SPECIAL OFFER GRAND RUSSIAN VOYAGE. Trans Mongolian LeGrand Xmas Edition/Winter Edition Beijing to St. Petersburg. 25 Days

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1 SPECIAL OFFER GRAND RUSSIAN VOYAGE Trans Mongolian LeGrand Xmas Edition/Winter Edition Beijing to St. Petersburg MORE THAN TRAVEL TAILOR- MADE TOURS TO RUSSIA Your personal Consultant: Days Xmas departure: 23 December January 2019/ 24 February - 20 March 2019 This package is available either Group Tour (scheduled departures) or Private Tour (flexible dates) BEIJING ULAANBAATAR - TERELJ NATIONAL PARK - IRKUTSK LAKE BAIKAL - EKATERINBURG - KAZAN NIZHNY NOVGOROD - MOSCOW - ST. PETERSBURG

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5 Itinerary Moscow Nizhniy Novgorod Yekaterinburg Irkutsk Kazan Day 1 3 Beijing, China Day 4 Beijing - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Day 5 6 Terelj National Park Day 7 Ulaanbaatar Irkutsk, Russia Day 8 9 Listvyanka (Lake Baikal Day on board Day 13 Yekaterinburg Day 14 Yekaterinburg Kazan Day Kazan Day Nizhniy Novgorod Day Moscow Day St Petersburg Beijing Ulaanbaatar

6 ITINERARY DAY 1 Meet and greet at Beijing airport, China Transfer to your hotel DAY 2 Breakfast Visiting Tiananmen Square with the National Flag Pole the Monument to the People's Hero the Chairman Mao Zedong Memorial Hall the Great Hall of People, and the National Museum Forbidden City Temple of Heaven, and the Chinese traditional medicine center Chinese lunch Summer Palace, the largest and most beautiful Chinese imperial garden FOR XMAS GROUP DEPARTURE: MERRY XMAS DINNER AND PARTY DAY 3 Breakfast Ming Tombs - the best-preserved Chinese imperial tombs with 500 years history Jade Carving Factory Traditional Chinese lunch The hike on Badaling Great Wall (Cable car is available and optional) DAY 4 Breakfast Transfer to railway station Departure to Ulan Bator at 11:22 am, train K3 DAY 5 Arrival at Ulaanbaatar at 14:37 Transfer to Terelj National Park (80km) Camel riding experience Dinner & Overnight at Terelj National Park

7 DAY 6 Breakfast, Explore Terelj National park Hiking; horse riding Turtle Rock, Lunch with a nomadic family Chinggis Khaan Statue Complex Transfer to Ulan Bataar Dinner & overnight in a hotel. DAY 9 DAY 7 DAY 8 Breakfast Gandan Monastery Arrival at Irkutsk at 14:37 National History Museum Transfer to your hotel Lunch Irkutsk City tour Transfer to railway station Departure to Irkutsk Breakfast Transfer to Lake Baikal Shaman Rock and observation point Dog sledding tour Visit local souvenir market FOR XMAS GROUP DEPARTURE: NEW YEAR IN RUSSIA! Dinner & Party

8 DAY 10 Early breakfast Taltsy Siberian culture DAY Train ride continues for 2 days and 5 hours museum DAY 7 Boarding the train to Ekaterinburg DAY 14 DAY 13 DAY 12 Breakfast City tour Ekaterinburg Museum of Minerals Cathedral on the Blood Europe-Asia Border Breakfast Transfer to railway station Board the train to Kazan Departure at 10:12 train 015E Arrival to Kazan at 21:37 and check in FOR XMAS GROUP DEPATURE: RUSSIAN Christmas city celebration Arrival at Yekaterinburg at 22:05 Meet and greet at railway station Transfer to hotel Check-in

9 DAY 16 DAY 15 Breakfast Guided tour in Kazan Breakfast Guided tour in Kazan DAY 19 Board the train to Nizhny Novgorod at 21:41 DAY 17 Arrival at Nizhny Novgorod at 06:55 and early check-in Guided tour to Gorodets, exploring Central Russia Breakfast A visit to the Moscow Kremlin DAY 18 DAY 20 Breakfast Guided tour in Nizhny Novgorod Board high-speed train to Moscow Transfer to hotel and check-in including the Armoury and to the Red Square Moscow Metro tour, excursion in Novodevichy Breakfast Convent & and Tretyakov State Art Gallery Sparrow Hills Stalin's skyscrapers, the VDNKh & Museum of Cosmonautics

10 Breakfast Transfer to railway station, board high speed bullet train for 4 hours journey to St. Petersburg Meet and greet at St DAY 23 DAY 22 DAY 21 Breakfast Breakfast Visiting the royal Visiting the Winter Palace and the Hermitage Catherine s Palace Amber Room Visiting Isaac Cathedral, Kazan Cathedral, Petersburg railway station Visiting the Church of the Savior on Transfer to your hotel in Spilled Blood the downtown DAY 24 Faberge museum (audio guide) Breakfast Visiting Russian Museum Visiting Yusupov Palace (audio guide) DAY 25 Breakfast Check out from the hotel Transfer to the airport for departure flight

