Cruise excursion program Saint Petersburg (Salt Pier) - Valaam - Konevetz - Svirstroy - Mandrogi - Myshkin - Moscow (NRT) from 04.08.20 to 09.08.20, Ship «Alexander Grin»
| Port | Excursions | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Valaam |
Your choice of shore excursion packages:
1) 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.
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+).
3) 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 |
| Svirstroy |
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
Bus tour Ancient Russian City Ladoga. You will visit the Old Ladoga stone fortress of the 12th to16th centuries, Nikolsky Men’s Monastery. Tour length – 6-6.5 hours.
| Group from 6 pax: 2800 rub. per person Group from 19 pax: 1750 rub. per person Group from 40 pax: 1400 rub. per person | |
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 | |
| 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
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
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 |