Golden Eagle

The Trans-Siberian Railway is the most famous railway route, the dream of every traveler! Organizing a trip is not as easy as it seems at first glance. Unless, of course, you are interested in tourism, and not the opportunity to fall asleep for a whole week with a clear conscience! This program offers to go on a real railway cruise along the Great Siberian Way aboard the luxury tourist train "Golden Eagle". Without the endless change of hotels and trains, in a spacious compartment with your own shower, you will enjoy exploring the largest country in the world!

DAY 1. MOSCOW

• Arrival in Moscow
• Meeting with the guide and transfer to the hotel
• Hotel accommodation *****
• Dinner at the hotel

DAY 2. MOSCOW

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Walking tour along the Arbat
• Visit to the Novodevichy Convent
• Cruise on the Moskva River with lunch on board the Radisson Royal ship
• Return to the hotel
• Free time
• Dinner at the hotel

DAY 3. MOSCOW

• Breakfast and check-out from the hotel
• Excursion to the Moscow Kremlin with Cathedrals’ visiting
• Visit to the Armory
• Walking tour of Red Square
• Visit to St. Basil's Cathedral
• Lunch at the restaurant of Russian cuisine "Cafe Pushkin"
• Moscow Metro tour
• Optional tour: Tretyakov Gallery or Museum of Cosmonautics
• Transfer to Kazansky railway station
• Welcome drink while waiting for boarding
• Boarding the Golden Eagle train
• Dinner and overnight on the train

DAY 4. KAZAN

• Breakfast on the train
• Arrival to Kazan
• Sightseeing tour of Kazan, walking along Bauman street
• Visit to the Kazan Kremlin
• Lunch at a Tatar cuisine restaurant
• Private concert of music of Fyodor Chaliapin
• Free time
• Return to the train station
• Dinner and overnight on the train

DAY 5. EKATERINBURG

• Breakfast on the train
• Arrival to Yekaterinburg
• Sightseeing tour of the city
• Excursion "In the footsteps of the last Romanovs"
• Lunch
• Excursion to the border of Europe and Asia (17 km from the city), where you will be offered a glass of champagne
• Optional excursion: Museum of Military Equipment or Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center
• Dinner and overnight on the train

DAY 6. NOVOSIBIRSK

• Breakfast on the train
• Arrival to Novosibirsk
• Sightseeing tour of the city, including Lenin Square, where the unique architectural complex of the Opera and Ballet Theater is located
• Lunch
• Optional excursion: Museum of Railway Engineering or Central Siberian Geological Museum
• Dinner and overnight on the train

DAY 7. ON THE WAY

• A wonderful day to relax and reflect on your impressions of the first part of the trip. Immerse yourself in reading, chat with fellow travelers and enjoy the scenery that replaces each other outside the train window
• Breakfast, lunch and dinner on the train
• Night on the train

DAY 8. IRKUTSK

• Breakfast on the train
• Arrival to Irkutsk
• Sightseeing tour of the city
• Visit to the architectural and ethnographic museum "Taltsy"
• Visit to the Museum of the Decembrists (House-Museum of the Volkonsky)
• Your choice: Cooking class with lunch or lunch in the family
• Dinner and overnight on the train

DAY 9. LAKE BAIKAL

• Breakfast on the train
• Tour of Lake Baikal by train (half day, with lunch)
• Arrival to Listvyanka
• Boat excursion on the lake
• Visit to the Baikal Museum and Aquarium
• Excursion to the observation deck at the top of Kamen Chersky (on foot or by lift)
• Return to the railway station of Irkutsk
• Dinner and overnight on the train

DAY 10. ULAN-UDE

• Breakfast on the train
• Arrival in Ulan-Ude – the capital of the Republic of Buryatia
• Sightseeing tour of the city
• Visit to the village of Old Believers
• Folk music concert
• Lunch in the village
• Dinner and overnight on the train

DAY 11. ULAN-BATOR

• Breakfast on the train
• Arrival in Ulaanbaatar - the capital of Mongolia
• Sightseeing tour of the city
• Visit to Gandantegchenlin monastery
• Lunch
• Optional excursion:
  – Visit to the Gorkhi-Terelzh National Park: excursion to a traditional yurt, meeting with a nomadic family, horseback riding
  – Visit to the National Museum and the Bogdo Gegen Palace
  – Free time and visit to a concert of traditional Mongolian throat singing
• Dinner and overnight on the train

DAY 12. ON THE WAY

• We spend this day on the train, admiring the beautiful nature of the Far East. You can attend one of the interesting lectures or a Russian lesson.

