Transsiberian Express

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Day1

Arrive to Vladivostok, meet with guide

Dinner on way at city restaurant

Hotel check-in.

Day2

B’fast at hotel

City sightseeing (railway station, central square, observatory “Hawk’s nest” (one way by funicular), Vladivostok Fortress museum)

Home visit and lunch of home-made Russian food (“VAVILOVO”)

Visit to free market. Visit to C-56 submarine museum, Nickolay gate, Russian orthodox church. Dinner

Transfer to railway station. Boarding the train. Departure by train to Irkutsk

Day3-4

Full board on train

Day5

Arrival to Irkutsk. Transfer to hotel

Dinner at hotel

Day6

After b’fast, one day trip to Baikal Lake

Transfer to ferry port, boarding the ship “Voskhod”

Departure to Listvyanka village

Baikal lake cruise, 1 hour. Lunch

Visit to museum of Siberian Architecture in wood TALTSY, walking around birch trees

Departure to Listvyanka village

Visit to Baikal Seals Aquarium, Fish market

Departure to Irkutsk. Arrival to Irkutsk. Transfer to hotel.

Dinner at hotel with folklore show

Day7

B’fast at hotel

Visit to Buryat tribe (museum, shaman), Unique ceremony dance

Lunch (Buryat cuisine)

Departure to Irkutsk

City s/s with visit to Kirova square, Znamenskiy monastery

Transfer to railway station. Boarding the train with porters.

Departure to Krasnoyarsk by Train Dinner at DINING CAR

Day8

Breakfast Arrival to Krasnoyarsk. Meeting with guide and porters. Transfer to hotel.

Visit Krasnoyarsk local lore museum(by foot from the hotel)

Lunch at restaurant. Departure for aquatic voyage through Yenisei.

Arrive to Divnogorsk , walking along the Quay

View to Hydro Electric Station (outside)

View point Tsar-Ryba (Yenisei river and city view)

Dinner at local restaurant. Arrive to Hotel

Day9

B’fast at hotel

Visit Surikov Museum Departure to Stolby Nature park.

Visit to Stolby nature park.( walking at nature park, rocks, 2 hours excursion) Picnic lunch at local person house. Departure from the Nature park.

Sightseeing of Krasnoyarsk (Centre of the city, Dubensky Memorial, etc. Dinner at restaurant

Day10

Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to railway station and boarding train

Departure for Novosibirsk Lunch Dinner

Arrival to Novosibirsk. Transfer to hotel. Check-in. No dinner.

Day11

B’fast at hotel.

City s/s. Akademgorodok—scientific city, Geology museum, Open-air train museum (collection of the old Trans-siberian trains), Ob’ reservoir—artificial sea.

Lunch at the house of scientists.

Return to Novosibirsk. S/s: Novosibirsk railway station, Ascension Cathedral, Krasniy Prospect street, Lenin square, old wooden houses on Gorkogo street, St.Nicolas Chapel, Siberian farm-market

Matreshka-painting master class/ OR Beresta Museum

Dinner in local restaurant. Transfer to railway station. Departure by train #1 to Moscow

Day12

Full board on train

Day13

B’fast, Lunch

Arrival to Moscow. Meeting with guide. Dinner at local restaurant

Evening city tour Red Square, St. Savior Cathedral (outside), Sparrow hills. Check-in hotel

Day14

Buffet b’fast

Kremlin, 3 Cathedrals

Lunch at local restaurant

Transfer to airport with guide. Flight to Vladivostok.

Day 15

Arrive at Vladivostok, meeting with guide and porters

Lunch at Venice restaurant at airport

Check-in for the flight. Departure for Japan