The Baikal Fairy Tale in July railway tour. Moscow – Baikal

Breakfast on the train. 

08:15 Arrival of the tourist train at Kazan station. 

Meeting with guides on the platform, organized passage to buses. 

Sightseeing tour "Kazan millennial". 

A bus and walking tour of the most interesting sights of Kazan, which will show you Kazan from all sides. 

You will see ancient streets where each stone has its own history, and a modern metropolis living in the frenzied rhythm of the capital.

A walking tour to the Kazan Kremlin Museum-Reserve is the living heart of the ancient city, which has experienced more than one exciting event in its centuries–old history! 

You will see the Kul Sharif Mosque, the Annunciation Cathedral, the Spasskaya Tower, erected by Postnik Yakovlev and Ivan Shiryai, the builders of St. Basil's Cathedral, the Presidential Palace and the leaning Tower of Syuyumbike; 

Lunch in a cafe with a demonstration of cooking techniques of national dishes.

Transfer to the railway station. 

14:20 Departure of the tourist train.

Breakfast on the train. 

07:00 Arrival of the tourist train at the Yekaterinburg station. 

Meeting with guides on the platform, organized passage to buses. 

Sightseeing bus and walking tour of the city with a tour of the main attractions. 

You will see the dam of the city pond on the river. Iset, which gave birth to the Yekaterinburg plant in the XVIII century, a monument to the founders of the city V. N. Tatishchev and V. I. de Gennin, the patroness of the city – the Chapel of St. Catherine, merchant mansions, the central squares of the capital of the Urals, Voznesenskaya Hill, decorated with the palace of merchants Rastorguyev-Kharitonov and of course – the Temple-on-Blood in the name of All Saints in the Land of Russia who shone — the legendary place where the Romanov dynasty was interrupted. 

Transfer to Ganina Yama, a unique Orthodox complex built in the style of ancient Russian architecture. 

During the tour, you will get acquainted with the family history of the last Russian Emperor Nikolai Romanov. 

Transfer to the railway station. 

11:45 Departure of the tourist train.

Breakfast on the train.

10:18 Arrival of the tourist train at Slavgorod station. 

Meeting with guides on the platform, organized passage to buses. 

Transfer to Lake Bursol.

A walk along Lake Bursol. 

This lake in Western Siberia belongs to the largest salt deposits in this cold region. 

The history, as well as the technology of salt extraction of the Burlinsky salt fishery, is unique. 

It has about two hundred years of history and continues to this day. 

It is worth noting that the reserves of resources will be enough for more than one hundred years.

The lake seemed to be spying on a chameleon, it adapted to change its color depending on the temperature. 

On cold days, it takes on a steel-gray shade, while on warm days it takes on a lilac-pink shade. 

Transfer to the railway station.

14:18 Departure of the tourist train.

Breakfast on the train.

12:56 Arrival of the tourist train at the station Krasnoyarsk.

Meeting with guides on the platform, organized passage to buses. 

Sightseeing bus and walking tour of the city, during which you will visit the Bobrovy Log Park, the observation deck of the Stolby National Park with a lift by cable car, the observation deck of the Karaulnaya Mountain, you will see the confluence of the Kacha with the Yenisei, the chapel of St. Nicholas. Paraskevy and the Communal bridge. 

Transfer to the railway station. 

17:10 Departure of the tourist train.

Breakfast on the train. 

13:58 Arrival of the tourist train at the station Irkutsk. 

Meeting with guides on the platform, organized passage to buses. 

Sightseeing bus and walking tour of Irkutsk with a visit to the Decembrist Museum (Volkonsky House Museum). 

The tour will introduce you to the main monuments of the Siberian city of the Earth. 

You will not find such wooden architecture as in Irkutsk in any corner of the world. 

During the tour of memorable and historical places, you will learn the history of the Irkutsk prison and the central part of the city, architecture and wooden architecture, about outstanding figures of the history and culture of Russia, whose activities were inextricably linked with Irkutsk. 

Dinner at a restaurant in the city. 

Transfer to the railway station. 

21:45 Departure of the tourist train.

From Irkutsk to Slyudyanka, the train runs in an easterly direction without stopping. 

00:30-06:30 Parking at the station Slyudyanka. 

During the parking, those who wish will be able to get out of the car and admire the only station building in the world, built entirely of white and pink marble. 

During the parking, the traction will be changed, you will be able to see the work of the locomotive crew when the locomotive is hooked up and take vivid photos against the background of the L-series locomotive built in the last century.

06:30 Departure of the tourist train in the western direction to the famous Circum-Baikal railway.

Further to the Port of Baikal, our train will proceed under the control of a steam locomotive, and you will have the opportunity to live through the emotions of a person at the beginning of the 20th century and feel the regularity of that time. 

Traveling along the Circum—Baikal Railway, the "golden buckle of the Russian steel belt" running along the shore of Lake Baikal, is a great way to see southern Baikal and explore the architectural sights in one day. 

The Circum—Baikal Railway has 38 tunnels with a total length of 9,063 m (the longest of them is the tunnel through Cape Polovinny with a length of 777.5 m), 15 stone galleries with a total length of 295 m (only 5 of them are currently in use) and 3 reinforced concrete galleries with holes, 248 bridges and viaducts, 268 retaining walls. 

In the most iconic and beautiful places of the Circum-Baikal railway, our train will make stops: Kultuk, Staraya Angasolka, Kirkirey, Polovinnaya, Italian wall. 

Breakfast on the train. 

13:04 Arrival of the train at the Baikal Port station. 

Water transfer from the Baikal Port station to Listvyanka village. 

Lunch at the cafe in Listvyanka village. 

Transfer to the Taltsy Architectural and Ethnographic Museum.

Visit the museum of wooden architecture "Taltsy", located in a picturesque place on the banks of the Angara River. 

This unique museum will tell you about the daily life of people in this region in the past. 

Ascent / descent by cable car to the Chersky Stone observation deck. 

Sightseeing tour of Listvyanka village, visit to the fish and souvenir market. 

Dinner at the cafe in Listvyanka village. 

22:00 Water transfer from Listvyanka village to art. The port of Baikal. 

Boarding the train and overnight on the train.

Breakfast on the train.

08:00 Disembarkation from the train with your luggage. 

Meeting with guides on the platform, organized passage to the ship. 

08:30 Boarding the ship "Comet" and departure to the island of Olkhon. 

12:30 Arrival at Olkhon in Zagli Bay. 

Boarding at the UAZ and transfer to the village of Khuzhir. 

13:45 Olkhon Island tour, visit to Cape Buran, Shamanka rocks and lunch.  

15:45 Boarding at UAZ and transfer from Khuzhir to Zagli Bay.

17:00 Transfer by the motor ship "Comet" to the village of Listvyanka.

 21:00 Arrival in Listvyanka village, boarding buses and transfer back to Irkutsk.

At about 22:30 arrival in Irkutsk city center, completion of the program.