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Cruise to Kizhi, 3 days/4 nights
The cruise to Kizhi gives you an opportunity to discover the most beautiful places of North-West Russia, Ladoga region and Onega region. You will visit Upper Mandrogi, Valaam Island, and Kizhi Island and get acquainted with the true Russian countryside and its unique way of life.
Itinerary:
DAY ONE
Departure from St. Petersburg
Registration on the ship (Embarkation)
Dinner
DAY TWO
Breakfast
Arrival to Svirstroy
Bus excursion to The Holy Trinity Alexander Svirsky monastery
Lunch
Departure from Svirstroy
Dinner
DAY THREE
Breakfast
Arrival to Kizhi
Excursion of the Kizhi Island
Lunch
Departure from Kizhi
Arrival to Pertrozavodsk
Walking city tour of Petrozavodsk
Departure from Petrozavodsk
Dinner
DAY FOUR
Breakfast
Arrival to Upper Mandrogi
Green stop -picnic.
Lunch
Departure for Saint-Petersburg
Dinner
DAY FIVE
Breakfast
Arrival to St. Petersburg (Disembarkation)
Highlights:
Kizhi Island
Kizhi is an island in Lake Onega in Karelia. This place is famous for a set of wooden constructions that have preserved from the Kizhsky churchyard. Kizhi with its outstanding architectural monuments was turned into the Museum-reserve of National Wooden Architecture and Ethnography of Karelia in 1960.