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THE ORIGINAL TRANS SIBERIAN

Vladivostok to Moscow

19 DAYS

This package is available either Group Tour (scheduled departures)

or Private Tour (flexible dates)

Vladivostok - Lake Baikal –Krasnoyarsk

Yekaterinburg - Kazan - Moscow

17 June – 5 July, 201919 September - 7 October 2019

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THE TRANS-SIBERIAN ROUTE

Enjoy fantastic sceneries passing by your window while you’re

crossing Asia and half of Europe, a diverse entertainment

program, local experiences like no other!

DAY 1• Arrival at Vladivostok • Transfer to hotel, check in

& rest

DAY 2• Breakfast• Full day Vladivostok city

tour• Transfer to the train

station for the departure to Irkutsk in the evening

DAY 3-4• Enjoying Russian scenery

on the train ride

DAY 5• Arrival to Irkutsk • Transfer to Listvyanka

village at Lake Baikal shores (65 km)

• Stop for a lunch in “hunter’s lodge” where local specialties are served

DAY 6• Breakfast • Baikal Museum of

Limnology Shaman Rock • Baikal Seal Aquarium • Chersky Stone

observation point (Cable car)

• St. Nicolas Russian Orthodox Church

• Visit local souvenir market, lunch with local specialties

DAY 7• Breakfast• Transfer to Irkutsk• Visit Taltsy Museum• Guided tour in Irkutsk• St. Epiphany Cathedral • Kirov Square• Transfer to board the

train to Krasnoyarsk in the evening

DAY 8• Arrival to Krasnoyarsk • Transfer to the hotel,

check-in • Free time

DAY 9• Breakfast • Private tour to Krasnoyarsk

Stolby reserve

DAY 10• Breakfast• Transfer to the train station

to board train to Yekaterinburg in the morning

DAY 11• Arrival to Yekaterinburg• Meet and greet at railway

station• Transfer to hotel, check-in• Free time

DAY 12• Breakfast• Private guided tour to

Koptelovo village which is lost somewhere deep into XIXth century, it is one of the most beautiful ancient Russia villages.

DAY 13• Breakfast • Ekaterinburg city tour• Museum of Semi-precious

stones • Verkhe Pyzma open air

military museum• Cathedral on the Blood• Europe-Asia Border• Transfer to railway station• Board the train to Kazan

in the evening

DAY 14• Arrival to Kazan railway stationin

the morning• Transfer to hotel, luggage drop off• Half day city tourDAY 15

• Breakfast• Kazan guided sightseeing

tour• Transfer to the railway

station• Departure to Moscow in the evening

DAY 16• Arrival at Moscow railway

station in the morning• Transfer to the hotel &

guaranteed early check-in• Red Square, Kremlin &

Armory, city center & Novodevichy Convent

DAY 17• Breakfast• Tretyakov State Art Gallery• Kolomenskoe Estate

DAY 18• Breakfast• Bunker -42• Izmaylovo Kremlin & Stalin Skysrappers

DAY 19• Breakfast• Transfer to airport and

departure

• Arrival to Vladivostok• Meet and greet and the airport, transfer to your hotel and rest

DAY 1: VLADIVOSTOK, THE PACIFIC OCEAN

Welcome to the capital of Primorye! Vladivostok is one of the most picturesque and interesting cities in the Russian Far East. During the Soviet time the city was the home base of the Pacific Russian military fleet and thus entrance for international travelers was not allowed. Free access was given to tourists and visitors only in 1992.

• Arrival at Vladivostok • Transfer to hotel, check in & rest

Legendary submarine S-56 is a famous Soviet Pacific Fleet submarine that sank 10 fascist ships during World War II..

