Arkhangelsk city is situated at the mouth of the big Dvina River and on the shore of the White Sea. Thats why the shores of Arkhangelsk are full of cranes, river ships and sea vessels. You can feel the majestic flavor of Northern Seas and Rivers everywhere in Arkhangelsk. The impressionable architecture construction is the old bridge over the North Dvina River. Arkhangelsk has a lot of modern buildings but it also keeps the original wooden houses of the past centuries. If you have chance to be in Arkhangelsk we will show it to you!
We offer two kind of short excursions: one based on the history of Arkhangelsk city without visiting museums and another excursion based on how people live in Arkhangelsk and connected to the sea including visits of museums.
| Itinerary: | A guide with a vehicle collects you for a two hour excursion. You will know about the past and present life of Arkhangelsk city and who the See Dwellers (POMORY) are. You will see places of interests of the city: Gostiny Dvor and Luther’s Church, memorials to Peter the Great and scientist Mikhaila Lomonosov, Arctic Institute, statue of seal and others. We will walk along the Embankment of North Dvina river and Chumbarov-Luchinsky Avenue where ancient wooden houses and replicas of buildings of 19-20 centuries have been collected. Two hours later the guide brings you back to the ship or to a hotel. |
| Accommodation: | Not applicable. |
| Level: | Not applicable. |
| Group size: | From 1 person |
| Duration: | 2 hours |
| Dates: | The whole year around and on request. |
| Price: | 价格取决于团体规模和卢布汇率。 请与我们联系以获取最新的建议。 |
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| Itinerary: | A guide with a vehicle collects you for a two hour excursion. You will know how the See Dwellers (POMORY) went to the sea on their small sail ships since 10-11 centuries, about the expeditions of researchers and scientists Georgy Brusilov, Vladimir Rusanov and Georgy Sedov. We will visit the Sea Museum, Red Harbour and Solombala Island. The famous expedition of Otto Schmidth started from the Red Harbour to discover Northern Sea ways and a story about it will be told us. |
| Accommodation: | Not applicable. |
| Level: | Not applicable. |
| Group size: | From 1 person |
| Duration: | 2 hours |
| Dates: | The whole year around and on request. |
| Price: | 价格取决于团体规模和卢布汇率。 请与我们联系以获取最新的建议。 |
| Price includes: |
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