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Welcome to TSAR'S GOLD 2010! € 2.999,-* !!!

“Tsars Gold Charter Train” is the trademark name of The Tsar’s Gold Train, owned by the Lernidee Company. Lernidee, a prominent European organization, specializes in train journeys through Europe, Russia, Mongolia, China and South Africa. Trans-Sputnik Nederland is proud to be appointed as Lernidee’s Tsar's Gold Sales Agent in the Netherlands.

* Category I ( Standard)

There are nine compartments per car, each for four passengers. On each side there aretwo berths, one above the other. Below the window of the cabin, there is a writing table. Toilet and shower are located at each end of the car.

Standard Plus Category

In the STANDARD PLUS CATEGORY (II) coaches each compartment is shared by two guests. Beds are sized 70 x 190 cm and are facing each other. In the centre below the window you will find a table. Combined toilet/lavatory compartments are located also at each end of this category's coaches. Showers are in every second to fourth coach.

Nostalgic Comfort Category

If you want to travel like the Red Tsars, the NOSTALGIC COMFORT CATEGORY (III) is a must. The coaches of this category were built in the 1950s under Nikita Chrushtzhev and later used by Communist Party leader Brezhnev with his party members and special guests. Each of these rolling hotel rooms offers not only two large beds (80 x 185 cm), but also an armchair for an especially comfortable view of the ever-changing landscapes passing your window. Every two adjoining compartments share a washroom with hand shower and washbasin. Toilets are at both ends of the coach. In all categories, there are power outlets (both 110 and 220 Volts) as well as smokers' corners at one end of each car.

Category Bolshoi

The first class comfort compartments CATEGORY IV with the illustrious name "Bolshoi" offer the only private en-suite accommodation on board. With 2 beds, one sized 1.10 m x 1.90 m, there is ample space for 2 people. Furthermore, the compartments offer comfortable seating, a large table and cupboard. The en-suite bathroom comprises not only your own toilet, washbasin and shower but also ample space for storage of your personal belongings. Each "Bolshoi" coach accommodates only 6 compartments of this luxurious category. When booking the "Bolshoi" category you also reside in true style in first class comfort hotels such as the Kempinski or similar hotels. Please note that due to the restricted number of compartments in this category early bookings are essential.

Vertrekdata en prijzen p.p. 2010 / minimum aantal deelnemers: 2 Freesale Reguest Waitlist
Price p.p, excluding: International flights, visas (Russia/ Mongolia/ China), tips and personal expenses, services not mentioned. en
Moscow - Beijing
	16 - 31.05.2010	13 - 28.06.2010	11 - 26.07.2010	08 - 26.08.2010	05 - 20.09.2010
Categorie I	2.999,-	2.999,-	2.999,-	2.999,-	2.999,-
Categorie II	3.999,-	3.999,-	3.999,-	3.999,-	3.999,-
Categorie III	5.099,-	5.099,-	5.099,-	5.099,-	5.099,-
Categorie IV	7.689,-	7.689,-	7.689,-	7.689,-	7.689,-
Categorie V	8.999,-	8.999,-	8.999,-	8.999,-	8.999,-

