ONE FABULOUS DAY IN KARELIA

TOUR SUMMARY:

07:00 Arrival in Petrozavodsk by train from St. Petersburg. Meeting with the guide. Transfer to the restaurant. Breakfast.

08:00 City tour of Petrozavodsk. You will get acquainted with the history of the capital of Karelia and see its places of interest. Photo stop near the monument to Peter the Great.

11:15 Boarding time.

11:30 Departure to Kizhi Island by hydrofoil (1 hour 15 minutes).

12:45 Excursion in the Kizhi Open-Air Museum of Wooden Architecture.

You will visit the Kizhi Pogost which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the ethnographic village of the museum. After the excursion the bus will take you to the other side of Kizhi Island. You will get acquainted with the restoration centre, where the main church of Kizhi Island is being restored.

15:30 Boarding time.

15:45 Departure to Petrozavodsk.

18:00 Arrival in Petrozavodsk. Transfer to the Kivach Nature Reserve. You will see the second highest plain waterfall in Europe and the famous Karelian birch.

19:30 Excursion in the Kivach Nature Reserve. Transfer to Petrozavodsk.

21:00 Dinner.

22:00 Transfer to the railway station.

23:20 Departure for St. Petersburg.