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Arrival in Arkhangelsk.
Independent check-in at the hotel.
Placing things in the hotel's luggage room.
10:45 Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby.
11:00 Sightseeing bus tour "Russia's first port" is an introduction to the history of Arkhangelsk and its main attractions.
The acquaintance with the city begins at the cape with the mysterious name "Pur-Navolok".
A story about the place where Arkhangelsk and Gostiny Dvory were founded, an architectural monument of the 17th century with a majestic tower and powerful walls that seem to be transported back in time and tell us that Arkhangelsk was once a city where trade with foreign merchants was concentrated and the city became the first commercial seaport in Russia.
The majestic Severnaya Dvina River and the embankment stretching along it are a favorite place for strolling, both residents of Arkhangelsk and visitors to the city.
The monument to Peter I and the seal-savior, the Assumption Church and the Green gazebo – the embankment is good, both on summer days and in winter, when a chain of lanterns crosses the ice-bound Northern Dvina.
From the embankment of the Northern Dvina, a panorama opens onto the island part of Arkhangelsk – Solombala Island, where, by decree of Peter the Great, the first state shipyard was laid down and the first merchant ship was launched.
Lunch at a cafe.
Suburban bus tour to Russia's largest open–air museum, the Malye Korely Museum-Reserve of wooden Architecture (25 km from Arkhangelsk), where more than a hundred wooden architecture monuments collected from all over the Arkhangelsk region (churches, chapels, mills, barns, residential buildings) are located among a picturesque forest.
Guided tour of one section of the museum, free time.
Return to Arkhangelsk.
Free time.
Dinner on your own.
