Valaam – Ruskeala
Tour dates: Tuesdays and Fridays each week
August: 30;
September: 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 20.
Departure: 06:00 am
Duration: 19 hrs
Tour program:
- Group pickup from the city districts. Departure by a comfortable bus from Petrozavodsk to Sortavala (250 km).
- Boarding Meteor motor ship. Crossing Lake Ladoga to Valaam Island (45 mins).
- Sightseeing tour around the central estate of the monastery + visiting the Transfiguration Cathedral.
- Lunch;
- Boarding the ship, trip to Sortavala. Transfer by bus to Ruskeala Mountain Park.
- Tour around the park, uncovering the unique landscapes and the canyon with emerald water.
- On the way to the mountain park: stop at the Tohmajoki Falls, a place where The Dawns Here Are Quiet and Trees Grow on the Stones Too movies were filmed.
- On the way back: visiting Cross of Sorrow memorial, a monument to the victims of the "winter war" (1939-1940).
- Return to Petrozavodsk, the capital of the Republic.
Price: Adults: ₽5,800/person
Children under 12: ₽4,500/person
Paid extra: boating on Ruskeala quarry lake.
Individual service:
1 person — ₽13,500/person
Min. 2-3 persons — ₽8,000/person
Inclusive: transfers, guided tour service on the route, on Valaam Island, on Ruskeala Canyon, exploring Tohmajoki Falls, lunch on Valaam Island.
Price includes
transfers, guided tour service on the route, on Valaam Island, on Ruskeala Canyon, exploring Tohmajoki Falls, lunch on Valaam Island.