The Trans-Siberian Baikal Express Route
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Highlights
- Moscow’s 850-year-old Kremlin and Red Square, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Tour of the Armory Museum, housing Russia’s national treasures, or the world-class Tretyakov Gallery of Russian art
- UNESCO-listed Kazan Kremlin, once a fortress of the Golden Horde
- Church on the Blood in Ekaterinburg, where Nicholas II and his family perished
- Largest opera house in Russia, in Novosibirsk
- Irkutsk’s neighborhood of wooden buildings, decorated with the lacy wooden fretwork typical of Siberian architecture
- Classical concert at Decembrist House Museum
- Circumbaikal Railway, the most scenic stretch of the original Trans-Siberian Railway
- Little Listvyanka Village on the shores of UNESCO-listed Lake Baikal, the oldest and deepest lake on earth
- Visit to Listvyanka’s Limnological Museum
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- Accommodation aboard the Golden Eagle private train.
- Per the itinerary, 2 nights shared accommodations in well-located hotels.
- All meals starting with dinner on Day 1 until breakfast on final tour day, including a generous, though not unlimited, allowance of wine or local beer, soft drinks and water with all lunches and dinners.
- Arrival/departure transfers, provided you arrive and depart on the tour start/end dates and in the tour start/end cities.
- All guided off-train tours per itinerary.
- The services of an experienced Train Tour Manager, with local guides for scheduled off-train touring.
- Complimentary tea, coffee and mineral water round the clock from your car attendant while on board the train.
- All gratuities.
- Baggage handling.
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Itinerary
Enjoy a one-night stay at a five star hotel in Moscow. Tour the classic sights of this 850-year-old capital city, including expansive Red Square and the venerable Kremlin, or opt for a tour of the Tretyakov Gallery instead. In the evening depart aboard the luxury Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express private train.
Make a stop in Kazan, the beautiful capital of Tatarstan on the Volga, where a kremlin wall surrounds the old town, and both minarets and Orthodox churches are found. Cross from Europe into Asia at Ekaterinburg. Visit the site where the last czar, Nicholas II, and his family were held under house arrest for months before the Bolsheviks executed them in July of 1918.
Stop in Novosibirsk, a Siberian town that grew into a city due to its position on the Trans-Siberian line. Visit the massive Opera House, Lenin Square and the Ob River, flowing 3,500 miles from its source to the Arctic.
Arrive in Irkutsk, the “capital” of Siberia. The tour includes the major sights of this cultured little city, including examples of the classic wooden architecture for which the area is known.
A spectacular part of the journey today is spent winding through tunnels and around cliffs along the shoreline of Lake Baikal, the world’s deepest and oldest freshwater lake. Stop en route for a barbecue at the lake’s edge and continue to the village of Listvyanka. Vi...
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