian birches.
13:00 Lunch in Medvezhyegorsk.
16:30 Excursion to one of the most favourite tourist routes “Belomorsk Petroglyphs”. It is an archaeological complex comprising over 2000 images of wild animals, sea animals, people and boats including the oldest images of a skiing man not only in Northern Europe but in the whole world. During the excursion you will make a trip to the Karelian past and comprehend the mysteries of the Stone Age people.
20:30 Accommodation at the Pritchal Hotel in Kem. Dinner at the hotel.
Day 4:
Breakfast.
07:30 Boarding time.
08:00 Departure for Solovki by boat (3 h).
10:00 Arrival on Solovki.
10:30 Walking excursion round the Central Architectural Complex of the Solovetsky Monastery. You will learn the unique history of one of the most northern monasteries of Russia, observe the massive walls and towers of the Solovetsky Kremlin, outstanding for the Middle Ages household achievements of the monastery and its austere white stone churches.
14:00 Lunch at a local café. Free time on the island.
18:30 Boarding time.
19:00 Departure for Kem.
21:00 Accommodation at the Prichal Hotel. Dinner at the hotel.
Day 5:
Breakfast boxes.
05:30 Transfer to the railway station.
06:19 Departure for St. Petersburg/Moscow.
Price includes: 2 nights in Petrozavodsk (Karelia Spa Hotel 4*), 2 nights in Kem (Prichal Hotel 3*), transfers and meals according to the program, hydrofoil Petrozavodsk – Kizhi – Petrozavodsk, hydrofoil Sortavala – Valaam – Sortavala, ship Kem – Solovki – Kem, entrance tickets, excursions with an English-speaking guide.
Price does not include: train tickets