DAY 13. ON THE WAY

• A day on the train, which today follows Shilka and Amur, in the immediate vicinity of the Chinese border.

DAY 14. ON THE WAY

• This is the last day aboard the Golden Eagle. Today we pass the easternmost point of our route – Khabarovsk, where we cross the endless Amur and head straight to the final destination – Vladivostok.

DAY 15. VLADIVOSTOK

• Breakfast on the train
• Arrival to Vladivostok
• Sightseeing tour of Vladivostok with a visit to the observation deck
• Visit to the C-56 Submarine Museum
• Visit to Tokarevsky lighthouse
• Lunch
• Transfer to the hotel
• Hotel accommodation *****
• Farewell dinner at the hotel

DAY 16. VLADIVOSTOK – SAINT PETERSBURG

• Early check-out and transfer to the airport
• Flight Vladivostok – Novosibirsk – St. Petersburg
• Total flight duration – 12 hours 50 minutes
• Time difference between Vladivostok and St. Petersburg – 7 hours
• Arrival to St. Petersburg
• Lunch
• Sightseeing tour of the city
• Transfer to the hotel
• Hotel accommodation *****
• Dinner at the hotel

DAY 17. SAINT PETERSBURG

• Breakfast at the hotel
• Visit to the Peter and Paul Fortress
• Lunch
• Departure to Peterhof by hydrofoil
• Excursion around Peterhof with the Lower Park and one of the small palaces visits
• Return to the hotel by bus
• Dinner at the hotel

DAY 18. DEPARTURE

• Departure from the hotel, meeting with the guide
• Group transfer to the airport
• Departure

DURING THE TOUR YOU WILL SEE:

• Moscow is a modern metropolis and the capital of Russia. Its history begins in 1147, when Prince Yuri Dolgoruky founded a small outpost on the banks of the Moskva River. The day after your arrival you will devote to your acquaintance with this amazing city. Walk along the Arbat, one of the most beautiful Moscow streets known since the 15th century. Visit the famous Novodevichy Convent that has repeatedly found itself at the center of dramatic events in Russian history. Being one of the most beautiful architectural ensembles of the 17th century, this monastery during the first two centuries of its existence actually served as a place of imprisonment of female royal persons. You will enjoy lunch on board the comfortable ship of the Radisson Royal flotilla during a three-hour cruise along the Moscow River – one of the most comfortable and enjoyable ways to admire the sights of the capital.
  
  The next morning, you will visit the Moscow Kremlin, whose mighty walls and towers, golden-domed temples and ancient towers form one of the most famous architectural and artistic ensembles in the world. During the tour, you will see the temples of Cathedral Square, the Patriarch's Chambers with the Church of the Twelve Apostles, the Tsar Cannon and the Tsar Bell, the Senate building and the Arsenal. But that's not all! You will visit the Armory Chamber – a real royal treasury, which for many centuries has carefully preserved the ancient state regalia, ceremonial royal clothes, the largest collection of gold and silver items made by Russian craftsmen, Western European artistic silver, a collection of weapons and a collection of carriages.
  
  A visit to Moscow is impossible without a tour of Red Square – the main square of the country! Here every year they pay tribute to the memory of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War and celebrate the most beloved Russian holiday – New Year! Here, in historical harmony, the mausoleum of the first Soviet leader and one of the most famous Orthodox churches – St. Basil's Cathedral, whose masters, according to legend, were blinded, so that such a masterpiece would not appear anywhere except the Russian capital, coexist in historical harmony.
  You will have lunch in the legendary Cafe Pushkin restaurant, whose interiors are made in the style of the 19th century, and the chefs specialise in traditional Russian noble cuisine.
  
  Then you will have an excursion to a unique museum – the Moscow Metro. It is a real underground museum where each of the 222 stations has a unique design. It organically combines marble, mosaics, stained-glass windows, various bronze decorations, sculptures.
  
  And then you can choose an excursion to your taste – visit the Tretyakov Gallery, the main museum of Russian national art, or the Cosmonautics Museum, one of the largest science and history museums in the world!
  
  Today's busy day will end with boarding one of the most luxurious tourist trains in Russia – the Trans-Siberian Express "Golden Eagle". On board the train you will find well-equipped en-suite compartments, gourmet cuisine and an elegant lounge bar. And a personal train attendant will be available at any time to fulfil your every wish!


