Three days on Solovki Islands
The 1st day
Meeting with the guide at the pier or at the airport.
Transfer by bus to the hotel, check-in and lunch in the hotel.
Walking tour around the monastery, excursion "History and architecture
of the Solovki monastery", visit of the churches and the monuments
included to "The List of the world heritage of UNESCO".
Excursion "Reference and conclusion on Solovki", attendance
of the complex historical exposition of the Solovki State Museum
Reserve.
Dinner in the hotel.
The 2nd day
Breakfast in the hotel.
Boat tour along the hand-made channels and lakes of the Big Solovki
Island connected at the beginning of XX century to the general hydraulic
engineering system. The campaign is accompanied by the guide. Guests
are invited to take seats in rowboats for 4-6 persons in each. Picnic
lunch by a campfire at the bank of a lake ("ukha"-soup
from fresh fish, a barbecue, tea from "samovar" with wood
herbs). Bus excursion to the minor-monastery on Sekirnaya Mountain
with Assumption Church, the highest light-house of the White Sea
and wooden Memorable cross put by Patriarch Alex II. Excursion to
the Botanical garden - one of the most northern botanical gardens
in Russia.
Dinner in the hotel.
The 3rd day
Breakfast. Check-out time. 3 hour sea tour to the Big Zayatsky Island.
Visiting of the first in Russia stone harbor of XVI century, St.
Andrei's Church erected in 1702 by Peter I, and ancient stone labyrinths
of III-II millennium B.C., including the world's largest labyrinth.
Lunch in the hotel.
Transfer by bus to the airport or to the pier. Departure from Solovki.
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