Russian Cruises
The cruises our company offers cover a vast territory of Northwest, Middle Russia and farther to the South.
There is no other kind of rest where everything is prearranged and included. Three meals a day - and you are free from breaking your head as to where the best place to eat is and how to get there. A variety of bars are at hand to diversify your daily menu. Guided excursions are provided at every place where the ship calls at, and you are sure to see the most of what is interesting and possible to see. And, at last, you will have no time to be bored with void leisure: a rich culture program is provided, including folklore festivals, balls and contests.
The rivers and lakes where the cruise ships sail are a part of the "amber road" or, as Russians called it in the olden times, "road from the Varangians to the Greeks". By this route Byzantine merchants traveled to Scandinavian countries and Scandinavian traders went to the South of Europe or Middle East. No wonder that many of the settlements there - now bigger or smaller cities - date back from bygone times and have long and fascinating history. So, there is much to be seen, much to know and admire.
Our short cruises go as far as
Lake Ladoga, Valaam island (2 nights/1 day) and farther to
Lake Onega and Kizhy village (6 nights/4 days)
St.Petersburg-Moscow-St.Petersburg cruise (12 nights/10 nights) include the abovementioned sights of Valaam and Kizhy); historical city of Uglich, connected with the history of Russian royal families; the village of Mandrogy (Russian wooden architecture and crafts, folklore performance); the holies of Russian Orthodoxy in Goritsy; a curious Museum of Mice in Myshkin, etc. A city tour in Moscow is possible (optional)
To the Volga river - Plyos (11 nights/9 days)
This cruise includes Lakes Ladoga and Onega with their famous Valaam island and Kizhi village,
Mandrogy village (Russian wooden architecture, crafts center, folklore performance), Petrozavodsk city (olden Russian history, the time of Peter I, Catherine II), the greatest European Russian river Volga. On the Volga our tourists see the olden Russian cities of Yaroslavl (dozens of Mediaeval churches), Kostroma (again olden Russian and the monastery, connected with the beginning of the Romanovs royal dynasty), and the town of Plyos, famous for its beauty and the unforgettable beauty of surrounding scenery (includes the Museum of I.Levitan - outstanding Russian landscapist).
Valaam
Valaam-Kizhi
SPb-Moscow-SPb
