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“SOLOVKI GRAND TOUR”
Russia, Karelia
Travel itinerary: Kem – Solovetsky Monastery + Canals of Big Solovetsky Island + Hill Sekirnaya + Zayatsky Island
DAY 1
09.00 - Arrival in Kem. Meeting with the  guide. Transfer to the railway station.
  10.00 - Departure for  Solovky by slow boat.
  13.00 - Transfer to the  hotel. Lunch. Accommodation.
  15:00 - Excursion around the Monastery  complex. You will listen to the  history of the legendary Solovetsky Monastery, that  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.
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 artificial waterways  you will enjoy the most picturesque landscapes on Solovky. 
  13:00 – Box lunch after the end of the  excursion.
  14:00 – After lunch you will visit the  highest point of Big Solovetsky Island, Hill  Sekirnaya. One of the  strictest sketes of the island with a unique lighthouse church is situated on  the top of the hill. 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.
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.
The tour INCLUDES
1)  Guide escort; 
  2) Meals as mentioned in the program; 
  3) Accommodation based on Twin room sharing at Solovky  Hotel (if an accommodation is unavailable we will provide you with a similar  hotel or better one); 
  4) Transfers; 
  5) Entrance tickets to the sites listed in the program.
Notes
Company reserves the right to change the program without changing the volume of services provided. If you miss or fail to appear, tourist company reserves the right to change the sequence of program execution without changing the volume of services provided. The duration of its individual elements may change before departure and during the execution of the tour. Elements of the program, depending on climate conditions and actions beyond the control of the organizer and organizations (road, the local administration, etc.) may be excluded from the program, based on the actual situations on the route.Tour program can be adjusted according to the wishes of the group.






