ROUTE:
Vladivostok – Khabarovsk - Ulan Ude – Lake Baikal – Irkutsk – Novosibirsk – Yekaterinburg – Kazan- Moscow
Tour dates:
04 JUNE – 17 JUNE 2019
01 AUGUST – 14 AUGUST 2019
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Tour Description |
04 JUNE / AUG 01 |
Vladivostok |
· Welcome to Vladivostok · Transfer to a hotel |
05 JUNE / AUG 02
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Vladivostok |
· Breakfast at the hotel · Сity tour around Vladivostok including main attractions of the city. · Lunch in a restaurant · Excursion to Russky Island. · Boat trip · Transfer to the train station · Welcome dinner onboard |
06 JUNE / AUG 03
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Khabarovsk |
· Breakfast onboard · Arrive Khabarovsk · Sightseeing tour of the city including visit to the Museum of the Regional Studies. · Lunch in a restaurant · Boat trip on the river with a folk concert · Dinner in a restaurant · Departure from Khabarovsk. |
07 JUNE / AUG 04
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Onboard |
· Enjoy activities onboard |
08 JUNE / AUG 05
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Onboard |
· Enjoy activities onboard |
09 JUNE / AUG 06 |
Ulan-Ude |
· Breakfast · Arriving to Ulan-Ude · Sightseeing tour. · Visit to Datsan. · Traditional local welcome and lunch. Excursion program, reception in a traditional Buryat Yurt and a folklore program. Hospitable Buryats will teach you how to cook the traditional Buryat dish pozy, how to play dice, use a bow, wear a traditional Buryat costume, assemble and disassemble a felt yurt. · Departing Ulan Ude. |
10 JUNE / AUG 07
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Baikal |
· Breakfast · Arrival in Port Baikal · Ferry trip to the Listvyanka village, the closest one to Irkutsk of all the settlements on the shores of Lake Baikal · Lunch in a restaurant · Visit to Baikal Museum which displays the flora and fauna of the lake. · Listvyanka sightseeing · Visit to local fish and souvenir market. · Welcome back to the Imperial Russia Train · Dinner in a form of a picnic |
11 JUNE / AUG 08
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Irkutsk |
· Train arrives Irkutsk railway station · Tour to the historical city center including a visit to the Decembrist House. · Lunch at a city restaurant · Visit to the Ethnographical museum Taltsy which is located in a picturesque place on the right bank of the Angara River. · Free time at the “130 quarter” – “Irkutskaya Sloboda”, a quarter with reconstructed city buildings of the 19-20 c. · Dinner at a city restaurant · Departure from Irkutsk |
12 JUNE / AUG 09
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On Board |
· On board of “Imperial Russia” Train · Enjoy activities on board |
13 JUNE / AUG 10
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Novosibirsk |
· Breakfast · Arrival in Novosibirsk · Sightseeing tour: Railway museum, Ballet and Opera House, ancient streets, Ob river esplanade · Lunch · City tour continued · Departure from Novosibirsk · Dinner onboard |
14 JUNE / AUG 11
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Yekaterinburg |
· Breakfast · 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) · Dinner in a restaurant · Departure from Yekaterinburg |
15 JUNE / AUG 12
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Kazan |
· Breakfast · Arriving in Kazan Railway Station · Grand City Tour «Old Kazan». The Tatar capital is situated on the picturesque banks of the Volga. · Within folklore program “Tugan Avalim” you will enjoy Tartar epic. · Kazan sightseeing (Kremlin) · Lunch including a master class revealing the secret of Tartar Cuisine · Departure from Kazan · Dinner on board |
16 JUNE / AUG 13
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Moscow |
· Arriving in Moscow Railway Station · You leave the Imperial Russia Train · Sightseeing tour of the city · Visit to the Moscow Kremlin. · Lunch in a restaurant · Walk along the Arbat Street. The Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Sightseeing tour of Moscow metro stations. · Dinner · Check-in at the hotel |
17 JUNE / AUG 14
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Moscow |
· Breakfast at the hotel · Departure transfer |