Trans-Siberian from Coast to Coast with Tour Leader and Photographer

Trans-Siberian from Coast to Coast with Tour Leader and Photographer

How are we different from all the others? Most companies will just guide you around the city and then take you to your train station and leave you there, not us. With us you will have a tour leader form day 1 and till the end of your trip, taking care of you and all your needs in every city you stop and the train trips.

On top of that he as a professional photographer with take his equipment to record your trip so that you can just focus on having fun and by the end of your adventure we will present you with photos and videos professionally taken and edited so that you will never forget this experience.

From the Gulf of Finland to the Sea of Japan this trip promises to show the best Russia from coast to coast! All the things you ever wanted to see and learn about Russia here you can find. The Imperial style, the Socialist influence, the Modern skylines and the Greatness of nature.

No wonder this is everyone’s favorite tour.

Itinerary

Day 1: Day 1 in St Petersburg - Welcome to Russia! Airport-Hotel transfer and free evening

Pass By: Russia, Russia
A private car will pick you up in the LED Airport and take you to your hotel where your tour leader will be waiting for you, hw will answer questions you may have about the trip and after you will have a free evening to rest or walk around on your own.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a 5 stars hotel.

Day 2: Day 2 in Saint Petersburg - The Palaces of the Romanov

Stop At: Russia, Russia
Day 1 in St Petersburg – The Palaces of the Romanov

We begin our journey with a speed boat trip from the Neva River and to the cost of the Gulf of Finland. On this day of we will really feel like Tsars visiting the Gardens of the Summer Palace that were built to compete with Versailles and the insides if the Winter palace – the largest art collection in the world.

• Neva River
• Speed Boat (meteor) – with panoramic views of the city, and the stadium
• Gardens of the Summer Palace
• Winter Palace
• Hermitage Museum

Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Overnight in a 5 stars hotel.

Day 3: Day 3 in Saint Petersburg - The Imperial City

Stop At: Russia, Russia
Day 2 in St Petersburg – The Imperial City

After our visit to the cities Palaces we will walk in one of the youngest cities in the world. Visiting the most iconic landmarks of the city that what the capital of Imperial Russia for more than 200 years.

• The church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood
• Church of Our lady of Kazan
• Ekaterininsky Skver
• Yeliseev's Emporium Department Store Saint Petersburg
• Nevsky Av.
• St Petersburg Metro Stations
• St Isacs Cathedral
• Bronze Horseman
• Peter and Paul Fortress

Transport to Moskovsky Railway station and departure to Moscow (night train)

Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 4: Day 1 in Moscow – Arrival to the city, Free Day

Stop At: Russia, Russia
To rest and recharge from a long trip we will go directly to the hotel from the train station (at the time of check in) and your guide will give you some options of what to do during the day, you can either walk by yourself or maybe you decide to rest so that the next day you have the energy for an amazing day.
Duration: 10 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 5: Day 2 in Moscow - The Iconic Moscow

Stop At: Russia, Russia
On our first day in the Russian capital city we will visit the must-see places in Moscow, every church street and panoramic site everything that the locals have to see on regular bases, what the tourist love and even where the government has its headquarters so that you don’t miss anything!

8 am to 9 am Hotel breakfast and departure to:

• The Red Square
• The Kremlin and Kremlin Tower
• Assumption Cathedral
• Alexander Garden
• The Ruined Grotto
• Eternal Flame to the Unknown Solder
• Monument after Russian General Zhukov
• Bolshoi Theater
• GUM
• Yeliseev's Emporium Department Store Moscow
• Tverskaya Street
• Kamergersky Lane
• Bolshaya Dmitrovka

Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 6: Day 3 in Moscow – The New Era

Stop At: Russia, Russia
On our second day in Moscow we will see the less known but equally important places in Moscow, a trip from the soviet era and the times of political turmoil and a transfer to the modern and vibrant state that it is today.

• Kolomenskoye
• Arbat Street
• Stalin Skyscraper
• Moscow Historic Old Town
• Gorky Park
• Moscow Metro Stations
• Nikitsky Boulevard
• Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street

Transport to the Railway station and departure to Kazan (night train)

Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 7: Day 1 in Kazan – The Clash of Cultures

Stop At: Siberian District, Siberian District
Kazan is a magnificent city that has been the cross path and melting pot of Russians Muslims and many other cultures. This is all reflected in its architecture, music, costumes and of course their cuisine! All of this is waiting for us on this exiting day.

