Day 1 ARRIVAL TO VLADIVOSTOK

• 09:45 arrival to Vladivostok by SU 6281

• Meeting the driver at the airport and transfer to the city

• Accommodation at hotel Primorye 3*/ Zemmchujina 3*/ Sibirskoe Podvorie 3*. Standard check-in at 14:00.

• Free time and overnight

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Day 2 VLADIVOSTOK

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• ​​Breakfast at the hotel’s restaurant

• 4 hours City tour around Vladivostok with visiting the main attractions of the city: view point at Egersheld and Tokarevsky Lighthouse, railway station and Marine station, central Square with the Monument to Fighters, historical Center of Vladivostok, Svetlanskaya Street, Nikolai Triumph Arch, Korabelnaya Nabereznaya, visit to C- 56 submarine museum, funicular and View point “Orlinoe Gnezdo", Vladivostok “Arbat”, visit to Arseniev museum(Local Lore museum)

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• Afternoon free time

• Overnight at hotel

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Day 3 VLADIVOSTOK – EVENING TRAIN TO IRKUTSK

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• Breakfast at the hotel’s restaurant

• 4 hours tour to Russky Island

Your excursion begins with crossing two modern cable-stayed bridges: Bridge across Zolotoy Rog Bay and Russky Bridge constructed in 2012 Russky Island was finally established only by the mid-20 th century. In Soviet time, the Island was a military and forbidden island. The new life of Russky Island started after holding the APEC Summit on its territory in autumn 2012 Unique seaside nature, azure sea, a lot of picturesque coves, majestic coastal cliffs, excellent beaches and a scattering of unique fortifications - all this is Russian island, the largest in the Gulf of Peter the Great and the closest to the mainland Vladivostok. Now you have the possibility to see the large international business center, where summit's and forum’s main activities take place, Far Eastern University's campus, which has united Vladivostok's four largest universities (university buildings occupy an area of 200 ha).

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• Back to the city

• Free time

• Evening transfer to the railway station, driver only

• 19:10 Departure from Vladivostok to Irkutsk by train #01

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Day 4-5 ON THE TRAIN

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Day 6 ARRIVAL TO IRKUTSK - LISTVYANKA

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• 15:31 Arrival to Irkutsk by train from Vladivostok

• Meeting the guide

• Departure to Listvyanka

• 16.45 On the way visit to the Taltsy museum of wooden architecture and ethnography

• 18.30 Arrival to Listvyanka, visit of Saint Nicolas church in Krestovka village

• 19.00 Accommodation at Krestovaya Pad hotel 3*, renovated Twin/Dbl room

• Dinner at the hotel restaurant

• Free time and overnight

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Day 6 YEKATERINBURG – EARLY MORNING TRAIN TO IRKUTSK (ODD DAY!)

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• 02:30 Transfer to the railway station

• 03:42 Departure by #02 to Irkutsk

• Overnight on train (2-berth compartment/ 4-berth compartment)

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Day 7:  LISTVYANKA – OLKHON ISLAND – LISTVYANKA (WED, SAT ONLY !!!)

• One day trip to Olkhon by water on a hydrofoil is the fastest and easiest way to visit the island. Good choice for those who visit Siberia for a short break.

• 8.10 In the morning boarding on a hydrofoil. The vessel goes to Olkhon island along the western shore of Baikal.

One can be both inside a hydrofoil and on the upper deck. The vessel goes fast and it is windy outside, please, take windproof jacket and a hat.

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• Boxed breakfast (sandwich, water).

• 12.15 arrival in Olkhon, landing in Zagli bay on the southern tip of  Olkhon.

Olkhon is the biggest island on Baikal with an area of 730 km2. Many tourists from all over the world urge to visit it to see its natural and historic monuments and variety of landscapes.  Last years Olkhon becomes a popular place for films and advertising video shooting (Ex. The scent of life by Aqua di Gio).

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• Transfer to Khuzhir village on UAZ minivans. Khuzhir is the central settlement on Olkhon island. Its population is only 1200 people, and most of them work in tourist camps and souvenir shops.

• Excursion in Khuzhir. The guide will tell about Buryats, shamanism, we visit Burkhan cape with through-cave in it.

• Lunch in a local café (soup, 2 posas (buryat dumplngs), buiscuit, bread, tea). If you are a vegetarian or need a special diet, please inform us beforehand to choose another meals.

• 15.30. Transfer back to Zagli bay on UAZ minivans

• 17 - 21 the way back to Listvyanka on hydrofoil.

• Arrival in Listvyanka.

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Day 8 IRKUTSK (ODD DAY!)

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• Breakfast

• Meeting the guide

• Transfer to Irkutsk

• 3 hours city tour around Irkutsk

• Lunch at the local restaurant

• ​Transfer to the railway station

• 15:54 Departure to Yekaterinburg by train #1

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Day 9 ON THE TRAIN

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Day 10 YEKATERINBURG

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• Arrival to Yekaterinburg

• Meeting the guide

• Lunch at the local restaurant​

• 3 hours city tour around the city with visiting the main attractions of the city: The Dam, which was used to be a heart of each and every plant in the Urals in the 18th century; Chapel in the name of the great St. Catherine, Sevastianov’s House, central square of the city – Square of 1905, Yekaterinburg City Administration, Church on the Blood, print house building, Opera theater. You will have a chance to know Chekists Neighborhood, which was designed by a group of architects by order of Sverdlovsk NKVD office.

• Transfer to hotel. Check-in at Element hotel 4*

• Free time.

