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The Moscow Kremlin walls and towers along the river embankment at dusk.

Russia

Moscow & Lake Baikal Winter Trip

Moscow and Irkutsk

Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

9 days and 8 nights through Moscow and Irkutsk. Takes in Red Square, St. Basils Cathedral and Saint Basils Cathedral. Shaped around your dates, your hotels and your pace — this is the route as it stands, not a fixed departure.

Suits

  • Travellers with a fortnight to give it

Day by day

Day 01

Welcome to Russia

Arrival to Moscow. Meeting with Guide at the Airport. Transfer to the hotel. Lunch at Local Restraunt. Return back to Hotel and Overnight stay at Hotel.

Day 02

Moscow

Breakfast at the hotel. Free time. Check-out from Hotel. Meet your Guide at 12:00 at the hotel Lobby. Moscow City Tour, Lunch at Local Restraunt. Dinner at Restraunt. Transfer to the Airport. Flight to Irkutsk.

Day 03

Irkutsk

Arrival to Irkutsk. Meeting with the guide at theairport. Accommodation at Baikal Forest hotel indeluxe twin rooms. Meet your guide at 12:00 at the hotel lobby. Irkutsk city tour (3 hours). Lunch at a localrestaurant. Return to Hotel and Dinner at Restraunt.

Day 04

Welcome to Listvyanka

Breakfast. Meeting with the guide at the hotellobby. Today you will get acquainted with the touristcapital of Lake Baikal – the village ofListvyanka. On the way to the village you will visitthe famous open–air museum - Taltsy. Arrival to Listvyanka. Lunch at the villagerestaurant. Excursion program: Baikal Museum,observation deck of the Chersky Stonemountain, the source of the Angara, St. Nikola’schurch, local fish market. Accommodation at Kresovaya Pad Hotel instandard twin rooms. Dinner at Hotel. Return to Hotel and overnight stay at Hotel.

Day 05

Howerboat Trip to Peschnaya Bay

Breakfast in the hotel restaurant. From Listvyanka we will go to surf the expanses ofthe winter lake on a khivus - a hover boat. Near the village of Bolshoe Goloustnoe you willadmire the fantastic textures of ice, in PeschanayaBay you will meet walking trees, near the Skriperrock you will see the Baikal bottom. After picnic weadvise you to put on your skates and try out thelargest ice rink in the world! Return to Hotel and Dinner at Hotel.

Day 06

Tour to the Heart of Lake Baika

Breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Today we will get to the heart of lake Baikal Olkhon Island. Our Journey will go Along the Famous Tazheran Steppe. We will Stop for Lunch at a café en Route where we are going to taste the famous Buryat Cuisine. On Olkhon Island you will stay at the reception center "Nomad's star. Walking tour to cape Burkhan. Dinner at Restraunt. Return back to Hotel and Overnight stay.

Day 07

Discover Olkhon Island

Breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Today we will go to the northern point of the island - the famous Cape Hoboy. During the tour we will stop in the most interestingand picturesque places on the island: at the ThreeBrothers rock, in Peschanka area, in the village ofHarantsy, at the rock of Love. In the evening you will return to the hotel. Freetime. Dinner at Restraunt. Overnight stay at Hotel.

Day 08

Discover South of the Island

Breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Check-out. Today, the exploration of Olkhon Island willcontinue from its southern side. You will see theKurykanskaya Wall, Ogoy Island and the stunninglandscapes of winter Baikal. After the tour, we will say goodbye to winter Baikaland go to the city of Irkutsk. In Irkutsk you will stay at Baikal Forest hotel in twinstandard rooms. Return back to Hotel and Overnight stay at Hotel.

Day 09

Fly Back Home

Breakfast at the hotel restaurant. Check out of the rooms. Transfer to the airport. Flight to Moscow.

What the service covers

  • All accommodation as listed, with daily breakfast
  • All ground transport by private, air-conditioned vehicle
  • Meals as named in the day-by-day
  • A licensed guide for every sightseeing day
  • Airport transfers on arrival and departure
  • Entrance fees for the sightseeing named in the itinerary
  • A single named trip designer, reachable by WhatsApp for the whole journey

Not included

  • International flights, unless the itinerary says otherwise
  • Visa fees, travel insurance and anything a government charges directly
  • Meals other than those named in the day-by-day
  • Anything personal — minibar, laundry, spa, tips and porterage
  • Optional experiences and upgrades offered on the ground

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