Cruise excursion program Moscow (NRT) - Sortavala - Pellotsari - Valaam - Konevetz - Saint Petersburg (River Terminal) - Kizhi - Petrozavodsk - Moscow (NRT) from 05.06.13 to 16.06.13, Ship «Mikhail Bulgakov»
| Port | Excursions | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Myshkin |
Your choice:
1) Walking tour “Visit to the mice at the old mill” with an excursion to the old mill, the Museum of Russian Valenki, the artisans' house and Uspensky (Assumption) Cathedral. Tour length - 2-2.5 hours.
2)Walking Tour for Kids and Their Parents. Visit to the Mouse Palace. (group size: 25+). Tour length – 1.5-2 hours.
3)Provincial Kaleidoscope Walking Tour. A city sightseeing excursion, including a tour of some interesting wooden houses (Shipbuilder’s Thomson House, Myshkin Sheremetyev’s Station), visit to the old mill house with the Barn Mice display, the Victory Memorial, the Dormition Cathedral. (group size: 25+). Tour length – 2.5 hours. | Included in the price of cruise |
| Goritsy |
Автобусная экскурсия в Кирилло-Белозерский монастырь.
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to Ferapontov Monastery. You will see the refectory, the parvise, frescoes of The Virgin Nativity Cathedral and the monastery site. (Group size: 25+). Tour length - 3 hours. (alternative to the main excursion).
| Group from 12 pax: 3000 rub. per person | |
| Mandrogi |
Walking tour of the village. As part of the tour, guests will visit the arts and crafts village. Check out the workshops of potters, blacksmiths, and weavers (owners of an ancient loom), and shop for leather goods and Rostov enamel jewelry. Visitors are welcome in the "Old Village", which consists of five hundred-year-old houses, relocated from the Arkhangelsk and Vologda regions.
| Included in the price of cruise |
| Sortavala |
Your choice: 1) City walking tour to Sortavala with a stop at two museums – the private gallery of Kronid Gogolev, a phenomenal wooden relief carving artist, and the local history museum of Northern Ladoga. Route distance - 4 km. Tour length - 4.0 hours.
2) Bus and walking tour to the marble canyon "Ruskeala". The tour runs along the perimeter of the marble quarry. The decorations of St. Petersburg’s St. Isaac Cathedral and Marble Palace are made from Ruskeala’s marble. Visit the private gallery of artist Kronid Gogolev (wooden relief carver). The route distance is 2 km. Tour length – 3.5 hours. (Group size 35+).
The tourists will be transported to Sortavala pier by ferry. | Included in the price of cruise |
| Pellotsari | Eco-Path: One Day of a Taiga Island The rocky taiga island is represented by a great variety of landscapes, flora, and fauna. Pellotsari is covered with forests, mostly of coniferous trees. A circular eco-path of a total length of 3 km has been laid on the island. A non-guided eco-path walk. Over 30 sites are marked along the path. These are natural objects, as well as monuments of human impact. There are information boards and signs at each point of the path. The path is laid with pine boards and fitted with bridges, stairs, and leisure areas. | Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion Trip by speedboat. You will see the picturesque channels and bays of Lake Ladoga and land at Cape Meriniemi with Finnish fortifications preserved from the times of the Second World War. Walk duration is 1 hour 20 minutes. Notes: 1.Water and hiking trips are not carried out in fog or with a wave height of more than 0.5 meters or in other adverse weather conditions, since orientation is impossible due to lack of visibility. 2. Children over the age of 10 are welcome to join the excursion. 3. Drunkenness among tourists is not allowed. Safety rules for tours by motor boats and speedboats: Do not jump the queue while boarding and disembarking from the boats. To eliminate any negative effects of water excursions during boat movement it is prohibited to change seats, to shift loads, to use cutting and piercing objects, to rock the boat or to dive from the board. All of the passengers on the boats must be wearing fastened life jackets. | Group from 6 pax: 1000 rub. per person | |
| Valaam |
Your choice:
1) Walking tour “Valaam’s Skits”. You will visit three of Valaam’s skits (hermitages): the Voskresensky (Resurrection), the Gethsemane and the Konevsky. Enjoy the unique natural phenomena of the Valaam archipelago - its flora and fauna. Route distance is 6 km. Tour length - 3.5 hours.(Group size: 15+).
2) Walking tour “Rocky Shore”. The tour introduces visitors to the history of the Valaam Monastery during the Soviet-Finnish and Second World Wars. Savor Valaam’s unique nature surrounded by the Ladoga, the largest lake in Europe. Route distance 6 km.
