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Imperial Russia Train – 2018/19 Trans-Siberian Tour – Between Beijing & Moscow via Mongolia
15 Day Private Charter Train, Fully escorted, with excursions. Book Now for 2018/2019!
Duration: 15 Days
Location: Beijing To Moscow (Westbound)
or Moscow To Beijing (Eastbound)
or Moscow To Beijing (Eastbound)
Price: From € 5,350Private Charter Train : From € 5,350
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Imperial Russia Train – 2018/19 Tour between Moscow – Beijing or Beijing – Moscow
Welcome to luxury escorted rail touring on the privately chartered ‘Imperial Russia’ Train. Enjoy an exclusive 15 day tour, Eastbound from Moscow or Westbound from Beijing in 2018, with a professional tour manager host, in comfortable compartments, as you travel along the iconic Trans-Mongolian Silk Road rail route between Moscow and Beijing (Eastbound or Westbound).
Choose a compartment to suit your preference and budget, with or without en-suite facilities, and enjoy a well-planned escorted tour with interesting included sightseeing itineraries which allow an insight into life in real Russia. Why not extend your stay to include a trip to St Petersburg, only 4 hours away from Moscow by fast Sapsan train. Please ask us for details.
TRANS-SIBERIAN IMPERIAL RUSSIA TRAIN ROUTES:
Eastbound: Moscow, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Lake Baikal, Ulan Ude, Ulan Bataar, Beijing
Westbound: Beijing, Erlian, Ulan Bataar, Ulan Ude, Lake Baikal, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Moscow
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VIP Deluxe Cars
Passengers per compartment: 1 to 2
Size: 64.5 ft²
Consists of 5 passenger compartments, 2 places in each.
Berths: one upper, one lower one.
A table with an armchair. An LCD TV. An inbuilt cabinet for clothes and luggage.
En-suite there is a shower cabin and an environmentally friendly toilet.
An individual air conditioner for heating and cooling the cabin.
VIP cars have two-seat compartments with an area larger than two ordinary ones.
A compartment has a comfortable transformable sofa and a foldaway upper berth.Business Class Sleeping Cars
(1 to 2 passengers per compartment)
Consists of 6 passenger compartments, 2 places in each.
Berths: one upper, one lower one.
A table with an armchair. An LCD TV set.
A private en-suite wet room with a washbasin, toilet and shower.
An individual air conditioner for heating and cooling the cabin.
Business Class cars have two-seat compartments with an area of 5.5 sq m.
A compartment has a comfortable transformable sofa and a foldaway upper berth.First Class Plus Sleeping Cars
Passengers per compartment: 1 to 2
Size: 37.6 ft²
Consists of 8 passenger compartments, 2 places in each.
Berths: one upper, one lower one.
A table with an armchair. An LCD TV. An inbuilt clothes cabinet.
Between two compartments there is one shared room with washbasin and shower facilities (no wc).
Two wc: one at each end of the carriage.
In compartment 9 there is an auxiliary room for storing luggage.
The air conditioning system is general, with an option of additional temperature control in each compartment.First Class Sleeping Cars
Passengers per compartment: 1 to 2
Size: 37.6 ft²
Consists of 8 passenger compartments, 2 places in each.
Berths: two lower ones.
A table. An LCD TV.
There is a shared shower compartment – ie one shower for the whole carriage
Two water closets: one at each end of the carriage.
Both berth are lower (standard size).
The air conditioning system is general, with an option of additional temperature control in each compartment.Imperial Train Dining
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Beijing to Moscow
TRANS-SIBERIAN IMPERIAL RUSSIA TRAIN ROUTE (Westbound):
Visiting Beijing, Ulan Bataar, Ulan Ude, Lake Baikal,, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Moscow
Tour dates 2018 (15 Days) :
27 August – 10 September 2018
24 September – 08 October 2018Tour dates 2019 (15 Days) :
01 – 15 July 2019
26 August – 09 September 2019Day 1: – Beijing
Welcome to Beijing!Our tour starts today, visiting the amazing Tian’anmen Square – this area alone can accommodate about a million people – this is the world’s largest urban area, where also you will see the national Museum of China; the House of People’s Meetings, the majestic monument to the National Heroes. The Forbidden City. Dinner tonight with your fellow travellers.
