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 of the archipelago and the monastery on it.
The name "Valaam" is translated from Finnish as "high land", a less likely translation - "land of vow" or "land of light" . Some believe that the name comes from the name of the pagan god Baal (sometimes identified with Slavic Veles) or the biblical prophet Valaam
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How to get to Valaam
You can get to Valaam on "Comet" or a motor ship from the city of Sortavala, where buses and "shuttle bus" from Petrozavodsk go.
The journey 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 old.)
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Climate Valaama
| Average monthly temperature, ° C | ||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| day | - 8 | - 7 | - 2 | + 4 | + 12 | + 17 | + 20 | + 17 | + 12 | + 5 | - 1 | - 6 |
| at night | - 15 | - 13 | - 8 | - 3 | + 3 | + 8 | + 11 | + 9 | + 5 | + 0 | - 6 | - 11 |
Spring comes to Valaam at the end of March. Summer sunny days are 30-35 more than on the mainland. Winter with snow begins in early December. In the middle of February, a road service is established with the nearest town of Sortavala (42 km)
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Phone Numbers
- Natural Park Valaam Archipelago: 186756, Valaam, Central, 4, phone: (814-30) 38-247
- Sveta Hotel, tel .: (814-30) 38-248
- Department of Communications: ul. Central, 6, phone: (814-30) 38-241
- Medical center, tel .: (814-30) 38-221
Entertainment, excursions and attractions Valaama
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.
One can not help mentioning the famous Valaam sketes: Belom All Saints), Alexander Svirsky Monastery, Yellow (Gethsemane), Krasnoe (Resurrection), Predtechensky 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) - is installed in honor of visiting the monastery by Emperor Alexander II.
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