Address: Volodarsky Str. 40, Petrozavodsk, Russia
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Kizhi-Kivach-Kinerma
Tour summary:
Day 1Arrival in Petrozavodsk by train from Moscow or from St.
Petersburg.
Meeting with the guide at the railway station.
Transfer to the restaurant.
Breakfast.
10:15 Departure for Kizhi Island by hydrofoil.
11:45 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.
Lunch-boxes.15:45 Transfer to Petrozavodsk by hydrofoil.
17:15 Arrival in Petrozavodsk.
Transfer to Kivach Nature Reserve. You will visit
waterfall Kivach, which is the second plain waterfall in
Europe, the nature museum, and dendrarium, where you
will get acquainted with typical local flora and fauna and
with rare plants like Karelian birch.
Transfer to Petrozavodsk.
Dinner.
Hotel accommodation.
Day 2
Breakfast.
City tour of Petrozavodsk. Petrozavodsk was founded by Peter
the Great in 1703 on the banks of Lake Onego, in the first place
as an iron factory and quarrying centre. The city, now capital of
Karelia, has fine examples of the 18th century Neo-Vlassical
architecture. The city tour covers the main sights, as well as a
walk along the embankment of Lake Onego. Photo stop near the
monument to Peter the Great.
Transfer to the Kinerma Village, which in 2016 became the
most beautiful village in Russia.
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 a traditional Karelian lunch.
Departure for Petrozavodsk.
Dinner.
Transfer to the railway station.
Price includes: accommodation at hotel Karelia (in twin rooms), meals according to the program, transfers, city
tour of Petrozavodsk, hydrofoil Petrozavodsk - Kizhi - Petrozavodsk, entrance tickets and excursions according to
the program, English-speaking guide.
Price does not include: train tickets.
