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Trans
Siberian Railway, the longest in the world
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Moscow
- Irkutsk Beijing extended
16
days/15 nights
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Grade
of difficulty: easy (sightseeing)
Land
cost: available on request.
The price includes: Accommodation
B&B (8 nights in hotels, 7 nights in trains), Train tickets
Moscow- Irkutsk, Irkutsk Beijing; All transfers according
to the itinerary. All excursions, entrance fees and tours
according to the itinerary, including city tours in Moscow,
Irkutsk, Listvyanka and Beijing; Lunches and dinners according
to the itinerary: 2 lunches and 1 dinner in Beijing, 1 dinner
in Moscow, 1 lunch in Listvyanka.
Airplane tickets, Insurance, Visas, Tips
are
not included.
*Schedule of the sightseeing
train down the Round Baikal railway is subject to changes
so some changes may be required to Irkutsk section of the
itinerary.
We can arrange the extensions
to the route for example, you can start from Saint-Petersburg
or Helsinki. |
This
tour basically is the same as 15-days option but adds one
extra day in Moscow and another one at Bailkal Lake, thus
providing an opportunity to travel down the famous Round-Baikal
Railway.
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Travelling down Round-Baikal Railway
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Irkutsk the capital of the East Siberia
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Baikal lake boat trip
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The Great Wall and Palaces of Beijing
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| ITINERARY |
| Day
1. Arrive to Moscow. Transfer to hotel. Check-in.
Free time to relax. Guided sightseeing city tour: Red Square
in front of Kremlin that symbolizes the most dramatic pages
of the Russian history, Vorobievy Hills and Poklonnaya Gora
best places to take panoramic photos of the city, Manezh Square
that ranks among ten most expensive shopping streets in the
world. In the evening you will have free time to explore the
city. Possible starting point is Arbat street Moscow analogue
of Monmartre a popular hangout for local artists. Overnight
in the hotel. |
| Day
2. Tour
to Kremlin: visit one of the cathedrals or Armour Chamber if
you prefer so. Dinner. Overnight in the hotel. |
| Day
3. Free
time to relax and explore the city. Transfer to railway station
to board the train N2 Moscow - Irkutsk. Overnight in the train. |
| Day
4-6. 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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7. Arrive
to Irkutsk. Breakfast. Short sightseeing tour and transfer to
Listvyanka village at the Lake Baikal (2 hours). Accommodation
in lodge. Guided walking tour of Listvyanka village, visit to
St.Nicholas Church. Overnight in the lodge. |
Day
8. Breakfast. Guided boat trip with lunch,
Lake Baikal sightseeing. Overnight in the lodge.
NB!
If the weather is bad boat trip might be substituted by excursion
to Taltsy museum or some other activity. |
| Day
9. Early morning breakfast. Cross the Angara
river by ferry, arrive to Port Baikal. Guided tour along the
Baikal lakeside (if the weather is good you will see Khamar-Daban
mountain range on the opposite side of the lake) by sightseeing
train*. You will explore Old Round Baikal Railway with its famous
tunnels and bridges. Arrive to Slyudyanka with its one-off railway
station built entirely from white marble. Transfer by commuter
train to Irkursk. Check-in and overnight in the hotel. |
| Day
10. Breakfast. Transfer to the railway station, board
the train to Beijing. |
| Day
11-12. Travel from Irkutsk to Beijing via Ulan Ude
and Harbin (Trans-Manchurian route). Several hours the train
runs along the Lake Baikal. |
| Day
13. Arrive to Beijing. Transfer to the hotel. Check-in.
Dinner. |
Day
14. Guided trip to the Great Wall, on the way lunch
and visit to Ming Tombs the mausoleums of 13 emperors of
the Ming Dynasty, and may also visit one or two factory of
Chinese arts and crafts. Overnight in the hotel. |
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15. Tour to the Summer Palace masterpiece of Chinese
landscape garden design, Forbidden City the world's largest
palace complex that covers more than 70 hectares, Temple of
Heaven where emperors performed ceremonies in honor of god of
harvest, and Tiananmen Square the world largest square that
can accommodate over million people. Lunch, overnight in the
hotel. |
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16. Breakfast. Departure from 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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