44 Activities
Silver Necklace of the Leningrad Region
Starts from
Saint Petersburg
Transportation
By Car
Guidance
Self-Guided
Activities
44
Duration
6 days
Length
766 mi
Guide details
Starts from
Saint Petersburg
Transportation
By Car
Guidance
Self-Guided
Duration
6 days
Length
766 mi
- Active Leisure
Darina Frantz
Travel Expert
- See Peanut Fortress and Corela Fortress.
- Wander around the village of Upper Mandrogi and visit the vodka museum.
- To get to know Petrozavodsk and its history.
- Get lost in Ruskeala Natural Park.
- To find out why the town of Sortvala has that name.
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The Silver Necklace is a unique route that consists of monuments and natural places worthy of your attention. Covering the Leningrad region and the Republic of Karelia, it will take you through forests and rivers, surrounding Lake Ladoga.
If you are in search of something really beautiful and inspiring, you should definitely embark on this journey. Many discoveries and vivid impressions await you.
If you are in search of something really beautiful and inspiring, you should definitely embark on this journey. Many discoveries and vivid impressions await you.
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- Active Leisure
The Silver Necklace is a unique route that consists of monuments and natural places worthy of your attention. Covering the Leningrad region and the Republic of Karelia, it will take you through forests and rivers, surrounding Lake Ladoga.
If you are in search of something really beautiful and inspiring, you should definitely embark on this journey. Many discoveries and vivid impressions await you.
If you are in search of something really beautiful and inspiring, you should definitely embark on this journey. Many discoveries and vivid impressions await you.
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Darina Frantz
Travel Expert
- See Peanut Fortress and Corela Fortress.
- Wander around the village of Upper Mandrogi and visit the vodka museum.
- To get to know Petrozavodsk and its history.
- Get lost in Ruskeala Natural Park.
- To find out why the town of Sortvala has that name.
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Travel itinerary
6 Activities
Day 1
115 mi
Mighty Fortresses
This journey you will start at the shores of the legendary Lake Ladoga. The first destination is the fortress of Oreshek, which for centuries was an important strategic point during the fighting. You will also visit not less significant Old Ladoga Fortress, located on the bank of the Volkhov River.
8 Activities
Day 2
145 mi0.2 mi
Village romance
Today you will leave for the North of the country and find yourself in a real Russian village on the mysterious Upper Mandrogi peninsula. The natives of these places are Veps, who gathered authentic peasant huts, looking for forgotten cultural and historical values. You'll have to touch the local cultural traditions and explore the life of the villagers. Interesting, isn't it ?
9 Activities
Day 3
130 mi1 mi
Towards Petrozavodsk
Today you will have to leave early, you will have to drive to Petrozavodsk through dense Korean forests and several stops in wild, deaf places. In the afternoon you will get acquainted with majestic Petrozavodsk, located on the shore of Lake Onega.
9 Activities
Day 4
166 mi
Going deep into the Karelian forests
Thick and ancient Karelian forests, they are as if from a magic fairy tale, beckon in their wilderness. You will have to go far away from civilization, learn their mystery and leave their trace in your memory forever.
6 Activities
Day 5
126 mi0.1 mi
Wonder of Nature
Today you will finally reach Ruskeala Nature Park and you will realize how creatively nature has approached the creation of these places, as if an artist and sculptor had formed in tandem the images of these beauties. Be sure to charge your phones and free up your memory, and you will have a huge number of new pictures.
6 Activities
Day 6
83 mi0.1 mi
Returning home
Today is the final day of the journey and the silver necklace will be locked in the last and no less important place - the heroic fortress of Korela, which has undergone many attacks and fought bravely.