Tour length – 2.5 hours.(Group size: 15+).
| Included in the price of cruise |
| Konevetz |
You will visit the central building of the monastery, The Rozhdestvensky (Christmas) Cathedral with the relics of St. Arseny Konevsky, the Wonderworker. Take the forest path to the Holy Mountain and the legendary Horse-Stone, a huge boulder of glacial origin that resembles a horse's skull. Tour length - 2 hours. Route distance - 4 km.
| Included in the price of cruise |
| Saint Petersburg |
Guided city bus tour will introduce you to the most important city landmarks of the city on the Neva. Water tour – “Rivers and Canals of St. Petersburg” along the banks of the rivers Moyka, Neva and Fontanka. Enjoy the sights as they pass by: Palace Square, Petropavlovskaya Fortress (Peter and Paul Fortress), Mikhailovsky Palace and much more…
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Trip to the suburbs Visit the State museum Peterhof, often referred to as "the Russian Versailles". Founded at the beginning of the 18th century by Emperor Peter the Great in the vicinity of his new capital - St. Petersburg, Peterhof was one of the most luxurious royal summer residences and his personal monument to the successful completion of Russia's struggle for access to the Baltic Sea. The Upper Gardens and Lower Park, The Grand Palace and some "small" palaces and pavilions, the world's largest system of fountains and water cascades and the majority of the sculptures were in place by the mid 20's of the 18th century.
Tour length - 6 hours. | Group from 26 pax: 2700 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Visit the architectural and landscape complex of the unique Oranienbaum Palace and Park of the 18th to the early 20th century, preserved during World War II in its historical authenticity. The Great Menshikov Palace is the oldest building of Oranienbaum. The impressive appearance of the palace, its grand scale and lavish interiors, always generate a lot of admiration and surprise. The estate offers a lot of wonders. For example, in the center of the eastern gallery there was once a "Turkish bath" (with a glass roof) which was many times honored by Peter the Great himself! The halls and living rooms are decorated with paintings on plaster and canvas, tapestries, and marble. The window frames were even gilded, and the walls of many rooms were finished with Dutch and German tiles. Tour length - 6.5 hours.
| Group from 21 pax: 2500 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to Kronshtadt. On the island of Kotlin in the Gulf of Finland there is a port and a fortress called Kronshtadt. It is the main seaport of St. Petersburg. The first fortifications on the island were built on Kotlin in 1703 (at the same time as the founding of St. Petersburg). The island is the base of the Baltic Fleet. The architectural landmark of the city is the magnificent St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral, which celebrated its centennial in 2013. The majestic temple is a monument to all sailors who did not return from their voyages.
Tour length - 6 hours. | Group from 31 pax: 1200 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Загородная экскурсия в Екатерининский дворец.
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| Lodeynoye Pole (lit. the Field of Boats) |
Your choice:
1) Bus tour to the Holy Troitsky (Trinity) Alexander Svirsky Monastery. Tour length – 3.5 hours.
2): Bus tour to Vvedeno-Oyat Women’s Convent (Group size: 35+).
3) Bus tour to Olonets. Visit to the National Museum of Ethnic Karelians-Livviks. The museum serves as an introduction to the development of the first Karelian city – Olonets, its role in the history of Russia, traditional culture of Karelians-Livviks and their crafts, trades and family rituals. Tour length – 4 hours. (Group size: 35+).
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion | Group from 8 pax: 4300 rub. per person Group from 20 pax: 2700 rub. per person Group from 30 pax: 2100 rub. per person Group from 40 pax: 1700 rub. per person | |
| Kizhi | Included in the price of cruise | |
| Petrozavodsk | Included in the price of cruise | |
Optional excursion
Bus tour “Kivach Falls” with a tour of the main sights of Petrozavodsk. Tour length - 5 hours.
| Group from 18 pax: 1300 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Пешеходная экскурсия по набережной Петрозаводска с мастер-классом по приготовлению традиционных карельских пирогов «калиток». Продолжительность экскурсии 3 часа.
| Group from 15 pax: 1100 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Rafting on the Shuya river with a tour of the main sights of Petrozavodsk. Tour length - 5 hours.
| Group from 10 pax: 1800 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion Посещение фермы по разведение собак породы «Хаски», с катанием на упряжках по подготовленной трассе (2 км.) Продолжительность поездки 4 часа. | Group from 10 pax: 3500 rub. per person | |
Sea day.
| Included in the price of cruise | |
| Uglich |
Your choice:
2) Tour to the Leather Craft Workshop Museum. Learn about the history of one of the oldest crafts, the leathercraft of Uglich, the production of leather in Russia, the history of the legendary Russian calf leather. Visit an exhibition of antiques and see reconstructed ancient pieces, take a look at original models of leather making equipment of the 17-19th century. Learn about contemporary art: leather carving, embossing, sculptures. At the end of the tour, each of the visitors will be able to briefly become an artisan and create a magnet, take pics with the exhibits, or read his/her fortune on runes. Visit the Alexey Monastery. The tour lasts 2 hours (for groups of 15 people and more).
3) Walking tour to the Hydroelectric Power Museum. (Group size: 20+.)
4) Tour to the Vintage Scooter Bike Museum. Find out about the evolution of the bicycle. The museum displays the 19-20th century bicycles, sports bicycles and leisure bicycles, bikes for adults and kids, etc. Ride any of the museum exhibits! Visit to the Alexeevsky Monastery. Tour length 2 hours. (Group Size: 20+).
| Included in the price of cruise |