Cruise excursion program Moscow (NRT) - Goritsy - Mandrogi - Valaam - Saint Petersburg (Salt Pier) - Lodeynoye Pole (lit. the Field of Boats) - Medvezhyegorsk - Kuzino - Moscow (NRT) from 28.06.16 to 13.07.16, Ship «Mikhail Bulgakov»
| Port | Excursions | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to Martynovo village. Tour length - 4 hours.
| Group from 10 pax: 2500 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Visit to museum “History of Russian Vodka”. You will hear the story of Peter Smirnoff, view different types of alcohol stills and see a display of antique bottles. Tour length - 30 minutes.
| Group from 5 pax: 450 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Walking tour to the Hydroelectric Power Museum. (Group size: 15+.)
| Group from 5 pax: 1200 rub. per person Group from 10 pax: 600 rub. per person Group from 15 pax: 400 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Kremlin walking tour with a visit to the Сhurch of Prince Dmitry “On Blood”, the Palaces of the Princes (1st floors), and Spaso-Preobrazhensky (Transfiguration of the Saviour) Cathedral. Tour length - 1.5 hours. (alternative to the main excursion)
| Group from 10 pax: 650 rub. per person | |
| Goritsy |
Bus tour to Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery.
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery with a visit to a monk’s cell and Uspensky (Assumption) cathedral (Group size: 15+)
Tour length - 3 hours. (alternative to the main excursion). | Group from 15 pax: 1500 rub. per person | |
| Mandrogi |
Things to do: try the famous pirozhki (stuffed buns) with a revitalizing herbal tea, feed the horses in the stables, have a horse ride - horseback or carriage-drawn.
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
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.
| Group from 10 pax: 650 rub. per person | |
| Valaam |
Ship tour to the central estate of the Spaso-Preobrazhensky (Transfiguration of the Saviour) Cathedral. The ship tour goes through the most beautiful places of the Valaam archipelago among small islands, straits and the impressively secluded Predtechensky (Baptist) and Nikolsky skits (hermitages). During the tour of the Central Manor, you will visit the main operating cathedral of the monastery – the majestic Spaso-Preobrazhensky (Transfiguration of the Saviour) Cathedral. Tour length - 3.5-4.0 hours.
Lunch on board. | Included in the price of cruise |
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 | |
| Saint Petersburg |
Your choice: 1) 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…
2) City bus tour with a stop at Petropavlovskaya Fortress (Peter and Paul Fortress). (Group size: 35+.)
Tour length - 3.5 hours. | Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Tour “Menshikov’s Palace”. You will visit the palace of prince Menshikov, the first Governor of St. Petersburg. The appearance of the palace is unique. The palace combines Russian traditional and state-of-the-art construction and decoration techniques and forms. Natural marble and “marble-like” painting, monumental and decorative painting and sculpture, antique and contemporary Italian sculpture, carved wood and wood mosaic, painted Dutch cobalt tiles and Russian stove tiles, painted and embossed leather, various fabrics and wool tapestry were used in the finishing and decoration of the rooms.
Tour length - 3 hours. | Group from 11 pax: 2300 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Tour to Yusupov Palace. This is a unique architectural ensemble of the 18th to 20th centuries, rightfully acclaimed as the "encyclopedia" of St. Petersburg’s aristocratic interior. It was the residence of five generations of the elite aristocratic dynasty of the Yusupov Princes, from 1830 to 1917. The Palace is also the site of the murder of Grigory Rasputin. Today Yusupov Palace is one of the few aristocratic mansions of St. Petersburg with preserved ceremonial apartments, art gallery halls, a mini-theater and the luxurious private rooms of the Yusupov family.
Tour length - 3 hours. | Group from 21 pax: 2900 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Bus tour "St. Petersburg’s Nightlife". This tour is a unique possibility to see the nocturnal transformation of St. Petersburg. You will see The Palace Square, The Winter Palace, the Statue of Peter the Great (The Bronze Horseman), the Peter and Paul Fortress and many other tourist attractions from a completely new perspective. Don’t miss the unforgettable show - the extraordinary draw of the central bridges.
| Group from 26 pax: 1100 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
You will have a chance to visit a working model (1:87), symbolizing the Russian Federation from Kaliningrad to Kamchatka. The area of the model with images of cities and regions of Russia is almost 800 m². Hundreds of moving trains and cars, light and sound effects, and thousands of miniature figures in genre scenes provide dynamism and energy to the layout. The change of day and night adds a dramatic effect.