Guided city tour includes central square – Ship embankment - observation point Eagle’s Nest – Golden Bridge – Russian Bridge – FEFU – museum Submarine C-56Transfer to hotel

DAY 2: VLADIVOSTOK, THE PACIFIC OCEAN● Breakfast● Full day Vladivostok city tour

• Transfer to the train station for the departure to Irkutsk in the evening

DAY 3-4: On board Enjoying Russian scenery on the train ride

DAY 5: Discover Baikal

• Arrival to Irkutsk• Transfer to Listvyanka village at Lake Baikal shores (65 km)• Stop for a lunch in “hunter’s lodge” where local specialties

are served

Visit Baikal Museum and the aquarium, where you will see Baikal fish and freshwater seals—nerpas, Shaman Rock, St. Nicholas church and a Fish Market.

Shaman Rock is a natural boundary between the deepest lake in the world and the only river that flows out of the lake—the Angara river. Locals have thousands of legends about this place, which is believed to be the house of one of the Buryat gods

You will be surrounded by amazing landscapes of the world’s largest, oldest and deepest freshwaterlake, Baikal

● Breakfast ● Baikal Museum of Limnology Shaman

Rock ● Baikal Seal Aquarium ● Chersky Stone observation point (Cable

car) ● St. Nicolas Russian Orthodox Church ● Visit local souvenir market, lunch with

local specialties

DAY 6: Discover Baikal

Day 7: Irkutsk & train to Krasnoyarsk

• Breakfast• Transfer to Irkutsk• Visiting Taltsy Museum• Guided tour in Irkutsk• St. Epiphany Cathedral • Kirov Square

• Transfer to board the train to Krasnoyarsk in the evening

Around 1900, the city was nicknamed the "Paris of Siberia" due to its wide streets and ornate, continental architecture but travellers today will find little resemblance with Paris

World famous Krasnoyarsk Stolby Natinal Park & Reserve is a nature wonder, which has no alike in the world! Majestic outliers of mighty alogues rocks, that came to the Earth’s surface about 400 thousand years ago.

● Breakfast ● Tour to Krasnoyarsky

National Stolby reserve with picnic - lunch

● Arrival to Krasnoyarsk Transfer to the hotel, and check-in

● Guided tour in Krasnoyarsk

DAY 8 DAY 9

DAY 10: Train to Yekaterinburg

● Breakfast● Transfer to the train station to

board train to Yekaterinburg in the morning

● Private guided tour to Koptelovo village which is lost somewhere deep into XIXth century, it is one of the most beautiful ancient Russia villages.

Exploring Ural mountains area

• Arrival to Yekaterinburg • Meet and greet at railway

station• Transfer to hotel, check-

in, free time

DAY 11

DAY 12

Yekaterinburg is the official border between Europe and Asia. You can even travel several times from Europe to Asia and back and of course take a photo standing in two parts of the world simultaneously. Also, Ekaterinburg is known as a place where the last Romanov Tsar was killed after the Revolution

● Breakfast ● Guided city tour● Museum of Minerals ● Cathedral on the Blood● Verkny Pyzhma open air military museum● Europe-Asia Border● Transfer to railway station● Board the train to Kazan in the evening

DAY 13: Explore Yekaterinburg

● Arrival to Kazan railway station in the evening

● Transfer to hotel● Half a day city tour

● Breakfast● Kazan guided sightseeing

tour● Transfer to the railway

station● Departure to Moscow in the

evening

Guided tour to UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kremlin of Kazan. Built by Ivan the Terrible on the ruins of the palace of the Kazan Khanate that he destroyed, the Kremlin of Kazan reflects the ethnic mix of Tatars and Russians, Muslims and Christians, that merged into one nation centuries ago.

DAY 14

DAY 15

DAY 16: Discover Moscow

● Arrival at Moscow railway station in the morning

● Transfer to the hotel, early check-in● City tour: Red Square, Kremlin &

Armoury, city center highlights ● Novodevichy Convent

And Red Square is not actually Red because of the red bricks, but because "red" in the old Russian language meant "beautiful". And "Kremlin" meant a castle. So, there are many kremlins in Russia and in Moscow alone we will show you a few!

