Description

Day 1: St. Petersburg Arrival

• Arrive in Saint Petersburg.
• Be greeted at the airport and accompanied to the hotel by your guide.
• Check-in at the hotel.
• Overnight at the hotel.

Day 2: St. Petersburg Discovery

• Start the day with breakfast at the hotel.
• Embark on a City Tour with a visit to Peter and Paul Fortress.
• Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant.
• Explore the renowned Hermitage Museum.
• Overnight at the hotel.

Day 3: St. Petersburg to Petrozavodsk

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Check out of the hotel.
• Visit Pushkin, including the Palace and Park.
• Savor lunch at a local restaurant.
• Free time.
• Transfer to the train station.
• Depart for Petrozavodsk by train.
• Arrive in Petrozavodsk, where you’ll meet your guide (no bus) and check into the hotel.
• Enjoy dinner at the hotel.
• Overnight stay.

Day 4: Petrozavodsk – Kinerma – Ruskeala – Sortavala

• Begin the day with breakfast at the hotel.
• Depart for Sortavala.
• Arrive in Kinerma for a panoramic tour and lunch in the village.
• Explore Ruskeala Park.
• Depart for Sortavala.
• Check-in at the hotel.
• Overnight stay.

Day 5: Sortavala – Valaam – Petrozavodsk

• Enjoy breakfast.
• Depart for Valaam.
• Take a panoramic tour.
• Have lunch at the monastery.
• Explore Petrozavodsk with a panoramic city tour.
• Depart for Sortavala by boat.
• Depart for Petrozavodsk.
• Dinner at the hotel.
• Check-in at the hotel.
• Overnight stay.

Day 6: Petrozavodsk – Kizhi

• Begin the day with breakfast at the hotel.
• Meet your guide and take a Meteor to Kizhi.
• Explore Kizhi and visit the Museum of Kizhi.
• Learn about the restoration and production complex working on the famous Church of the Transfiguration.
• Enjoy a picnic with “Shashlik” (to be confirmed later).
• Return to Petrozavodsk by Meteor.
• Dinner at the hotel.
• Overnight stay.

Day 7: Petrozavodsk – Kivach

• Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out (luggage remains at the hotel’s storage room).
• Depart for Kivatch.
• Arrive at Kivatch and visit the Kivatch waterfall.
• Explore the ecological path “Taiga World Reserve.”
• Have a picnic with “Shashlik” (to be confirmed later).
• Depart for Petrozavodsk.
• Take a Petrozavodsk City Tour.
• Pick up your luggage from the hotel and walk to the railway station (5 minutes).
• Depart for St. Petersburg on a night train.

Day 8: St. Petersburg Departure

• Arrive in St. Petersburg.
• Enjoy a breakfast box.
• Meet with your guide and transfer to the airport.
• Depart from Russia.

Package Includes:

• Entrance fees as per the program
• Professional guide services (European language) as per the program
• Bus services as per the program
• Visa support letter
• Registration fee
• 2 Nights in Saint-Petersburg – Park Inn Nevsky Hotel or similar, 4*
• 3 Nights in Petrozavodsk – Hotel Park Inn Petrozavodsk, 4* or similar
• 1 Night in Sortavala – Hotel Lamberg or similar
• Fast train St. Petersburg-Petrozavodsk, standard class seats
• Night Train Petrozavodsk-St. Petersburg (2nd class, 4-berth compartment)
• Daily breakfasts, lunches, and dinners as per the program

Package Excludes:

• Photo and video shooting tickets
• Russian visa fees
• Meals and beverages (unless mentioned)
• Porterage
• Flight tickets to/from Russia

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