Tour length - 4 hours. | Group from 20 pax: 1750 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
The museum houses the world's largest collection of works by Carl Fabergé, including the famous nine imperial Easter eggs. The museum also comprises a collection of works of arts and crafts created by Russian craftsmen in the second half of the 19th to the early 20th century. The museum is located in Shuvalovsky Palace on the Fontanka River - one of the most beautiful palaces of St. Petersburg.
Tour length - 3.5 hours. | ||
| Included in the price of cruise | ||
Optional excursion
Bus tour to Vyborg. A visit to Vyborg Castle with a tour of the fortress island. Visit to the State historical-architectural and outdoor museum-reserve "Park Mon Repos", with a guided tour. Vyborg Castle is the oldest Vyborg military fortification, erected on a small island in the Gulf of Finland. Just like seven centuries ago, the tower of St. Olaf remains an architectural landmark of the castle and the town itself. Tour of the unique cliffside park “Mon Repos”. “Mon Repos” is Russia's only landscape park, built on a granite cliff.
Tour length - 10 hours. | ||
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
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
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
Your tour guide will tell you the story of the creation, restoration and transformation of Konstantinovsky palace and park into “The National Congress Palace”. A walk in the park, viewing the statue to Peter the Great, the ceremonial rooms, the protocol lounges of the President of Russia, The First Lady’s apartments, and informal meeting rooms.Tour length - 5 hours.
| Group from 21 pax: 2600 rub. per person | |
| 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+).
Return to the boat after the tour to Mandrogy.
| Included in the price of cruise |
| Kizhi |
At your choice: 1) Walking tour “Masterpieces of Kizhi Island”. During the tour you will see the unique multi-domed churches and their icons, examine a house of a Zaonezhie peasant, enjoy the chimes of Archangel Michael chapel and see the Church of the Resurrection of Lazarus - the oldest wooden church in Russia.
Tour length - 2 hours.
2) Walking tour “Villages of Kizhi Island”. A fascinating trip to the central part of the island to visit the ancient Kizhi villages Yamka and Vasilyevo. In the Vasilyevo village, you will see the largest and most beautiful wooden house of the island, richly decorated with carvings, the Mother of God Assumption chapel, and climb the Naryina Mount - the highest point of the island. In the village of Yamka you will explore one of the 19th century houses and learn about the peasant life of the past, as well as the experiences of the Zaonezhie villagers today.
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Audio-guided bike tour “Secret Kizhi Island”. During the tour you are invited to cross almost the whole island from south to north. You will have a chance to visit special, hidden places of the island rarely seen by tourists.
| Group from 1 pax: 500 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Interactive folk program ”Music of the Northern Village”. This program gives you the opportunity to experience the diversity of folk traditions - it’s time for a party! Visit a Zaonezhie get together: listen to epics, religious poems, and lingering northern songs.
| Group from 5 pax: 400 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Program «Meet the Artisan». A hands-on experience of craftsmanship! Join the craftsmen for specific artworks and stories, then participate in a related art-making activity. Program length is 45 minutes. Your choice of workshops: “Blacksmithing”, “Weaving Traditions”, “Spinning Traditions”. (Group size: 5-10 people.)
| Group from 5 pax: 350 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
A fascinating trip to the central part of the island to visit the ancient Kizhi villages Yamka and Vasilyevo. Don’t hesitate to talk to the locals. Program length: 30 minutes. (Group size: 5-7 people.)
| Group from 5 pax: 800 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Special tour program “Historic Restorations Works”. The Preobrazhensky (Transfiguration of the Saviour) Church is conducting restoration works unprecedented in their complexity - the temple is mounted on lifting supports - it's practically "floating" in the air. Excursion to the Carpenter’s Center, an area traditionally closed to the public.
| Group from 5 pax: 700 rub. per person | |
| Medvezhyegorsk |
Group No. 1 Bus trip from Medvezhyegorsk to Belomorsk. Distance – 220 km. Travel time – 3 hours. From Belomorsk to Solovki by ship “Sapphire”. Travel time by ship – 4 hours. Packed lunch. Walking tour of the Solovetsky Citadel. The excursion introduces visitors to the history of Solovetsky Monastery. Tourists will visit the central complex of the monastery, active cathedrals, monuments inscribed on the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites, as well as the everyday objects of monastic life. Island tour length– 3 hours. Free time.
