Karelian voyage. Spring Train Cruise

Breakfast on the train.

• 08:00 (04/28/2024) Arrival of tourist train No. 928 in Petrozavodsk.
• 08:01 (05/09/2024) Arrival of tourist train No. 928 in Petrozavodsk.
• 07:50 (06/01/2024) Arrival of tourist train No. 928 in Petrozavodsk.

Meeting with the guide on the platform, boarding the bus (the bus number will be indicated in the voucher).

Excursion to the Kivach Nature Reserve — a state nature reserve, which can be called one of the oldest natural monuments located on the territory of the country.

This object became the first national nature reserve in Karelia. Its main attraction was the beautiful Kivach waterfall, which gave the name to a unique natural object. 

The nature of Karelia, the edge of forests, lakes and granite rocks, is harsh, but majestic and beautiful. Nowhere in the world have giant glaciers left behind such a picturesque landscape. 

But there are especially poetic places in this land, which fascinates the traveler with its harsh, lyrical, and cheerful landscapes. 

And perhaps the most impressive of them is the second largest plain waterfall in Europe (after the Rhine) — Kivach Waterfall. The waterfall is incredibly beautiful and majestic. 

The waters of the Suna River, compressed by basalt rocks, fall down from an eight-meter height in a heavy cast stream, forming a powerful whirlpool in shreds of foam and creating an impressive noise. 

Kivach Waterfall was admired by the first governor of the Olonets Region (as Karelia was formerly called), the great Russian poet Gavrila Derzhavin, "The mountain is pouring diamonds..." he wrote. 

Indeed, the falling water and its power are fascinating. Everyone should see this (the duration of the program is about 5 hours).

Return to Petrozavodsk.

Free time for independent lunch and souvenir shopping.

A bus sightseeing tour of Petrozavodsk, in which the northern severity is ideally combined with a calm, Scandinavian balanced charisma. 

You will get acquainted with the history and modern appearance of the capital of the Prionezhye region, walk along the embankment, which is the hallmark of the city. This is a real open-air gallery of modern art, where amazing sculptures are located (duration about 1.5 hours).

Visit to the concert program "Kantele. The best" in the "House of Kantele". 

The program combines the most striking vocal, instrumental and choreographic performances created for the Kantele ensemble in different years. 

Some of them are included in the golden fund of the collective, others are new works, but already loved by the public. 

In addition to traditional Karelian, North Russian, Vepsian and Finnish songs, melodies and dances, modern works are also presented. 

The concert will be interesting to everyone who loves dance and music, who is interested in the diverse culture of the indigenous peoples of Karelia.

"Kantele. The best" is an opportunity to hear kantele, captivating with its sound for more than one generation of residents of Karelia, Russia and foreign countries (the duration of the program is about 1 hour).

Our tour will continue with a trip to the National Museum of the Republic of Karelia.

The tour will tell you about the formation of rocks and minerals, reveal the peculiarities of the flora and fauna of our region.

In the archaeology hall, visitors will be presented with unique artifacts — granite slabs with mysterious petroglyph rock carvings, ancient tools and household implements, religious objects and amulets from the burials of the Oleneostrovsky burial ground of the Stone Age, the largest archaeological monument in Northern Europe.

In the halls dedicated to the history of Karelia, the visitor will be able to "immerse himself" in the millennial era of the Middle Ages, learn how the factory industry was formed under Peter the Great and Empress Catherine II, how Petrovskaya Sloboda became Petrozavodsk — the capital of the Olonets province, see how Petrozavodsk gradually developed and a Round Square was built in the XVIII-XIX centuries.

The tour will introduce you to traditional tools of labor for the North, means of transportation, fishing and hunting traps, epic songs "Kalevala" and Russian epics recorded by researchers of the XIX century in Karelia (the duration of the program is about 1 hour).

Free time for independent walking and souvenir shopping.

Self-service transfer to the train station.

22:20 Departure of the tourist train No. 928 to Sortavala.

Overnight on the train.

Breakfast on the train.

07:30 Arrival of tourist train No. 928 in Sortavala, meeting with the guide on the platform.

Walking sightseeing tour of the historical Karelian city of Sortavala, acquaintance with the sights and architecture of the city.

Free time for independent walking and souvenir shopping.

Return with a guide to the railway station. Sortavala Center.

Departure by retro train to Ruskeala Mountain Park.

Meeting with the guide on the platform of the railway station Ruskeala Mountain Park and organized passage to the park.

Ruskeala Mountain Park is the most famous attraction in Karelia. Here they began to break out the magic marble "the colors of white nights" back in 1769 by decree of Catherine II.

It was used to decorate the majestic temples and palaces of St. Petersburg: the Marble Palace, St. Isaac's Cathedral, the Mariinsky Palace. 

Today, Ruskeala Park and its landscape are amazing man—made canyons and crystal lakes, labyrinths of underground tunnels and picturesque steep marble cliffs. 

Nature and people have been interacting here for three centuries. The great works of generations of mountain craftsmen have given this place a special aura.

A tour of the Marble Canyon program — you will learn how marble was mined in these magical places, and get acquainted with the history of mining and processing of the northern stone.

14:10 Transfer by rail bus from Ruskeala Mountain Park to the station Sortavala (alternative — bus transfer).

14:50 Arrival at the railway station Sortavala.

15:09 Departure of tourist train No. 928 from the station Sortavala in Vyborg.

17:45 Arrival of tourist train No. 928 in Vyborg. Meeting with the guide on the platform, boarding the bus (the bus number will be indicated in the voucher).

An exciting bus and pedestrian sightseeing tour of Vyborg awaits you - the only city in Russia where you can feel the atmosphere of medieval Europe and appreciate the necklace thread of squares — Market, Cathedral, Petrovskaya, and of course Torgilskaya, where there is a monument to the founder of the city, Thorgils Knutsson. 

You will see the Town Hall Square, the House of the Merchant Guild of the Holy Spirit, the Townsman's House, the Clock Tower, the Burgher's Manor and the House on the Rock. 

And you will definitely have the opportunity for an external inspection of the Vyborg Castle on the Castle Island.

Dinner at a cafe in the city.

Transfer to the railway station.

23:43 Departure of the tourist train No. 928 to Moscow.

10:16 Arrival of the tourist train No. 928 at the Leningradsky railway station in Moscow.

The time in the program is indicated approximately.