A great trip to the Arkhangelsk region

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A great trip around the Arkhangelsk region is an immersion in history, acquaintance with the cultural heritage, nature and people of the amazing Northern region.

The ancient city of Kargopol with white stone temples, the famous Kargopol clay toy, original villages, an amazing combination of natural landscapes, wooden architecture and folk traditions.

Arkhangelsk is the history of the Pomors and Arctic expeditions, the first commercial seaport and the cultural capital of the region.

Ancient Kholmogory and the village of Lomonosovo are the birthplace of the famous scientist Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov and the openwork bone—cutting industry.

And the always inspiring White Sea.

Location

Arkhangelsk region, Nyandoma

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Tour highlights

The birthplace of M. V. Lomonosov

Let's get acquainted with the history and discoveries of the great scientist, as well as the way of life of that time

The capital of Pomerania

Let's go on a sightseeing tour of Arkhangelsk and see a lot of interesting objects on the embankment of the Northern Dvina

Kenozersky Park

We will visit the national park, which preserves the true northern way of life, traditions and culture

Itinerary

Day 1 - Sightseeing tour of Kargopol
Arrival at Nyandoma station by train before 10:00
Meeting-gathering at the main entrance to the railway station from the platform side, depending on the train schedule.
Transfer to Kargopol (78 km).
Accommodation in the guest house "Kargopolskaya Sloboda" in rooms with amenities or a similar hotel.
Lunch.
Transfer to Kargopol (12 km) for the excursion program.
Sightseeing walking tour of Kargopol — a walk along the cozy embankment and ancient neighborhoods.
The temple complexes amaze with their splendor, and local legends and legends immerse you in the distant past of the glorious northern city.
Kargopol, in the past, was a famous trading city of the ancient Russian state, located at the very source of the Onega River, originating from Lake Lache.
The lands of the county stretched along the Onega River all the way to the White Sea. The passage of the transit salt route from Pomerania through Kargopol and the monopoly on salt trade granted by Ivan the Terrible contributed to the economic development of the city.
Tour of the exhibition "Kargopolye since ancient times".
The exposition is devoted to the history of the Kargopol fortress, here are the objects of excavations of the XVII century, including weapons, cannons, cannons.
The guests will see a unique icon "Boris and Gleb against the background of the burning Kargopol fortress", painted in memory of the miraculous rescue of Kargopol from the fire.
Visit to the souvenir shop.
Optional self-guided visit:
"The private museum of the masters of the Shevelevs and Kargopol clay toys."
"Interactive ecopark "Medvezhy Kray".
Free time.
Dinner on your own.
Russian sauna (optional, for an additional fee).

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Day 2 - Kenozersky National Park. Big Beef
Breakfast.
08:30 Departure to Kenozersky National Park (2.5 hours on the way).
Kenozerye is a very important place for understanding the peculiarities of the Russian North and getting amazing impressions.
The park is a specially protected natural area that claims to be included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The peculiarity of Kenozersky Park is that it is here that the cultural and natural heritage has been preserved here in the most complete and multifaceted way.
This is one of the islands of the real northern way of life, traditions, and culture.
The route will feature a unique natural monument — a fragment of the continental divide of two oceans — the Arctic and the Atlantic.
The ridge left by the glacier separated two neighboring lakes. One of them has a drain into the Baltic Sea, and the other into the icy White Sea.
Tourists will climb the Khizhgora to the church of Alexander Svirsky, from the belfry of which a wonderful view opens.
On request, a walk through the architectural park "Kenozersky biryulki", where the monuments of wooden architecture of Kenozerye are recreated in miniature: chapels, huts, outbuildings.
Rustic lunch in the "Handmade hut".
Continuation of the route in the village of Bolshye Lyadiny (37 km).
There is a multi-headed Epiphany Church with an intricate semicircular porch, which is not found anywhere else.
A walk through the village, old gate wells and other features of the northern village, a visit to the ethnographic museum "Lyadinskoe uzorochye", where objects of peasant life and linen crafts are collected.
Subject to transport accessibility and taking into account the length of daylight, it is possible to check into the former village of Krasnaya Lyaga, where the earliest tent-roofed single-column Sreteno-Mikhailovskaya Church built in 1655 has been preserved on the shore of a bygone karst lake (self-inspection).
Return to Kargopol and rest after 18:00.
Free time.
Dinner on your own.
Russian sauna (optional, for an additional fee).