• Kazan Kremlin
• Old Tatar Sloboda
• Tatar village Tugan Avylym in the city center
• Mosque Marjani
• Kamal Theatre
• Lake Kaban
• Kazan Millennium Park
• Liberty Square
• Kazan University
• Peter and Paul Cathedral
• Miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Kazan
• Volga River

Transport to the Railway station and departure to Yekaterinburg (night train)

Small break in a loсal cafeteria.
(cost of the food and drinks not included)

Dinner will be served in an alternative 5 stars Russian restaurant.
(cost of the food and drinks not included)

Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 8: Day 1 in Yekaterinburg – From Europe to Asia

Stop At: Siberian District, Siberian District
This wonderful city is not only rich in history and beauty but is also located in the Ural Mountains making it a strategic point of culture and commerce. Here is where the Romanov dynasty came to an end and the Soviet era took place. This and more is wat we will discover today.

• European and Asian Border
• Church on Blood in Honour of All Saints
• Sevastyanov House

Transport to the Railway station and departure to Novosibirsk (night train)

Small break in a local cafeteria.
(cost of the food and drinks not included)

Dinner will be served in an alternative 5 stars Russian restaurant.
(cost of the food and drinks not included)

Duration: 6 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 9: Train Ride to Novosibirsk

Stop At: Siberian District, Siberian District
Train Ride to Novosibirsk

On this day we will enjoy full experience of the Trans-Siberian as we travel to Novosibirsk.

Day 1 in Novosibirsk – Directly to the hotel

After a long Train Ride we will arrive late in the evening to Novosibirsk so we will have to go directly to sleep.

Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 10: Day 2 in Novosibirsk – The Siberian Capital

Stop At: Siberia, Russia
Novosibirsk is a city contrasts nature, history and modernity is what we will see while we walk and learn about the vibrant and young city. A full appreciation of the skyline and the skyscrapers and the beautiful Siberian trees.

• NOVAT – Novosibirsk State Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet
• Sobor Aleksandra Nevskogo
• Museum for Railway Technology Novosibirsk
• Tsentral'nyy Park
• Square of Fame
• Saint Nicholas Chapel, Novosibirsk

Transport to the Railway station and departure to Irkutsk (night train)

Small break in a local cafeteria.
(cost of the food and drinks not included)

Dinner will be served in an alternative 5 stars Russian restaurant.
(cost of the food and drinks not included)

Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 11: Train Ride to Irkutsk

Pass By: Siberian District, Siberian District
On this day we will enjoy full experience of the Trans-Siberian as we travel to Irkutsk.

After a long Train Ride we will arrive early in the morning In Irkutsk so we will have to go for some breakfast and start exploring!


No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 12: Day 1 in Irkutsk – The Typical Russia

Stop At: Siberian District, Siberian District
On our first day we will get to see the main attractions of the city that even thought is already too far from Moscow has a lot to offer; tradition, architecture, wildlife, lakes, mountains, rivers and the very typical East-Russian folk.

• Taltsy Open-Air Museum of Wooden Architecture
• Old city center
• Local farmer’s market
• Bogoyavlenski Cathedral,
• Saviour’s Church,
• Embankment on the Angara River

Small break in a local cafeteria.
(cost of the food and drinks not included)

Dinner will be served in an alternative 5 stars Russian restaurant.
(cost of the food and drinks not included)

Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 13: Day 2 in Irkutsk and Listviyanka – The Wild Siberia

Stop At: Siberian District, Siberian District
The impressive nature of Russia and Siberia can’t be appreciated better than in the surroundings of Irkutsk, the experience of a lifetime that will be stuck in your skin, eyes ears and nose, the mere sensation of being here will make you feel that only to see this views the tour was worth it.

