Seliger's treasures. Three-day tour

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We invite you to take a three-day sightseeing trip to Lake Seliger with a visit to Ostashkov and Torzhok. Lake Seliger is one of the most beautiful places in Russia! This is the edge of forests and sparkling water surface. These places seem to be created for a break from the hustle and bustle of the city. The lake is stunning in its beauty – clean and transparent, silence, air filled with the aromas of the forest, birdsong, berries, mushrooms, fishing - that's what attracts residents of large cities to the shores of Seliger.

Location

Saint-Petersburg

Sightseeing tours

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US$ 208

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Tour highlights

Iversky Svyatoozersky Bogoroditsky Monastery

We will visit the monastery, founded in 1653 in honor of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God and located on a beautiful island in the middle of Lake Valdai

Boat trip to the Nile Desert

There will be an opportunity to visit Stolobny Island, where the walls and temples of the Ancient Russian Monastery – the Nilo-Stolobenskaya Desert rise majestically

The Museum of Gold Embroidery

Torzhok is the only Russian city that has managed to preserve this ancient art to the present day

Itinerary

Day 1 - Valdai. Transfer to Lake Seliger
07:30 Departure from St. Petersburg from Moskovskaya metro station, Demonstration passage (the street behind the monument to V.I.Lenin).
Household stops. Travel information. Drive to Lake Valdai (315 km).
Stop on the island of Lake Valdai.
Valdai Iversky Svyatoozersky Bogoroditsky Monastery, located on a beautiful island in the middle of Lake Valdai. The monastery was founded in 1653 in honor of the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God. It is a unique architectural monument, which has been beautifully restored and decorated. A walk through the territory of the current monastery with an inspection of the interiors of the main temple.
Free time.
Transfer to Lake Seliger (290 km).
Accommodation at the Sokol recreation center.
Buffet dinner.
Free time.

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Day 2 - Sightseeing tour of Ostashkov. Excursion to Local History Museum
Breakfast (buffet).
Free time or, if desired, for an additional fee, a boat tour to the Nile Desert.
Not far from the town of Ostashkov, on Lake Seliger, lies Stolobny Island, on which the walls and temples of the Ancient Russian Monastery – the Nilo-Stolobenskaya Desert - rise majestically. The monastery was founded in the XVI century. The richest monastery in Russia was created by many famous architects: I. Charlemagne, A. Battani. Nilov Deserts is a whole city consisting of buildings of various purposes: residential and household buildings, rooms for the abbot of the monastery and the brethren, a hotel, barns, cellars, forges, ship repair workshops, a stable yard and an orchard. In the middle of the monastery stands the cathedral in the name of the Epiphany of the Lord. You can climb the bell tower, which offers a magnificent panorama of the lake, adjacent islands, small villages and temples. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Nile Desert was the most visited Russian shrine and the second in the world after the Holy Sepulchre.
Return to the boarding house / hotel.
Lunch (buffet).
Sightseeing tour of Ostashkov, which is more than 600 years old. A peculiar feature of Ostashkov is the feeling that he is standing right on the water. There are residential wooden huts of the 19th century, stone temples and manors, as well as houses with lions and Atlanteans in the city. The typical urban layout of the Catherine the Great era has been preserved here.
The Theotokos Monastery in Ostashkov is a modest, beautiful in its simplicity, strict monastery, one of the ancient and amazing architectural monuments, spiritual centers of the Upper Volga region. Founded in 1716, the monastery was dedicated to the main highly revered local shrine – the Smolensk Icon of Our Lady of Odigitria, the protector and patroness of Ostashkov.
Excursion toThe museum of Local lore, which tells about the history of the Seliger region, about the crafts and crafts of the Ostash, about the rich cultural and historical traditions of the region.
Return to the boarding house / hotel.
Free time.
Dinner (buffet).
Free time.
Day 3 - Torzhok. Completion of the program
Buffet breakfast.
Departure from the boarding house.
Stop at the fish market.
Visit to the Seliger pyramid.
Departure toTorzhok.
Sightseeing tour of the city. Torzhok is one of the oldest cities in the Upper Volga region. Numerous architectural monuments of the XVII-XIX centuries have been preserved in the city, including: the wooden church of the Ascension of the XVII century, the Travel Palace built under Catherine the Great, the complex of the Borisoglebsky Monastery, the Transfiguration Cathedral, architectural masterpieces of the XVIII century by N.A. Lviv with the only monument to the great architect in Russia, numerous residential buildings in the classical style.
Lunch (with fireman's cutlets) in a cafe.
Excursion to the Museum of Gold Embroidery.
Torzhok is the only Russian city that has managed to preserve this ancient art to the present day. The museum's exhibits reflect the history and current state of Torzhok gold embroidery and other types of folk hand and machine embroidery.
Departure to St. Petersburg. Arrival around 23:00.

Difficulty

For any person

Accommodation

Guest House

2 nights

Comfort

Midscale

The tour involves accommodation at the Sokol recreation center.

The cost of the tour for 1 person, depending on the category of accommodation, RUB.:

2-bed standard room 1-room room, two single beds, TV, bathroom, shower	18 300
1-bed accommodation in a room of 2 standard	24 820
3-bed standard room 1-room room, three single beds, TV, bathroom, shower	17 860
2-bed Standard Room with refrigerator 1-room room, two single beds, TV, bathroom, shower, refrigerator	18 540
1-bed accommodation in a 2-standard room with a refrigerator	25 300
2-bed Superior Room 1-room room with single beds, TV, refrigerator, bathroom (cosmetic repair), shower	19 050
1-bed accommodation in a 2-bed superior room	26 300
3-bed Superior Room 1-room room, three single beds, TV, refrigerator, bathroom (cosmetic repair), shower	18 300
2-bed Euro room 1-room room, 2-double bed, refrigerator, TV, air conditioning, bathroom, shower	21 560
1-bed accommodation in a 2-bed euro	31 340
1-bed Euro room 1-room room, bed, refrigerator, TV, air conditioning, bathroom, shower	24 970
Discount for schoolchildren - 300 rubles, pensioners - 150 rubles.

On the shore of Lake Seliger, the Sokol boarding house is located, which offers comfortable rest and quality wellness services. There is a medical center, a massage room for guests, and you can devote your free time to active sports or relaxing.

The comfortable rooms have an individual bathroom, a TV with cable channels, free Wi-Fi, a small refrigerator, air conditioning. The rooms are cleaned daily.

There is a restaurant for guests, where three meals a day are served according to the buffet system.