Transsiberian tours by regular Transsiberian trains
Eastbound
Moscow - Yekaterinburg - Novosibirsk - Irkutsk - Ulaan-Baatar - Beijing
Duration: 16 days.
Local time everywhere.
As you can see below, we don't have special dates the tour to start. The dates
can be on your possibility and wish, just see the days of train departures but
the majority of them are daily. In any case, we'll do our best to find a train
to let you leave this or that town according your plans.
Day 1. Moscow
Arrive in Moscow by international flight. Transfer to the 3-star
hotel for a one-night stay. City tour with the Sparrow Hills, pedestrian
Arbat Street, Victory Park, Christ the Savior Cathedral. Free time.
Lunch & Dinner (optional).
Day 2. Moscow
Morning check-out. City tour with the Red Square & Alexander's Garden.
Visit to the Kremlin with its territory and cathedrals, Armoury Museum and
Diamond Fund. Lunch in the city. Afternoon transfer to the train station.
Departure at 16.08 (daily) by train # 16 to Yekaterinburg.
Day 3. Yekaterinburg (+2 hours to the Moscow time)
Originally Yekaterinburg was founded as a capital
of metallurgical region, center of mechanical engineering, a city of gold and
precious stones. The location of the city is unique: it stands on the
meeting of the Asian and European parts of the continent, an idiosyncratic key
to the endless and rich Siberia, a window to the Asia as St. Petersburg - a
window to the Europe.
We cross the Europe/ Asia divide before arrival in Yekaterinburg, capital of the Urals.
We arrive in Yekaterinburg at 19.45. Arrival transfer. Accommodation at the
3-star hotel in the city center. Free time.
Dinner at the hotel (optional).
Day 4. Yekaterinburg
After checking-out from the hotel we'll go for a city tour. You'll see the
architectural monuments of Russian classicism of the 18-19th centuries. You'll
have the possibility to follow the last way of Romanov Dinasty visiting place of
the former Ipatyev's House, exposing wax figures and authentic
photos of the Emperor's family, visiting the place where the remains which might
belong to the members of the tzar family were found (30 km from Yekaterinburg).
Geological
Museum will show you a huge and unique collection of underground wealth of
Urals accumulated here: 600 from 800 kinds of minerals known in Urals. You'll
see the giant rock crystal just entering! That is the hugest and most beautiful
rock crystal shown in the museums of Russia and Europe, its weight is 784 kg and
it's 170 sm of height! Trip to the boarder of Europe and Asia will give you
opportunity to see and visit this unique place. Free time with a guide in the
city for a shopping and walking. Departure transfer to the train station.
Departure at 21.04 by train# 56 on even dates/ at 21.04 by train 26 on odd
dates to Novosibirsk.
Lunch and dinner in the city (optional).
Day 5. Novosibirsk (+3 hours to the Moscow time)
Novosibirsk is the largest city and industrial
center of Siberia. The geographical center of Russia, unofficially considered
being a capital of Western Siberia. Novosibirsk is the largest scientific center
in Siberia. The main feature of Novosibirsk is its virgin nature, its primeval
beauty - Altai Mountains. We arrive in Novosibirsk at 18.00 by train# 56/ 26. Arrival transfer to the 3-star hotel in the city
center.
Dinner at the hotel (optional).
Day 6 . Novosibirsk
City tour, during which you'll see Alexander
Nevsky Cathedral, the first stone building raised in 19-20 cc, visit
a backstage of the State Academic Opera and Ballet
Theater, a building with 60-meters dome and 900 ml, the hugest theater
building of Russia, railway bridge over the river Ob. Tour to the Akademgorodok
(town of scientists). It's well known all over the world. A great number
of discoveries in physics, chemistry, space technology was made here.
Excursion
to the Sun Museum that is unique in the world.
