RDK3. Solovki Grand Tour
Type: Discovery
Tour duration: 3 days
Months of Operation: June-August
Recommended Group Size: 1-9 pax
Mode of Travel: car (2 pax)/minibus (3-9 pax), train, motor ship
Itinerary
Day 1.
09.00 - Arrival at Kem by train from St.Petersburg. Meeting with the guide. Transfer to the railway station.
10.00 - Departure for Solovky by slow boat.
13.00 - Transfer to the Solovky Hotel. Lunch. Accommodation.
15:00 - Excursion around the Monastery complex. You will listen to the history of the legendary Solovetsky Monastery that once was one of the richest monasteries of Russia, visit its functioning church, and go along its thick fortress walls that no enemy could overcome.
19:00 - Dinner at the hotel. (LD)
Day 2.
09.00 - Breakfast.
10.00 - Transfer to the boat station. Today you will go by boats along the canals of Big Solovetsky Island that form a huge system of water circulation on the island. Gliding over the calm water of these man-made waterways you will enjoy of the most picturesque landscapes on Solovky.
13:00 – Packed lunch after the end of the excursion.
14:00 - After having lunch you will visit the highest point of Big Solovetsky Island, Hill Sekirnaya. On the top of the hill is situated one of the strictest sketes of the island with a unique lighthouse church. During the GULAG time the skete was one of the cruelest of all the detention places for the inmates of the camp. Today it is a living skete again; a very tranquil place that offers a fantastic panorama view over the island.
17:00 - Return to the hotel. Free time.
19:00 - Dinner at the hotel. (BLD)
Day 3.
09.00 - Breakfast.
10:00 - Boat excursion to Island Zayatsky. Stone labyrinths of Big Zayatsky Island are rare and valuable archaeological monuments. You will have a chance to observe the impressive monuments of the past and admire a special beauty of this small island. Climate here is so severe that the island is covered mostly with a variety of moss species and berries.
13:00 - Return to the island. Lunch.
16:00 - Transfer to Kem by slow boat.
19:00 - Dinner. Transfer to the railway station.
20:25 - Departure for St. Petersburg. (BLD)
Legend: B – breakfast, L – lunch, D – dinner.
All the times are local.
Fixed dates in 2012:
30/06-02/07, 21-23/07, 11-13.08
Costs – 2012:
EUR 663 per person for joining in a fixed group.
Included:
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accommodation at TWN standard room
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meals per programme
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excursion programme with entrance fee included
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transport service during all the programme
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English-speaking guide (other languages on request)
-motor ship Kem – Solovky – Kem
Not included:
-air tickets
-train tickets
-insurance
Supplements, EUR per person:
- accommodation at SGL room: +57
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Destination
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4-berth compartment
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TWN accommodatio
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Moscow-Petrozavodsk
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+136
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+272
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St.Petersburg-Petrozavodsk
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+58
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+116
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St.Petersburg-Kem
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+98
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+196
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Note:
1) All the costs are valid at the date of publication and are subject to reconfirmation at the time of booking.
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) Ladies visiting Russian Orthodox acting monasteries should have skirts and head scarfs.
3) Hotel rates might be increased for some periods.