Tourist Sights of Karelia

Karelia is very rich in cultural-historical and natural objects, able to satisfy various tourists interests. The total number of such objects is about 4 000. Among the diversity we may highlight the following:

• The Kizhi State Open-Air Museum of History, Architecture and Ethnography
• Valaam
• The Marcial Waters Spa
• Kivach Waterfalls
• Petroglyphs on the eastern shore of Lake Onego
• Petroglyphs of the White Sea
• Seids on Kusovy Islands in the White Sea
• The Assumption Cathedral in Kem
• The Assumption Church of 1774 in Kondopoga
• Specially protected natural areas
• Paanajärvi National Park
• Vodlosersky National Park
• Kalevalsky National Park
• Kostomukshsky state nature reserve
• Lakes and Rivers
• Lake Ladoga
• Lake Onego
• Kindasovo
• The Ancient Land of Karelians of Syamozero
• Sights and monuments of Pudozhsky district
• Karelian birch