2 nights in a hotel.
The Great Wall – China
Day 2: – Beijing
Breakfast at the hotel, after which our sightseeing day will include visiting the Great Wall of China.Enjoy lunch in a local restaurant before the afternoon excursion to the Summer Palace
Tonight we enjoy dinner in a local Restaurant – traditional Beijing duck!
Day 3: – Beijing
Breakfast at the HotelDepart Beijing
Day 4: – Erlian
Breakfast on board.Arriving in Erlian (or Eranhot) on the Chinese/Mongolian border, we change trains to join our ‘Imperial Russia’ Train
Settle in on board as we continue Westwards.Day 5: – Ulan-Bataar
Arriving to Ulan Bator, we leave the train for 1 nights’ adventure. We travel the scenic route, by motor coach to Terelj National Park, where we arrive to the Camp. Upon arrival, some free time to settle into your traditional yurt and freshen up prior to lunch.Lunch at the yurt camp
After lunch, we go to the famous turtle rock and to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the surrounding area, a hiking tour to the top of the overlooking hill for a splendid general view of the Terelj National Park.
We will visit a nomadic family for an introduction to the authentic lifestyle and culture of Mongolian nomads and try some traditional dairy food. Activities include disassembling and building of a small Mongolian Yurt. For the energetic, optional Horse riding (not included pay locally,
Dinner at the camp and enjoy the vast sunset in the wide steppe and observe night stars
Overnight accommodation in Yurts
Day 6: – Ulan-Bataar
Breakfast at the camp, then transfer by road to Ulaanbaatar. Our sightseeing tour of the city includes Sukhabaatar Square and Gandan monastery. We take a Mongolian BBQ style lunch before continuing our exploration to visit to the Museum of National History. Later we walk up Zaisan hill for viewing the city of Ulaanbaatar. The culture of the country comes to life with a folk show and we enjoy dinner at a local restaurant before rejoining our private charter train and depart from Ulan-Bataar
Day 7: – Ulan-Ude
Breakfast onboard, before arriving to Ulan-Ude.
Our sightseeing tour shows us this unique city, a convenient location in both strategic and economic ways on the cross-roads of Russia with China and Mongolia.
The ethnic and cultural diversity of this area results in a unique understanding of its heritage and of world religions. We will visit functioning churches: Ivolginsky Datsan, Odigitria Cathedral, Holy Trinity Church.
You will also be welcomed in a Buryat family with a warm reception in a traditional Buryat Yurt and a folklore programme. Hospitable Buryats will teach you how to cook the traditional Buryat dish pozy, how to play dice, use a bow, wear a traditional Buryat costume, assemble and disassemble a felt yurt.
We return to our Imperial train for dinner onboard and we depart Ulan Ude.
Day 8: – Baikal
Breakfast onboard as we arrive to Port Baikal.
Our excursion today includes a ferry trip to the Listvyanka village, the closest one to Irkutsk of all the settlements on the shores of Lake Baikal. We visit the observation platform, Chersky Stone observation point with a beautiful view on the southern part of the lake and the source of the Angara River – one of the most memorable places for tourists and photographers.
We enjoy lunch in a local restaurant, before our visit to Baikal Museum, which has interesting exhibits of the flora and fauna of the lake. In Listvyanka, our exploration includes a visit to the local fish and souvenir market before we rejoin the Imperial Russia Train.
Tonight we have a special picnic dinner.
Day 9: – Irkutsk
Breakfast onboard, before our train arrives at Irkutsk railway station.Our tour to the historical city centre includes a visit to the Decembrist House, the “wooden lace” house, also called the “House of Europe”, and some of the most beautiful and amazing streets of the city – Bolshaya Prospektnaya, today – Karl Marx street.
Before our afternoon tour we have lunch in a city restaurant.
Our visit this afternoon is to the Ethnographical museum Taltsy in a picturesque location on the right bank of the Angara River. There is some free time at the “130 quarter” – “Irkutskaya Sloboda”, a quarter with reconstructed city buildings of the 19-20 c.
Dinner this evening is at a city restaurant, before we rejoin our train for departure from Irkutsk.
