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Kizhi – Solovky
6 days/5 nights
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Days
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Programme
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1
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* Arrival in Petrozavodsk. Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation.
* Breakfast.
* The trip to the island of Kizhi by hydrofoil. The excursion around the Kizhi Architectual Ensemble and the historic village of the 19th century. * Free time on the island.
* Lunch (a doggie-bag).
* Departure from the island of Kizhi.
* Return to Petrozavodsk.
* The city tour by bus. The capital of Karelia - the city of Petrozavodsk was founded in 1703 by the Emperor Peter the Great to provide support in his war against Sweden (1700-1721). Saint-Petersburg - capital of Russia at that time – dates back to the same year. In spite of its three century history Petrozavodsk remains an eternally young and dynamically developing town.
* Dinner.
* Transfer to the hotel.
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2
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* Breakfast.
* Leaving Petrozavodsk for Kem by bus.
* Lunch (a doggie-bag).
* On the way to Kem visiting the ancient rock drawings in Belomorsk. The local guide tells the group about the rock drawings on the bank of the Vyg river.
* Arrival in Kem in the evening.
* Accommodation in the hotel.
* Dinner.
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3
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* Breakfast. Check out of the hotel.
* Leaving Kem for the islands of Solovky by motor boat.
* Arrival at the island.
* Transfer to the hotel.
* Accommodation.
* The excursion around the central architectural complex, the Solovetsky monastery, the Transfiguration cathedral, household buildings, a refectory, turrets, the exhibition “The History of the Solovky camp”.
* Lunch in a cafe.
* A boat trip along the system of the lakes and the canals of Solovky.
* Dinner.
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4
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* Breakfast.
* The bus tour to the mountain of Secir with the visit to the Voznesensky small monastery, the church of St-George, the cross of worship, and the panorama of the Solovky islands. Visiting the Botanical garden.
* Lunch in a cafe.
* A boat trip to the island of Zayatsky, the Big Hare, (one of the biggest heathen sanctuaries of 2-1 thousand years B.C., stone-labyrinths, the complex of funeral structures, the first stone-harbour in Russia and the sights of the Andreevsky small monastery).
* Dinner.
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5
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* Breakfast.
* Free time.
* Lunch.
* Return to Kem by motorboat. Accommodation in the hotel.
* Dinner.
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6
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* Breakfast.
* Transfer to the railway station.
* Departure.
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The price includes: the accommodation in the hotel/ DBL with WC/shower/5 nights, the meals, the excursions, the service of the guide, the transfer, the visa support for Russia.
The price doesn’t include: train tickets.
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