Arrival in Petrozavodsk. The tour-guide meets the group at the railway-station. Russian Breakfast
Acquaints with the historic centre of the city, its churches and the unique open-air museum on the embankment of lake Onego.
Then a hydrofoil "Cometa" brings the group to the island of Kizhi in lake Onego. Kizhi is the gem of Karelia where the world-wide known museum of wooden architecture is placed. The group visits the historical-architectural and ethnographic outdoor museum. On coming back from the island – transfer to the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel and guided bus tour to the Martial Spa. It's the oldest health resort in Russia founded by the first Emperor of Russia Peter the Great. There the group can try the curative water from the springs and visit the Church of the Apostle Peter (1721).
Karelia is a borderland that brings together the traditions of different peoples, and each ethnic group – Karelians, Vepsians, Finns and Russians – have made their own contribution to the local gastronomic culture. However, Karelian cuisine also shares features typical of the Russian North: Nourishing pastries, fish, venison, elk meat, game, wild fruits and mushrooms.
Then a bus tour to the waterfall "Kivach", one of the largest plain waterfalls in Europe in the well-known nature preserve of the North. Return to the Petrozavodsk in the evening. And return to hotel or railway station.
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Experienced drivers & safety.
Includes all meals per itinerary.
Russian cuisine experiences in special places.
English-speaking tour leaders, guides and professional services of local guides.
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