Big Ticket - 19 days
Overview
Highlights
- Moscow - home to Red Square and the mighty Kremlin
- Trans-Siberian, Mongolian & Manchurian route
- Yekaterinburg - gateway to the Ural Mountains
- Irkutsk - former Cossack garrison & trading centre
- Views of Siberian forest, Gobi Desert and Lake Baikal en route
- Ulan Ude - capital of the Russian Republic of Buryatia
- Ulaan Baatar - set on the banks of the Tuul River
- Beijing - extend your stay and visit the Great Wall
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Trip includes
- 10 breakfasts
- 2 nights 3 star hotel in Moscow
- 2 nights 3 star hotel in Yekaterinburg
- 3 nights 3 star hotel in Irkutsk
- 1 night 3 star hotel in Ulan Ude
- 3 nights 3 star hotel in Ulaan Baatar
- 7 nights on board train (2nd class, 4 berth sleeper cabin)
- Train journey: Moscow - Beijing
- Moscow airport arrival transfer on day 1
- Transfer to Moscow train station (not platform) on day 3
- Return rail station transfers in Yekaterinburg, Irkutsk, Ulan Ude and Ulaan Baatar
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Itinerary
Welcome to Russia’s vibrant capital city. Arrival transfer from Moscow Sheremetyevo or Domodedovo airport to your hotel. The remains of days 1 and 2 are free for you to explore the sights of Moscow. On day 2 there is the option to travel to the legendary Red Square by...
Moscow - Yekaterinburg. Explore the city independently today. This afternoon transfer to rail station to board the train to Yekaterinburg.
Yekaterinburg. On the evening of day 4 the train pulls into Yekaterinburg. Transfer to your hotel. On day 5 there is an optional city tour, which takes in the new monastery that marks the site of the Romanov family’s execution in 1918 and Ganina Yama - a beautiful mon...
Yekaterinburg. Today you can choose from the optional activities on offer or spend the day at leisure. This evening relax at the hotel before your transfer to the station to board the train to Irkutsk.
Yekaterinburg - Irkutsk. Relax on board and enjoy the views as you travel through Siberia en route to Irkutsk.
Irkutsk. Morning arrival into Irkutsk, a town with the Asiatic influences of nearby Mongolia and China and curious architecture - a legacy of Siberia's exiled aristocrats. Spend the next three days at leisure exploring the town. Or choose one of the following optional...
Irkutsk - Ulan Ude - breakfast. Spend day 12 at leisure in Irkutsk before your evening departure for the overnight train to Ulan Ude. Very early the following morning arrive into Ulan Ude and transfer to your hotel. Day 13 is free for you to independently explore th...
Ulaan Baatar. Morning arrival (subject to border formalities and inevitable delays) into Outer Mongolia after crossing the border in the very early hours of day 15, transfer to your hotel in Ulaan Baatar. Mongolia is a country of unspoilt natural beauty, with endless ...
Ulaan Baatar - Beijing. Early morning transfer to rail station for your onward train journey through endless steppe and the Gobi Desert before crossing the border into China in the evening on day 18. Day 19 is the final leg of your Big Ticket, passing through Shaanxi province en route to the capital. Afternoon arrival into Beijng signals the end of your epic Trans-Siberian journey.
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Logistics
What's excluded
- Flights and visas
- No meals aboard the train
- Laundry, drinks and items of a personal nature
- This journey is semi-independent and is unescorted. It is not a group departure and you will not have a tour guide.
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Children can travel aboard the Trans-Siberian however this style of trip is really only suitable for older children who are able to occupy themselves on the train where there is little to do and not much room to run around.
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