Cruise excursion program Saint Petersburg (Salt Pier) - Lodeynoye Pole (lit. the Field of Boats) - Mandrogi - Kizhi - Povenets - Kuzino - Uglich - Moscow (NRT) from 16.07.19 to 25.07.19, Ship «Mikhail Bulgakov»
| Port | Excursions | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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
SPORTING, otherwise known as Clay Pigeon Shooting, is the art of shooting special flying targets imitating birds. Guests are transferred in wagons and sleighs to the shooting range equipped with automatic devices flinging saucer-shaped targets into the air. The shooting range is located in a beautiful pine forest. The shooting is done under supervision from instructor. Enjoy a quick tea break with pirozhki. The programme length is 1.5 hours.
| Group from 1 pax: 5000 rub. per person | |
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 |
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
Kizhi Island Pharmaceutical Garden tour. Tour length – 45 minutes. Group size: 5+.
| Group from 5 pax: 400 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
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 | |
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
The trip begins and completes by the main pier of the Kizhi Island.
- the tour of the windmill at the Seredka Village;
- the passage to Sennaya Guba Village. The tour of the basement of the stone-wooden Church of Nikolay the Miracle Worker, the Tikhvin Icon of the Holy Mother of God;
- the passage to Korba Village, walk around the waterside. Tour of the Miracle of the Lord Chapel of the 18th century; the chapel is made of pinewood. The church is of cellular shape, and it has a pyramidical tower.
- if time permits – a passage to Vorobyi Village, a tour of the Kirika and Iulitta Churches.
The guide will tell the tourists about the nature and hydrology of the Onega Lake, the villages of the Kizhi churchyard.
- return to the pier of the Kizhi Island.
Walk duration is 1 ½ hour.
Notes:
1. Trips by water and hiking are not carried out in the fog and with a wave height of more than 0.5 meters or in other adverse weather conditions since orientation is made impossible due to lack of visibility.
2. Children over the age of 10 are welcome to join the excursion.
3. Drunk tourists are inadmissible.
Safety rules for tours by motor boats and speedboats
Do not cut in line while boarding and disembarking from the boats. To eliminate 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 and dive from the board. All of the passengers on the boats must be wearing fastened life jackets.
| Group from 10 pax: 1400 rub. per person | |
| Povenets |
Group 1 The tourists leave at about 06-00 to take part in the excursions. Breakfast (lunch box). Tourists board the Povenets-Rabocheostrovsk bus (290 km, travel time is 5-5 1/2 hours). Next, the group travels on the Rabocheostrovsk-Solovki by ship (travel time is 2 hours; the ship sets sail at 12-30 and arrives to Solovki at 14-30).
Check-in at the hotel. Lunch at the hotel.
Walking tour of the Solovetsky Kremlin. Learn about the history of the Solovetsky Monastery. Visit the central complex of the monastery, churches, UNESCO World Heritage sites, as well as the sites that are related to the economic activities of the monastery. The island tour duration is 3 hours.
Dinner at the hotel.
| 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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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 | |
Group 2
Bus tour to Medvezhyegorsk, including a tour dedicated to the history of the White Sea-Baltic Sea Canal Gulag, and the contemporary life of the Medvezhyegorsk Region. Visit the Medvezhyegorsk Museum of Local Lore and the Museum of Railway Transport at the Bear Mountain Station. Free time.
Your choice of programs:
1. Tour of Finnish World War II fortifications on Mount Lysukha, two floodgates of the White Sea-Baltic Canal, the St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Church.
Visit to the White Sea-Baltic Canal Museum at the Povenets settlement.
Visit to the Sandarmokh Memorial.
2. Walk along the Lake Onega Embankment.
Tour of two floodgates of the White Sea-Baltic Sea Canal, visit to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Church.
Visit to the White Sea-Baltic Sea Canal Museum at the Povenets settlement.
Visit to the Sandarmokh Memorial.