11 Day 1: Arrival at Beijing, China Meet and greet at Beijing airport Transfer to your hotel and free time. For the first time visitor we also offer optional guided tours in on requestbeijing, Train tickets will be delivered to the hotel in advance. 11

12 Day 2: Discover Beijing Day 3: Discover Beijing Breakfast Breakfast Visiting Tiananmen Square with the National Flag Pole Ming Tombs - the best-preserved Chinese imperial tombs with 500 years history the Monument to the People's Hero Jade Carving Factory the Chairman Mao Zedong Memorial Hall Traditional Chinese lunch the Great Hall of People, and the National Museum The hike on Badaling Great Wall (Cable car is optional) Forbidden City Temple of Heaven, and the Chinese traditional medicine center Chinese lunch Summer Palace, the largest and most beautiful Chinese imperial garden. FOR XMAS group depature: Christmas dinner 12

13 Day 4: Depart to Ulan Bataar Day 5: A glimpse of Mongolia Arrival at Ulan Bataar (14:35) Transfer to railway station Departure to Ulan Bataar, Mongolia Transfer to Terelj National Park (80km) Winter camel riding, exploring ancient nomad routes Dinner & Overnight at Terelj National Park

14 The park is located 80 km away from Ulan Bator and is one of the most beautiful places in Mongolia Terelj National Park is the most popular destination and the third biggest protected area and one of the most beautiful places in Mongolia. The scenery, the snow, the winter, the swirling freezing fog, the camels...winter tours to Mongolia have a very special taste! It is a rare opportunity to explore ancient nomadic routes and watch the way of life which might soon disappear at all. 3* lodging: winter Ger Camp 4* lodging: winter Lodge

15 Day 6: Discover Mongolia Terelj National Park Exploration: Hiking and horse riding Turtle Rock Lunch with nomadic family Chinggis Khaan Statue Complex Return to Ulan Bataar Dinner & overnight at hotel For group departure 21st Dec: Christmas dinner & party

16 Day 7: Ulan Bataar and train to Russia Breakfast Visting Gandan Monastery Visiting National History Museum Lunch Transfer to railway station Departure to Irkutsk

17 Day 8: Arrival at Irkutsk Arrival at Irkutsk, transfer to your hotel and rest Day 9: Discover Baikal Shaman Rock & Observation point St. Nicolas Russian Orthodox Church Dog sledding tour Visit local souvenir market Optional activities: snow mobile safaris, ice diving For XMAS group departure: New Year in Russia! Dinner and Party

18 Dog sledding is one of the most popular winter sports at Baikal. This is an exciting and fascinating winter entertainment! Frosty day, scintillating snow and you with a team of Baikal huskies, unforgettable impressions are guaranteed! We will visit the source of mighty Siberian river, Angara and a legendary Shaman stone, a home of Buryat Gods. We will rise on the rope elevator to the observation deck to enjoy the remarkable view of Baikal and snow-covered tops.

19 Day 10: Taltsy & Irkutsk Mysterious Russian soul revealed! With songs, dances, various cheerful competitions in surroundings of the historical Siberian village of XIXth century - what is not to like about Russian winter, after all? Visit an extensive museum exposition devoted the Siberians. Horse riding through winter forest, on snow-covered fields, snowballs fight, figure skating - there is so much to explore! Transfer to Irkutsk and city tour before boarding the train to Ekaterinburg.

20 Day 11-12: On board Train ride continues 2 days and 5 hours Arrival at Ekaterinburg late evening day 12 Transfer to your hotel and rest

21 DAY 13: Discover Ekaterinburg Breakfast City tour Ipatiev House/Church on Blood Stone carving museum Europe-Asia Border DAY 14: Train to Kazan Transfer to train station Arrival at Kazan late evening, transfer to hotel FOR GROUP DEPARTURE: RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS! 21

22 DAY 15: Discover Kazan DAY 16: Discover Kazan Breakfast Full day guided tour in Kazan: Kazan Kremlin, Kul Sharif Mosque National Museum Breakfast Chak-chak museum Old Tatar village, Tatar cooking master-class & Degustation Syumbike tower Christmas markets Tuvan Avalyn folk show (for group departures) Boarding overnight train to Nizhny Novgorod Guided tour to UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kremlin of Kazan. Built by Ivan the Terrible on the ruins of the palace of the Kazan Khanate that he destroyed, the Kremlin of Kazan reflects the ethnic mix of Tatars and Russians, Muslims and Christians, that merged into one nation centuries ago.

