Individual Trans-Siberian railroad tour samples.

Sample tours for individual travellers:

A)     By train Helsinki-Moscow-Beijing and return by air Beijing-Helsinki. Totally 13 days/12 nights. Departures from Helsinki every Monday at 18.23 to Moscow. Arrival next morning 08.25 to Moscow and same day connection to Beijing by Chinese train at 21.35.

2^nd class train tickets (hard sleeper) for seven nights in the train. In Beijing accommodation in a good 3 star hotel including breakfasts (4 nights) in a shared double room and two English guided full day tours including lunch.

- The Great Wall and Ming Tombs + lunch

- Forbidden City, Tiananmen, the Temple of Heaven, Summer palace + lunch

Flight Beijing-Helsinki

Train + hotel + tours + flight EUR 1580/person (fare is only for planning purposes).

B)     Flight from Helsinki to Beijing 21.20-08.55+. Accommodation 7 nights in Beijing in a good 3 star hotel in a shared double room. Two English guided full day tours including lunch:

- The Great Wall and Ming Tombs + lunch

- Forbidden City, Tiananmen, the Temple of Heaven, Summer palace + lunch.

Russian train (on Saturdays) n:o 19 from Beijing to via Moscow to Helsinki in 2^nd class cabin (hard sleeper). 15 days 16 nights. Price EUR 1665 / person.

C)    By train from Helsinki via Moscow to Vladivostok, 2 nights in Vladivostok and return flight via Moscow to Helsinki.

1^st day:train from Helsinki to Moscow at 18.23

2^nd day: train arrives in Moscow Leningradskij railway station at 08.30

2^nd day: train departs to Vladivostok at 21.35 (no programme in Moscow)

2^nd-9^th days happy travelling by train through Russia all the way from west to east.

9^th – 12^th day in Vladivostok. Accommodation in a 2 star hotel .

Breakfasts are included in the rate. Registration to Russia is made by the hotel for an extra charge. No programme arranged in Vladivostok.

Aeroflot flight from Vladivostok via Moscow to Helsinki.

EUR 2600 / person.

Visas to Russia, Mongolia and China are not included. Above tours are only as a suggestion and fares and itineraries can be changed without prior notice.

D)    Side trip by train from Beijing to Chengde. 2 days/1 night

Chengde is an old historical city north from Beijing where an Emperor spent hot summer months.

1^st day Train from Beijing at 07.20 to Chengde. Arrival in Chengde at 11.18, meet the local guide at the railway station and transfer to the 3 star Qiwanglou hotel.

Lunch in a local restaurant.

In the afternoon English guided tour to the Emperors summer resort area and to the Buddhist Temple.

2^nd day Visit to Chengde and to two Buddhist Temples.

Lunch in a local restaurant.

Train Chengde-Beijing 14.40-18.38

Price EUR 220 / person in a shared double room. Single room surcharge EUR 55.

Price do not include raiway station – hotel v.v. transfers in Beijing and dinner in Chengde.

It is possible to travel by train from Helsinki all the way to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.

Train tours and tickets to Central Asian countries; Uzbekistan, Kazakstan etc.

Tours by air to Armenia and Georgia.

Traveller Ltd do not arrange train tours from Finland to India (in India yes) or Nepal.

Bookings and information:

Traveller Oy, Kasarmikatu 26, 00130 Helsinki, Finland tel +358-9-660 002, traveller@traveller.fi