Holy Triangle: Kizhi, Valaam and Solovki, 7 days

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All the pearls of Karelia in a seven-day tour!

On an educational journey through the Russian North, there will be: Kizhi and Valaam Islands, Ruskeala Mountain Park and a walk along the White Sea, as well as the Solovetsky Islands.

We will get acquainted with the history of this region and the beauty of the northern nature.

The program received the certificate "Made in Karelia".

Location

Petrozavodsk

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Tour highlights

All the pearls of Karelia in a seven-day tour

You will get acquainted with the history of this region and its key places

The nature of the region

Let's admire the beauty of the northern nature

Marble Quarry

Let's go on a tour of the Ruskeala Mountain Park

Itinerary

Day 1 - Excursion to the capital of Karelia, Kizhi Island
We meet our dear guests at the Petrozavodsk railway station upon arrival of train No. 18 ~07:50, under the steeple from the platform. The guide greets you with a sign "Holy Triangle".
Tourists who arrived on earlier trains or on their own transport approach the meeting place.
If tourists arrive later (train No. 92), a meeting at the railway station and a free transfer will be arranged for them to meet the group on the route. In this case, tourists have breakfast on their own.
Breakfast in a cozy cafe.
A tour of the capital of Karelia.
Petrozavodsk is the younger brother of St. Petersburg, born with him in the same year. It was founded in 1703 by Peter the Great.
You will get acquainted with the historical center, the monument to Peter I, the governor's Park.
A promenade along the beautiful city embankment along Lake Onega, where there is a collection of original sculptures located in the open air.
Excursion to Kizhi Island, the pearl of Karelian wooden architecture (duration of the trip is 7 hours).
A trip by Meteor along Lake Onega to Kizhi Island (1 hour and 30 minutes on the way).
Visit the famous open-air museum, where a unique collection of monuments of wooden architecture is collected.
You will see the 22nd Transfiguration Church after restoration, visit the interiors of the Church of the Intercession of the Virgin and the ethnographic exposition in the peasant hut, where traditional peasant crafts are demonstrated.
Return to Petrozavodsk.
Supper.
Accommodation at the selected hotel after the end of the excursion program.

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Day 2 - Ruskeala Mountain Park. Excursion to Valaam (for an additional fee)
Breakfast (dry rations).
Full-day excursion: Ruskeala Mountain Park + optional (for an additional fee) excursion to Valaam.
Duration: about 18 hours.
Early departure from Petrozavodsk.
The crossing is about 260 km.
Along the way there are picturesque Karelian landscapes, the surface of forest lakes and a magnificent panorama of Lake Ladoga framed by rocks.
Travel information.
A tour of a unique natural object: the Ruskeala Mountain Park (duration 1 hour 15 minutes).
Marble was mined here in the 18th and 19th centuries to decorate palaces and temples of the Northern capital.
And now they admire the emerald waters of the man-made Marble Lake, visit the preserved grottoes and tunnels. There are no analogues either in Russia or in Europe!
Transfer to the city of Sortavala (30 km).
For an additional fee, the excursion "The Marvelous island of Valaam" (duration 7 hours).
Cost:
adult — 5,500 rubles/person.;
a child under 12 years of age — 2,800 rubles/person.;
children under 6 years old — free of charge (upon presentation of a birth certificate);
Attention: the tour takes place under favorable weather conditions and in the absence of a storm warning!
Transfer by Meteor along the Sortavala — Valaam route along Lake Ladoga (1 hour on the way).
Sightseeing tour of the Central estate of the Valaam monastery.
Visit to the majestic Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior, where the relics of the holy founders of the monastery, St. Sergius and Herman of Valaam Wonderworkers, rest.
A fast lunch in the monastery refectory.
The second tour (one of two options at the discretion of the Valaam Monastery):
Nikolsky Skete is one of the most beautiful skeets of Valaam.
"New Jerusalem" — a visit to the Resurrection Hermitage, Gethsemane Hermitage, Mount of Olives and the Chapel of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Return to the city of Sortavala.
Guests who will not go to Valaam Island can:
stay in the Ruskeala Mountain Park after the end of the tour and come to Sortavala by taxi on your own (the cost of a taxi is approximately 1,500 rubles);
together with the group, come to Sortavala and in your free time walk around the city, visit the museum and cafe.
Departure of the whole group from Sortavala to Petrozavodsk.
Later return to Petrozavodsk.

