Secrets of the Solovetsky Archipelago

Breakfast in the restaurant.

08:00 Departure to the Solovetsky Archipelago by boat on the White Sea (2.5 hours).

10:30 Sightseeing tour of the Solovetsky Kremlin. You will get acquainted with the history of the monastery, visit the territory of the central complex, active temples, monuments. You will be amazed by the nobility of proportions, monumentality and harmony with the harsh northern nature.

14:00 Lunch at the cafe.

16:00 Author's tour of the Solovetsky skeets and the dam of the Red Lake. 

You will drive to the northern part of the island through iconic and rarely visited places by ordinary tourists.

Driving along a dirt road through a dense, noisy forest, you will reach the highest point of the island. Here you will visit the Holy Ascension Monastery and the Axe Mountain - a very picturesque, but with a dark and terrifying history place. 

You will see a unique lighthouse church and a breathtaking panorama of the White Sea. 

The next skete along the route is Savvatievo, where the cells of Savvati and Herman stood, and today there is a fraternal building with greenhouses and vegetable gardens. 

A little further along the forest road is the Solovetsky Jung Alley, the guide will show you the location of the remains of the dugouts. 

Then you will drive to the Red Lake — from here the amazing lake and canal systems of Solovki begin. If the weather is good, you can swim.

Accommodation in the hotel "Solovetskaya Sloboda" or "Solovki-Hotel" in rooms of the category "standard" or "standard attic".

Breakfast in the cafe.

09:00 Excursion to Bolshoy Zayatsky Island – you will take a boat trip to Bolshoy Zayatsky Island, where you will see the largest pagan sanctuary of the II-I millennia BC, unique stone labyrinths, a complex of cult and burial structures, Russia's first stone harbor and monuments of St. Andrew's Hermitage. 

Please note! St. Andrew's Skete on Bolshoy Zayatsky Island is active, we ask you to comply with the requirements of the skete charter and be dressed properly.

Return to the hotel.

Lunch at the cafe.

Free evening.

Breakfast in the cafe.

09:00 Fascinating 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. 

Tasting of White Sea mussels – perhaps it is you who are lucky enough to find a real White Sea pearl in one of them. 

Lunch at the cafe. 

Return to the hotel. 

Free time.

Breakfast in the cafe.

Room release.

Things are handed over to the luggage room.

Guided walk to the Cape of Labyrinths and to the "dancing" Solovetsky birches.

Visit the souvenir pavilions and the company store of the Arkhangelsk algae plant, where you can buy products from White Sea algae.

Lunch at the cafe.

Transfer from the hotel with your belongings to the pier.

Departure of the ship from Solovki to the village of Rabochiostrovsk (2.5 hours by the White Sea).

Arrival in the village of Rabochiostrovsk (by 18:00 or 21:00).

Transfer to the railway station of Kem.

Let us know in advance which train you are going back by, so that, if necessary, you can book a room at the Prichal hotel (2500 rubles/person for a place in a standard double room).