Day 10: – On Board
Onboard the “Imperial Russia” TrainEnjoy meals and activities on board
Day 11: – Novosibirsk
Breakfast onboard as we arrive in Novosibirsk.This region has a great history and unique examples of Siberian architectural monuments and nature.
Our sightseeing tour will include the impressive Railway museum, the Ballet and Opera House, the city’s ancient streets and the Ob river esplanade. Lunch is included today
We depart from Novosibirsk and enjoy dinner onboard.
Day 12: – Ekaterinburg
Breakfast onboard before we arrive in Ekaterinburg railway station.The City Tour is dedicated to the Last Days of Last Russian Tsar. As part of the excursion, you will see the Church on Blood erected to commemorate the tragic historical event, plus the orthodox monastery with temples that are considered to be pearls of Russian construction.
We enjoy lunch in a local restaurant and later you will visit the memorial built at the boundary of two continents (the Europe and Asia).
Departure from Ekaterinburg on board the Imperial Russia train.
Dinner onboard.
Day 13: – Kazan
Breakfast on board and srrival at Kazan Railway Station.
Enjoy a Grand City Tour of Old Kazan. The Tartar capital is situated on the picturesque banks of the Volga river. Included is a folklore program “Tugan Avalim” a Tartar epic! We also include a visit to the Kazan Kremlin, where you will see the famous mosque.
Lunch today includes a master class revealing the secret of Tartar Cuisine.
Rejoin our Imperial Russia train and we depart from Kazan.
Enjoy dinner onboard as we depart Kazan, heading West towards our final destination, Moscow!
Day 14 – Moscow
Arriving in Moscow, after an iconic journey we leave the Imperial train to explore. We visit Moscow’s Kremlin, which is a symbol of the Russian State, one of the greatest architectural complexes in the world, a treasure house of magnificent relics and monuments of art. After lunch in a local restaurant, we’ll walk along the Arbat Street, visit the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour and tour some of Moscow’s most beautiful metro stations.
Dinner and check-in at the hotel for 1 night.
Kremlin Walls Moscow
Day 15: – Moscow
Breakfast at the hotel. Check out by 11.00hrs
Your driver will collect you for your transfer to the airport or rail station for your homeward or onward journey.
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Moscow to Beijing
TRANS-SIBERIAN IMPERIAL RUSSIA TRAIN ROUTE (Eastbound):
Visiting: Moscow, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Lake Baikal, Ulan Ude, Ulan Bataar, Beijing
Tour dates 2018 (15 Days):
19 August 2018 – 02 September 2018
16 – 30 September 2018Tour dates 2019 (15 Days) :
23 June – 07 July 2019
18 August – 01 September 2019Day 1: – Moscow
Welcome to Moscow.
Arrive at the international airport and you will be transferred to your hotel to check in for 1 night. If you have booked our pre-tour to St Petersburg, we’ll collect you from the railway station.
Kremlin Walls Moscow
Day 2: – Moscow
Breakfast at the Hotel
Today we visit Moscow’s Kremlin, which is a symbol of the Russian State, one of the greatest architectural complexes in the world, a treasure house of magnificent relics and monuments of art.
After enjoying lunch in a local restaurant continue your exploration with a walk along the Arbat Street, visit to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior and a sightseeing tour of Moscow’s beautiful metro stations.
Dinner this evening with your fellow travelling companions, before we board the “Imperial Russia” Train, to start your iconic journey.
Depart Moscow
Day 3: – Kazan
Breakfast on board and arrival at Kazan Railway Station.
Enjoy a Grand City Tour of Old Kazan. The Tartar capital is situated on the picturesque banks of the Volga river. Included is a folklore program “Tugan Avalim” a Tartar epic! We also include a visit to Kazan’s Kremlin, where you will see the famous mosque.
Lunch today includes a master class revealing the secret of Tartar Cuisine.
Rejoin our Imperial Russia train and enjoy dinner onboard as we depart Kazan, heading East!
Day 4: – Ekaterinburg
Breakfast onboard before we arrive in Ekaterinburg railway station.