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Day 3 - To the north of Karelia to the White Sea
Breakfast at the hotel.
Room release.
Departure to the north of Karelia to the White Sea (distance about 400 km).
Visit to the branded liquor store of the Alkovorld distillery.
All products, including vodkas, bitter and sweet tinctures, gins, bitters and balms, contain only natural ingredients and are bottled in their own production, founded in 1879 in Petrozavodsk.
On the way, an excursion to the Kivach Nature Reserve, where you will admire the most famous waterfall in Karelia, sung in Russian poetry as the "northern hero".
Here you will also see the real Karelian birch — the famous "cinderella" of the northern forests, get acquainted with the collection of the arboretum and the Museum of Nature.
Lunch.
Transfer to the village of Povenets (22 km from Medvezhegorsk).
Excursion to the "Povenetsky staircase" of the locks of the White Sea-Baltic Canal.
It is here that the waterway begins, which connected Lake Onega and the White Sea.
You will learn about the history of the construction of the White Sea Canal in 1931-1933 — one of the most difficult and grandiose construction projects of the Soviet era.
In the evening, arrival at the tourist complex "Prichal" (located in the village of Rabochiostrovsk on the shore of the White Sea, 12 km from the city of Kem).
Accommodation in rooms with amenities.
Day 4 - Sightseeing walking tour of Solovetsky To the Kremlin
Early rise and breakfast.
Departure by boat to Solovki.
A 2-hour journey across the White Sea.
Arrival, transfer of things to the selected hotel: "Solovetskaya Sloboda" / "Solovki-hotel".
Tourists and a guide walk from the pier to the building of the tour desk, from where the tour begins.
Along the way, useful information about attractions that you can visit on your own, shops and cafes.
Accommodation at the selected hotel after the end of the excursion program.
Sightseeing walking tour of Solovetsky To the Kremlin (duration 3 hours).
During the tour you will see the unique architectural ensemble of the Solovetsky monastery, active temples and monuments, objects of economic activity of the monastery.
You will learn about the history of the Solovetsky Monastery, which seems to mirror the history of Russia. All temples and monuments are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Lunch.
On request, for an additional fee, an excursion "Sights of the Big Hare Island" (duration 3 hours).
Boat trip to Zayatsky Island (travel time 45 minutes). You will visit the largest pagan sanctuary of the II–I millennia BC, stone labyrinths, a complex of cult and burial structures, Russia's first stone harbor, monuments of the St. Andrew's Hermitage.
The cost is 1,300 rubles/person.
In your free time, we suggest you take a walk to the Cape of Labyrinths.
This is a picturesque natural area on the shore of the White Sea. There are reconstructed stone labyrinths and the famous Solovetsky "dancing" birches.

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Day 5 - Free day. Additional excursions (optional)
Breakfast.
Optional for an additional fee (booking excursions when booking a tour, payment is made on the tour to the guide):
1. Walking tour "The history of the Solovetsky special purpose camp. 1923-1939." (duration — 2.5 hours).
On this tour, visitors will learn about the Solovetsky Special Purpose camp, the stages of the camp's development and its reformation in 1937 into the Solovetsky Special Purpose Prison, as well as learn about the fate of prisoners.
They will visit a new exhibition about the camp and a monument to Solovetsky prisoners.
The cost is 700 rubles/person.
2. A boat trip along the Long Bay (duration — 4-5 hours).
An exciting ecological boat trip along the Long Bay — the "inner sea" of Solovki, where even in stormy weather there are rarely disturbances.
A carbureted boat with a motor, driven by a fresh salty wind, will run past sandy beaches, countless islands and rocky ridges crashing into the water. On one of them there is a bird family, and on the other, it seems, a seal is basking in the sun.
Shallow depths allow you to see the underwater world: starfish are buried in the sandy bottom, translucent ultramarine jellyfish are floating in the water, algae are waving and stretching somewhere along with the sea currents.
The price of the tour includes a bus transfer to Long Bay and back, as well as tasting of White Sea mussels — perhaps you are lucky enough to find a real White Sea pearl in one of them.
Don't forget to bring a light snack and drinks.
Cost:
adult — 2,500 rubles/person;
child 3-10 years old — 2,000 rubles/person;
3. Boat trip to the island of Malaya Muksalma (duration — 3-3.5 hours).
The tour period is July – August, when active harvesting of algae begins in the village.
The boats will pass through difficult straits between the shoals to the island of Malaya Muksalma, the most inaccessible and little—visited island of the archipelago.
Here is the site of the Arkhangelsk Algae Combine, the only enterprise in Russia that is engaged in the extraction and deep processing of Arctic algae, and the village of algae harvesters.
You will learn about the process of harvesting and drying kelp and get acquainted with the rich and colorful "deep life" on the White Sea. The remains of the Chapel of the Nativity of Christ, which is called Onufrievskaya, have been preserved in the village.
Duration of one-way sea crossing: 35 minutes by speedboat. Required: comfortable shoes, jacket, raincoat, repellent, drinking water.
The cost is 3,500 rubles/person.
Water excursions are conducted under favorable weather conditions and in the absence of a storm warning.