• Overnight

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Day 11 YEKATERINBURG – TRAIN TO KAZAN (EVEN DAY!)

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• Breakfast.

• Meeting the guide

• 3 hours tour to the border of Europe and Asia. The borderline starts in the eastern part of the city and continues in the western one. It runs through the Great Siberian highway to a column - obelisk “Europe and Asia boundary” established on crossroads of two parts of the world. The borderline that is lain out from Ural stones is so thin that tourists will be able to take photos of each other standing with one foot in Asia and with another in Europe! 

• Lunch at the local restaurant

• 4 hours excursion to Ganina Yama and Cathedral on the Blood. You’ll visit the place of the last Russian Tsar execution and learn about the tragic death of tsar Nickolay II and his family.

• Dinner at the local restaurant

• Transfer to the railway station

• 22:33 Departure by train #105 to Kazan (4-berth compartments)

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Day 12 KAZAN

• 11:18 Arrival to Kazan

• Meeting the guide

• Lunch at the restaurant

• Excursions in Kazan The tour includes the most famous sights of Kazan: Old Tatar Sloboda, the oldest mosque Marjani, Kamal theatre,

• the Kazan University, the mysterious lake Kaban, Kazan Millennium Park Kazan, a Tatar village Tugan Avylym in the city center, Ekiyat puppet theater, Liberty Square, Kazanka river embankment, offering unique views of the coast of the Kazan Riviera, Millenium Bridge, Kazan Arena Stadium, Peter and Paul Cathedral, the miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Kazan.

• Walking Kazan Kremlin tour

You will see the Spassky tower, leaning tower Syuyumbike, and government buildings, visit the Kul-Sharif Mosque and the Cathedral of the Annunciation. You will be delighted with the beauty of the architecture and fascinated by fascinating stories that will tell you professional tour guide. The route will stop for beautiful memorable photographs.

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• Transfer to hotel, check in at Marriott Kazan Kremlin hotel 4* and free time.

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Day 13 KAZAN – DEPARTURE TO MOSCOW

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• Breakfast at the hotel’s restaurant (buffet)

• 09:00 Meeting the guide

• 09:00 – 14:00 Tour to the UNESCO Island Town of Sviyazhsk with the stop at the “Temple of all Religions” (outside view).

Sviyazhsk is located at the confluence of the Volga and Sviyaga Rivers. The distance from Kazan to Sviyazhsk is about 60 km. Sviyazhsk was founded in 1551 as a fortress which was built within 4 weeks. It became a military base of the Russian army during the siege of Kazan in 1552 Now it’s historical and cultural gem of the Republic of Tatartan. The complex of city buildings includes the works of Ivan Shiryaj and Postnik Yakovlev, who is well known as one of the builders of Saint Basil's Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow. Picturesque nature, surrounding shallow, waters of bays attracted people since the ancient times.The Temple of All Religions is one of the most unusual tourist attractions of Kazan. It is an architectural symbiosis of various religions, civilizations and cultures.

This temple, also sometimes called the Universal Temple, or the International Cultural Center of Spiritual Unity, is located in the Staroye Arakchino Microdistrict, right by the side of the Volga River.

• Back to Kazan and transfer to the restaurant for lunch

• 14:00 – 15:00 lunch at the local restaurant

• 15:00 - 17:30 Free time on Bauman Street, visit to local market/Arysh Mae shop

• 18:00 Dinner at the local restaurant

• 19:00 Transfer to the train station

• 20:00 Departure with train #01 to Moscow (2-berth/ 4-berth compartments)

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Day 14 MOSCOW

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• Morning arrival to Moscow

• Breakfast at the hotel’s restaurant

• City tour

Moscow is the capital of the Russian Federation and represents a unique set of old architecture masterpieces and modern high-tech buildings. If you want to know more about Moscow’s history, you need to take our city sightseeing tour! In only a few hours, you will have a glimpse of its main landmarks, such as the Red Square, the Kremlin, the Victory Park, the White House, the Arbat, Christ-the-Saviour Cathedral, the observation platform of Sparrow hills, Lomonosov University… and much more! It is an interesting and efficient introduction to Europe’s biggest city.

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• Lunch in the restaurant (Local)

• Kremlin visit

Visit one of the most well-known sights of Moscow – the Kremlin, with its 19 towers and red brick walls. It was rebuilt several times after since its construction in 1156 byorder of Prince Yuri Dolgoruky as a wooden fortress. Today’s Kremlin was built during the 15th century by Italian architects after the seat of the Orthodox Church had been moved to Moscow. The rebuilding of cathedrals and chapels of that time shaped the modern appearance of the Kremlin.

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• Metro tour

If you have ever wondered why the Moscow subway is considered one the most beautiful in the world, this tour is made for you. It constitutes a vast museum on its own with crazy labyrinths of stations and transfer. The experienced guide  will bring you a full insight into the history and architecture of Moscow metro

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Day 15 MOSCOW

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Tour to Sergiev Posad

Nowadays Sergiev Posad is one of the most fascinating sights of the Golden Ring of Russia, however you may visit it during your trip to Moscow as well. It represents the finest pieces of traditional Russian architecture of the 14th – 15th centuries. In the Trinity Cathedral – the town’s main landmark – you may glimpse icons painted by Andrei Rublev and Daniel Chorny.

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• Lunch in the restaurant (Local)

• Transfer back to the city

• Dinner in the restaurant (Local)

• Overnight at hotel 3*-4*

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Day 16 MOSCOW

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Free time and transfer to airport

• Leave Russia with happy memories

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