You will not find anything of that kind anywhere else. You'll see an incredible
variety of representations of the Sun. You'll see paintings by Nikolai Rerikh,
works of Russian paintings of the 18th-19th cc (Sourikov, Tropinin, Repin),
samples of Western-European art, sculptures, graphics and applied art in the Art
Gallery. And in the Museum of the Train you'll get known
the history of train development and see different kinds of the trains. Free
time at the hotel. Late departure transfer to the train station. Departure
at 22.57 by train# 08/02 daily to Irkutsk.
Lunch and dinner in the city (optional).
Day 7. En-route
Day 8. Irkutsk (+ 5 hours to the Moscow time)
Irkutsk is the capital
of Irkutsk Region, one of the biggest and most interesting regions in Russia,
the whole world in Eastern Siberia which is not far from the famous Lake Baikal.
Irkutsk stands at the crossroads of the trade routes between the East and
West.
Arrive in Irkutsk early in the morning (at 06.45). Additional breakfast.
And we have to go further and leave Irkutsk for the Lake Baikal. It
takes about 1 hour to cover 70 km, the distance between Irkutsk city and the
Lake Baikal. Baikal differs from the other lakes in the world by virtue of its
unique depth, volume, the quality of its water and age for lakes exist usually
for no more than of thousands of years, and finally, by virtue of its wildlife.
If you dream about seeing the whole Lake you are welcome to cruise (but it's
another story :)).
You'll walk around Listvyanka village, have a visit to St.
Nicholas Church, get known the flora and fauna of the Lake Baikal after
visiting Baikal Museum. Lunch at the restaurant
at the Lake Baikal. Departure transfer back to Irkutsk. And on your way you'll
visit the Museum of Wooden Architecture 'Taltsy'.
Taltsy Museum represents a real Siberian village! You'll see unique monuments of
the Russian wooden architecture of the XVII - XIX cc: the passing tower and the
church of the Mother of God of Kazan from Ilimsky Burg (the exhibit of the 17th
c), the parish school, farmsteads of peasants with plank bed, Rusian oven and
the 'red corner' with icons in it.
After checking-in we'll go for the city tour. You'll see the oldest point of the city, the place where
Irkutsk began and the modern part of the city with its unforgettable
architecture and atmosphere.
You probably heard of the Decembrists, the Russian noble men -revolutionaries
who instigated and uprising against autocracy and serfdom in St. Petersburg in
December 1825 (their names are derived from the name of month of uprising). Some
of them were hanged, the rest were imprisoned and exiled to Siberia. The
Decembrists spent thirty-odd years in Siberia, first doing penal servitude in
prison and then in exile in remote areas of the severe region. Many of the
Decembrists' wives voluntarily followed their husbands into exile. They had to
leave not only their former way of lives in St. Petersburg but they had to leave
their children also. And you'll get known about it during the visit Decembrists'
Museum. Later some of the Decembrists' families were given permission
to move to the town towards the end of their term of exile. Their houses are
still there. They are museums now.
If you'd like to feel the life of the city, to try to understand its soul
you'd better to stay here for more time to walk by yourself and watch, and look,
and see.
Dinner at the hotel (optional).
* If you'd like to stay at the Lake Baikal or in Irkutsk city for 1-2 nights
more write us about it
please and we'll make changes in the programme according your wishes.
Day 9. Irkutsk, on board
Morning departure transfer to the train station. Departure
at 05.43 by trains# 06/ 04 to Ulaan-Baatar (on Monday, Saturday and Sunday only). These
very trains should help you to see the shore line of the Lake Baikal and get
last 2 hours of admiring its beauty.
Day 10. Ulaan-Baatar, Mongolia
We arrive in Ulaan-Baatar
at 07.30 by trains# 06/ 04. Ulaan-Baatar is the capital of Mongolia,
country in the Northern Asia just between China and Russia, the 'Land of Blue
Sky'. The land where human remains dating back nearly 500,000 years were
uncovered in the Gobi Desert and other regions of Mongolia. Arrival transfer to
the 4-star hotel. After additional breakfast at the hotel we'll go for the city
tour. You'll see how the East meets the West here and how the promise of
technology and modern values collides with the traditional culture: you can see
young people talking on their phones nest to old men in traditional dress
flipping their prayer breads, talking to the Gods; apartment buildings being
close to gers in the outskirts of the city. You'll get known geography, flora
and fauna, paleontology and anthropology of Mongolia at the Natural
History Museum. You'll have an opportunity to see numerous objects from all
over Mongolia, including precious stones, stuffed and embalmed animals, birds
and fish. You'll find the awesome meteorites, impressive two complete skeletons
of dinosaurs found in the Mongolian Gobi Desert. The museum is rich in dioramas.