Itinerary - 16 Days / Moscow - Beijing
Day 1: Moscow
After having arrived in Moscow, your tour guide welcomes you at the airport and accompanies you to your hotel. The Russian capital will present itself in wonderful illumination on our "Moscow by Night" city lights tour. Afterwards you can stroll across the famous Red Square with your tour guides and experience Stalin's "palaces for the people": Moscow's Metro stations in all their splendour and beauty. At night, the beds in your first class standard hotel spread comfort. (D)
Day 2: Sightseeing Moscow
Your grand city tour starts in the morning with the Kremlin, including one of the magnificent cathedrals still left from the time of the Tsars. You will visit some of the buildings of the Kremlin. After lunch, you will agree with our earlier guests, that meals in Russia can be very tasty and of high quality (provided the tour operator is willing to pay the cooks accordingly!). Towards evening, your train departs from the Kazan Station. On board you will be welcomed and provided with the opportunity to get to know your fellow travellers at an informal get-together in the dining-car. (BLD)
Day 3: Kazan
In the morning arrival in Kazan, ancient capital of the Tartars, where you will visit the city's Kremlin, full of artefacts evidencing the troubled past relations between Tartars, Cossacks and Russians. A boat trip will make you familiar with Europe's greatest river, the Volga, and reveal the most beautiful urban panoramas. Your special train resumes its journey in the evening. (BLD)
Day 4: Yekaterinburg
In the afternoon halt in Yekaterinburg, capital of the Ural region. The town was founded by Peter the Great in 1723 and is also related to the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas the II, because he himself as well as most of his relatives were murdered here. In the course of a city tour you visit the newly erected Cathedral-on-the-blood, built in memorial of that tragic historical event. Back on the train you can enjoy your view on the fascinating landscape and in the course of a caviar and vodka tasting you get acquainted with the traditions of Russian hospitality � you will be surprised by the witty Russian toasts! (BLD)
Day 5: Novosibirsk
You reach Novosibirsk, heart of Siberia, where you will be welcomed in the traditional Russian manner with bread and salt. Your city tour includes a visit to the lively market. After dinner, the train continues its ride to the East. (BLD)
Day 6: Across Siberia
The Tsar's Gold, by now your second home, proceeds onward over the Yenisei River through Siberia. The on-board restaurant cooks once again demonstrate their skills with the speciality meal "Tsar's Feast". Along the way you will see the typical Siberian villages with their wooden houses, birch forests and � hopefully � lots of sunbeams on impressive mountain landscapes. (BLD)
Day 7: Irkutsk
Today the train reaches Irkutsk, capital of Eastern Siberia. During a city tour you will see the new statue of Alexander III., substituting the former Tran Siberian Obelisk, and lots of picturesque Siberian houses. After lunch, you have an excursion to the open air museum "Life and Work in the Time of the Tsars", which presents the region's history in a clear and vivid manner. A taiga dinner in a Siberian forest restaurant is the excursion's romantic finale. The night will be spent in a hotel in Irkutsk. (BLD)
Day 8: Lake Baikal
Today you will visit a Siberian village by bus, directly located at Lake Baikal, the largest reservoir of freshwater in the world. A boat takes you across the deep waters to Port Baikal, where your special train awaits you. The Tsar's Gold rolls on tracks closed to public transport otherwise, taking you directly along the shore of Lake Baikal for several hours. At a particularly beautiful location your train makes a long stop to give you a good opportunity to enjoy the majestic peace of this unique natural wonder. Dinner is served in typical local style as a picnic on the shores of the lake (assuming clement weather). (BLD)
Day 9: Ulan Ude
This day will take you along a different part of the shore of the mystical Lake Baikal, and then onwards through the wild and lonely mountain steppes of Eastern Siberia. On the way to the Mongolian border the train will stop in Ulan Ude, where you attend the city tour. The otherwise elaborate formalities while crossing the Mongolian border are handled in the comfort of your compartment. The perfect finish of this day will be tonight's convivial dinner. (BLD)
Day 10: Gandan Monastry and the Mongolian Alps
In the morning you arrive in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia. You can leave your large luggage in the security of the train. In the course of a city tour you will see the impressive Buddhist Gandan Monastery, the open air railway museum and the Lama Museum. Beer gardens are very popular in Mongolia � in the evening, your tour guides can show you the best one in the city. You will spend the night in a good, centrally located medium-class hotel in Ulan Bator. (BLD)
Day 11: Ulan Bator
Today you attend a tour to Mongolian Switzerland, a must for everyone who loves nature. After breakfast, a bus trip reveals the beautiful countryside, where your lunch venue will be situated within the typical tent settlements of nomadic herdsmen, among herds of horses and shaggy yaks (wild Tibetan cattle). A Mongolian horseback riding show will be performed especially for the group. In the evening the Tsar's Gold will travel onward to the Chinese border with your special train. (BLD)
