Favorite brands of Karelia

Buffet breakfast in the hotel restaurant.

Room release. Boarding the bus with your belongings. Transfer to the pier.

For an additional fee, an excursion to Valaam Island (booked with the tour, paid on site).

Departure by Meteor to Valaam Island (45 minutes along Lake Ladoga).

Arrival at the monastery bay. Sightseeing tour of the central estate of the monastery with a visit to the Transfiguration Cathedral, chapels, cell buildings, outbuildings and hotel buildings.

Lunch in the monastery refectory.

Transfer to Nikonovskaya Bay.

Visit to the Resurrection and Gethsemane skete.

Return to Sortavala.

Attention: the water excursion to Valaam Island will take place under favorable weather conditions!

Departure to Petrozavodsk (260 km).

19:00 Accommodation at the Peter Inn 4* hotel.

Time to rest.

Buffet breakfast in the hotel restaurant.

Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby.

Sightseeing tour of the capital of Karelia and a walk along the Onega embankment.

We invite you to plunge into the friendly atmosphere of the northern capital of Karelia, Petrozavodsk.

On the sightseeing tour, you will see the beautiful embankment of Lake Onega, where you will find the "Tree of Desires" and other avant-garde sculptures donated to the city by the twin cities.

Be sure to visit the Governor's Park!

Excursion to Kizhi Island.

Ride on the "Comet" (1 hour 20 min. along Lake Onega).

Kizhi Island is a "calling card" not only of Karelia, but also of Russia.

The unique ensemble of the Churchyard is known all over the world, and every year the flow of tourists wishing to visit the island is only growing!

Guided tour of the museum-reserve with a visit to the Church of the Intercession and ethnographic exhibitions.

Return to Petrozavodsk. Time to rest.

Buffet breakfast in the hotel restaurant.

Visit to the Shungite Center.

Visit to the souvenir center, where you can buy figurines, cosmetics, jewelry made of shungite at wholesale prices.

As well as a visit to the relaxation room, filled with the vitality of shungite. The natural black stone is a real miracle.

A cure for many diseases, saving lives.

It is suitable for an old man and a baby, a man and his home, it can make any place bright, clean and blessed.

Visit Kivach Waterfall, one of the largest lowland waterfalls in Europe.

You will also visit the arboretum, the decoration and pride of which are the famous Karelian birches. Karelian birch is a tree to which nature has given the amazing beauty of wood, which resembles marble in its pattern. Even in the 21st century, there is a debate among scientists about the origin of this amazing tree!

Lunch at a cafe.

Return to the Petrozavodsk hotel.

Buffet breakfast in the hotel restaurant.

Room release. Things in the hotel's luggage room.

9:45 a.m. Meeting with the instructor at the entrance to the Peter Inn Hotel.

Departure for rafting.

You must have spare clothes and shoes with you (shoes must be of a sports type – sneakers, sneakers, light summer shoes such as "flip-flops" are allowed, but with a fixed back).

In case of rain, a rain cape.

Departure to the beginning of the rafting in Yumanishki. Safety briefing.

Equipment delivery (spas. vests, paddles).

Rafting on the Shuya River, 8 km.

Arrival at the village of Polyana, delivery of equipment, changing clothes.

Picnic by the campfire (fish soup, pasta in Navy style, sliced vegetables, water, tea).

Return to Petrozavodsk railway station approximately by 15:00.

See you soon!

Departure to Moscow: train No. 017A Petrozavodsk — Moscow at 21:57.
Departure to St. Petersburg: train No. 805H (Lastochka) Petrozavodsk — St. Petersburg at 18:00.