Trans Siberian Tour | Travel with Trans Siberian Express | Pyala Russia Travel - Travel Program
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Trans Siberian Tour with many stops
private tour
Moscow - Kazan - Yekaterinburg - Novosibirsk - Krasnoyarsk - Irkutsk - Uland Ude - Vladivostok
As you cannot judge a book by its cover, as it is impossible to judge Russia only by Moscow. We present to your attention a tour across Russia, from Moscow to Vladivostok by the famous Trans-Siberian railway.
from 3495,-
18 days
Tabs
Day 1 Moscow
After lunch arrival to Moscow. Meeting with guide in an airport (DME, SVO or VKO).Transfer to a hotel, check-in, dinner in hotel.
Free time to explore the capital of Russia.
Here, everyone chooses something to one's taste. The convenient location of the hotel let you visit night clubs or a cozy cafe. It is possible that by chance, walking through an unfamiliar capital will turn to an amazing adventure.
* Accommodation in hotel; dinner.
Day 2 Moscow
Breakfast in hotel, check out.Moscow city tour (incl, Kremlin, St. Basil Cathedral and metro) You’ve got an excellent opportunity to learn the history of the Russian capital and see the most impressive sights of great historic and cultural value. The Red Square, one of the most spacious squares of the world, famous for Lenin’s Mausoleum and St. Basil Cathedral, and dominated by the grand Kremlin walls of red brick; the tower buildings symbolic of the Soviet Moscow; the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour that was demolished and then reconstructed as a symbol of the Russian faith.
You will also have a chance to discover the Moscow Subway (Metro) with its elegantly designed stations decorated with marble, mosaics, sculptures and chandeliers. Transfer to Kazansky Railway Station, where you start discovering Russia by train.
Departure to Kazan by train (12.5 hrs on board)
* Accommodation in train; breakfast
Distance: 800 km by train
Day 3 Kazan
In the morning arrival to Kazan. Meeting with guide on the railway station. Transfer to a hotel.12:00 Kazan city tour with visiting Kazan Kremlin. Kazan Kremlin is a unique historic and culture monument, which kept traces of three eras: Tatar, Russian and European.
Walking excursion to old-Tatar settlement. During this excursion you will visit the oldest mosque in Kazan – Al Mardzhani. It was built in 1766-1770 years, with support of parishioners by the personal permission of the Empress Catherine the Great.
Dinner in a restaurant with local Tatar cuisine.
20:00 Return to the hotel
* Accommodation in a hotel; breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 4 On board
In the morning check-out, transfer to the railway station.Departure to Yekaterinburg by train (12,5 hrs on board)
You will spend all the day on the train, enjoying the landscape of European part of Russia. Gentle moving of the wagon and sound of wheels put you and your friends to sincere conversations.
In the night arrival to Yekaterinburg. Meeting with the guide on the railway station. Transfer to a hotel.
* Accommodation in a hotel; breakfast.
Distance: 890 km by train
Day 5 Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg city tour.During the excursion you will see buildings of 17th-19th centuries, theatres, a dam. Also you will visit the Russian log hut museum, here you will know, how people lived, what they ate centuries ago.
After lunch you will visit the monument, standing on the border of Europe and Asia. According to a tradition, on the board you should drink a glass of champagne. On the way back you will visit the Ganina Yama. Here situated seven wooden churches, constructed in a memory about the killing of an imperial family Romanovs.
Transfer to railway station, departure to Novosibirsk by train (22 hrs on board)
* Accommodation in train; breakfast, lunch
Distance: 1525 km by train
Day 6 On board
Next evening arrival to Novosibirsk. Meeting with guide, accommodation in a hotel.Dinner. Free time
* Accommodation in a hotel; dinner
Day 7 Novosibirsk
Breakfast in the hotel, check-out.Novosibirsk city tour, covering all the main attractions of the city: Novosibirsk Railway Station – the biggest station of the Trans-Siberian Railroad, Ascension Cathedral, Krasny Prospect street, Lenin Square - city center with the biggest world’s Opera House, old wooden houses on Gorkogo Str. - the oldest part of the city, St.Nicolas Chapel – the geographic center of Russia, river Ob’ embankment and colorful Siberian farm-market.
Excursion in the Local Lore Museum, featuring the fascinating mystical history of Siberia.
Tour to the scientific city Akademgorodok (30km outside the city) – the only scientific city in the world, where all the branches of sciences are presented. Visit to the Open-Air Train Museum (a collection of the old Trans-Siberian trains).
Dinner in restaurant, near railway station. Independent boarding a train to Krasnoyarsk
* Accommodation in the train; breakfast, lunch, dinner
Distance: 760 km by train, 60 km by car
Day 8 Krasnoyarsk
In the morning arrival to Krasnoyarsk. Meeting with a guide on the railway station. Transfer to a hotel.Krasnoyarsk city tour. During the excursion we show our guests the most interesting places of our city: Mira square with outstanding view of the Yenisei, monument to Andrew Dubenskoy, Karaulnaya hill from where you can see the whole city is spreading in front of your eyes. You will also visit Praskeva Pyatnitsa chapel and walk along the old streets, you will know where their names come from, how our city has been changing and growing.
You will visit the park Bobrovy Log, where you will have a chance to discover a beautiful view on the nature reserve Stolby (Takmak rock) going up the hill by the ropeway to the observation point overlooking the magnificent views of the city and its surroundings.