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Day 3 - Bus and walking expedition to the "Oshevenskaya parish". Transfer to Arkhangelsk
Breakfast.
Room release.
08:30 Bus and walking expedition to the "Oshevenskaya parish".
Visiting villages: Saunino and Pogost (50 km). The second most important place in Kargopolye, where you should definitely visit.
An ancient reviving monastery, wooden architecture and traditional crafts for the Russian North coexist here at the same time.
The village of Oshevenskoye is an outstanding historical and landscape monument of the Russian North. Residential buildings in an ancient layout organically adjoin chapels, churches, and the monastery complex.
Artifacts of pagan culture have also been preserved here: votive crosses, a holy grove, cult worship stones. And it's amazing!
In the village of Saunino there is the church of St. John Chrysostom — a tent church built in 1665. Inside, the temple is covered with a picturesque ceiling — "painted skies".
The hexagonal bell tower of the XVIII century gives the whole ensemble a complete and unique look.
A village with a wonderful name Pogost, where ensembles of monuments of wooden architecture have been preserved. In ancient times, the word "churchyard" meant not only a cemetery, but also a common place of nearby settlements.
Not all settlements have been preserved, but the village of Pogost has been preserved and is part of the Association of the most beautiful villages in Russia. That's why people come here from different lands — near and very far.
A rustic lunch of Kargopol cuisine. Bread and pies from a Russian oven are a forgotten taste for someone, and for someone a previously unknown taste. Simple and delicious food: rich soup and fish "in the north", pickles and Oshevenskaya porridge.
After lunch, visit the village of Archangel, where on the left bank of the Onega River there are two wooden churches — Archangel Michael (1715) and the Presentation of the Lord (about 1820).
The first one is unique in that it is completed with a cubed roof, known only in the Poonezhye and on the Prionezhsky shore of the White Sea. Cuba has a traditional five-domed church. The apse is blocked by a barrel.
The Sretensky Church has a helmet-shaped roof with a dome at the end. The Temple of the Presentation of the Lord belongs to the type of tiered temples.
14:00 Transfer to Arkhangelsk by bus. Travel time is 5 hours, stops are made on the way.
Arrival in Arkhangelsk after 19:00.
Check-in at the hotel.
Free time.
Dinner on your own.

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Day 4 - Sightseeing tour "Arkhangelsk — the capital of Pomerania". Severodvinsk. Jagra Island
Breakfast at the hotel.
10:45 Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby.
11:00 Sightseeing tour "Arkhangelsk — the capital of Pomerania".
Arkhangelsk is a regional center, the first seaport of Russia and the gateway to the Arctic, the magnificent dominant of which is the majestic river — the Northern Dvina.
There are many interesting objects on the embankment of the Northern Dvina: the monument to Peter I and the seal Savior, the Assumption Church and the courtyard of the Solovetsky monastery, the monument to the northern convoys and the "window to the Arctic".
From the embankment of the Northern Dvina there is a beautiful view of the island part of Arkhangelsk and the island of Solombala — the place where, by decree of Peter the Great, the first state-owned shipbuilding shipyard was laid and the first merchant ship was launched.
Lunch at the cafe.
Country tour "Severodvinsk — the city by the White Sea".
Severodvinsk is the second largest city in the Arkhangelsk Region, an industrial and port giant, and a center of nuclear shipbuilding.
A city tour will introduce you to the history of the city of Severodvinsk and the Russian submarine fleet.
A visit to the museum of local lore and a special interactive program-a story dedicated to the construction of a nuclear submarine.
By assembling a "construction boat", you can learn about technical solutions, how nuclear submarines are built, about their internal structure and equipment of premises.
Departure to the southern coast of the Arctic — to the island of Jagra.
A walk along the embankment and stunning views of the White Sea.
Here, on the border of the pine forest and the sea coast, there is a military memorial complex and a memorial sign in honor of the sailors of the Kursk nuclear submarine.
Nowadays, this picturesque coast is a favorite vacation spot.
Return to Arkhangelsk after 19:00.
Free time.
Dinner on your own.