The City Tour is dedicated to the Last Days of Last Russian Tsar. As part of the excursion, you will see the Church on Blood erected to commemorate the tragic historical event, plus the orthodox monastery with temples that are considered to be pearls of Russian construction.
We enjoy lunch in a local restaurant and later you will visit the memorial built at the boundary of two continents (the Europe and Asia).
Departure from Ekaterinburg on board the Imperial Russia train.
Dinner onboard.
Day 5: – Novosibirsk
Breakfast onboard as we arrive in Novosibirsk.
This region has a great history and unique examples of Siberian architectural monuments and nature.
Our sightseeing tour will include the impressive Railway museum, the Ballet and Opera House, the city’s ancient streets and the Ob river esplanade. Lunch is included today
We depart from Novosibirsk and enjoy dinner onboard.
Day 6: – On board
Enjoy activities on board
Meals on board
Day 7: – Irkutsk
Breakfast onboard, before our train arrives at Irkutsk railway station.
Our tour to the historical city centre includes a visit to the Decembrist House, the “wooden lace” house, also called the “House of Europe”, and some of the most beautiful and amazing streets of the city – Bolshaya Prospektnaya, today – Karl Marx street.
Before our afternoon tour we have lunch in a city restaurant.
Our visit this afternoon is to the Ethnographical museum Taltsy in a picturesque location on the right bank of the Angara River. There is some free time at the “130 quarter” – “Irkutskaya Sloboda”, a quarter with reconstructed city buildings of the 19-20 c.
Dinner this evening is at a city restaurant, before we rejoin our train for departure from Irkutsk.
Day 8: – Baikal
Breakfast onboard as we arrive to Port Baikal.
Our excursion today includes a ferry trip to the Listvyanka village, the closest one to Irkutsk of all the settlements on the shores of Lake Baikal. We visit the observation platform, Chersky Stone observation point with a beautiful view on the southern part of the lake and the source of the Angara River – one of the most memorable places for tourists and photographers.
We enjoy lunch in a local restaurant, before our visit to Baikal Museum, which has interesting exhibits of the flora and fauna of the lake.
In Listvyanka, our exploration includes a visit to the local fish and souvenir market before we rejoin the Imperial Russia Train.
Tonight a special picnic dinner on the shores of the lake.
Day 9: – Ulan-Ude
Breakfast onboard, before arriving to Ulan-Ude.
Our sightseeing tour shows us this unique city, a convenient location in both strategic and economic terms on the cross-roads of Russia with China and Mongolia.
The ethnic and cultural diversity of this area results in a unique understanding of its heritage and of world religions. We will visit functioning churches: Ivolginsky Datsan, Odigitria Cathedral, Holy Trinity Church.
You will also be welcomed in a Buryat family with a warm reception in a traditional Buryat Yurt and a folklore programme. Hospitable Buryats will teach you how to cook the traditional Buryat dish pozy, how to play dice, use a bow, wear a traditional Buryat costume, assemble and disassemble a felt Ger (yurt).
We return to our Imperial train for dinner onboard and we depart Ulan Ude.
Day 10: – Ulan Bataar
Arriving to Ulan Bator, we leave the train for 1 nights’ adventure. After visiting the main square and Zaisan square, we travel the scenic route, by motor coach to Terelj National Park, where we arrive to the Camp. Upon arrival, some free time to settle into your traditional Ger and freshen up prior to lunch.
Lunch at the Ger camp
After lunch, we go to the famous turtle rock and to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the surrounding area, a hiking tour to the top of the overlooking hill for a splendid general view of the Terelj National Park.
We will visit a nomadic family for an introduction to the authentic lifestyle and culture of Mongolian nomads and try some traditional dairy food. Activities include disassembling and building of a small Mongolian Ger. For the energetic, optional Horse riding (not included pay locally) is available.
Dinner at the camp and enjoy the vast sunset in the wide steppe and observe the night stars, before ‘turning in’ to your traditional Mongolian Ger.
Overnight accommodation in Ger.
Day 11: – Ulan Bataar
Breakfast at the camp, then transfer by road to Ulaanbaatar. Our sightseeing tour of the city includes Gandan monastery and Bogd Khaan winter palace museum. We take a Mongolian BBQ style lunch before continuing our exploration to visit to the Museum of National History.. The culture of the country comes to life with a folk show and we rejoin our private charter train to enjoy dinner onboard and depart from Ulan-Bataar
Day 12: – Erlian
Breakfast on board.
