Cruise excursion program Moscow (NRT) - Myshkin - Kuzino - Petrozavodsk - Sosnovetz (Solovetsky Islands) from 22.07.18 to 27.07.18, Ship «Ivan Krylov»
| Port | Excursions | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 | |
Optional excursion
Meet the Avdotias Folk and Recreation Program.
| Group from 15 pax: 450 rub. per person Group from 25 pax: 350 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
The Mouse's Gingerbread. How to decorate gingerbread cookies with multi-colored chocolate? A fun hands-on experience for both kids and adults. Each participant receives 2 gingerbread cookies (shaped as a cat and a mouse) and a box full of colored chocolate (group size: 5+). Tour length – 45-50 minutes.
| Group from 10 pax: 300 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Enjoy the Green Mile private farm visit. Come and watch the calf house, the piggery, the hennery, as well as the horse stable, the vegetable garden and the fish pond. Tour length – 45-60 minutes. Travel times is 15 minutes. The distance is 4 kilometers.
| Group from 3 pax: 1100 rub. per person Group from 6 pax: 700 rub. per person | |
| Kuzino |
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
1)Bus tour to Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery.
2)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 | |
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 | |
| 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
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
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
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 | |
| 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 |
| Sosnovetz (Solovetsky Islands) | Included in the price of cruise | |
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 | |
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 | |
Departure of the ship from Solovki to Rabocheostrovsk is scheduled at 20-30 (travel time is 2 hours). Next, tourists transfer from the bus to the Kem railway station (please do not forget to pick up your luggage from the Pier Tourist Center).
Departure to Moscow on the following trains:
285A (even days of the week) or 225C (odd days of the weeks)
Departure time 01.45. Arrival to Moscow 00.09. Travel time is 22 hours and 24 minutes.
293A
Departure time 03.18. Arrival in Moscow 02.05. Travel time 22 hours and 47 minutes.
If you would like to delay your departure and return to Moscow on another train, you can book accommodation and shuttle services to the Kem railway station at the Pier Tourist Center, Kem Hotel (located 100 meters from the railway station, +7 (911) 4177363 (https://www.minihotel-kem.ru), and the Kem Beach Guest House, +7 921 220-79-99 (https://vk.com/public147579330).
015A Artic
Departure time 06.48. Arrival to Moscow 06.50. Travel time is 24 hours.
091A
Departure time 10.13. Arrival to Moscow 10.36. Travel time 24 hours and 20 minutes.
Departure to St. Petersburg by train:
015A Arctic
Departure time 06.48. Arrival to St. Petersburg 22.16. Travel time 15 hours and 28 minutes.
| Included in the price of cruise |