MOSCOW
MOSCOW
KAZAN
EKATERINBURG
NOVOSIBIRSK
ON BOARD
BRATSK
SEVEROBAIKALSK
ON BOARD
NOVAYA CHARA
TYNDA
ON BOARD
KOMSOMOLSK
VLADIVOSTOK
VLADIVOSTOK
Day 1
Passengers are met at the Moscow airport and transferred to a five-star hotel for a one-night stay. Welcome reception and dinner this evening.
Day 2
Today we tour the classic sights of this 850-year-old capital city, including expansive Red Square with its imaginatively decorated St. Basil's Cathedral and the venerable Kremlin with its imperial palaces. This evening we depart aboard the Trans-Siberian Express private train.
Day 3
We spend the day in Kazan, the beautiful capital of Tartarstan on the Volga. Enjoy dinner on board the train as we depart for the Ural Mountains and the city of Ekaterinburg.
Day 4
We cross from Europe into Asia prior to our arrival at Ekaterinburg. Here the czar and his family were placed under house arrest for months before the Bolsheviks executed them in July of 1918.
Day 5
Today we stop in Novosibirsk, a Siberian town that grew into a city due to its position on the Trans-Siberian line. We visit the enourmous Opera House, Lenin Square and the Ob River, which flows 3,500 miles from its source to the Arctic.
Day 6
Enjoy a relaxing day onboard the train as we head east through the Sayan Mountains. If rail schedules permit, a short stop will be made in the city of Abakan.
Day 7
In 1636, Cossacks intent on collecting tribute from the resident Buryats built a fort at Bratsk near the confluene of the Angara and the Oka rivers northwest of Lake Baikal. The town remained a small provincial place with about 2,000 people until 1954, when the massive Bratsk dam project was begun.
Day 8
Severobaikalsk began in 1974 as a base camp for construction of the BAM (Baikal Aur Mainline) railroad line. Cleared from the virgin taiga on the north shore of Lake Baikal, the town was little more than a collection of tents, cabins and railroad cars at first. By 1980 it was declared a city, and today more than 30,000 people live in this remote place, surrounded on three sides by mountains, and on the other by Lake Baikal.
Day 9
Today we take the breath-taking 33 mile spiral bypass line that carried trains while the nine-mile Severomuysk tunnel was being built.
Please note: There is a possibility this route will no longer be operational by the time of our visit in which case we will pass through the newly opened 15.7 km long tunnel.
Day 10
The village of Novaya Chara is known to alpinists and climbers as a jumping-off place to the rocky peaks of the Koda Mountains. Gemologists know it as the namesake of the purple gemstone called charoite and the only region in the world where it can be found.
Day 11
Tynda hosts the headquarters of the BAM construction company. Seated at the crossroads of the BAM and branch of the main Trans-Siberian line, Tynda's life is tied to the railroad. One of the main sights in the city is the BAM museum, which contains exhibits and photos illustrating the construction of the railroad, as well as artifacts of the native Evenk people.
Day 12
Today we continue through the region of permafrost, where the frozen earth that lies two to five feet underground keeps the trees from growing much over the height of a person's head.
Day 13
Komsomolsk was planned and built in 1932 as a secret center for military industries. Its position on the Amur River, which is the border between Russia and China, and inland of the Tartar strait on the Pacific Ocean, made it a strategic spot to manufacture airplanes and submarines.
Day 14
As we arrive in Vladivostok, we can spot the obelisk marking the offical end of the Trans-Siberian line. Our city tour includes the principal military attractions of this once 'closed' Russian town. We transfer to a four-star hotel for one-night stay and our final farewell dinner.
Day 15
Breakfast in the hotel before transfers to the airport for international flight departures.
VLADIVOSTOK
VLADIVOSTOK
KOMSOMOLSK
ON BOARD
TYNDA
NOVAYA CHARA
SEVEROMUYSK · SEVEROBAIKALSK
BRATSK
ON BOARD
NOVOSIBIRSK
EKATERINBURG
KAZAN
MOSCOW
MOSCOW
Day 1
Passengers are met at Vladivostok airport and transfer to a four-star hotel for a one-night stay. Welcome reception and dinner this evening.
Day 2
Today's city tour includes the major military attractions of this once 'closed' Russian town. Afternoon departure of our private Trans-Siberian Express train.
Day 3
During the night we cross the Amur River in Khabarovsk and reach the most easterly point of this journey. Komsomolsk was planned and built in 1932 as a secret center for military industries. After visiting Komsomolsk we join the BAM, the line that runs north of an parallel to the original Trans-Siberian, and heads westward through some of Siberia's most remote territory.
Day 4
Relax on board today as we enter the region of permafrost. Here the vast distances and forbidding conditions have created a difficult environment for human existence. Enjoy the on-board services available on the Trans-Siberian Express.
Day 5
Today we stop in Tynda and pay a visit to the local BAM museum. Tynda hosts the headquarters of the BAM (Baikal Amur Line) construction company. Seated at the crossroads of the BAM and a branch of the main Trans-Siberian line, Tynda's life is tied to the railroad.
Day 6
The village of Novaya Chara is known to alpinists and climbers as a jumping-off place to the rocky peaks of the Koda Mountains. Gemologists know it as the namesake of the purple gemstone called charoite, and the only region in the world where it can be found.
Day 7
Early this morning we take the breath-taking 33 mile spiral bypass line that carried trains while the nine-mile Severomuysk tunnel was being built.
Please note: there is a possibility this route will no longer be operational by the time of our visit in which case we will pass through the newly opened 15.7 km long tunnel.
Day 8
In 1636, Cossacks intent on collecting tribute from the resident Buryats built a fort at Bratsk near the confluence of the Angara and the Oka rivers northwest of Lake Baikal. The town remained a small provincial place with about 2,000 people until 1954, when the massive Bratsk dam project was begun.
Day 9
As we head east the Trans-Siberian Express climbs through the spectacular Sayan Mountains and if rail schedules permit, pauses for a short visit in Abakan.
Day 10
Around breakfast time we stop at Seyatel to visit the West Siberian Railway museum before continuing into Novosibirsk, a Siberian town that grew into a city due to its position on the Trans-Siberian line.
Day 11
Ekaterinburg, last city in Asia and capital of the Urals, is our destination today. Here the czar and his family were placed under house arrest for months before the Bolsheviks executed them in July of 1918. We cross Europe/ Asia divide shortly after departure.
Day 12
We spend the day in Kazan, the beautiful capital of Tartarstan on the Volga. Enjoy our final dinner onboard the train as we depart overnight for Moscow.
Day 13
Today we tour the classic sights of this 850 year old capital city, including expansive Red Square with its imaginatively decorated St. Basil's Cathedral and the venerable Kremlin with its imperial palaces. Transfer to a five-star hotel for our final night. Farewell reception and dinner this evening.
Day 14
Enjoy breakfast in the hotel before transfers to the airport for international flight departures.
| EASTBOUND Moscow to Vladivostok |
WESTBOUND Vladivostok to Moscow |
| September 2 - 16 | August 25 - September 7 |
| Cabin Type | Tour Price |
| Heritage Twin Share |
$ 5,395 |
| Heritage Single |
$ 7,495 |
| Gold Twin Share |
$10,995 |
| Gold Single |
$15,995 |
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