Tours to Valaam

Tourist club “Polar Aurora” jointly with the Valaam monastery (Valaamsky Savior-Transfiguration Monastery) annually organizes tours to Valaam in summer and winter (if there is ice on Lake Ladoga or tourists are ready to rent a helicopter from St. Petersburg to Valaam) periods. The most popular are Valaam tours from St. Petersburg. Usually we offer the following program: in the morning tourists get on a bus near one of the metro stations in St. Petersburg and go to Priozersk, where they take a ship or a hydrofoil boat.

Another popular route – a tour by ship to Valaam, which starts directly from St. Petersburg. Tourists pass along the Neva river and Ladoga Lake by boat to Valaam directly from St. Petersburg. The tour by motor ship to Valaam is not daily, so it is better to buy tickets and tours in advance. In addition, the journey by boat to Valaam will take more time, but this trip allows travelers to enjoy the beauties of the Neva river and Ladoga lake. During the trip to Valaam, a number of other equally fascinating stops and excursions can be planned, for example, foreign tourists often purchase a tour package “Kizhi-Valaam-Solovki”, which takes about two weeks and allows to get fully acquainted with the history of the Russian North and its three main shrines (the Holy Triangle) – to visit Kizhi, Valaam, and Solovki islands. Therefore, the route St Petersburg-Valaam is in demand among thousands of tourists and pilgrims annually.

Tourist club “Polar Aurora” offers tours to Valaam from St. Petersburg by boat, a tour to Valaam for 2 days, a tour to Valaam 2020, a tour to Valaam for 3 days, and Valaam tours from St. Petersburg. Valaam tours from Moscow are also organized. We work for individual tourists and pilgrims, as well as prepare tours for organized groups. Depending on your interests, we will try to connect you to the most suitable group (pilgrims or secular tourists).

For tour to Valaam, the price usually ranges from 87 euro per day trip to 145-180 euro per tour to Valaam for 2 days. And the cost of the tour to Valaam for 3 days will be about 188-230 euro. Valaam hotels, unfortunately, do not yet offer all the benefits of civilization. On the island there are only two hotels: one is located in the monastery building, and the second is on the ship. There you will find everything you need, but they are far from complete comfort. Nevertheless, this makes the trip to the island of Valaam more interesting and diverse. Several centuries ago, monks came here not for comfort, but for seclusion with nature and spiritual tranquility. Brotherhood of the monastery adheres to these old vows to this day.

In 2020 the tourist club “Polar Aurora” offers the lowest prices for Valaam tours on the market under similar conditions of stay (the same transport, the same hotels, the same motor ships to Valaam).

And for those who do not stint on their travels and appreciate their time, we are ready to offer tours to Valaam by helicopter. For flights we rent small Robinson helicopters, but sometimes we use large helicopters to organize corporate tours to Valaam. All the equipment goes through the necessary maintenance and is safe. In addition, our partners have good helipads right in the center of St. Petersburg, where they can take you on a tour to Valaam without driving to the airport. We are waiting for your applications!