Valdai was picturesquely located among the endless hills and centuries-old forests, on the shore of the beautiful Valdai Lake. Magnificent Iversky monastery, which is located on a secluded island, beautiful nature and excellent beaches, always attract tourists to this region.
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A bit of history
Some archaeological monuments and numerous legends about the origin of Valdai . about the ancient places here. One legend tells that a young man of amazing beauty lived on the lake shore - a blacksmith named Valda . Every day he got up at sunrise and went to the lake to wash himself . And only bends down to the water to get clear water in his palm, how his face begins to reflect in the water . And all the water reflect this face, and wakes up in yes, sleeping all night, begins to worry, splashing out, waves to the shore and repeating: "Valda, Valda, Valda ..." . So people began to call this Valdoy . The settlement where the blacksmith lived was also called Valdoy, then Valdai, Valdai ...
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How to get to Valdaya
From Moscow you can get by train to Pskov, St. Petersburg (get off in Uglovka, 40 km, taxi 400-500 RUR) or by suburban trains to Bologoye station (from 700-800 RUR). The journey time by train is 5, 5 hours. From St. Petersburg - the same trains, but in the opposite direction, to Moscow. And also buses from Veliky Novgorod, St. Petersburg and Tver.
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Water and sun Valday
Valdai Lake is one of the ten cleanest (in translation from the ancient "Valda" means "bright," "pure"). The islands stretched along the chain, one of which is a monastery, divide the Valdai Lake into two valleys - the Valdai and Dolgoborodsky. In length the lake reaches 10 km, width - 5 km. A narrow channel (90 meters) connects Lake Valdai with Lake Dinner - a very narrow lake, stretched from north to south for 16 km. There, where its banks are practically closed, there is a village with the same name.
Lakes are replenished mainly at the expense of springs, therefore their water is always fresh and the bottom is clean. The lakes of the Valdai Region are good sandy beaches, picturesque wooded beaches, good fishing, berries and mushrooms. On the banks are the holiday house "Valdai", several tourist bases, pioneer camps.
Rest on Valday
Scenic landscapes and a healthy climate of Valdai, located on the shore of the lake with the same name, attract lovers of peace and tranquility, and well-equipped recreation centers and guest houses create all the necessary conditions for an excellent holiday in the bosom of nature.
The Valdai National Park offers visitors a variety of excursions, during which visitors can get acquainted with the unique nature of the lake-forest complex of the Valdai Upland, and the ancient city of Valdai will please its "antiquities" of history lovers.
The climate of Valday
Mainly cloudy +1 ° C in the afternoon -1 ° C at night ° С water |
Cloudy +3 ° С a day -2 ° C at night ° С water |
Overcast, light rain +1 ° C in the afternoon +1 ° C at night ° С water |
| Weather forecast for Valdai on 10 days | ||
| Average monthly temperature, ° C | ||||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | sen | Oct | but I | Dec | |
| in the afternoon | -7 | -6 | -1 | +7 | +16 | +20 | +21 | +20 | +14 | +7 | +0 | -4 |
| at night | -13 | -13 | -8 | -1 | +6 | +9 | +11 | +10 | +6 | +1@@ | -4 | -10 |
Hotels in Valday
For those wishing to combine leisure in nature with sightseeing Valdai is ideal accommodation in one of the city hotels.
Directly in the city, on the shore of the Valdai Lake, is the hotel complex "Valdai Zori", which has its own beach and offers accommodation in 88 comfortable rooms of different categories, including suites and apartments. Guests are provided with services for organizing excursions.
For connoisseurs of privacy a mini hotel "Marakanas" located in a quiet area, 10 minutes from the city center and the Valdai National Park, is suitable. The hotel offers single and double rooms, as well as apartments equipped with a kitchen.
Another small cozy hotel, "Jupiter", is located in the city stadium near the Valdai National Park and has 5 rooms with a total capacity of up to 20 people.
And just 3 km from the city, in the area of the Valdai National Park, the hotel "Valdaisky Dvor" is located, offering accommodation in 15 rooms of different categories, designed for 30 people. The hotel is equipped with a paid parking lot, a restaurant and a bar. For the guests excursions around the lake (in the summer), in Iversky Monastery, a museum of bells, etc. are organized.
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Holiday homes in Valdai
For lovers of secluded recreation in the bosom of nature in Valday, numerous rest houses, tourist centers and boarding houses are located, located in the most picturesque places. So, on the shores of Lake Velyo is the recreation center "Great Lake", on the vast territory of which (16, 7 hectares) comfortably housed 40 economy class houses, 2 "standard" houses, 3 cottages and 1 apartment. Free parking is provided for guests.
On the territory of the Valdai National Park, guests are welcomed by the recreation center "Hunter's Shelter" - a complex of several houses and cottages designed to accommodate 40 people. For guests on the basis of their own hunting facilities and services professional huntsman.
