Kizhi – Valaam – Solovetsky (7 days)

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Days and dates of operation: Every Monday and Wednesday. From 17 May till 30 September
(valid for year 2007)

Day 1
9.00 a.m.: Meeting at the railway station of Petrozavodsk city. Transfer to the hotel
Breakfast at the hotel
Bus excursion "From the history of Petrozavodsk": historic centre of the city, churches and the unique open-air museum on the embankment of Onego lake
Boarding a hydrofoil in the port of Petrozavodsk city
Transfer to Kizhi Island (Onego lake)
Kizhi excursion which includes:
  1. Kizhi Pogost: the Church of the Transfiguration of our Saviour, the Church of the Intercession, the Bell Tower
  2. The Church of the Resurrection of Lazarus - the smallest church and the oldest exhibit of Kizhi Island
  3. A large karelian peasant house - a lot of unique ethnographic exhibits
  4. Other old wooden buildings of Kizhi - windmill, churches, barn
The midday meal is provided in lunch bags

Transfer back to Petrozavodsk city (hydrofoil)
Dinner at the restaurant

Day 2
Breakfast at the hotel
Excursion to the private gallery "The Doll's House"
Bus tour to the "Martial Waters" spa
Lunch at the cafe in Kondopoga town
Bus tour to Kivach waterfall (Suna river)
Transfer back to the hotel in the evening
Dinner at the hotel restaurant

Day 3
Breakfast at the hotel
Departure from Petrozavodsk to Sortavala town (240 km)
Rafting down Shuya river and dinner in the forest (optional, not included into the price)
Arrival to Sortavala
Check in at the hotel "Seurahuone" (double rooms with modern conveniences)
Dinner at the restaurant

Day 4
Breakfast at the hotel
Boarding a motor ship or a hydrofoil in Sortavala and sailing to Valaam archipelago (Ladoga Lake)
Valaam excursion which includes:
  1. the central building of Valaam Monastery with the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour, the Church of the Assumption, the Church of the St. apostles Peter and Paul
  2. the old monastery cemetery
  3. concerto of church hymns
  4. dinner in the canteen of the Monastery
  5. the Resurrection Church
  6. chapels and other memorable sights of Valaam
The duration of this excursion on Valaam is approximately 5 hours

Boarding a ship or a hydrofoil on Valaam and arrival back to Sortavala
Excursion "Sortavala in the evening", free time
Dinner at the restaurant

Day 5
Breakfast at the restaurant
Departure from Sortavala to Petrozavodsk
Bus trip through "The Valley of Heroes" with visiting the memorial "The Worship Cross"
Lunch at a peasant's house in the village of Kinerma
Arrival to Petrozavodsk in the evening
Dinner at the restaurant
Night departure from Petrozavodsk to Belomorsk town (train)

Day 6
Arrival at Belomorsk
Transfer to the hotel, check in
Breakfast
Transfer to the port of Belomorsk (the White Sea)
Transfer to the Solovetsky archipelago (motor ship)
Excursion: Solovetsky monastery-fortress, ancient buildings, the Necropolis, "the mysterious Labyrinth"
Lunch on the island
Departure from Solovetsky archipelago to Belomorsk, in the evening
Night arrival at Belomorsk
Dinner at the hotel restaurant

Day 7
Breakfast at the hotel
Transfer to the railway station of Belomorsk
Departure to Petrozavodsk

Price: 25,500 rubles per person (for summer season 2007)

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Note1: the price may be changed by our company and depends on the cost of the accomodations, tickets for the hydrofoils and motorship, prices of the excursions

The price includes: transport services, accomodations and meals according to the programme, excursions according to the programme

The price excludes: interpreter's services, tickets to / from Petrozavodsk city

Note2: In case of some unpredictable circumstances, some of the services included into the tour programme may be changed by other services, equal in price.

Note3: In case of some unpredictable circumstances, the sequence of the services included into the tour programme may be changed.

Note4: The possibility of the tour (i.e. days and dates of operation) depends upon weather. The possibility of visiting Valaam Monastery depends upon the Russian Orthodox Church, also.

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