43 Activities
The Russian North: a fantastic journey from St. Petersburg
Starts from
Saint Petersburg
Transportation
By Car
Guidance
Self-Guided
Activities
43
Duration
6 days
Length
1230 mi
Guide details
Starts from
Saint Petersburg
Transportation
By Car
Guidance
Self-Guided
Duration
6 days
Length
1230 mi
Ksenia Beskova
Traveler
- Old Ladoga Fortress.
- Wooden architecture in the village of Mandrogi.
- Kolodozero Village.
- Kirillo-Belozersky monastery.
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With every kilometer of the way to the Russian North you feel some kind of pristine calm and understanding that everything is in its place. The inflexibility of the spirit of nature and man.
Your journey will start from the Old Ladoga and its mighty fortress, you will see waves on the white lake, a dozen of wooden architecture buildings of different centuries. You will reach the utmost church in the east of the Karelian Diocese, where the howl of the wolf is something commonplace, and then only off-road and the taiga. But it's very bright and holistic inside.
Your journey will start from the Old Ladoga and its mighty fortress, you will see waves on the white lake, a dozen of wooden architecture buildings of different centuries. You will reach the utmost church in the east of the Karelian Diocese, where the howl of the wolf is something commonplace, and then only off-road and the taiga. But it's very bright and holistic inside.
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With every kilometer of the way to the Russian North you feel some kind of pristine calm and understanding that everything is in its place. The inflexibility of the spirit of nature and man.
Your journey will start from the Old Ladoga and its mighty fortress, you will see waves on the white lake, a dozen of wooden architecture buildings of different centuries. You will reach the utmost church in the east of the Karelian Diocese, where the howl of the wolf is something commonplace, and then only off-road and the taiga. But it's very bright and holistic inside.
Your journey will start from the Old Ladoga and its mighty fortress, you will see waves on the white lake, a dozen of wooden architecture buildings of different centuries. You will reach the utmost church in the east of the Karelian Diocese, where the howl of the wolf is something commonplace, and then only off-road and the taiga. But it's very bright and holistic inside.
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Ksenia Beskova
Traveler
- Old Ladoga Fortress.
- Wooden architecture in the village of Mandrogi.
- Kolodozero Village.
- Kirillo-Belozersky monastery.
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Travel itinerary
7 Activities
Day 1
312 mi
Old Ladoga, Craftsmen's Sloboda, the road to Kargopol
The road to the Russian North is decorated with a variety of ancient churches, the shore of Lake Ladoga, powerful fortresses, and many small lakes. Today you will visit the village of Mandrogi. In this corner of wooden architecture try your hand at craft and art workshops.
10:40 PM
5 Activities
Day 2
210 mi
The village of Pogost and Kolodozero
Today you will visit the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the bank of the Kolodozero in the village of Pogost. This place is loved by artists, photographers, musicians. And most importantly, the masters of wooden architecture, who with their own hands and revive the Russian North. A few years ago something here has changed forever, but the doors of the old house are still open to everyone.
It is better to stop at the store on the way to buy groceries for cooking dinner.
9:30 PM
9 Activities
Day 3
156 mi0.2 mi
Kargopol and the White Sea
Morning in a quiet county town. Wooden houses with carved platbands, mountains of firewood in the yards. Complex northern life. The sky is closer here. There is a sea of its own, you will visit it in the afternoon.
7:30 PM
8 Activities
Day 4
171 mi0.1 mi
Pre-revolutionary Russia in Kirillov
Today your journey will begin with a walk through the ancient Kirilov-Belozersky monastery. Kirillov has preserved its architectural integrity and historical appearance of the city. Stone building and wooden houses with porches. On one of them funny modern sign "art fish. After seeing a variety of churches on our trip, it will be interesting to find yourself in the museum of Cherepovets, dedicated to the icon. And you will spend the night in the glorious town of Ustyuzhna.
9:45 PM
7 Activities
Day 5
220 mi
The city of Tikhvin
Go back to the Leningrad region. The provincial town of Tikhvin, where there are practically no paved roads, but several suspension bridges over the river. Here they make some amazing wooden houses for stray cats. And, of course, visit the house-museum of one of Russia's best composers.
9:00 PM
7 Activities
Day 6
161 mi
Return to Old Ladoga
Return to the beginning. You will visit the Cathedral of St. Nicholas the Miracle Worker, once again plunging into the urban landscape of Ladoga. You'll have lunch in a modern and pleasant cafe in Volkhov, there we'll walk through the park in search of attractions, which no longer exist. But there is a dense forest in the park and a feeling of peace! And, of course, stop by to see Lake Ladoga!
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