Trans-Siberian Railway Tour

Starting point: Moscow
Recommended period: all year round
Main sights: the Moscow Kremlin, Lake Baikal, Trans-Siberian Railway
Destinations: Moscow, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Ulan-Ude, Vladivostok
Accommodation: Hotels in Moscow, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Ulan-Ude, Vladivostok
Meals: as per program
Transport: Trans-Siberian express train, coach

Day 1
Arrival in Moscow. Meeting with guide and transfer to the hotel. Overnight.

Day 2
Breakfast. Sightseeing tour of Moscow. Excursion to the Kremlin and to the Armoury Chamber. Visit to the Red square with view of St Basil Cathedral. Overnight.

Day 3
Breakfast. Free time. Transfer to Yaroslavsky Station for departure for Krasnoyarsk.

Day 4 - 5
Breakfast in the train.

Day 6
Arrival in Krasnoyarsk. Transfer to the hotel. Sightseeing tour of Krasnoyarsk. Overnight.

Day 7
Breakfast. Excursion to the National Reserve “Krasnoyarskiye Stolby”. Lunch. Excursion to Yenisei Hydro Power Station. Free time. Transfer to Railway Station. Train to Irkutsk.

Day 8
Arrival in Irkutsk (in the evening). Transfer to the hotel. Overnight.

Day 9
Breakfast. Sightseeing tour of Irkutsk. Excursion in Decembrists Museum. Departure for Lake Baikal. Excursion to the open-air museum Tailtsi. Arrival in Listvyanka. Excursion in Limnological Museum (Baikal Lake museum). Walk in Listvianka withvisit to the fish market. Return to Irkutsk. Overnight.

Day 10
Breakfast. Departure for the excursion along Trans-Siberian Railway to Slyudyanka. Tour around Slyudyanka, visit to the Marble railway station. Train by Old Railway along Lake Baikal shore to the port Baikal with photostops. Ferry to Listvyanka. Transfer to Irkutsk. Overnight.

Day 11
Breakfast. Transfer to the railway station. Arrival in Ulan-Ude. Transfer to the hotel. Sightseeing tour of the city. Excursion to the Ethnographical museum. Overnight.

Day 12
Breakfast in the hotel. Excursion to Ivolginsky Datsan. Transfer to the railway station. Departure to Vladivostok.

Day 13 - 14
Breakfast in the train.

Day 15
Breakfast. Arrival in Vladivostok. Sightseeing tour of the city. Excursion to the Submarine. Visit to the observation platform. Bout-trip in the Amur Bay. Overnight.

Day 16
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport. Flight to Moscow. Transfer to the hotel. Overnight.

Day 17
Breakfast. Excursion to Sergiev Posad. Visit to Troitse-Sergieva Lavra. Return to Moscow. Overnight.

Day 18
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport for departure back home.