City tour

Duration - 2 hours

Arkhangelsk was founded by the order of the Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible in 1584. The town became the defender of its northern boundaries, the cradle of Russian shipbuilding, the main «window» of Russia to the Western Europe and it also had been the only seaport till St. Petersburg was founded. Now Arkhangelsk is a popular travel center. Historical and architectural monuments, places connected with life and activity of remarkable people, ravishing nature — the White Sea, rivers and lakes — attract tourists from different countries.

Highlights: Cape Pur-Navolok (the place where Arkhangelsk was founded), Gostiny Dvor (the Arcades), the memorial to Peter the Great, the obelisk to the victims of intervention, the Museum of Northern Seafaring, the Solovetsky Guest-House, St. Nicholas’ (Nikolskaya Church, the Sura Guest-House (Surskoye Podvorye), the monument to M. Lomonosov, the combined sea-and-river passenger terminal, Troitsky Avenue, the Obelisk of the North, wooden Arkhangelsk, Solombala island.

To your choice we suggest you different thematic excursions: «Arkhangelsk — the city of 4 centures», «Arkhangelsk — the gates to the Arctic», «Arkhangelsk — the cradle of Russian shipbuilding».