| Included in the price of cruise |
Available attractions:
souvenir shops, company store of the Archangelsk seaweed factory, where you can buy products made from White Sea seaweed (cosmetics, food additives, jellies), the “Solovetsky Maritime Museum”, the museum of the “Cabin Boy School of Solovki”. You can also rent bikes to explore the island on your own. Don’t miss the Negotiation Stone and other attractions of the island. We also recommend an amazing boat trip across the lake and river canals of Solovki. There are more than 400 lakes on Solovki with considerably different water levels. The construction of Solovetsky monastery resulted in the growth of the population and a corresponding increase in demand for potable water. The lack of rivers forced the settlers to connect lakes with canals. The canal system was started by the abbot Philippe (1548-1566) about 400 years ago. 78 lakes have been connected into a single “drinking water system” which feeds the Holy Lake. The distance from the tourist office to the boat station is 2.8 km. “Pella” rowing boats for up to 5 people are available there. Tourists operate the boats themselves. | Included in the price of cruise | |
Optional excursion
The tourists will visit the Cape of Labyrinths of Big Solovetsky Island, see the restored stone labyrinths, and find out about the largest pagan sanctuary of the first and second millennia BC and the archeological monuments of Solovki. Tour length – 1.5 hours. Distance to the Cape of Labyrinths is 1 km.
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Hotel accommodation. Dinner at the hotel.
| Included in the price of cruise | |
Useful information:
| Included in the price of cruise | |
Group No. 2. City sightseeing bus tour with a tragic narrative of Belbaltlag (a Gulag camp for building the White Sea-Baltic Sea Canal). Visit to the Finnish defense fortification built during World War II. Excursion to “Karelian Сraft” factory which produces linen products with traditional Karelian embroidery. Visit to the District Museum of Medvezhyegorsk. Tour length – 3.5 hours.
LUNCH on board the cruise ship.
Trip to “White Sea – Baltic Canal”. Visit to the memorial complex “Sandarmokh” – execution site of the builders of the Canal.
Tour length – 3 hours. | Included in the price of cruise | |
Group No. 1. Breakfast and lunch at the hotel. Free time
| Included in the price of cruise | |
Optional excursion
Sea trip by speedboat to Big Zayatsky Island. The unique attractions of the island are the largest pagan sanctuary of the first and second millennia BC, stone labyrinths, a pagan religious complex, the first stone harbor of Russia, and monuments of Andreevsky Hermitage. Tour length – 3 hours.
Please note: travel time from Big Solovetsky island to Big Zayatsky is 45 minutes. The excursion is possible only in good weather conditions, without a storm warning. | Group from 10 pax: 2500 rub. per person Group from 20 pax: 1300 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to “Sekirnaya Mountain. Svyato-Voznesensky (Holy Ascension) Monastery”. Excursion to “Botanical Garden – Makaryevskaya Hermitage”. Tour of Russia’s northernmost botanical garden, the Archimandrite’s summer house (dacha), Alexandrovskaya chapel and the worship cross. Tour length – 3.5 hours.
| Group from 10 pax: 2600 rub. per person Group from 20 pax: 1300 rub. per person | |
Departure at 5 p.m. of the ship “Sapphire” to Belomorsk. Tea on board “Sapphire”. Arrival in Belomorsk. Bus trip from Belomorsk to Medvezhyegorsk. Late dinner on board the ship “Mikhail Bulgakov”.
| Included in the price of cruise | |
Bus trip from Medvezhyegorsk to Belomorsk. Distance – 220 km. Travel time – 3 hours. From Belomorsk to Solovki by ship “Sapphire”. Travel time by ship – 4 hours. Packed lunch. Walking tour of the Solovetsky Citadel. The excursion introduces visitors to the history of Solovetsky Monastery. Tourists will visit the central complex of the monastery, active cathedrals, monuments inscribed on the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites, as well as the everyday objects of monastic life. Island tour length– 3 hours. Free time.
