Buffet breakfast in the hotel restaurant.
Today we offer you to choose a tour according to your taste.
Excursions are booked for an additional fee and paid for together with the tour.
1. Excursion to Ruskeala Mountain Park.
09:00 Departure by comfortable bus to West Karelia (260 km).
Visit to Ruskeala Mountain Park.
The park was established in 2005 on the basis of the Ruskeala Marble Quarry, a unique monument of Russia's industrial heritage.
Marble mining was started here in 1769 by decree of Catherine II to decorate the famous buildings of St. Petersburg: the Marble Palace, St. Isaac's Cathedral, the Mariinsky Palace, etc.
The most popular place for visitors and residents of Karelia!
The combination of Karelian nature and human activity has given these quarries a surprisingly picturesque appearance that attracts travel enthusiasts not only from Karelia.
On the way, stop at the Ruskeala Akhvenkoski waterfall.
Translated from Finnish as "Okunevy threshold".
Locals sometimes call it the "waterfall at the three bridges."
The bathing scene of one of the heroines of the film "And the dawns here are quiet" was filmed at this waterfall. Amazingly picturesque nature invariably attracts the creators of modern films with its mysterious beauty and some kind of mysterious power.
In 2010, a fantasy film "The Dark World" was shot here (the entrance fee is paid additionally on site — 350 rubles).
21:00 Return to the hotel.
Time to rest.
2. Excursion "To visit huskies".
Departure for the excursion program to the country dog kennel is the only kennel of Chukchi Sled Dogs in Russia, and there are also other breeds of sled dogs, such as: Siberian Husky, Alaskan Malamute, Taimyr sled dogs, Samoyedic dog.
Getting to know the cabins and sled dogs.
Participation in the preparation of the team for the trip, briefing.
Enjoy a dog sled ride through the picturesque snowy Karelian forest 2 km away.
And in the Polar explorer's House, by the fireplace with a live fire, you will write a real letter to the North Pole, which will be delivered and sent to you by a famous polar explorer on a real Arctic expedition.
A unique opportunity to touch the little-studied and almost forgotten life of the northern peoples.
Feel the spirit of the Far North!
A hot lunch with lohikato, a rustic plate (pickles and smoked meats), a wicket, a mors d'oeuvre of northern berries, herbal teas and a tasting of drinks with northern herbs and berries. Return to the hotel.
3. Excursion to Kizhi island through Zaonezhye.
The tour starts from the train station.
During the bus tour (travel time 4 hours and 30 minutes) from Petrozavodsk to the village of Oyatevshchyna, you will see the deposit of the Karelian mineral shungite and visit the healing spring Tsaritsyn Klyuch.
It will take 10 minutes by hovercraft from the village of Oyatevshchyna to Kizhi Island.
On the island, you will visit the Kizhi architectural ensemble, included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, stroll through the Zaonezhskaya village, see one of the oldest wooden churches in Russia and get acquainted with the daily life of the Zaonezhans of the 19th century.
The duration of the tour is 1 hour and 30 minutes.
After the walk, you will find a heated cozy hut in an old peasant house, fragrant tea from a samovar and New Year's treats.
Return trip to Petrozavodsk (travel time 4 hours and 30 minutes).
Departure for the tour at 07:00.
Return at 21:00.
The recommended hotel when choosing this tour is "Peter Inn" 4*.
Please note: You can only get to Kizhi Island by the end of January this way, because the ice in the open Lake Onega and in Petrozavodsk usually rises only by the end of January.
In this regard, to get to Kizhi, you need to take a bus almost to the island itself, detouring through Medvezhegorsk. And there is a short distance on strong ice (because this is the northern part of the lake and there are skerries in which the ice rises very quickly) on a hovercraft.
This is the only way to get to Kizhi during the New Year holidays!
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