• Kazan is a city with a thousand-year history, located on the left bank of the Volga River at the confluence of the Kazanka River. It is a large port, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, a city of two cultures, a tourist center visited by more than 2 million tourists every year. You will begin your acquaintance with a sightseeing tour and a stroll along Bauman Street – one of the oldest streets in Kazan, which existed in the days of the Kazan Khanate. The ancient street will lead you to the pearl of the city, the Kazan Kremlin, a grandiose architectural complex founded in the X century. After the storming of Kazan in 1552 by the troops of Ivan the Terrible, the Kremlin was expanded, and the wooden defensive structures were replaced by stone ones. Currently, the Kazan Kremlin occupies an area of 1,500 hectares. As before, it is the center of political life - here is the residence of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan.
  
  After lunch, where you will taste Tatar cuisine and listen to a concert of opera music, as Kazan is the birthplace of the outstanding opera singer – Fyodor Chaliapin.


• Yekaterinburg is the capital of the Urals, one of the first industrial cities in Russia, founded in 1723. Yekaterinburg is located on the eastern slope of the Ural Mountains, where a natural border between Europe and Asia is located. A symbolic obelisk was erected 17 km from the city, at the base of which two stones were laid from the easternmost and westernmost points of Eurasia – Cape Dezhnev and Cape Roca.
  
  Sad pages of the city history are associated with the last days of the life of the royal family. During the tour, you will visit the Church on Blood, located on the site of the Ipatiev house, where on the night of July 16-17, 1918 the family of the last Russian emperor Nicholas II was shot. Then you will go to the abandoned mine of Ganina Yama, where the remains were buried. In 2000, the monastery of the Holy Royal Passion-Bearers was founded here.
  
  An optional guided tour awaits you in the afternoon. We invite military history lovers to the Museum of Military Equipment – one of the largest military museums in Russia, where more than 500 units of military equipment are presented. The exposition of this museum is closely connected with the history of the city, since many of the presented weapons were manufactured at different times at the Ural factories. If you are more interested in political history, then you can go on an excursion to the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center, dedicated to modern history and the first president of Russia. The place for the museum was also chosen for a reason, since it was Yekaterinburg where Boris Yeltsin lived most of his life and where his political career began.


• Novosibirsk is the largest city in Siberia and the third largest city in Russia, located on both banks of the Ob River. It owes its birth to the Trans-Siberian Railway, and up to this day it is the largest railway junction. Novosibirsk was built on a Siberian scale, which you can appreciate during a sightseeing tour: the central street Krasny Prospekt stretches for 7 km, the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre was nicknamed the Siberian Coliseum, and the length of the metro bridge across the Ob River is 2 km.
  
  An optional guided tour awaits you in the afternoon. You can go to the Museum of Railway Technology, which displays real trains and wagons from the middle of the 19th century to the present day. Moreover, visitors can inspect railway equipment not only from the outside, but also look into the operating carriage of the Great Patriotic War or visit the imperial compartment. Those who went on this trip in search of the untold underground riches of Siberia can plunge into the mysterious world of minerals and crystals, see anthracite and diamonds, and meet "face to face" with meteorites in the Central Siberian Geological Museum.


• Irkutsk – an ancient city located in the east of Siberia, in the valley of the Angara River. It is a starting point for a trip to Lake Baikal. The city is interesting not only for its close location to the famous lake. There are more than 680 monuments of history and culture, including churches, monasteries, merchant "lace" houses, stone and wooden estates. After a sightseeing tour of Irkutsk, you will visit the Taltsy Museum, an ethnographic complex where four historical and cultural zones have been retrospectively recreated: Russian, Buryat, Evenk and Tofalar. During lunch, you will take part in a culinary master class or visit the locals. And then you will open another page in the history of Irkutsk by visiting the Museum of the Decembrists. House and estate of S.G. Volkonsky, where the prince's family settled after the end of hard labor, is a unique phenomenon in the culture of Irkutsk. The traditions and way of life of the princely Volkonsky family are represented by partially recreated historical interiors of the house, which contain the personal belongings of the Decembrists.
  
