TRANSSIBERIAN BY «IMPERIAL RUSSIA» TRAIN
ROUTE:
Saint-Petersburg- Moscow – Kazan – Yekaterinburg - Tobolsk - Omsk – Novosibirsk –
Irkutsk-Lake Baikal
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1 Day
SaintPetersburg
SaintPetersburg
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Tour Description
Welcome to Saint - Petersburg. Your tour guide accompanies you from
airport to your hotel
Visit to tsar residence “Peterhof”
Lunch
Grand City Tour including visit to wonderful churches with the exquisite
Smolny Cathedral, a masterpiece of Rastrelli’s baroque; and/or the
shimmering mosaics and marble floor patterns at the Church of the Savior
on Blood; and/or the ancient icon-painting and carved iconostases at the St
Sampson’s Cathedral, erected by Peter I in gratitude for the victorious
Poltava battle; and/or the icons of golden mosaics and the columns of
malachite and lapis lazuli in the grand St Isaac’s Cathedral)
Visit to State Hermitage. The collection of the State Hermitage includes
more than three million works of art and artifacts of the world culture.
Dinner
After dinner the train departs from Saint - Petersburg
Arriving in Moscow Railway Station
Grand City Tour
Lunch
Visit to the Moscow Kremlin which is a symbol of the Russian State, one of
the greatest architectural complexes in the world, a treasure house of
magnificent relics and monuments of art
Walk along the Arbat Street. The Cathedral of Christ the Savior.
Sightseeing tour of Moscow metro stations.
Welcome to the «Imperial Russia» Train
Departure from Moscow
Arriving in Kazan Railway Station
Grand City Tour «Old Kazan». The Tartar capital is situated on the
picturesque banks of the Volga.
Within folklore program “Tugan Avalim” you will enjoy Tartar epic.
Kazan sightseeing (Kremlin)
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Lunch including a master class revealing the secret of Tartar Cuisine
Departure from Kazan
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2 Day
Moscow
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3 Day
Kazan
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4 Day
Yekaterinburg
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5 Day
31/07
Tobolsk
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Train arrives in Yekaterinburg railway station
City Tour dedicated to the Last Days of Last Russian Tsar. As part of the
excursion you will see the Church on Blood erected to commemorate a
tragic historical event, the orthodox monastery with temples that are
considered to be pearls of Russian construction
 Lunch
 You will visit the memorial built at the boundary of two continents (the
Europe and Asia)
 Departure from Yekaterinburg
 Arriving in Tobolsk, a part of Russian heartland. Tobolsk history is closely
related to the destiny of Romanov’s royal family. In august, 1917 the
family of the resigned Russian emperor was sent to Tobolsk.
 City Tour including a visit to the obelisk to the conqueror of Siberia
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6 Day
Omsk
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7 Day
Novosibirsk
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8 Day
On board
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9 Day
Irkutsk
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10 Day
Baikal
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11 Day
06/08
Irkutsk and
back home
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Visit to Tobolsk Kremlin, a 17th century fortress, the Chamber Museum of
Nicolas II
Lunch
Visit to Svyato-Znamensky friary, originally a Tartar town was situated
here, afterwards it was transformed into a Russian village.
You arrive in Omsk where you will be welcomed in the Russian manner
with bread and salt.
Guided City Tour. Omsk is the city of Cossacks. At the same time it was
the headquarter of foreign capital assets.
In the course of the tour you will visit “Siberian Chicago”, museums of
Dostoevky, Vrubel.
Lunch
Tour to the first Siberian Fruit Garden and Achair monastery.
Departure from Omsk
You will reach a region with great history and unique Siberian
architectural monuments and nature.
Sightseeing tour: Railway museum, Ballet and Opera House, ancient
streets, Ob river esplanade
Lunch
City tour continued
Departure from Novosibirsk
Train arrives Irkutsk railway station
Meeting with local guide
Tour to the historical city center including a visit to the Decembrist House,
the “wooden lace” house, also called the “House of Europe”, the most
beautiful and amazing streets of the city – Bolshaya Prospektnaya, today –
Karl Marx street.
Lunch at a city restaurant
Free time at the “130 quarter” – “Irkutskaya Sloboda”, a quarter with
reconstructed city buildings of the 19-20 c.
Visit to theEthnographical museum Taltsy wich is located in a picturesque
place on the right bank of the Angara River.
Dinner at a city restaurant
Departure from Irkutsk
Train arrives Port Baikal
You leave The «Imperial Russia» Train
Ferry trip to the Listvyanka village, the closest one to Irkutsk of all the
settlements on the shores of Lake Baikal
Lunch in the form of a picnic
Platform observation, Chersky Stone observation point with beautiful view
on the southern part of the lake and the source of the Angara River is one
of the most favorite places for tourists and photographers.
Visit to Baikal Museum which displays the flora and fauna of the lake.
Listvyanka sightseeing
Visit to local fish and souvenir market.
Transfer to Irkutsk
Accommodation in hotel
You start your return home
You start your return home