«Imperial Russia» train Vladivostok — Moscow

«Imperial Russia» train Vladivostok — Moscow. Enjoy lifetime journey on private train crossing all Russia, 14 days trip with stops at the main Russian cities on the way.

ROUTE:

Vladivostok – Khabarovsk - Ulan Ude – Lake Baikal – Irkutsk – Novosibirsk –  Yekaterinburg –  Kazan- Moscow 

 

Tour dates:

04 JUNE – 17 JUNE 2019

01 AUGUST – 14 AUGUST 2019

 

 

 

Tour Description

04 JUNE / AUG 01

Vladivostok

·  Welcome to Vladivostok

·  Transfer to a hotel

05 JUNE / AUG 02

 

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

 

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

 

Onboard

·  Enjoy activities onboard

08 JUNE / AUG 05

 

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

 

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

 

 

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

 

On Board

·  On board of “Imperial Russia” Train

·  Enjoy activities on board

13 JUNE / AUG 10

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Moscow

·  Breakfast at the hotel

·  Departure transfer