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CHINA
Trans-Siberian Express
FROM MOSCOW TO BEIJING
NEW for 2009
13 days £2599
Fly from... Heathrow
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Highlights include Moscow Irkutsk Lake Baikal Beijing Great Wall of China
GREAT WALL
What's Included
Scheduled flights to Moscow, returning from Beijing Transfers between airport and hotel All rail transportation in soft class 4-berth sleeping compartments Moscow-Irkutsk-Beijing (limited number of 2-berth cabins available as a supplement) Six nights' hotel accommodation on a full board basis: one night in Moscow, two nights in Irkutsk and three nights in Beijing Services of a Travelsphere Tour Manager and local representative All meals onboard between Moscow and Irkutsk Peking Duck Dinner All hotel baggage handling for one piece of luggage per person All State and local taxes All UK and overseas airport taxes and security charges Excursions as detailed Your Hotels You will stay in hotels such as the Cosmos Hotel in Moscow and the Irkutsk Hotel in Irkutsk. All rooms feature private facilities and hotel facilities include restaurant and bar. In Beijing you will stay in a hotel such as the Friendship Hotel, featuring rooms with private facilities, TV, telephone and air-conditioning. Hotel facilities include restaurant, bar, money exchange and laundry facilities. Your Train Accommodation will be in four-berth, soft class compartments, with washing facilities and toilet at the end of each carriage. Suitability The trains that operate over this vast distance can be around 18 to 20 carriages in length, with the dining car sometimes (but not always!) in the centre. At meal times this can involve quite a lengthy walk there and back, opening and shutting doors between carriages on a fast moving train. At stations you will have to carry your luggage some distance along the platforms when boarding and alighting the low platforms and high steps onto the train carriage will cause problems to anyone who has mobility limitations.
MOSCOW
Famous as one of the great rail journeys, this is for many dedicated rail adventurers the Big One'. The famous travel author and train traveller Eric Newby put the trip in a nutshell: There is no railway journey of comparable length anywhere in the world. The Trans-Siberian is THE big train ride. All the rest are peanuts.
YOUR ITINERARY DAY 1 - Depart on your scheduled flight to Moscow. On arrival transfer to your hotel for an overnight stay. DAY 2 - Moscow is a city of immense contrasts on the one hand a city with many buildings of great historical and architectural value and on the other hand, a modern vibrant city with a population of over eight million. Today we invite you to join our included panoramic tour of this fascinating city. You will visit Moscow's main attractions, including the Kremlin, with its cathedrals and Armoury, Red Square, St Basil's Cathedral, Novodevichy Convent, and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. Lunch is also included. After dinner transfer to Moscow's Yaroslavskaya station and board a Trans-Siberian train service at the start of the 5,624 mile journey to Beijing. The first stage is a four day journey across five time zones to Irkutsk. DAYS 3 TO 5 - These days are spent aboard the train with all meals taken in the dining car. You can also buy food from the babushkas' (grannies) on the platforms at stations. The train operates to Moscow time throughout, but the dining car keeps to local time for its meal service.
Moscow
RUSSIA
Lake Baikal
Irkutsk
Zabaikalsk
Harbin
MONGOLIA
CHINA
Beijiing
Great Wall
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