The Valaam archipelago, consisting of 50 small islands, is located in the northern part of the Ladoga Lake. A unique landscape-architectural complex has been created here, the park area is 24.7 thousand hectares, of which only 3600 hectares fall to the islands. Among them is the island of Valaam (2,800 hectares), which gave the name and archipelago, and the monastery on it.
The name "Valaam" is translated from Finnish as "high land", a less likely translation is "land of vow" or "land of light". Some believe that the name comes from the name of the pagan god Baal (sometimes identified with the Slavic Veles) or the biblical prophet Valaam.
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How to get to Valaam
You can get to Valaam on a "comet" or a motor ship from the city of Sortavala, where buses and "shuttle bus" from Petrozavodsk go.
The trip from Sortavala to the island of Valaam and back, including two excursions and lunch, will cost 1850 RUR (children under 12 years - 925 rubles). The ticket, which includes one tour, will cost tourists at 1250 RUR (50% discount for children under 12 years of age).
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The climate of Valaam is
| Average monthly temperature, ° C | ||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| in the daytime | -8 | -7 | -2 | + 4 | + 12 | + 17 | + 20 | + 17 | + 12 | + 5 | -1 | -6 |
| night | -15 | -13 | -8 | -3 | + 3 | + 8 | + 11 | + 9 | + 5 | + 0 | -6 | -11 |
Spring on Valaam comes in late March. Summer sunny days are 30-35 more than on the mainland. Winter with snow begins in early December. In mid-February, an automobile connection is established with the nearest town of Sortavala (42 km).
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Phone Numbers
- The Natural Park "Valaam Archipelago": 186756, Valaam, st. Central, 4, phone: (814-30) 38-247
- The Seca Hotel, tel .: (814-30) 38-248
- Department of Communications: st. Central, 6, phone: (814-30) 38-241
- Feldshersky point, phone: (814-30) 38-221
Entertainment, excursions and attractions Valaam
The central landmark of the archipelago is the ensemble of the Valaam Transfiguration Monastery with a stone chapel consecrated in the name of the icon of the Mother of God "All the Afflicted Joys". No less interesting are the five-domed Spaso-Preobrazhensky cathedral, the chapel of the Annunciation, the chapel in the name of the icon of the Sign of the Mother of God, the five-domed Spaso-Preobrazhensky cathedral, the old monastery cemetery (17-19 centuries), the Igumen cemetery and the church of the Reverend Fathers, near the walls of which the abbots of the monastery are buried.
It is impossible not to mention the famous Valaam sketes: the White (All-Svyatsky), the monastery of Alexander Svirsky, the Yellow (Gethsemane), the Red (Resurrection), the Baptist and Smolensk.
Other places of interest: Chapel of the Annunciation (late 19th century) - one of the oldest buildings on the island; the building of the carriage-stables house of the 18th century; Chapel in the name of the icon of the Sign of Our Lady (1836) - installed in honor of the visit of the monastery by the Emperor Alexander II.
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