Get to know the city by taking a metro ride to the place of your first visit. The Metro is one of the fastest ways to get anywhere in this city, and to avoid traffic jams. Metro is the fastest ways to get anywhere in this city, and to avoid traffic jams.

if you want to see the Bolshoi, it’s a good idea to book your tickets in advance!

Bunker 42 is a real, anti-nuclear bunker, used as the Kremlin's base-camp during the Caribbean Crisis. You will visit the Cold War Interactive Museum and see unique artifacts. Photography is permitted only in certain parts of the museum

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Izmaylovo Kremlin to the east of Moscow represents a totally different style of

architecture. It also includes an open air museum of wooden architecture.

DAY 17: Back in times

● Bunker-42● Izmaylovo ● Stalin’s Skyscrapers● VDNHkh and museum of

Cosmonautics

The Tretyakov State Art Gallery

DAY 18: Tretyakov State Art Gallery& the VDNKh

• Museum of cosmonautics

at the VDNKh

Kolomenskoe Estate

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The VDNKh (“Vystavka Dostizheniy Narodnogo Khozyaystva”—the “All-Russia Exhibition Centre”) complex was built to be an exhibition centre of the entire USSR. Today it is a remarkable place to visit with lots of museums, amazing buildings, the modern art exhibition centre and the Museum of Cosmonautics.

Tretyakov Gallery is the largest in the world Russian art collection. Bunker -42 is the real military object of the “secret” Soviet era.

DAY 19: Departure from Moscow

• Have your final breakfast in Moscow &

• Transfer to airport for departure flight

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INCLUSIONS:

- Meet and greet at the Vladivostok airport

- Accommodation in selected hotels, central locations, with

breakfast included: 1 night in Vladivostok, 2 nights in

Listvyanka (Lake Baikal), 2 nights in Krasnoyarsk, 2 nights in

Yekaterinburg, 2 nights in Kazan, 4 nights in Moscow

- Train tickets Vladivostok - Irkutsk, Irkutsk - Krasnoyarsk,

Krasnoyarsk - Yekaterinburg, Yekaterinburg - Kazan, Kazan -

Moscow- 1 lunch in Kazan (Tatar cuisine), picnic- lunch in

Krasnoyarsky Stolby Reserve

- Dedicated local English-speaking guide in all places as per

program

- Return airport/train station transfers in every city- Transportation as per program on tours - Full metro pass in Moscow . We strongly

recommend this fastest means of transport for big cities during peak season. In case you do requite private car, it can be arranged with some extra costs, however we accept no responsibility in case of delays in the itinerary due to traffic jam

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Private Tour, 2 peopleRate per person (3* hotels, 2nd / 1st Class train, sharing 1 twin/double room) 6,740 / 8,155 AUDRate per person (4* hotels, 2nd / 1st Class train, sharing 1 twin/double room) 7,380 / 8,780 AUDFlexible Dates, Subject to availability

Group TourRate per person (3* hotels, 2nd / 1st Class train, sharing 1 twin/double room) 4,875 / 6,295 AUDRate per person (4* hotels, 2nd / 1st Class train, sharing 1 twin/double room) 5,505 / 6,925 AUDStarting dates for 2019:17 June, 19 September

All guided tours as per program with entrance tickets included:

- Tickets to all listed attractions as per itinerary- Moscow sightseeing tours as specified (3 full day

guided tours)- Kazan sightseeing tours as specified (half day and full

day guided tours)- Yekaterinburg tours as specified (Full day tour to

Koptelovo village, full day city tour)- Krasnoyarsk tours as specified (Full day tour to the

National park, half day city tour)- Listvyanka (lake Baikal) sightseeing tours as specified

(2 full day tours)- Vladivostok full day tour as specified- Transfers as per program, hotel-train station-hotel- Private transfer airport- hotel, hotel- airport in

Moscow and Vladivostok- Russian visa letter of invitation- 24/7 English-speaking support line in Russia

NOT INCLUDED:

- International flights

- Insurance

- Visa fee

- Extras of personal nature

Plan it wisely. Travel with Discovery Russia

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