Relax on the weekend is best outside the city. For residents of St. Petersburg and its guests, Kavgolovskoye Lake is one of the most beloved and visited places. This is due to its convenient location, picturesque nature and well-developed infrastructure. You can get to this miracle of nature by your own car, by train (the journey from the Finnish railway station to the Kavgolovo station will take 45 minutes) or by regular bus from the Devyatkino metro station (15 minutes).
Kavgolovskoye Lake is located on the Karelian Isthmus. Nearby there are other lakes, large and small, but this is the most beautiful. No wonder its second name is Mirror. In calm, calm weather, picturesque shores and a bottomless blue sky are reflected on the surface of the mentioned reservoir, and flocks of fish scurry about in the transparent depths … Although this lake is considered one of the most visited, there are quite a lot of fish here, which attracts fans to sit with a fishing rod. Only it will not be possible to catch from the shore - it is too shallow, you need a boat. But here you can catch roach,bream, ruff and perch, sometimes there is pike. And the vegetation on the coast attracts attention. On the eastern shore, thickets of reeds stretch along the water, the western swampy shore was chosen by egg-pods, Canadian elodea and arrowhead. The lake itself is shallow: the greatest depth reaches 4-5 meters, and the average is within 2-3 meters.
Those who prefer more comfortable conditions of rest can use the services of a recreation center and a hotel located near the reservoir. The windows of comfortable rooms offer a picturesque view of the Kavgolovskoye Lake. The village, located nearby, provides everyone with the opportunity to stay on vacation in the private sector. And you can relax not only in the warm season. With the onset of winter, ski lovers come here. Ski slopes Toksovo are nearby.
As you can see, there are many opportunities to diversify your leisure time - there are quite dense forests around, in which lovers of "quiet hunting" can pick berries and mushrooms. Among the entertainment - not only fishing and hiking for
gifts of the forest: you can offer both hunting (depending on the season) and horseback riding. In summer you can swim, and in winter you can go skiing and snowboarding. And there is no need to go home every time: come for a few days to Kavgolovskoye Lake. The cottage village, sheltered on the South-East coast, will provide a wide range of apartments and houses where you can stay(the best option if you do not like hotels and recreation centers, and the private sector mentioned earlier is busy).
If you decide not to limit yourself to outdoor recreation, you can go on excursions to Toksovo. It is worth visiting the Museum of Wooden Crafts, visiting the Novokavgolovsky forest park or visiting a bison farm. In general, there are about 150 monuments of architecture and history in the district, so there will be something for the curious to do.
Come, Kavgolovskoye Lake will not leave you indifferent, and there is something for everyone to enjoy. Admire the harsh beauty of the northern nature, because it is not for nothing that legends are made about the Karelian Isthmus and the beauties of the local lakes. Are they familiar to you? If yes, great! Then you definitely need to visit this wonderful land and see everything with your own eyes. As the saying goes, it's better to see once than a hundred times…
