Accommodation

• Hand-picked centrally located hotels of selected category (3*, 4* or 5* hotel of your choice)
• 2 nights Beijing // 2 nights Ulaanbaatar // 1 night Listvyanka village at Lake Baikal shores // 1 night Yekaterinburg // 1 night Kazan // 2 nights Moscow // 4 nights St. Petersburg
• 1 night at Terelj National Park in ger camp (yurt)
• 5 nights on board

Meals

• Full breakfast at the hotels (except Day 1) // Full board in Mongolia
• 3 lunches: Buryat lunch at Lake Baikal // Siberian lunch at the Taltsy Museum // Tatar cooking master-class with lunch in Kazan
• Group tour: Farewell dinner
• Vodka tasting at the Taltsy museum (Lake Baikal)

Transportation

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

• from Beijing to Mongolia by train fare first class

• from Mongolia to Lake Baikal by train fare first class

• from Lake Baikal to Yekaterinburg by train fare first class

• from Yekaterinburg to Kazan by train fare first class

• from Kazan to Moscow by train fare first class

• Train 2nd class train compartment as per itinerary

• from Beijing to Mongolia by train fare economy

• from Mongolia to Lake Baikal by train fare economy

• from Lake Baikal to Yekaterinburg by train fare economy

• from Yekaterinburg to Kazan by train fare economy

• from Kazan to Moscow by train fare economy

• Bullet train Moscow to St. Petersburg, standard class, 4 hours ride. Please inquire about business or 1st class upgrade and flight options
• 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
• Full metro/public transport passes in Moscow & St. Petersburg
• Meet & greet at the airports/train stations
• Private return airport/train station transfers
• Private transportation on tours as per program in a comfortable a/c car/minivan/bus (except on walking tours)

Sightseeing

• Beijing full day (8 hours) guided tour: Tiananmen Square with the National Flag Pole, Forbidden City, the Great Wall (The cable car is available and optional)
• Terelj National Park full day (8 hours) guided tour: Praying Lama Rock, Temple of Aryavalokiteshvara, Aryabal Monastery, Turtle Rock
• Ulaanbaatar half day (4 hours) guided tour: Zaisan Memorial, Buddha Garden, Tumen Ekh-traditional folklore concert
• Lake Baikal (Listvyanka) full day (8 hours) guided tour: Shaman rock, Baikal Museum of Limnology, Chersky Stone observation point (Cable car), St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, local souvenir market, boat cruise
• Irkutsk half-day (4 hours) guided tour: St. Epiphany Cathedral, Kirov Square, Taltsy Museum with national folk performance
• Yekaterinburg half-day (4 hours) guided tour: Europe-Asia border, Pyzhma military museum
• Kazan full day (8 hours) guided tour: the Kazan Kremlin, Kul Sharif Mosque, Syumbike tower, Old Tatar village
• Moscow full day (8 hours) guided tour: the Moscow Kremlin (including the Cathedrals and the Armory), the Red Square, St. Basil's Cathedral (outside), Lenin’s Mausoleum (outside), GUM, the Bolshoi Theatre, KGB Headquarters, Moscow metro tour
• Moscow full day (8 hours) guided tour: the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Novodevichy Convent with the guided tour inside, Sparrow Hills, the VDNKh and the guided tour to the Museum of Cosmonautics, Stalin's skyscrapers tour
• St. Petersburg full-day (8 hours) guided tour: the Winter Palace and the Hermitage, Isaac Cathedral, Kazan Cathedral, the Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood
• St Petersburg full day (8 hours) guided tour: the Royal Palace of Peterhof, the Peter & Paul Fortress and Cathedral, boat cruise
• Pushkin/Tsarskoye Selo day (6 hours) guided tour: Catherine’s palace & Amber room

Entrance tickets & visas

• Entrance tickets to all listed 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
• Naadam Festival premium seats

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 tour operator that specializes in Russia
• Group tours are fully escorted by a bilingual tour director
• Group size 20 people maximum. All our group departures are guaranteed.