Cruise excursion program Saint Petersburg (Salt Pier) - Lodeynoye Pole (lit. the Field of Boats) - Kizhi - Sosnovetz (Solovetsky Islands) - Petrozavodsk - Myshkin - Moscow (NRT) from 28.06.18 to 08.07.18, Ship «Ivan Krylov»
| Port | Excursions | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Lodeynoye Pole (lit. the Field of Boats) |
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
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 |
| Included in the price of cruise | ||
| Mandrogi |
Green stop picnic (fit travel programs). (fresh vegetables, sauerkraut, shashlik [skewered meat], rice, open apple pies, tea, and mineral water.)
| Included in the price of cruise |
Optional excursion
Crucian Carp Fishing, European Carp Pond Fishing. Please be informed that all fish caught must be paid for per the following price list: Crucian carp – 300 rubles/kg, European carp – 900 rubles/kg. Your fresh caught fish will be served in at least 1 ½ hours.
| Group from 1 pax: 600 rub. per person | |
| Kizhi |
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
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.
Tour length - 2 hours.
| Included in the price of cruise |
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 | |
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
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
Kizhi Island Pharmaceutical Garden tour. Tour length – 45 minutes. Group size: 5+.
| Group from 5 pax: 400 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Traditional Karelian Cuisine Tour. Traditional Karelian Pastry Master Class. Tour length – 90 minutes. Group size: 3-15 people.
| Group from 3 pax: 700 rub. per person | |
Sea day.
| Included in the price of cruise | |
| Sosnovetz (Solovetsky Islands) |
Excursion packages:
Group No. 1. Bus transfer from Sosnovetz to Belomorsk, then from Belomorsk to Solovki on the ship Sapphire. Travel time by ship – 5 hours. Packed lunch. Walking tour of Solovetsky Kremlin.
This 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, and observe theeveryday objects of monastic life.
Free time.
| Included in the price of cruise |
Recommendations: Tourists can visit: souvenir shops, the Arkhangelsk Seaweed Complex store (buy products made from White Sea weeds, including healing cosmetics, food products, marmalade), the Solovetsky Sea Museum, the Solovetsky Cabin Boy School. Tourists can rent bikes and see for themselves the famous crossing stone and other landmarks on the island.
| Included in the price of cruise | |
Optional excursion
Tourists will see the cape where the Great Solovetsky Island labyrinths are located and see the reconstructed stone labyrinths, learn of the largest pagan shrine dating back to 2000-1000 BC and the archeological landmarks of Solovki. Tour duration is 1 1/2 hours. The cape is located in 1 km.
| Group from 10 pax: 600 rub. per person | |
The Solovki-Rabocheostrovsk ship sets sail at 20-30 (travel time is 2 hours). Next the tourists board the Rabocheostrovsk-Sosnovets bus (travel time is 2 hours). Late dinner on board the Krylov ship.
| Included in the price of cruise | |
Optional excursion
Hotel accommodation (double rooms). Dinner at the hotel. Breakfast at the hotel.
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 the monuments of the 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.
Lunch at the hotel.
Bus tour to Sekirnaya Mountain. Svyato-Voznesensky (Holy Ascension) Hermitage. Excursion to Botanical Garden – Makaryevskaya Hermitage. Tour of Russia’s northernmost botanical garden, the Archimandrite’s dacha, Alexandrovskaya chapel and the worship cross. Tour length – 3.5 hours.
| Group from 2 pax: 10250 rub. per person | |
Recommendations:
For those who will be staying at The Big Solovetsky Island for another day, 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 | |
Tips:
1. There are two mobile networks available at Solovki: MEGAFON and MTS.
2. Mobile Internet is available only with MTS.
3. There are no ATMs on Solovki, so it is best to bring cash.
4. Comfortable shoes.
5. Insect repellent.
6. Hooded jacket. The weather can change quickly.
| Included in the price of cruise | |
Excursion packages:
Group No. 2. Excursion to Zalavruga with a tour of unique rock paintings - petroglyphs. Comfortable shoes and insect repellent are a must. (1.5 km walk). Tour of petroglyphs takes about an hour. Total tour length - 3 hours.
