The Classic Journey - Westbound (Vladivostok to Moscow)

  • Train : Golden Eagle Trans Siberian Express
  • Duration : More than 10 days
The Classic Journey - Westbound (Vladivostok to Moscow)
Journey Highlights
  • Irkutsk, elegant home of the upper-class "Decembrist” revolutionaries exiled by Tsar Nicholas I in 1825
  • Grand Moscow's Red Square, the Kremlin and Kremlin museum, with its Imperial jewels and Fabergé eggs
  • All meals, fine wine with lunch and dinner, hotels, gratuities, off-train tours and arrival/departure transfers included
  • Stops at Yekaterinburg – where the Romanovs were executed – Kazan, with its beautiful Kremlin, the ‘Paris of Siberia’ at Irkutsk and Ulan Ude, capital of the Buryat Republic.
  • Stop at Lake Baikal, the largest freshwater lake in the world (weather permitting).
  • The chefs serve regional specialties such as borscht and omul—a fish unique to the waters of Lake Baikal
  • Overview
  • Journey Dates
  • Inclusions & Exclusions
The Trans-Siberian Express takes a leisurely two weeks for the journey, making sure you get plenty of time to take in and enjoy this Voyage of a Lifetime. This epic 15-day journey spans two continents and seven time zones. Arguably the world’s greatest railway journey, the Trans-Siberian Railway runs from Moscow over the Urals, across the magnificent Russian steppes and alongside the shores of the world’s largest freshwater lake. There is simply no better way to see the vastness of Siberia—travel Vladivostok to Moscow or reverse. 

Train Departure Schedule

  • 2020 : April - June , July - September
  • 2021 : April - June , July - September

Places Covered

Vladivostok, Ulaan Baatar, Ulan Ude, Lake Baikal, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Moscow
 Vladivostok - Moscow (Westbound)
2020 & 2021 Tour Schedules
Month Day Month Day
Jun-20 Jun 13 - Jun 27 May-21 May 15 - May 29
Jun-21 Jun 12 - Jun 26
Aug-20 Aug 8- Aug 22 Aug-21 Aug 7  - Aug 21
Sep-20 Sep 5 - Sep 19 Sep-21 Sep 4 - 18 Sep

Inclusions

  • 1 night in Vladivostok
  • 12 nights on board the train
  • 1 night in Moscow
  • All meals on board
  • Sightseeing in Moscow
  • Sightseing on the journey as mentioned

Exclusions

  • Airfare
  • Visa Costs 
  • Optional off-train excursions
  • Drinks at the bar
  • Overseas Medical Insurance
  • Anything not specifically mentioned under "Inclusions"
  • Items of a personal nature