Accommodation

• Centrally located hand-picked hotels
• 4 nights St. Petersburg // 3 nights Moscow // 1 night Kazan with early check in // 2 nights Ekaterinburg // 2 nights Lake Baikal/Listvyanka // 1 night Vladivostok with early check-in
• 6 nights on board

Meals

• Full breakfast in the hotels (except Day 1)
• Group tour: Welcome dinner & Farewell dinner
• 3 lunches: Buryat lunch at Lake Baikal // Russian lunch in Taltsy with tea and honey degustation // Tatar cooking master-class with lunch in Kazan

Transportation

• Train 1st class compartment (2-berth) as per itinerary

• from St Petersburg to Moscow by train fare first class

• from Moscow to Kazan by train fare first class

• from Kazan to Yekaterinburg by train fare first class

• from Yekaterinburg to Lake Baikal by train fare first class

• from Lake Baikal to Vladivostok by train fare first class

• Train 2nd class train compartment as per itinerary

• from St Petersburg to Moscow by train fare economy

• from Moscow to Kazan by train fare economy

• from Kazan to Yekaterinburg by train fare economy

• from Yekaterinburg to Lake Baikal by train fare economy

• from Lake Baikal to Vladivostok by train fare economy

• Bullet train St. Petersburg to Moscow, standard class, 4 hours ride. Please inquire about 1st class upgrade or flight options
• Superior trains on the route
• Meet & greet at every location
• Return airport/train station transfers
• Full metro/public transport passes in Moscow & St. Petersburg
• Transportation on tours as per program in a comfortable a/c car/minivan/bus

Sightseeing

• St Petersburg full day (8 hours) guided tour: the Royal Palace of Peterhof, the Peter & Paul Fortress and Cathedral, boat cruise
• St. Petersburg full day (8 hours) guided tour: the Winter Palace and the Hermitage, Isaac Cathedral, Kazan Cathedral, the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
• Pushkin/Tsarskoe Selo day (6 hours) guided tour: Catherine’s palace & Amber room
• Moscow full day (8 hours) guided tour: the Moscow Kremlin, the Kremlin Armory, the Red Square, Moscow metro tour, Novodevichy Convent, Arbat area
• Moscow full day (8 hours) guided tour: the State Tretyakov Gallery, Stalin's skyscrapers tour, the Izmailovo Kremlin, the VDNKh & Museum of Cosmonautics
• Kazan full day (8 hours) guided tour: the Kazan Kremlin, Kul Sharif Mosque, Syumbike tower, Chak-chak museum, Old Tatar village
• Yekaterinburg full day (8 hours) guided tour: Church of All Saints, Museum of minerals, the Ipatiev House, Europe-Asia border, Pyzhma military museum
• Irkutsk full day (8 hours) guided tour: Taltsy Open Air Siberian Museum with Matryoshka painting master class and interactive program Tea in Russia & Great Tea Way with tea degustation, Irkutsk historical downtown, St. Epiphany Cathedral, Kirov Square
• Lake Baikal (Listvyanka) full day (8 hours) guided tour: Shaman rock, Baikal Museum of Limnology, Chersky Stone observation point, local souvenir market
• Vladivostok full day (8 hours) guided tour: harbour, Submarine S-56, Golden Bridge, viewpoint Eagle’s Nest, Vokzalnaya Square, the monument of the Trans-Siberian Railway, Vladivostok fortress museum

Entrance tickets & visas

• Entrance tickets to all listed attractions
• Russian visa letter of invitation (required by the Ministry of Tourism to grant you a Russian visa) is provided free of charge

Your comfort counts

• Dedicated local English-speaking guide in all places as per program
• Russian local sim card with data
• Discovery Russia 24/7 English-speaking support line
• Best places to stay, to eat, to go out and have fun - safe and secure with the Australian tour operator
• The group tour is fully escorted by a bilingual tour director
• Group size 20 people maximum. All our group departures are guaranteed.