The tour program duration is 5-5 1/2 hours. | Included in the price of cruise | |
Group 1 Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out of the hotel before 12-00. Free time. Lunch at the hotel.
| 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 20 pax: 1500 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 20 pax: 1700 rub. per person | |
Departure by ship at 16-00 from Solovki to Rabocheostovsk (travel time is 2 hours). Next, travel by bus Rabocheostovsk-Povenets (290 km, travel time 5-5 1/2 hours). Late dinner aboard Mikhail Bulgakov.
| Included in the price of cruise | |
Group 2 The tourists leave at about 06-00 to take part in the excursions. Breakfast (lunch box). Tourists board the Povenets-Rabocheostrovsk bus (290 km, travel time is 5-5 1/2 hours). Next, the group travels on the Rabocheostrovsk-Solovki by ship (travel time is 2 hours; the ship sets sail at 12-30 and arrives to Solovki at 14-30).
Check-in at the hotel. Lunch at the hotel.
Walking tour of the Solovetsky Kremlin. Learn about the history of the Solovetsky Monastery. Visit the central complex of the monastery, churches, UNESCO World Heritage sites, as well as the sites that are related to the economic activities of the monastery. The island tour duration is 3 hours.
Dinner at the hotel.
| 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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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 | |
Group 2 Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out of the hotel before 12-00. Free time. Lunch at the hotel.
| 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 20 pax: 1500 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 20 pax: 1700 rub. per person | |
Departure by ship at 16-00 from Solovki to Rabocheostovsk (travel time is 2 hours). Next, travel by bus Rabocheostovsk-Povenets (290 km, travel time 5-5 1/2 hours). Late dinner aboard Mikhail Bulgakov.
| Included in the price of cruise | |
Group 1
Bus tour to Medvezhyegorsk, including a tour dedicated to the history of the White Sea-Baltic Sea Canal Gulag, and the contemporary life of the Medvezhyegorsk Region. Visit the Medvezhyegorsk Museum of Local Lore and the Museum of Railway Transport at the Bear Mountain Station. Free time.
Your choice of programs:
1. Tour of Finnish World War II fortifications on Mount Lysukha, two floodgates of the White Sea-Baltic Canal, the St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Church.
Visit to the White Sea-Baltic Canal Museum at the Povenets settlement.
Visit to the Sandarmokh Memorial.
2. Walk along the Lake Onega Embankment.
Tour of two floodgates of the White Sea-Baltic Sea Canal, visit to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Church.
Visit to the White Sea-Baltic Sea Canal Museum at the Povenets settlement.
Visit to the Sandarmokh Memorial.
The tour program duration is 5-5 1/2 hours. | 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
Master Classes: Pottery (Group Size: 10-30 people), Smithery (Group Size: 5-15 people), Russian Table Songs (Group Size: 10-30 people), Weaving (Group Size: 5-10 people). Master Classes range from 1-2 hours in length.
| Group from 10 pax: 900 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Bus tour to Ferapontov Monastery. You will see the refectory, the parvis, frescoes of The Virgin Nativity Cathedral and the monastery site. (Group size: 25+). Tour length - 3 hours.
| Group from 12 pax: 2500 rub. per person | |
| 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
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 | |
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
Visit to the City Life Museum, including an entertainment program and a tea ceremony. Please join us to find out about the way of life, traditions, customs, fashion in a Russian provincial town of the 19th century. Find yourself in a market place and a jaunty salesclerk will offer you all sorts of merchandise and will probably even invite you to a wedding or a baby shower. The hosts will be more than happy to share some herbal tea and one of the best Uglich cheeses with you.
Tour length – 45 minutes. | Group from 5 pax: 450 rub. per person | |
Optional excursion
Stop at the Folk Toy Museum. Discover the unique, almost 50 years-old collection. Find out about the cultures and traditions of more than 35 countries through games and toys. Tourists will get to know more about the daily life, customs, and rites of Russians. Tour length: 45 minutes.
| Group from 10 pax: 650 rub. per person |