| Included in the price of cruise | |
Concert of Russian Pomor Folk Choir. Duration - 1 1/2 hours.
| Included in the price of cruise | |
Excursion packages:
Group No. 1. Excursion to Zalavruga with a tour of unique rock paintings - petroglyphs. Comfortable shoes and insect repellent are a must. (1.5 km walk). Tour of petroglyphs about an hour. Total tour length - 3 hours.
| Included in the price of cruise | |
Excursion packages:
Group No. 2. Bus transfer from Sosnovetz to Belomorsk, then from Belomorsk to Solovki on the ship Sapphire. Travel time by ship – 5 hours. Packed lunch. Walking tour of Solovetsky Kremlin.
This 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, and observe the everyday objects of monastic life. Free time.
| Included in the price of cruise | |
Recommendations: Tourists can visit: souvenir shops, the Arkhangelsk Seaweed Complex store (buy products made from White Sea weeds, including healing cosmetics, food products, marmalade), the Solovetsky Sea Museum, the Solovetsky Cabin Boy School. Tourists can rent bikes and see for themselves the famous crossing stone and other landmarks on the island.
| Included in the price of cruise | |
Optional excursion
Tourists will see the cape where the Great Solovetsky Island labyrinths are located and see the reconstructed stone labyrinths, learn of the largest pagan shrine dating back to 2000-1000 BC and the archeological landmarks of Solovki. Tour duration is 1 1/2 hours. The cape is located in 1 km.
| Group from 10 pax: 600 rub. per person | |
Tips:
1. There are two mobile networks available at Solovki: MEGAFON and MTS.
2. Mobile Internet is available only with MTS.
3. There are no ATMs on Solovki, so it is best to bring cash.
4. Comfortable shoes.
5. Insect repellent.
6. Hooded jacket. The weather can change quickly.
| Included in the price of cruise | |
| Шлюз №5 |
Excursion package: Bus tour to Medvezhyegorsk (40 km), where the movie “Love and doves” was filmed. A short city sightseeing bus tour with a tragic narrative of Belbaltlag (a Gulag camp for building the White Sea-Baltic Sea Canal). Excursion to “Karelian Сraft” factory which produces linen products with traditional Karelian embroidery. On the way back – a stop at the memorial complex “Sandarmokh” – execution site at the place of the Karelian GULAG. Tour length – 3.5 hours.
| Included in the price of cruise |
| Petrozavodsk |
Excursion package of your choice: 1) Petrozavodsk City Tour. Take a walk along the embankment to have a peek of the sculptures donated by Petrazavodsk’s twin cities in Sweden, Finland, Germany, France and the USA. See the monument to the founder of Petrozavodsk Peter the Great, the historic downtown, the Theater Square, the Music Theater and the National Theater. Tour length – 2½-3 hours.
2) City Tour. Take a walk along the embankment to have a peek of the sculptures donated by Petrazavodsk’s twin cities in Sweden, Finland, Germany, France and the USA. Visit the National Museum of the Republic of Karelia. Tour length – 3 hours.
3) Pedestrian City Tour. Take a walk along the embankment to have a peek of the sculptures donated by Petrazavodsk’s twin cities in Sweden, Finland, Germany, France and the USA. Visit the Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Karelia. (icon-painting of the 15-19th centuries, folk art, national costume, embroidery, weaving, carving, painting on wood, birchbark, copper and ceramic utensil collections dating from the 19-20th centuries, Russian Art Fund: paintings by Levitan, Polenov, Korovin, Meshersky, Aivazovsky). Tour length – 3 hours.
| 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
Kivach Falls bus tour with a visit to the main sights of Petrozavodsk. Stop at the Siberian Husky kennel and discover the joys of dog sled racing. Real Siberian huskies, calm and strong, are a representation of the Northern nature. The kennel dogs are champions and participants of the most famous long races in Russia and abroad.
Tour length – 5 hours. | Group from 18 pax: 1500 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
Additional Excursion: Petrazavodsk City Bus tour with a stop at the House of Shungite Stone. Tour length – 3 hours.
| Group from 16 pax: 800 rub. per person | |
Sea day.
| Included in the price of cruise | |
| Myshkin |
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
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 |