Arriving in Erlian (or Eranhot) on the Mongolian/Chinese, we say goodbye to the crew of the Imperial Russian train and change to our Chinese train for 1 night as we continue Eastwards.Day 13: – Beijing
After breakfast onboard, arriving at our final destination, Beijing, our tour today, visits the amazing Tian’anmen Square – this area alone can accommodate about a million people – this is the world’s largest urban area, where also you will see the national Museum of China; the House of People’s Meetings, the majestic monument to the National Heroes. The Forbidden City.
Tonight we enjoy dinner in a local Restaurant – traditional Peking duck!Check in for 2 nights in a hotel.
Day 14: – Beijing
Breakfast at the hotel, after which our sightseeing today will include visiting the Great Wall of China.
Enjoy lunch in a local restaurant before the afternoon excursion to the Summer Palace.
Dinner is included tonight as you say farewell to your fellow travellers on this iconic journey from West to East.The Great Wall – China
The Great Wall – China
Day 15: – Beijing
Breakfast at the hotel. Check out by 11.00hrs
Your driver will collect you for your transfer to the airport or rail station for your homeward or onward journey.
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COMPARTMENT CATEGORY
2018
PRICE PER PERSON
IN EURO2019
PRICE PER PERSON
IN EUROVIP DELUXE (per person in a two-bedded compartment) € 9,805 € 10,800 VIP compartment – Single use supplement € 5,580 supplement € 7,300
supplementBUSINESS CLASS (per person in a two-bedded compartment) € 9,155 € 10,070 BUSINESS CLASS – Single use supplement € 5,230 supplement € 6,800
supplementFIRST CLASS PLUS (per person in a two-bedded compartment) € 5,950 € 6,650 FIRST CLASS PLUS – Single use supplement € 2,055 supplement € 2,700
supplementFIRST CLASS (per person in a two-bedded compartment) € 5,350 € 6,155 FIRST CLASS – Single use supplement € 1,875 supplement € 2,450
supplementTour Dates 2018
Routes
19 August 2018 – 02 September 2018
16 — 30 September 2018Moscow to Beijing – – 27 August 2018 – 10 September 2018
24 September — 8 October 2018Beijing to Moscow Tour Dates 2019
Routes
23 June – 07 July 2019
18 August – 01 September 2019Moscow to Beijing – – 01 – 15 July 2019
26 August – 09 September 2019Beijing to Moscow Payment conditions:
- 20% Non-refundable deposit upon confirmation of the tour:
- Full payment due to be made 70 days prior to departure.
Accommodation on the Imperial Russia Train Tour:
- 1 night in Moscow hotel
- 2 nights in Beijing hotel
- 1 night in Ger in Mongolia
- 9 nights onboard the “Imperial Russia Train”
- 1 night onboard Chinese train
Excursions and Guides
- Excursions with local guides according to the programme.
- Excursions will be conducted in English (German, French and Spanish. Other languages are possible upon request)
Meals
- Tea/coffee on board throughout the day
- Full board from breakfast on Day 2 to breakfast on Day 15
Other included services on the Imperial Russia Train
- Pick-up at the airports, transfer to hotels and train stations (Moscow and Beijing)
- Services of the porter at the hotel and the railway station
- Brief informative lectures on the Trans-Siberian Railroad, geography and history of the country visited
- Towels, bathrobe and slippers available onboard of the “Imperial Russia” train.
- Doctor on board.
- English Speaking Group Leader and Tour managers.
Services not included
- International and Domestic flights
- Russian visas
- All drinks ordered in the bar car
- Tips for guides and onboard staff and personal expenses
- Insurance (every passenger is obliged to have a medical insurance for the whole duration of the Tour)
- Vaccination: please consult your doctor or medical centre for specific health advice, due to visit of different countries in terms of this Tour).
Duration: 15 Days
Location: Beijing To Moscow (Westbound)
or Moscow To Beijing (Eastbound)
Price: From €5,350
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