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Day 6 - Bus tour "Mount Sekirnaya. The Holy Ascension Monastery." The Botanical Garden
Breakfast.
After breakfast, the rooms are vacated. Things are handed over to the luggage room.
Bus tour "Mount Sekirnaya. Holy Ascension Hermitage" + "Botanical Garden" (duration 3.5 hours).
You will visit one of the highest points of the Bolshoy Solovetsky Island — Mount Sekirnaya, from the top of which an unforgettable view of the island and the White Sea opens.
Get acquainted with the history and monuments of the current Holy Ascension Monastery, where at the time of the Solovetsky camp there was a penal isolation ward - a place of detention and punishment of prisoners.
A visit to the northernmost botanical garden in Russia with an inspection of the Archimandrite's cottage, the Alexander Chapel and the Cross of worship. Free time.
Transfer from the hotel to the pier.
16:00 Departure from Solovki back.
18:00 Arrival at the port in the village of Rabochiostrovsk.
Accommodation in the tourist complex "Berth".
You can have dinner on your own in the restaurant of the tourist complex.
Please note:
For tourists from St. Petersburg, transfer to the railway station of the city of Kem to train No. 011H immediately after the arrival of the ship.
You can leave for Moscow by night train on the day of your return from Solovki (when calculating the cost for 1 night stay at the Berth t/c is deducted).
A transfer to the railway station will be arranged free of charge immediately after the arrival of the ship at the pier.

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Day 7 - End of the program
Breakfast.
Transfer to Kemi railway station.
Departure of tourists on the Murmansk — Moscow morning train (train No. 015 ~ at 06:30 or train No. 091 ~ at 09:30).
Important! Due to repairs on the railway tracks, the train schedule was changed for arrival on 28.08-4.09
To St. Petersburg:
04.09 departure from Kemi at 01.35 train 185 A;
arrival in Petrozavodsk 04.09 at 09:41.
Next, departure from Petrozavodsk by Swallow 805H to St. Petersburg
To Moscow:
03.09 departure from Kemi at 19.00 train 143;
arrival in Moscow on September 05 at 01.29.

Difficulty

Suitable for everyone

Accommodation

Hotel

2 nights
or

Camp Site, Hotel

2 nights
Camp Site

2 nights

Comfort

Midscale
Upscale

The tour includes accommodation in hotels and in a tourist complex.

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

Solovetskaya Sloboda Hotel on Solovki

	Double room placement	Single room placement	Additional place
Severnaya Hotel 4* + The Berth tourist complex + Solovetskaya Sloboda Hotel	64 200	85 400	53 000
Hotel "Zarechnaya" 3* + The Berth tourist complex + Solovetskaya Sloboda Hotel	64 400	85 900	51 900
Hotel "Peter Inn" 4* + The Berth tourist complex + Solovetskaya Sloboda Hotel	64 300	85 400	52 500

Solovki Hotel on Solovki

	Double room placement	Single room placement	Additional place
Severnaya Hotel 4* + The Berth tourist complex + The Solovki Hotel	64 800	86 700	53 000
Hotel "Zarechnaya" 3* + The Berth tourist complex + The Solovki Hotel	64 900	87 200	51 900
Hotel "Peter Inn" 4* + The Berth tourist complex + The Solovki Hotel	64 900	86 800	52 500

Additional payment for foreign citizens (including citizens of Belarus), self—payment upon check-in at the Berth t/c - 500 rubles /person.