23 DAY 17: Discover Central Russia Arrival at Nizhny Novgorod, transfer to the hotel and check in Full day guided tour to Gorodets: Pryaniki Museum & Russian tea ceremony; Samovar Museum

24 DAY 18: Discover Nizhny Novgorod Breakfast The Kremlin City Tour Novgorod Fair Evening bullet train to Moscow (4 hours ride) Transfer to the hotel and rest

25 DAY 19: Discover Moscow A visit to the Moscow Kremlin including Armoury Red Square, St Basil s Cathedral Metro tour Novodevichy Convent Sparrow Hills

26 DAY 20: Discover Moscow Lets visit the adjoining Novodevichy cemetery, the final resting place of many Russian icons from the worlds of art, science and politics including Boris Yeltsin, Nikita Khrushchev, Molotov, Stanislavski and Chekhov. The cemetery is beautifully located next to the lake said to have been the inspiration behind Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet. Breakfast The Tretyakov State Art Gallery VDNKh Soviet heritage Museum of Cosmonautics Red Square skating 26

27 DAY 21: St. Petersburg Transfer to the train station DAY 22: Discover St. Petersburg Breakfast 4 hours bullet train to St Petersburg Transfer to the Pushkin/Tsarskoye Selo 5 hours tour Catherine s palace & Amber Room Afternoon free at leisure hotel and rest. Catherine s palace - the most famous palaces of the countryside. You will see renowned palaces of the Romanov imperial family Pushkin/Tsarskoye Selo, now a UNESCO World Heritage site. Private car at disposal for this day

28 DAY 23: Discover St. Petersburg Breakfast, Followed by 8 hours full day guided tour Visiting the Winter Palace and the Hermitage Visiting Isaac Cathedral, Kazan Cathedral, visiting the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood Visiting the Faberge museum (with audio guide)

29 DAY 24: Russian Museum & Yusupov Palace Brreakfast Russian museum Yusupov Palace (with audio guide) Afternoon free at leisure DAY 25: DEPARTURE Breakfast Transfer to airport for departure flight

30 Private Tour, 2 people (1st / 2nd Class train) Rate per person (3* hotels, sharing 1 twin/double room) 10,715 / 9,655 AUD Rate per person (4* hotels, sharing 1 twin/double room) 11,565 / 10,510 AUD Group Tour Christmas depature 23 Dec 2018 Rate per person (3* hotels, 1st / 2nd Class train, sharing 1 twin/double room) 9,218/ 8,190 AUD Rate per person (4* hotels, 1st / 2nd Class train, sharing 1 twin/double room) 10,290 / 9,263 AUD Group Tour Christmas depature 24 Feb 2019 Rate per person (3* hotels, 1st / 2nd Class train, sharing 1 twin/double room) 8, 220/ 7, 195 AUD Rate per person (4* hotels, 1st / 2nd Class train, sharing 1 twin/double room) 9, 290 / 8, 265 AUD INCLUSIONS: Accommodation 3* / 4* / 5* hotels, central locations, sharing, with breakfast included: 3 night in Beijing, 2 nights in Mongolia, 2 nights Lake Baikal/Irkutsk, 2 nights Ekaterinburg, 2 nights Kazan, 1 night (plus early check-in) in Nizhny Novgorod 3 nights Moscow, 4 nights in St Petersburg in centrally located hotels; 6 nights on board the trains Full breakfast in the hotels; Full board in Mongolia Transfers as per program: airport-hotel, hotel-train station, train station hotel, hotel airport; Sightseeing program: 2 full day tours in Beijing, China; 1 full day tour, 2 half day tours in Ulaanbaatar & Terelj National park, Mongolia; Irkutsk & Lake Baikal 1 full day, two half day tours; Ekaterinburg one half day tour (5 hours), Kazan 1 full day tours, one half day tour (4 hours), Nizhnhy Novgorod 1 full day tour, one half day tour (4 hours), Moscow 2 full day tours, St Petersburg 2 full day tours, one half day (5 hours) tour with professional Englishspeaking guides

31 All entrance tickets as per program Transportation on tours Meet & greet, transfer from/to train station at every city Train tickets: (as per itinerary*) Beijing Ulaanbaatar * Ulaanbaatar Irkutsk * Irkutsk- Ekaterinburg Ekaterinburg- Kazan Kazan-Nizhny Novgorod* Nizhny Novgorod Moscow Moscow-St Petersburg* Full metro pass in Moscow; 24/7 English-speaking support line in Russia Local sim card with data in Russia Russian, Mongolian and Chinese visa supporting documents For Christmas group departure only: Christmas dinner and party, New Year gala dinner and celebration party Group tours are escorted by bilingual English-Russian speaking travel coordinator. Group size 20 people maximum NOT INCLUDED: International flights; Visa fees; Extras of personal nature; Lunches and dinners not mentioned. *1st class is subject to availability Plan it wisely. Travel with Discovery Russia Discovery Russia info@discoveryrussia.com