On Lake Glybi, on the basis of a hunting farm with an area of 38, 5 thousand hectares, the recreation center "Uzmen, providing leisure services, including group or individual hunting and fishing, is equipped.
On Lake Dinner, on the area of 40 hectares, there is a rest house "Valdai", where the main dormitory, cottages and cottages are at guests' disposal.
But the recreation center "Wattsy" is located on the territory of two lakes, the lake. The middle and the lake. Petrushikha. To services of visitors - the organization of fishing, and also hunting "in the company" of the professional huntsman.
Entertainment, excursions and attractions
Exactly in the middle of the lake is the island of Selvitsky, on which the Iversky Monastery is located. With it, an artificial jumper is connected with the island of Rowan, the largest island, on the other hand connected by a bridge to the mainland. One of the island's attractions is the "mountain", or rather the peculiar hill - "Medvezhka". Part of the island is boggy, the other part is covered by a fine pine forest.
From the Iberian monastery, founded in the 17th century by the patriarch Nikon, several original buildings have survived: the Assumption Cathedral, the Church of James Borovichsky, the Epiphany Cathedral and the Church of St. Michael the Archangel. The monastery is open for visits every day from 6: 00-22: 00. Excursions can be ordered at the church shop.
Also worth seeing: Trinity Cathedral (Svobody Square), Vvedensky Church (Svobody Square), a roadside chapel of Jacob Borovichsky (Truda Street), Peter and Paul Church in the city cemetery.
In addition, the city has preserved many beautiful manor complexes, which are worth a visit. For example, Peretno is a unique example of "wooden classicism", the end of the 18th century. Ozerki - the former landowner's estate VI Gresser. With him is the creative biography of the outstanding Russian composer Rimsky-Korsakov. The mountains are one of the largest manor complexes of the 19th century. By now only some outbuildings have survived.
The monument of landscape art of the second half of the 19th century is Puzyreno, located on the eastern shore of Putilov Lake. Mining is a classic example of a regular manor park of the first half of the 19th century. Remains of the manor house and a number of outbuildings have been preserved. Novotroitsy - one of the largest garden and park ensembles of the 18-19 centuries.
Valdai Iversky Monastery
On the Selvitsa Island of the Valdai Lake, the Valdai Iversky Bogoroditsky Svyatoozersky Monastery is located, founded in 1653 by the Novgorod Metropolitan Nikon in the image of the Iberian Monastery on Athos .Then the first buildings of the monastery were two wooden churches - a cold church consecrated in honor of the Iberian Icon of the Mother of God, and a warm church - in the name of St. Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow .Later, the construction of stone monastery temples and buildings begins, the first of which in 1656 becomes the Iberian Cathedral, later renamed the Assumption, and to this day remains the main building of the monastery .Currently, on the vast territory of the monastery there are several churches and chapels, a bell tower and buildings with cells .
The ship "Zarya-211", which departs from the pier of the city of Valdai, will take a pilgrimage to the monastery. Alternative modes of transportation - car or taxi.
National Park
The Valdai National Park is the most picturesque territory of the central part of Russia. The park has 70 lakes and 20 rivers, surrounded by pine forests, birch groves and meadows. About 30 species of fish (pike, bream, sieve, pike perch, catfish, snail, etc.) are found in the waters of rivers and lakes. In the forests of the Valdai Park there are more than 20 species of animals, 140 species of birds, 6 species of fauna listed in the Red Book (spotted deer, roe deer, white eagle, snakehead, osprey, black stork).
Museums of Valday
In the city there are several interesting museums: the Museum of the county town and the museum of bells in the church of Catherine.
The Valday Museum of the History of the County Town (Lunacharsky Street 7, opening hours: 10: 00-18: 00, the weekend is Monday and the last Tuesday of every month). The exposition of the museum gives an opportunity to learn the history of Valdai, to get acquainted with the life of the indigenous Valdai and Valdai summer residents, and also to see the peculiarity of the Russian province as a whole.
Museum of bells (st .Labor 2a; Opening hours 10: 00-18: 00; day off - Tuesday) is located in the building of the former traveling church of Catherine II, built by architect N .Lviv in 1793 year .and illuminated in honor of .the Great Martyr Catherine .Among the exhibits of the museum - the very first Russian work bell of Pskov masters T .Andreeva and P .Grigorieva 1536 g ., German bells of 1636 and 1648 years ., the Swedish trophy bells of 1680 and 1692 gg ., bells of the Russian Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and the Swedish King Charles XI, bells cast at 20 .for churches, railways, ships; yamskiye, table, gift bells, crocheted cattle and doorbells .The peculiarity of the museum is that you can not only watch these exhibits, but also listen to . Photo by Valdai (28)