  Lake Baikal is one of the most ancient reservoirs of our planet. It is also known for being the deepest lake on Earth and at the same time the largest natural reservoir of fresh water - 19% of all world reserves. You will travel along the lake by train along the Circum-Baikal Railway, built during the time of Tsarist Russia. Numerous tunnels and galleries preserved in their original form, as well as stunningly beautiful rocky shores, endless expanses of the Baikal water surface, amazing flora and fauna will make this trip unforgettable. The train will take you to Listvyanka – one of the oldest settlements on Lake Baikal. At the entrance to Listvyanka there is a shaman-stone - a symbol of Lake Baikal, which denotes the place where the Angara River flows out of the lake. During the excursion, you will climb to the observation deck Kamen Chersky, from where a unique view of Lake Baikal and Angara opens; learn everything about the history of the lake in the Baikal Museum; and get the opportunity to look into the underwater world of Lake Baikal in the unique Aquarium.


• Ulan-Ude is the capital of the Republic of Buryatia, founded in 1666 at the mouth of the Uda River. In this city you will discover another side of our multi-confessional country, as Ulan-Ude is the center of Tibetan Buddhism in Russia and the place of the usual golden-domed churches occupied by numerous datsans here. During the sightseeing tour you will have a short time journey – you will see the site of the founding of the Udinsky prison; walk along cozy central streets with preserved merchant houses of the nineteenth century; take a photo at the largest Lenin's head in the world. For lunch you will go to the village of Old Believers. The traditions of the Semeiski, Buryat Old Believers, which have practically not changed over the past two centuries, are included in the UNESCO list of masterpieces of the oral and intangible heritage of mankind. This visit is a truly unique opportunity to experience their special culture.


• Ulan Bator is the capital of Mongolia, the nomadic residence of Bogdo-gegen, founded in 1639 and finally settled in the valley of the Tuul River only in 1778. Today Ulaanbaatar is a political and commercial center filled with skyscrapers that stand proudly against the backdrop of a beautiful mountain landscape. At the end of the sightseeing tour, you will plunge into the atmosphere of ancient Mongolia by visiting the Gandan Monastery (Gandantegchenlin). Being one of the most famous centers of Buddhist theology, this monastery is the only one in the capital that has retained not only the flavor, but also the layout of the old city. After lunch, one of three optional excursions awaits you. You can visit the Gorkhi-Terelzh National Park to get acquainted with the traditional way of life of Mongolian nomads, look into a yurt and ride horses. A visit to the National Museum will give you a more complete picture of the history of Mongolia, and the exposition of the Bogdo Gegen Palace will reveal all the secrets of the great Mongolian Khan! If you prefer to walk on your own, then afterwards you can go to a concert of traditional Mongolian throat singing.


• Vladivostok is the terminal point of the Trans-Siberian Railway. The city is located on the Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula and islands in the Peter the Great Bay of the Sea of Japan. Vladivostok went down in history as one of the largest seaports in the Far East, the capital of Primorye, the base of the Pacific Fleet. The symbol of Vladivostok is the Russian Bridge – a structure unique in its scale and complexity of execution, which runs through the Eastern Bosphorus Strait and connects the Nazimov Peninsula with the Russian Island.
  
  During your stay in this primordially maritime city, one cannot but visit the S-56 Submarine – a museum and memorial of military glory. The S-56 is rightfully recognized as one of the most effective Soviet submarines in combat during the Great Patriotic War. This legendary submarine was declared dead 19 times, but each time it resurfaced again. The museum displays archival documents and models, personal belongings of the C-56 crew and its commander.
  
  The end point of your trip to Vladivostok will be the Egersheld lighthouse, one of the oldest lighthouses in the Far East, built in 1876 and still functioning. The location of the lighthouse is notable for the fact that the mainland ends here and the Sea of Japan (Pacific Ocean) originates.


• St. Petersburg – a city on the Neva river, a cultural capital, Northern Palmyra, a city of white nights, a cradle of revolution – many names of a beautiful city, which, despite its youth, only 300 years old, has taken its special place in the history of Russia. During a sightseeing tour on the day of arrival, you will see all the main sights of the city: the Spit of Vasilyevsky Island, Senate Square, St. Isaac's Cathedral, the famous Nevsky Prospect and other monuments and architectural ensembles. The next day you will start with the Peter and Paul Fortress visit – the first bastion-type fortress, the burial place of Russian emperors and the oldest architectural monument of the city, founded on May 27, 1703 by Peter I. The day of the foundation of the fortress is considered the day of the foundation of the city. After lunch, you will go to Peterhof – the summer residence of Russian emperors, a city of parks and fountains, where 150 fountains and four sculptural cascades currently work. During your stay in Peterhof, you will visit one of the small palaces and the Lower Park, which can compete in beauty with the gardens of Versailles.

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