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Day 5 - Country tour "Kholmogory and Lomonosov's homeland"
Early breakfast at the hotel.
07:30 Country tour "Kholmogory and the homeland of Lomonosov".
An unforgettable trip to the homeland of Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov awaits guests.
The village of Lomonosovo is located on the Kurostrov near the village of Kholmogory.
This is a land with a rich history and culture — the territory of ancient fortresses, monasteries and temples, the first merchant shipyard and skillful lace bone carving.
In summer, you can get to the island by ferry, and in winter by ice road (winter road).
At the Lomonosov Museum, the building of which is located on the site where the Lomonosov house was supposedly located, guests will get acquainted with the history and discoveries of the great scientist, as well as learn about the life of that time.
At the master class of bone carving, they will create a souvenir, and after that they will walk through the village to the white stone temple of Dmitry Solunsky.
Lunch at the cafe in the middle of the program.
Return to Arkhangelsk after 17:00.
Free time.
Dinner on your own.
During the off–season (November – December and April - May), it is possible to replace the excursion with the "Heritage of the land of Kholmogorskaya": a visit to the Holy Trinity Antonievsky Monastery and the village of Kholmogory.
Day 6 - Country tour to the Museum of wooden architecture "Malye Korely"
Breakfast at the hotel.
Room release. Things in the luggage room.
09:15 Country tour to the Museum of wooden Architecture and folk art "Maly Korely".
Malye Korely is Russia's best open—air museum of wooden architecture and the main attraction of Arkhangelsk.
Once in Maly Korely, you will find yourself in Russia of the XVIII–XIX centuries: peasant huts, slender temples of Kargopol, Pinezhye, Podvinya and beautiful northern pines stretching to the sky create a feeling of patriarchy and extraordinary peace.
A tour of one section of the museum.
Free time for an independent walk around the museum.
Return to Arkhangelsk.
Lunch at the cafe.
The end of the program is after 14:00 hours.
Free time.
Self-check-out from the hotel.
Transfers to the railway station and to the airport for an additional fee.
Recommended departure from Arkhangelsk after 16:00.

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Difficulty

Suitable for everyone

Accommodation

Guest House

2 nights
Hotel

3 nights

Comfort

Basic+
Upscale

The cost of the tour for 1 person, depending on the accommodation, RUB.:

For 2-bed accommodation

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Guest house "Kargopolskaya Sloboda" or similar

The Capital of Pomerania 3* Hotel

72 000

14 000

Kargopolskaya Sloboda is a two—storey guest house made of round pine, 12 km from Kargopol on the very bank of the Onega River.

It consists of 8 cozy home rooms with an area of 12-14 square meters. meters with all amenities (shower, bathroom, TV).

On the ground floor of the cottage there is a cozy hall where guests can gather in a friendly company and drink tea.

Smoking and pets are strictly prohibited.

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Tour conditions

Group

up to 50 tourists

Minimum age

6 years old

Duration

6 days 5 nights

Group meets at

Arkhangelsk region, Nyandoma

Included in price

accommodation in the selected hotel in a standard 2-bed room;
meals specified in the program (breakfast at the accommodation hotel, 6 lunches);
excursion and transport services according to the program;
master class, entrance tickets.

Paid extra

railway passage to the station Nyandom;
air and railway tickets from Arkhangelsk;
transfer to the railway station or Arkhangelsk airport (for an additional fee);
meals, excursions and services listed as "on their own" or "for an additional fee".

It's important to know

Air and railway tickets are not included in the price of the tour. You can purchase them yourself or contact us for help.

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Elena Zolotareva

29 Oct, 2024

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The tour was excellently organized; on the last day, a private excursion to Malye Korely was even arranged, just for the two of us.

29 Oct, 2024

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