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Trans
Siberian Railway, the longest in the world
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Moscow
Irkutsk Beijing
Budget package, 10 days/9
nights
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Grade
of difficulty: easy (sightseeing)
Land
cost: available on request.
The price includes: Accommodation
(2 nights in the hotels B&B, 7 nights in the trains),
Train Tickets Moscow- Irkutsk, Irkutsk Beijing; Transfers
according to the itinerary. All excursions, entrance fees
and tours according to the itinerary, including city tours
in Irkutsk and Listvyanka; Picnic in Listvyanka
Airplane tickets, Insurance, Visas, Tips
are
not included.
Also we can arrange extensions
to the route for example, you can start from Saint-Petersburg
or Helsinki.
If you wish to spent more time on the Lake Baikal you should
consider 11 days option Moscow-Irkutsk-Beijing
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This
route connects 3 capitals: Moscow capital of Russia, Beijing
capital of China, and Irkutsk, which is rightly called
the capital of East Siberia.
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| ITINERARY |
| Day
1. Board on train N2 Moscow - Irkutsk. Overnight
in the train. |
| Day
2-4. Travel to Irkutsk via Perm, Yekaterinburg,
Omsk, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyask. Cross the Volga and Irtish rivers
and the geographical boundary between Europe and Asia in the
hills of Southern Ural. |
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5. Arrive to Irkutsk. Breakfast.
Transfer to Listvyanka village on the Lake Baikal (2 hours).
Accommodation in lodge. Guided walking tour around Listvyanka
village, visit to St.Nicholas Church. Afternoon picnic in taiga
forest or at Angara river bank (if the weather is good). Overnight
in the lodge. |
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6. Breakfast. Free time to relax and explore
the village, Lake Baikal sightseeing. Afternoon return to Irkutsk,
check-in in the hotel. Guided sightseeing city tour: historical
center of the city, 19th century architecture, wooden cottages,
houses of Russian noblemen that were exiled after 1825 rebellion
and lived there after years of hard labor in even more God-forsaken
places. Overnight in the hotel. |
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7. Breakfast. Transfer to the railway station,
board the train to Beijing. |
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8-9. Travel from Irkutsk to Beijing via Ulan
Ude and Harbin (Trans-Manchurian route). Several hours the train
runs along the Lake Baikal. |
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10. Arrive to Beijing. |
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Wild
Russia / Neizvedanny Mir Company
Saint Petersburg, Fontanka embankment, 59
+7
812 703-3215
+7
812 703-3216
+7
812 703-3249
Email:
info@wildrussia.spb.ru
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