Mannerheim Line

Leningradskaya oblast'

Leningradskaya oblast is an attractive destination for tourism and recreation: there are natural parks and reserves, sanatoriums and resorts, historical sights

Lodeinoe Pole

Tour to Lodeinoe Pole is an opportunity of acquaintance with cultural and historical attractions of the district, which was founded by Peter I in 1702

 
Village Verkhniye Mandrogi

Vsevolozhsk

Tour to Vsevolzhsk is interesting, first of all, by opportunity to get acquaintance with historical and cultural monuments, churches and museums

Vyborg

In Vyborg one can see the only medieval castle on the territory of Russia and many historical monuments. Various festivals are regularly held here in summer

Antonievo-Dymsky monastery

Antonievo-Dymsky Monastery was established in XIII cent. , by Reverend Anthony. It has been destructed several times, but now is revived and opened for pilgrims in 1997

Church of the Holy Trinity

Church of the Holy Trinity – the Family Tomb of Baron Alexander von Stieglitz (1814 – 1884) – the famous Russian philanthropist and financier

Fortress Oreshek

The Oreshek Fortress is located on a small nut’s shape island. It was founded with the support of Grand Duke of Moscow, Yuri Daniilovich in 1323

Gatchina Palace

The Gatchina Palace was built by architect Antonio Rinaldi (1766-1781). It is the only one of country side palaces of St. Petersburg built in chateau-castle style

Ivangorod fortress

Ivangorod Fortress was built in 1492 by order of Ivan III. Now there is a museum of castles within the walls

Kazanskaya church

Kazanskaya church is an Orthodox Parish of Our Lady of Kazan Icon. It was built in 1915 by the architect Nicholas Nikonov in Moscow-Yaroslavl style of XVI century

Konevets

Konevets is an approximately 8. 5-km² island famous as the site of the Orthodox Monastery of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, founded in 1393 by Arseny of Novgorod

Koporie fortress

The Koporie fortress, built to protect the western frontiers of Russia, for its 700 years has never been attacked, therefore, it is well preserved

Korela

Korela is a monument of Novgorod defensive architecture of XIV century. Today on the territory of the fortress is situated a museum of the local history

Lake Ladoga

Lake Ladoga is the largest in Europe, its length - 209 km, width - 130 km. There are 660 islands at Ladoga. 70 rivers fall into the lake, but only one flows out - the Neva

Lake Ladoga, tourism

Lake Ladoga is a perfect destination for tourism: excellent fishing at any time of the year, hiking and biking, rock climbing, sailing on yachts or kayaks the unique Skerries

 
Lake Onega

Lutheran Church

Lutheran church (Zelenogorsk) was built in 1908 by Finnish architect Josef Steinbeck in Northern Art Nouveau style. Heavily damaged during combat actions, now it is completely restored

Mikhail Archangel Church

Michael the Archangel Church is very beautiful. It has never been rebuilt, and preserved the original look to recent days

Staraya Ladoga

Excursion to Staraya Ladoga - is an acquaintance with monuments of an ancient Russian city built in 862 on the trade route “from the Varangians to the Greeks”

Tikhvin Uspensky Monastery

Tikhvin Uspensky Monastery is a place of pilgrimage - believers crave for touching the principal holy thing of the Monastery - Our Lady of Tikhvin miraculous icon

Tiversky gorodok

The remains of an ancient fortress of IX century - Tiversky gorodok you will find on the bank of the Vuoksa, near the Balachanovskoe lake

Vuoksa, water tourism

Fans of water tourism and extreme holidays meet on International Water Tourist Festival “Vuoksa” on the last weekend of June

Vvedensky Nunnery

Vvedensky Nunnery was founded 15 years ago in the churchyard ground Volodimirets (X century). There is a hotel for pilgrims