Then you will visit an observation place Tsar Fish and see the Krasnoyarsk Hydro Power Station (dam)
Return to the hotel. Free time
* Accommodation in a hotel; breakfast, lunch
Distance: 100 km by car
Day 9 Krasnoyarsk
After breakfast a walking excursion on your choice:1. Visit the salon of man-made textiles “Grandmother`s chest”
2. Visiting the house of painter Vasily Surikov
3. Visiting Krasnoyarsk Regional Ethnographical Museum.
12:00 Return to the hotel, transfer to the railway station
Departure to Irkutsk by train (18 hrs on board)
* Accommodation in train; breakfast
Distance: 1100 km by train
Day 10 Irkutsk
In the morning arrival to Irkutsk. Meeting with guide on the railway station.Breakfast in a cafe
Irkitsk city tour. Irkutsk has a great number of monuments of wooden architecture. There are about 500 architectural monuments in the city, among which historically constructed ensembles are depicted. The greatest interest has the ancient part of the city including Church of the Savior and Znameniye Cathedral Lunch in a restaurant.
Excursion to the Decembrist House Museum. Decembrist House Museum is connected with the family of Sergey Volkonsky, one of the Decembrists leaders. They lived for 30 years in Siberia, 17 of them they had been living in Irkutsk in this house. Original things of the Volkonsky family and other Decembrists are kept in the museum.
Transfer to Listvyanka. Excursion in the open-air museum of Wooden Architecture Taltsy. On the territory there are 13 architectural complexes with 36 wooden buildings. Some of them have exhibits which can help you to understand the agricultural and cultural peculiarities of Transbaikal people of 19th-20th centuries.
Arrival to Listvyanka, check-in, free time
* Accommodation in a hotel; breakfast, lunch
Distance: about 100 km by car
Day 11 Baikal lake
Listvyanka city tour. Here you will visit Shaman Rock, St. Nicholas church, Chersky Mount view point by ski-lift, 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. Many local legends are attributed to this place. The rock is believed to be the house of one of the Buryat gods.Visit Baikal Museum with the aquarium with Baikal fish and freshwater seals – Nerpas. Baikal museum is a splendid museum where different material evidences, exhibits, in short all the information about lake Baikal is kept, studied and exhibited: origin of the lake; representatives of the endemic flora and fauna from the surface of the lake to the maximum depth; excellent model of the bed of Baikal.
Return to Irkutsk
* Accommodation in a hotel; breakfast, lunch
Distance: 70 km by car
Day 12 Ulan-Ude
Check-out, transfer to the railway station. Departure to Ulan-Ude by train (8 hrs on board).In the evening arrival to Ulan-Ude. Transfer to a hotel, check-in, free time
You will be surprised how different is the city in comparison with these that you have already visited. The city combines the history of the Soviet Union and Buddhism.
* Accommodation in a hotel; breakfast
Distance: 440 km by train
Day 13 Ulan Ude
Start touring with center of Buddhism in Russia – Ivolginsky Datsan Monastery. It is a beautiful temple opened for the visitors. Nowadays it also includes a famous Buddhist University "Dashi Choikhorling" (the name derives from the Tibetan language and means "the land of Happy teaching". Here Buddhist monks-scientists, specialists in Tibetan and Old Mongolian languages and orientalists are taught.Lunch in a cafe with traditional Buryat cuisine.
Drive to the Old Believer’s village. Old Believers of Buryatia are a colorful branch of Orthodox Russians exiled in Siberia in 8th century after the church reform carried out by Patriarch Nikon. They managed to save their culture, singing art, religion as they were two centuries ago. Dinner at the family, traditional games, Old Believers polyphonic songs and a lot of fun.
Return to Ula-Ude.
* Accommodation in a hotel; breakfast, lunch, dinner
Distance: 150 km by car
Day 14 On board
Free time, by 12:00 check-out, transfer to the railway station.Departure to Vladivostok (2.5-3 days on board).
Two days by measuring the sound of wheels let you remember all the emotions experienced over the past two weeks. Two days of tranquility and relaxation. Two days to charge your phones and cameras to the last, final trip to Vladivostok.
* Accommodation in train; breakfast
Day 15
Day on train* Accommodation on train; no meals provided
Day 16 Vladivostok
Early in the morning arrival to Vladivostok. Meeting with a guide on the railway station. Transfer to a hotel, check-in, breakfastVladivostok city tour. During excursion, you will see Marine station, central square and the museum, located in submarine C-56, walk along the embankment
You will visit the Arseniev museum, enjoy the magnificent view from the observation point in the fortress. Walking along the pedestrian Fokin street. Dinner in a local restaurant, return to the hotel
* Accommodation in a hotel; breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 17 Vladivostok
Excursion to the Russky Island by car crossing a new bridge.Excursion to the Voroshilov battery (ex-fortress, now military museum). Lunch in a local restaurant.
Free time in Vladivostok city center, shopping, souvenirs, excursion in GUM shopping mall Dinner in a restaurant with Russian cuisine. Return to the hotel
* Accommodation in a hotel; breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 18 Departure
Breakfast in the hotelTransfer to the airport with guide
You can continue your long journey and take a ferry to Korea or to Japan.
* Breakfast
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