Tour to Staraya Ladoga from Saint Petersburg

The "Tale of Bygone Years" says that Rurik "sat down in Ladoga". It is generally accepted that Ladoga is the oldest capital of Russia, the first center of a dynasty that ruled for more than seven centuries.In the list of Russian capitals: Ladoga - Novgorod - Kiev - Vladimir - Moscow - St. Petersburg - Moscow again, Old Ladoga takes the honorable first place.In this tour you will visit the fortress on the banks of the Volkhov River and the local history museum, accompanied by a guide from the museum-reserve. You will discover the Old Ladoga Monastery of the Assumption. On its territory there is the pearl of the North-West, the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the XII century. You will explore Nikolsky Monastery, which was founded by Alexander Nevsky after the Battle of the Neva in 1240, and the temples of the monastery: the Cathedral Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and the Church of John Chrysostom.