Tastes of Karelia. Autumn gastronomic tour

In the morning, a Karelian-style breakfast will be served for you.

Next, you will embark on a motorboat route along the Ladoga skerries (about 4 hours) with an ascent to the panoramic points of the Ladoga skerries.

Ladoga Skerries is a picturesque archipelago in the north of Lake Ladoga, consisting of many small rocky islands separated by straits.

One of the striking features of the Ladoga skerries is the so—called "reef mountains".

Reef mountains are called mountains that break off into the lake with sheer cliffs, the height of which can reach 80 meters.

A hot picnic lunch will be organized on the route. 

You will have a master class by the campfire: "fish on a log", as well as a lohikeitto — ear with red fish, sbiten and more.

After the walk, you will have the opportunity to relax, chat, play board games or walk around the glamping area.

Next, you will have a master class in gravlax and trout cutting by trims.

You will learn the ancient features of cooking fish that have survived to the present day, and participate in the process of salting rainbow trout.

By marking TRIM with a letter designation on the package, you can determine how many bones, fins, bellies, etc. have been removed, and you can choose one or another cutting of fish.

In the evening, the program includes a gala dinner in a restaurant overlooking Ladoga and a tasting of fish dishes of northern and Karelian cuisine: Finnish egg salad with red caviar, trout cutlets, Karelian traditional rye pie with white fish (immersive serving from the chef of the gourmet restaurant "Vkareliiest"), Karelian pie with berries.

Breakfast.

A master class on wickets.

The gate is the main symbol and brand of the Republic of Karelia. At the master class, you will learn about the oldest ways of baking gates, get acquainted with the customs of ritual baking and create your own unique gate.

In the final, a surprise awaits you — a tasting of gravlax on the gates with vodka.

Lunch at glamping.

After the master class, you will have free time to get ready, have lunch and then you will go by motor boats to the pier, where a transfer to the Ruskeala Mountain Park will be waiting for you (1 hour on the way).

A guided land tour awaits you here. Ruskeala marble quarry. The quarry is a huge system of underground tunnels and tunnels connected by vertical shafts.

Ruskeala marble quarry is a monument of cultural heritage of Russia. Development began here in 1765. The walls of the famous St. Isaac's Cathedral, Ladozhskaya and Primorskaya metro stations in St. Petersburg are decorated with Ruskeal marble.

Return to Sortavala.

After the tour of the mountain park, you will go back to Sortavala on the unique Ruskeala Express. 

This is a steam-powered tourist retro train running along the route of the overland road, which used to deliver Ruskeala marble to Lake Ladoga.

After arriving in the city, you will have an evening walk with a guide, a story about the city of Sortavala. 

Visit the souvenir shop and go home.

Return tickets must be purchased for train No. 160A departing from Sortavala at 20:37 on the final day of the tour.