Trans Mongolian Express with Golden Ring

Accommodation

• 3-, 4- or 5-star hotel of your choice, hand-picked by our staff for their excellent amenities and central location
• 3 nights Beijing // 1 night Ulaanbaatar // 2 nights Listvyanka village at Lake Baikal shores // 2 nights Yekaterinburg // 1 night Kazan // 1 night with early check-in Nizhny Novgorod // 1 night Vladimir // 1 night Yaroslavl // 1 night Suzdal
• 3 nights Moscow
• 1 night at Terelj National Park in ger camp (yurt)
• 5 nights on board

Meals

• Group tour: Welcome dinner
• Full breakfast at the hotels (except Day 1)
• Full board in Mongolia (except the day of arrival in Ulaanbaatar: on this day only lunch and dinner included)
• Buryat lunch in Irkutsk (or at Lake Baikal) // Siberian lunch at the Taltsy museum // Tatar cooking master-class with lunch in Kazan
• Degustation of Medovukha (lunch) in Suzdal, 1 lunch in Vladimir
• Chinese tea ceremony in Beijing (on day 2) // Russian tea ceremony in Gorodets (on Day 16)

Transportation

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

• from Beijing to Ulaanbaatar - Terelj National Park - Ulaanbaatar by train fare first class

• from Ulaanbaatar - Terelj National Park - Ulaanbaatar to Irkutsk / Lake Baikal by train fare first class

• from Irkutsk / Lake Baikal to Yekaterinburg by train fare first class

• from Yekaterinburg to Kazan by train fare first class

• from Kazan to Nizhny Novgorod by train fare first class

• from Nizhny Novgorod to Vladimir & Bogolyubovo by bullet train, standard class, 4 hours ride

• Train 2nd class train compartment as per itinerary

• from Beijing to Ulaanbaatar - Terelj National Park - Ulaanbaatar by train fare economy

• from Ulaanbaatar - Terelj National Park - Ulaanbaatar to Irkutsk / Lake Baikal by train fare economy

• from Irkutsk / Lake Baikal to Yekaterinburg by train fare economy

• from Yekaterinburg to Kazan by train fare economy

• from Kazan to Nizhny Novgorod by train fare economy

• from Nizhny Novgorod to Vladimir & Bogolyubovo by train fare economy

• Superior trains on the route with a/c, heaters and dining carriage for your comfort. 1st class: one place in 2-seats compartment. 2nd class: one place in 4-seats compartment. If you'd like more privacy, we can buy out an entire compartment for you.
• Private return airport/train station transfers
• Meet & greet at the airports/train stations
• Private transportation on tours as per program in a comfortable a/c car/minivan/bus (except on walking tours)
• Metro pass in Moscow

Sightseeing

• Beijing full day (8 hours) guided tour: Tiananmen Square with the National Flag Pole, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and the Chinese traditional medicine center
• Beijing full day (8 hours) guided tour: Summer Palace, the hike on Great Wall (Cable car is available and optional)
• Terelj National Park full day guided tour: Turtle Rock, Temple of Aryavalokiteshvara, Aryabal Monastery, Praying Lama Rock
• Terelj National Park and Ulaanbaatar full day guided tour: Chinggis Khaan Statue Complex, Zaisan Memorial, Buddha Garden, Tumen Ekh-traditional folklore concert
• Ulaanbaatar half-day guided tour: Gandan Monastery, National History Museum
• Lake Baikal (Listvyanka) full day (8 hours) guided tour: Shaman rock, Baikal Museum of Limnology, Chersky Stone observation point (Cable car), local souvenir market, boat cruise
• Irkutsk full day (8 hours) guided tour: St. Epiphany Cathedral, Kirov Square, Taltsy Museum // Yekaterinburg full day (8 hours) guided tour: Ganina Yama Monastery, Museum of Minerals, Church of All Saints, Europe-Asia Border, the UMMC military museum
• Kazan full day (8 hours) guided tour: the Kul Sharif Mosque, the Kazan Kremlin, Old Tatar Sloboda // Nizhny Novgorod full day (8 hours) guided city tour // Gorodets full day (8 hours) guided city tour
• Vladimir and Bogolyubovo full day (8 hours) guided tour: the Dormition Cathedral, the architectural complex of the Cathedral of St. Dimitriy, Intercession Church on the Nerl
• Yaroslavl half-day (4 hours) guided tour: the main cathedrals // Rostov the Great half-day (4 hours) guided tour: the Rostov Kremlin, master class on national crafts
• Suzdal half-day guided tour: Kremlin and the ensemble of the Monastery of Saint Euthymius, Museum of Wooden Architecture
• Full-day (8 hours) guided tour of Moscow; Highlights include Moscow Kremlin (visiting the Cathedrals and the Armory), the Red Square, St. Basil's Cathedral (outside), Lenin’s Mausoleum (outside), GUM, the Bolshoi Theatre (outside), metro tour
• Moscow full day (8 hours) guided tour: the State Tretyakov Gallery, panoramic city tour, the Novodevichy Convent with the guided tour inside, Sparrow Hills, the VDNKh and the guided tour to the Museum of Cosmonautics, cable car ride over Moscow River

Entrance tickets & visas

• Entrance tickets to all included sightseeing attractions (except optional)
• Chinese, Mongolian and Russian visa letters of invitation (required by the Embassies to grant you the visas) are provided free of charge

We value your comfort

• 24/7 support before and during your trip with us
• Dedicated local English-speaking guide in all places as per program
• Best places to stay, to eat, to go out and have fun - safe and secure with the tour operator that specializes in Russia. Tips already included
• Group tours are fully escorted by a bilingual tour director
• Maximum group size 16 people