Discounts:

a child under 9 years old inclusive — 2,500 rubles/person.;
a child from 10 to 16 years old — 1,800 rubles/person.;
without the last night in Kem (when leaving by night train on the day of return from Solovki):
- in a double room — 1,500 rubles/person.;
- in a single room — 3,000 rubles/person.;
- for additional information. place — 1,200 rubles/person.

You can specify the accommodation requirements: DBL (2-bed room with one bed) or TWIN (2-bed room with two separate beds).

Hotel "Zarechnaya" 3*

The two-storey hotel building is located in the historical center of Petrozavodsk next to the Lososinka River and Spartak Stadium, less than 2 km from Lake Onega, and offers spacious rooms with free Wi-Fi.

A buffet breakfast is served every morning in the breakfast room. In the evening, guests can relax and socialize in a cafe with an LCD TV and karaoke.

The premises of the Zarechnaya Hotel were completely renovated in 2009 and equipped in accordance with modern requirements of the hospitality industry.

The rooms are fitted with carpeted floors, a flat-screen TV, a work desk and a private bathroom. Other amenities include a bathrobe with slippers, an iron, an electric kettle and a refrigerator.

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Another option

Hotel "Peter Inn Petrozavodsk" 4*

The first and only international chain hotel in Petrozavodsk. It is located in the very center of the city, next to the railway station building.

180 spacious rooms of 4 different categories, including rooms for people with disabilities. The two-storey Paulaner Brewery restaurant offers guests Bavarian cuisine and freshly brewed unfiltered beer.

Category "Guest room":Wi-Fi, individual climate control, satellite TV with channels in Russian and foreign languages, shower, comfortable desk, telephone, safe, hairdryer.

Comfortable room category: tea and coffee making facilities in the room, free mineral water, iron and ironing board in the room, bathrobe and slippers in the room, Wi-Fi, satellite TV with channels in Russian and foreign languages, comfortable desk, telephone, safe, bathroom amenities, hairdryer, individual climate control.

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Severnaya Hotel

It is located in the business and cultural center of Petrozavodsk and has convenient transport links to all areas of the city. Within a 15-minute walk from the hotel there are railway and river stations, airport ticket offices, theaters and cinemas, the embankment of Lake Onega, many shops.

Accommodation options:

One-room single room with a single bed. Room facilities: TV, mini-bar / refrigerator, bathroom, telephone.
One-room double room with one double bed or two separate beds. Room facilities: TV, bathroom, mini-bar / refrigerator, telephone.

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The Solovki Hotel

The most comfortable on the Solovetsky Islands is located in one of the most picturesque places of the archipelago on the shore of the bay, a 5–minute walk from the famous Solovetsky Monastery and the ancient pagan sanctuary.

The hotel is designed in a traditional Russian style and is located in 6 buildings, 5 of which are designed to accommodate guests, and in the sixth there is an accommodation service, a bar and a restaurant.

Standard Room: One-room apartment with an area of 12 m2. The room has two separate beds, two bedside tables, chairs. There is a wardrobe at the entrance. The bathroom is equipped with a shower cabin, toilet, sink, hairdryer.

2-bed Junior Suite: a studio room with a work area, a bedroom and a bathroom. The room has one large bed, two bedside tables, chairs. There is a wardrobe at the entrance. The bathroom is equipped with a shower cabin, toilet, sink, hairdryer. The area is 25 m2.

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Solovetskaya Sloboda Hotel

It is located a three-minute walk from the Solovetsky Monastery and is a four-storey building with a facade stylized as an ancient brickwork. On the ground floor there is a restaurant with a bar and a banquet hall. On the first and second floors there are double rooms, suites and apartments. There is a billiard room in the annex of the first floor. On the attic floor there are two Suites, single and quadruple rooms.

The rooms are decorated in neutral tones, using wooden panels, and are equipped with LCD TVs with satellite channels. All rooms at the hotel have a private bathroom with free toiletries. The area and design of the rooms correspond to the European standard.

It offers free Wi-Fi in the rooms and the hotel's restaurant, billiards, bicycle rental and tourist equipment, a souvenir kiosk and a tour center. During the day, meals are served according to a pre-approved menu, in the evening the restaurant operates on an A-la carte menu. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks can be purchased at the restaurant's bar. The restaurant has a cozy banquet hall with 24 seats, where you can celebrate a family or corporate holiday.

