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5 days / 4 nights
Tour can be transit or combined with Moscow and Saint Petersburg (see Stopover packages)
Very interesting trip at Irkutsk side of the Baikal with unforgettable ride by the retro train along the Circle Baikal road!
Place of travel: the southern part of Lake Baikal
Time: summer-early autumn
Tour Program:
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Day 1 |
Arrival to Irkutsk airport. Meeting with guide, transfer to a hotel in Irkutsk.. Overnight in Irkutsk hotel. |
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Day 2 |
All-day sightseeing of Lake Baikal and Listvyanka.
After breakfast, you will depart for Lake Baikal and stop by the wooden architecture museum that recreates the life of the 18th century.
After arriving at Lake Baikal, you will enjoy "Baikal Lake Cruise" (about 1 hour), "Baikal Lake Museum" and "Nikolskaya Church".
Visit the "fish market" where you can buy fish and souvenirs.
For lunch, enjoy the famous "Baikal cuisine" with fish food made from Baikal fish.
After sightseeing, return to the hotel.
Overnight in Listvyanka hotel. |
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Day 3 |
Taking the train and going by the Circle Baikal Rail Road. Before the Great Socialist revolution (1917) this short part of the TransSiberian Railroad was called "Gold buckle of the steel belt of Russia". The belt because it joined two parts of the TransSiberian Railway at the Baikal,and Golden because this railroad was very expensive more than ever made in Russia that time. Today the Circle Baikal Rail Road consists of 39 tunnels, 16 stone galleries, 248 viaduct and bridges, one of the most beautiful railway with amazing Baikal views. Lunch in the train. Take the ride from Port Baikal to Irkutsk. The journey takes about 8 hours from the morning till evening. Arrival to Irkutsk. Transfer to the hotel. Overnight in Irkutsk hotel. |
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Day 4 |
Irkutsk city tour. After dinner, retun to the hotel in Irkutsk. Overnight. |
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Day 5 |
Transfer to the airport. Departure. |
Price of the tour per person:
For 2 pax - from 1266 EUR
For 4 pax - from 925 EUR
Single supplement - from 210 EUR
Price includes:
- Accommodation: "Maryott 4*" in Irkutsk (3 nights), "Krestovaya Pad" in Listvyanka (1 night)
- Guide with English, German, French, Chinese, Korean
- Excursion by the retro train along the Circle Baikal Railway, boat trip at the Baikal (1hour)
- Transportation: minivan, bus depending on the group number)
- Rise on the chairlift road to Cherskiy stone, visiting museums according to the program
- Irkutsk city tour and visiting museums according to the program
- Meals - Full board
For extra charge:
- Extra expenses
- Additional excursions
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