Lunch in the city. Afternoon you are visiting Bogd
Khan Winter Palace. It used to be a winter residence of the last Bogd Khaan
of Mongolia, the eighth Jebtzun Damba (Lord of Refuge), colorful and
controversial character. Then you have time for shopping in the center. Back to
the hotel and free time.
Dinner at the hotel (optional).
Day 11. Ulaan-Baatar, Terelj National Park
After breakfast we are going to the largest and most important monastery in
Mongolia, one of the impressive sights of Ulaan-Baatar, Gandan
Monastery. Major religious ceremonies and festivities take place here,
including tsam dance, a kind of theater performance. Trip to the Terelj National
Park will let you get acquainted with the way of life of nomad people. Mongolians are nomadic herders.
Most Mongolians continue to live in gers, large, white felt tents that can be moved easily.
You have lunch there and go back to the city for the folk show in the evening.
Day 12. Ulaan-Baatar
Morning transfer to the train station. Departure
at 08.05 by train# 24 to Beijing (on Thursday only).
But if you still have time and possibility you can extend your
staying in Mongolia and drive to Karakorum, the
former capital of vast Mongolian Empire built by Genghis Khan in 1220, with
overnights in ger-camp (meals - full board) with English-speaking guide escort,
visit nomad family, horse riding. Or if it's a summer time you can
go to the Gobi Desert
by car or by flight, vast zone
of desert and semi-desert covering almost 30% of territory of Mongolia, to visit
the Gurvansaikhan National Park, unlike other national parks in
the Gobi Desert, containing mountains, dinosaur fossils, extraordinary sand
dunes, rock formations and a valley that has ice for most of the year. You can
visit the Yolyn Am Valley (Vulture's Mouth),
originally established to conserve the bird life of the region. But now it's
famous for its dramatic and very unusual scenery -it is a valley in the middle
of the Gobi Desert with gorge full of meters-sick ice all year round. In winter
ice is up to 10m high and continues down the gorge for another 10 km. It remains
frozen for most of the year, except late August.
Day 13. Beijing, China
In the afternoon we arrive in Beijing, China.
Arrival transfer. Accommodation at the 3-star hotel. Free time.
Lunch & Dinner (optional).
Day 14. Beijing
Breakfast at the hotel. City tour with a visit to The Forbidden
City, Tian’anmen Square, Temple of Heaven.
Lunch in the city. Free time.
Dinner (optional).
Day 15. Beijing
Breakfast at the hotel. Tour to the Great Wall
& Ming Tombs. Lunch in the city.
Dinner (optional).
Day 16. Beijing
Transfers to the airport for
departure by international flights.
Included: accommodation at the hotels as per
itinerary; meals mentioned in the programme as included; arrival & departure
transfers, all guided programmes; entrance fees. The
tour language is English & German. Other languages speaking guides are
available on request and at a supplement.
| EUR per/pax |
1 pax |
2 pax |
10 pax |
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single |
twin |
twin |
single |
|
1-st class train tickets |
3867 |
2968 |
2290 |
2530 |
|
2-nd class train tickets |
3524 |
2526 |
1944 |
2184 |
Not included: airfares;
charges of a personal nature; any optional excursions; meals as optional; drinks;
visa and excess luggage charges; insurance and laundry services, banks charges
for money transfer.
All prices are subject to change without notice. Exact rates are confirmed at the time of
booking.
You are welcome to travel by regular trans-siberian trains
along the Great Transsiberian Way!
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