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Tour conditions

Group

up to 50 tourists

Minimum age

7 years old

Duration

7 days 6 nights

Group meets at

Petrozavodsk

Included in price

accommodation in rooms of the selected category (2 nights in Petrozavodsk, 2 nights in Kem, 2 nights in Solovki);
meals according to the program (7 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 1 dinner);
excursions:
- overview of Petrozavodsk;
- Kizhi Museum-Reserve;
- Ruskeala Mountain Park;
- Kivach Nature Reserve;
- The White Sea-Baltic Canal;
- 3 excursions on Solovki: sightseeing tour of the Solovetsky Kremlin, Mount Sekirnaya. Holy Ascension Hermitage, Botanical Garden;
transportation services according to the program (bus, water);
the work of a guide and an accompanying person all days according to the program.

Paid extra

air and railway tickets to Petrozavodsk and back from Kemi;
meals not specified in the tour program;
excursion "The Marvelous island of Valaam":
- adult — 5,500 rubles/person.;
- a child under 12 years of age — 2,800 rubles/person.;
- children under 6 years old — free of charge (upon presentation of a birth certificate);
visit to the specially protected natural area "Valaam Archipelago" — 100 rubles/person (paid independently on the spot);
excursion "Sights of Bolshoy Zayatsky Island" — 1,300 rubles/person.;
walking tour "The history of the Solovetsky special purpose camp. 1923-1939." — 700 rubles / person.;
Long Bay boat trip:
- adult — 2,500 rubles/person.;
- child 3-10 years old — 2,000 rubles/person.;
boat trip to Malaya Muksalma island — 3,500 rubles/person.;
additional payment for foreign citizens (including citizens of Belarus) for migration registration at the Prichal shopping center (payment independently upon check-in) — 500 rubles / person.

Important! The preliminary cost of additional excursions is indicated. Booking excursions when booking a tour, payment is made on the tour to the guide. The number of seats is limited.

It's important to know

1. Medical preparations for individual needs.
2. Documents: passport, insurance policy (medical).
3. Comfortable sports shoes:

sneakers or moccasins, but not new, but familiar and comfortable;
replacement shoes (light sneakers or sneakers).

4. Sportswear for hot and cool weather:

The jacket is windproof, waterproof;
raincoat;
warm tracksuit (sweatshirt, pants);
T-shirts with long (from sunburn) and short sleeves;
sports trousers;
shorts;
socks.

5. Headdress: cap, panama hat (with visor).
6. Personal hygiene products.
7. Useful equipment:

small backpack (20-30 l);
flashlight with spare batteries;
sunscreen (required);
sunglasses.

It is also important to remember that the period from early May to mid-June is particularly dangerous due to the activity of encephalitic ticks. Prepare in advance for a trip to Karelia during this period – get a preventive vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis, take a special ointment with you, as well as clothes and hats that cover all parts of the body as much as possible.

The best protection against ticks is compliance with safety regulations:

It is not recommended to climb into the impenetrable thickets of low-growing shrubs unnecessarily.
Moving along the forest road, do not tear off branches.
The legs should be completely covered (shorts are not recommended).
Sweatpants, tights (preferably with a smooth surface) should be tucked into socks.
It is mandatory to have a headdress (cap, headscarf).
It is advisable to hide long hair under a headdress.
After hiking in the forest, it is necessary to check (shake off) both outerwear and underwear.
Examine the whole body.
Be sure to comb your hair with a fine comb. If you find a crawling tick, it must be burned. Ticks are very tenacious, it is impossible to crush it.

If you find a tick that has already dug into your skin:

In any case, do not pull it yourself, because you can tear the body away from the head (the head can exist without a body).
To remove the tick, it is necessary to pour it with camphor or vegetable oil, after 10-15 minutes carefully pull out the tick with tweezers.
Lubricate the bite site with green paint or iodine.

Vaccination provides the most effective protection. If the immunization schedule is followed, human diseases are extremely rare and usually occur in a mild form. The difficulty of vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis lies in the duration of the course of vaccinations, you can find out more in detail at the vaccination center in your region.

It should be remembered that all vaccinations must be completed 2 weeks before the start of the tick activity season, i.e. by the end of March.

Tick bite insurance is not included in the tour price. We recommend that you insure your health.

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A wonderful trip with our fantastic guide, Lyudmila, who was with us every step of the way. Everything was quick, well-organized and professional. Thank you!

6 Nov, 2024

Holy Triangle: Kizhi, Valaam and Solovki, 7 days

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