| Included in the price of cruise | |
Available attractions:
souvenir shops, company store of the Archangelsk seaweed factory, where you can buy products made from White Sea seaweed (cosmetics, food additives, jellies), the “Solovetsky Maritime Museum”, the museum of the “Cabin Boy School of Solovki”. You can also rent bikes to explore the island on your own. Don’t miss the Negotiation Stone and other attractions of the island. We also recommend an amazing boat trip across the lake and river canals of Solovki. There are more than 400 lakes on Solovki with considerably different water levels. The construction of Solovetsky monastery resulted in the growth of the population and a corresponding increase in demand for potable water. The lack of rivers forced the settlers to connect lakes with canals. The canal system was started by the abbot Philippe (1548-1566) about 400 years ago. 78 lakes have been connected into a single “drinking water system” which feeds the Holy Lake. The distance from the tourist office to the boat station is 2.8 km. “Pella” rowing boats for up to 5 people are available there. Tourists operate the boats themselves. | Included in the price of cruise | |
Optional excursion
The tourists will visit the Cape of Labyrinths of Big Solovetsky Island, see the restored stone labyrinths, and find out about the largest pagan sanctuary of the first and second millennia BC and the archeological monuments of Solovki. Tour length – 1.5 hours. Distance to the Cape of Labyrinths is 1 km.
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Hotel accommodation. Dinner at the hotel.
| Included in the price of cruise | |
Useful information:
| Included in the price of cruise | |
Group No. 2. Breakfast and lunch at the hotel. Free time.
| Included in the price of cruise | |
Optional excursion
Sea trip by speedboat to Big Zayatsky Island. The unique attractions of the island are the largest pagan sanctuary of the first and second millennia BC, stone labyrinths, a pagan religious complex, the first stone harbor of Russia, and monuments of Andreevsky Hermitage. Tour length – 3 hours.
Please note: travel time from Big Solovetsky island to Big Zayatsky is 45 minutes. The excursion is possible only in good weather conditions, without a storm warning. | Group from 10 pax: 2500 rub. per person Group from 20 pax: 1300 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to “Sekirnaya Mountain. Svyato-Voznesensky (Holy Ascension) Monastery”. Excursion to “Botanical Garden – Makaryevskaya Hermitage”. Tour of Russia’s northernmost botanical garden, the Archimandrite’s summer house (dacha), Alexandrovskaya chapel and the worship cross. Tour length – 3.5 hours.
| Group from 10 pax: 2600 rub. per person Group from 20 pax: 1300 rub. per person | |
Departure at 5 p.m. of the ship “Sapphire” to Belomorsk. Tea on board “Sapphire”. Arrival in Belomorsk. Bus trip from Belomorsk to Medvezhyegorsk. Late dinner on board the ship “Mikhail Bulgakov”.
| Included in the price of cruise | |
Group No. 1. City sightseeing bus tour with a tragic narrative of Belbaltlag (a Gulag camp for building the White Sea-Baltic Sea Canal). Visit to the Finnish defense fortification built during World War II. Excursion to “Karelian Сraft” factory which produces linen products with traditional Karelian embroidery. Visit to the District Museum of Medvezhyegorsk. Tour length – 3.5 hours.
LUNCH on board the cruise ship.
Trip to “White Sea – Baltic Canal”. Visit to the memorial complex “Sandarmokh” – execution site of the builders of the Canal.
Tour length – 3 hours. | Included in the price of cruise | |
Sea day.
| Included in the price of cruise | |
| Kuzino |
Interactive program Journey to Rus Iznachalnaya (Primary Rus). A medieval northern village of the 11th to 13th centuries has been recreated on the picturesque banks of the Sheksna river. You will be told about ancient Russian costume, jewelry, arms and armor, dinner ceremonies, and rituals.
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to Ferapontov Monastery. You will see the refectory, the parvis, frescoes of The Virgin Nativity Cathedral and the monastery site. Tour length - 3 hours. (Alternative to the main excursion).
| Group from 15 pax: 3000 rub. per person | |
| 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 |
Optional excursion
Visit to the ECO-RANCH (ostrich farm, petting zoo). Tour length - 20-40 minutes.
There are baby ostriches and ostrich families, miniature horses, cows and goats at the ECO-RANCH. Exotic animals are raised on this farm minutes away by car from Myshkin. You can find black African ostriches, tiny horses (the smallest is only 75 cm at the withers!), and cheerful pygmy goats. It’s a fun place for the whole family! | Group from 10 pax: 300 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Folk show “Visit to the Miller for Pancakes»”
(Group size: 5+.) | Group from 15 pax: 350 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Walking-tour “Myshkin People’s Museum” with a visit to the “Mice Museum”, the “Boat Pilot Museum”, (or “Smirnoff Vodka Museum”) and the museum of wooden architecture and open air exhibition of retro auto equipment. (Group size: 20+) Program length – 1.5 hours.
| Group from 20 pax: 500 rub. per person |