Day 12: Through the Gobi desert
In the early morning your train halts in the middle of the Gobi Desert, some time ago one of the favourite settlements of dinosaurs. Towards noontime, you reach the Chinese border, where your Chinese special train is ready for departure. Due to unequal track gauge, the Russian special train cannot be used any more from here on. The Chinese train, reaching Beijing approximately 16 hours later, has no nostalgic coaches, but is furnished in a modern and practical manner. You sleep in compartments with either two or four beds. (BLD)
Day 13: Beijing
After observing varied scenes of Chinese rural life from your compartment window, you arrive in Beijing in the morning, where you will spend three nights in a first class hotel. (BL)
Day 14: Beijing, Temple of Heaven and the Forbidden City
A four-hour city tour will show you the Temple of Heaven and its park as well as Tiananmen Square. A guided tour through the interior of the Forbidden City follows in the afternoon. (BL)
Day 15: The Great Wall and Beijing Duck
Today you enjoy a day trip to the Great Wall. With its length of over 6,000 km and its being visible from space, the Great Wall is an impressive witness to Chinese history. Your programme includes a tour of a pearl cultivation farm, the Ming Tombs and the Shen Lu (the avenue of the spirits). In the evening you enjoy a meal featuring the world-famous Chinese dish, Beijing Duck. (BLD)
Day 16: Beijing and back home
Today a wonderful trip filled with unique and unforgettable experiences comes to its end and you will start your return home. (B)
Tour Highlights
- Proud and impressive: Moscow - Magnificent: Icons and cathedrals - Untouched landscapes: boat trips on Volga and Lake Baikal - Kazan, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk and Ulan Bator - Beijing's secret: The Forbidden City - Tiananmen Square - Mongolian horseback riding show - Rustic: Typical Siberian villages - 40 hours Rail trip on the original tracks of the Tran Siberian (closed to regular traffic) directly along Lake Baikal with two extensive photo-stops - Safe, clean & well-maintained: your special train - Entertaining and informative: Daily lectures about culture, country and people - Traditional welcome with bread and salt - Authentic dining: Speciality meal "Tsar's Feast" - For connoisseurs: Caviar and vodka tasting - Doctor on Board
Excursions and specialties
Moscow - Kremlin compound - Tour of Lights - Tour of the subway - City tour including Church of the Redeemer Kazan - City tour including guided visit of the Kremlin - Boat trip on Volga River Yekaterinburg - City tour with visit to the Church of the Ascension Novosibirsk - City tour with visit of a typical Russian market Irkutsk - City tour with visit to drama theatre - Visit to open-air museum Lake Baikal - Follow the ancient rail lines along the shores of Lake Baikal, including village visit - Boat trip on Lake Baikal Ulan Ude - City tour with visit of historic wooden buildings Ulan Bator - Visit to the Choijin-Lama temple - Tour of the Gandan Monastery - Visit to Alpine Mongolia including horse-riding demonstration Erlian - Visit to the local market Beijing - Visit to the Temple of Heaven and Tiananmen Square - Visit to the Great Wall of China and Ming Tombs - Visit to the Forbidden City Culinary Specialties - Beijing Duck - Caviar and vodka tasting - Picnic on Lake Baikal - Tsar's fiest Our services - Travel with guaranteed accommodations in the category booked onboard the special train from Moscow to Erlian; double or single accommodation in this part of the trip without prior reservation. - From Erlian to Beijing (about 16 hours) accommodation in comfortable sleeping quarters (with 2 or 4 berths compartments). The Chinese train does not carry sleeping cars of the Nostalgic Comfort or Bolshoi category. - Extensive trip on the ancient rail lines of the Trans-Siberian Railway directly on the banks of Lake Baikal with photo stop. - Knowledgeable and dedicated travel guides that know the country as well as English, French or Spanish-speaking travel guides for up to 26 guests. - Local guides - All transfers and bus tickets in your travel destinations - Plenty of excursions and tours according to the program as well as all entrance fees. Fluent English speaking guides for groups starting from 18 full paying guests - Luggage service at all train stations - All meals during the tour (B= Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner) - Caviar and vodka tasting - Brief informative lectures on the Trans-Siberian railroad as well as the geography and history of the country - Doctor on board (from the Chinese border to Moscow) - Showers on board - Two nights hotel accommodation in Beijing and one night in Moscow in a First Class/Premium Hotel or, as applicable, Bolshoi-level room in a luxury hotel - One night at a centrally located standard hotel in Ulan Bator - One night at a medium hotel in Irkutsk, simple accommodation but beautifully located in the city centre (in the Bolshoi category you reside in suites of this hotel) - Traditional welcoming ceremony with bread, salt and Balalaika music - Special Beijing Duck meal at one of Beijing's leading theme restaurants

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