Spa Komarovo and Priozersk architecture.

There's a pine forest around. The cottages here are at an honorable distance from each other, but on the same plot.
They surrendered to the writers without any furniture and invented their own everyday needs. At different times Prokofiev lived here, Ranevskaya's hotel, young Brodsky was hiding. Lake Shchuchie and the Gulf of Finland were close enough. Now Akhmatova's cottage is remembered only by local people, their hands made a memorial plaque on the facade, literary readings are held.

Those who want to enjoy the desolate landscape better come here on weekdays and in the morning. Swings, benches, volleyball nets. Fat seagulls. Rosehips, pines, boulders in the sand. Gaining strength and moving on.

The military town of Agalatovo is big enough, there is even an airfield. The wooden church was built in 2001, there is an active life inside the parish. A military helicopter mounted on a wasteland next to the church leaves an ambiguous impression.

The institution is declared as a restaurant of Indian and oriental cuisine, but it looks like a roadside cafe. However, we only need to have lunch and continue our journey. The menu turned out to be more diverse than it was declared.

Lutheran church in the style of Northern Art Nouveau or Finnish National Romanticism. Unfortunately, the organ inside the church has not survived. It would be interesting to hear this music among the nature of Priozersk area: lakes, rocks, dense coniferous forest. But the reality opens for us quite a different side. Now in the church there is a warehouse, House of Culture and a shop.

Take a walk in the humble, well-groomed park. There's practically no movement on the Vuoksa River. On the territory of the fortress there is a museum of local lore, standard for provincial cities. Medieval walls, well-groomed green lawn. Elegant minimalism. In the 19th century it was a prison for political prisoners, now folk festivals are held on the territory.

Since we're in Priozersk, let's see another Finnish Art Nouveau church. There was an organ here too, and it hasn't survived either. During the Karelian-Finnish SSR the building made of Ladoga boulders was used as a theatre. Now, unfortunately, it's abandoned.

Ahead of the Gazpromneft filling station. A good reason to make a stop: refuel with quality fuel, drink coffee and just warm up.

One of the few places in Sartavala where you can have dinner in the evening. The menu is full of dish names, with the addition of "Karelian". There are no complaints about the local cuisine. The café is open until 9:00 on weekdays.

Pleasantly tired after a day outdoors we go to the hotel. Tomorrow we plan an early climb and Ruskeala's spa attractions.