trans express - 9 days
Tour Information Starts: Beijing Ends: Moscow Prices and Departures: Click Here Breakfast: 2, Lunch: 1 Hotel Rating: 3 (For classic only) Tour guide: Yes (for tour - Beijing) Entrance fees: Not included
CLASSIC ITINERARY:
Day 1: Beijing Welcome to Beijing! Arrival transfer from Beijing airport to hotel. Overnight - Beijing
Day 2: Beijing - breakfast Travelling to Badaling, enjoy a walk (and almost a climb on some sections) on the Great Wall. Following a ridge of barren hills through northern China, it stretches as far as the eye can see - at least 6,700 km. Back in Beijing, a stroll across historical Tiananmen Square. A vision in grandeur with it’s imperial yellow roofs and vermilion walls, the Forbidden City, once forbidden to all except those on imperial business until 1911, when the last emperor, Puyi, was turfed off his throne, is a city within a city. Enjoy a guided tour through what was once the innermost sanctum of the city. Lunch and overnight - Beijing
Day 3: Beijing - Moscow - breakfast Free day. Tonight an included transfer to Beijing rail station for Train # 19 express to Moscow. Overnight - train
Days 4 - 8: Aboard train Settle into life aboard the Trans-Manchurian Express as it plies it’s way across the Manchurian Plains to the Russian border. The train heads west eventually reaching the main Trans-Siberian line at Tarskaya. Along the shores of Lake Baikal, the train continues across large tracts of Siberia and the Urals to Moscow. Overnight (5) - train
Day 9: Moscow Late this afternoon, the train reaches Moscow. See ‘what you get’ for content of costsaver adventure.
NOTE: Schedules dictate a late afternoon arrival in Moscow on day 9. We strongly urge you to stay at least one night in Moscow to avoid the risk of missing your onward international flight. Hey - why not stay a few days in Moscow, anyway?
Flights, visas and entrance fees not included. No meals aboard the train. Click here for visa information.
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