• Shores of Lake Baikal
• Listviyanka
• Baikal Ecology Museum
• The local church
• Market on the lake’s shores
• Circum-Baikal Railway
• Cruise on the crystal-blue lake

Transport to the Railway station and departure to Ulan-Ude (night train)

Small break in a local cafeteria.
(cost of the food and drinks not included)

Dinner will be served in an alternative 5 stars Russian restaurant.
(cost of the food and drinks not included)

Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 14: Day 1 in Ulan-Ude – The Buddhist city of Russia

Stop At: Siberian District, Siberian District
Founded by the Evenks, invaded by the Mongols and Shaped by the Soviets this city is a memorial of religion and culture in every way. To start we will take a vehicle to the Buddhist temple of Datsan to learn about the religion in the are and how it arrived here, then we will go to the city center to walk the streets and be impressed by the contrasting monuments this place has to offer.

• Datsan "Rinpoche Bagsha" (Buddhist temple)
• Svyato-Odigitriyevskiy Sobor
• Pamyatnik V. I. Leninu
• Ulan-Ude Ethnographic Museum
• Museum of theHistory of Ulan-Ude
• Pamyatnik Geseru
• Memorial Pobedy

Transport to the Railway station and departure to Khabarovsk (2 days train)

Small break in a local cafeteria.
(cost of the food and drinks not included)

Dinner will be served in an alternative 5 stars Russian restaurant.
(cost of the food and drinks not included)

Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 15: Train Ride to Khabarovsk

Stop At: Far Eastern District, Far Eastern District
Train Ride to Khabarovsk

On this day we will enjoy full experience of the Trans-Siberian as we travel to Khabarovsk.

After a long Train Ride we will arrive late in the evening to Khabarovsk so we will have to go directly to sleep.

Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 16: Train Ride to Khabarovsk

Stop At: Russia, Russia
On this day we will enjoy full experience of the Trans-Siberian as we travel to Khabarovsk.

After a long Train Ride we will arrive late in the evening to Khabarovsk so we will have to go directly to sleep.

Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 17: Day 1 in Khabarovsk – Between 2 Empires

Stop At: Russia, Russia
Khabarovsk has been a site of dispute since it was founded, at the beginning the natives of the are had to fight with the Russian Cossacks that were expending their territory, later it was occupied by the Chinese Quin Dynasty and later it was taken again by the Romanov. A great number of battles took place here from its beginning ant all the way to WWII and we will get to learn all about it. On this exiting day.

• Ploshchad' "Gorod Voinskoy Slavy"
• Ploshchad' Lenina
• Ploshchad' Slavy
• Khabarovskiy Krayevoy Park
• Monument of Muraviev-Amur
• Far Eastern Art Museum
• Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral in Khabarovsk

Transport to the Railway station and departure to Vladivostok (night train)

Small break in a local cafeteria.
(cost of the food and drinks not included)

Dinner will be served in an alternative 5 stars Russian restaurant.
(cost of the food and drinks not included)

Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 18: Day 1 in Vladivostok – The end of the Road, The end of Russia

Stop At: Far Eastern District, Far Eastern District
As we arrive to our final destination we prepare for another exiting day, a city that has the impact of nature, industry, history, modernity and war. This city has everything.

We will visit churches, bridges, tall buildings, forts and parks. We will get on top of hills to see the impressive city and the majestic Sea of Japan.

What better wat to spend our day.

• Kitayski (Chinese) Market
• Shrine Chapel of St. Andrew
• Triumphal Arch for Tsar Nicholas II
• Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God
• Pokrovsky park
• Eagle's Nest Hill
• Russky Bridge
• Vladivostok Fortress Museum
• Russkiy Island

Transport to the Hotel

Small break in a local cafeteria.
(cost of the food and drinks not included)

Dinner will be served in an alternative 5 stars Russian restaurant.
(cost of the food and drinks not included)

Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 19: Day 2 in Vladivostok – Bye-bye our dear clients, we hope to see you again soon!

Pass By: Far Eastern District, Far Eastern District
On this days we say good bye, we eat breakfast all together, share our thoughts and get ready for what it may come.

Your tour leader will be at your hotel all day helping you get everything in order in case you need it and will set up your transfer to the airport (please note that free transfer to the airport will only by available on this day).

Your leader will sit you on your transport and you will be on your way to take your flight.

• End of our services, we will miss you!



No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.