Tour details

Day 1. Welcome to Russia. Arriving to Moscow.

Evening Moscow walk along Arbat Street.

Day 2. Moscow tour. Evening train to Kasan.

Spend a day visiting, Red Square with famous St Basil's Cathedral, exploring the fascinating Moscow metro.

In the evening we will take the train to Kazan.

Day 4. Explore Kasan historical center.

See the Istanbul of Russia. Kazan Kremlin is one of the most beautiful in Russia, see the mosques and well preserved historical center.

Dinner at the Tatar family.

Day 5. Day in the train.

Enjoy a full day on the train crossing the Ural Mountains and the border between Europe and Asia. Arrive in Yekaterinburg in the evening.

Day 6. Ekaterinburg

Explore the sights around Yekaterinburg, including the Church of All Saints and the Romanov Burial Site.

Day 7. Krasnoyarsk

Visit Krasnoyarsk at great river Yenisey. Hike to Stolby Wilderness area with famous rock formations, or go to one of the biggest hydroelectric dams in Russia.

Dinner at the Russian family.

Day 8. Day in train.

Day 10. Arriving to Irkutsk. Going to Olkhon Island.

After arriving we will take the bus and head to the biggest Island of the deepest lake in the world - Olkhon. Arriving at lake Baikal in 4 hours you will have some free time and walk to the famous Burkhan cape – the most secret place for shamanists of northern Asia.

Day 10. Explore the Island.

Discover the island by Russian off-road bus UAZ. You will see steps and forests, rocks covered with red lichens, and lake with views of the mountains.

Day 11. Returning back to Irkutsk and exploring the wooden architecture and old churches.

Early departure from the island and lunch at the Buryat restaurant. The Buryats are nomadic Mongolian relative tribes leaving for centuries around lake Baikal. Try some local food.

After arriving back in the town and exploring churches and wooden architecture of Irkutsk that is older than St. Petersburg.

Day 12. Visit Listvyanka and Talci open-air museum.

Departure to Listvyanka and visit Talci museum. Here you can see the collection of original wooden houses some of which are more than 300 years old. Visit Baikal museum with aquariums and see the endemic fish and freshwater seal - nerpa.

Day 13. Baikal train

Taking the train on the old part of Transsiberian railroad which was excluded from the main stream. From the one side, you will enjoy views of Lake Baikal and the Mountains on the other side of the lake, the other side will be mountains and picturesque valleys and small villages. On the stops, we will visit some tunnels, viaducts, and galleries which were constructed by Italian engineers over 100 years ago.

Returning to Irkutsk.

Day 14. Departure from Irkutsk via airplane.

Take the plane back to Moscow and from where you can fly almost in any country. Or continue exploring the Transsiberian railroad by visiting Ulan-Ude, Chabarovsk and Vladivostok.