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Discover your Lake Baikal!

Sacred Lake Baikal

2 Days/1 Night

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Sacred Lake Baikal

Among all beauties and treasures of Siberia, Lake Baikal occupies a special place. This isthe greatest wonder of the world, whom many tried to unriddle but few have been able to.When you look at Baikal’s endless incarnations, it occurs to you why the local people talkabout the Lake as if it were an alive being, and with all their heart they believe that Baikalcan get offended or angry.

During the trip you will visit most interesting excursions. You will visit the unique open-air museum “Taltzy”, also you will dive virtually at Baikal museum and make a mini-cruise along the famous Round Baikal railroad.

And all these magical things are at the shore of Saint Lake Baikal, who will always giveyou a great amount of energy and good impressions!

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Listv

yanka settlement

Irkutsk

Route

Round Baikal Railroad

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Meet Lake BaikalDay 1

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Day 1

Arrival to Irkutsk. Meeting at the airport. Irkutsk city tour. Transfer to Listvyanka

settlement (70 km away from Irkutsk). On the way to Listvyanka you will visit the open-air

museum “Taltzy”. Lunch at the restaurant “Last century”. Accommodation at the hotel

“Krestovaya pad” at twin or double standard rooms. Excursion in Listvyanka settlement.

You will visit Baikal museum, the nerpinarium, Chersky stone observation deck, St. Nicolas

church and the local market.

Meals included: lunch. Dinner is paid extra.

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Irkutsk city tour

The city tour covers all main attractions of the city: Kirov square, Znamensky Orthodox Cathedral and the monument to Alexander the III. It starts with waking-tour of the historical city center and proceeds to the oldest stone construction in the city, the Church of our Savior, thereafter to the Polish Catholic Church and then to the Second World War Memorial and the building of Regional Administration locally called the Gray House. Afterwards the tour goes to Znamensky Orthodox Cathedral, noted for its original iconostasis grave of the so-called Russian Columbus Mr. Shelikhov and the graves of the Decembrist, the Russian aristocrats who were exiled to Siberia after an ill-fated attempt to overthrow monarchy in 1825.

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Architectural and ethnographic open-air museum “Taltzy”

“Taltzy” is a museum complex of all-Russian value. It is located on the 47th kilometer of Baikal highway. The museum recreates the cultural and historical environment of aboriginal Siberian tribes, when the Russian pioneers were exploring the place. The outdoor museum reminds of an old Siberian village, as a village would be built in XVII-XIX centuries. The territory of 67 hectares has collected over 80 monuments of history and architecture. There are 17 expositions at the museum.

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Listwyanka settlement

Listvyanka is a picturesque village located at the source of the river Angara, it is

considered to be the tourist center of Lake Baikal. There is the largest number of

comfortable hotels in Listvyanka settlement, also there are many souvenir shops and an

excellent fish market. Listvyanka is famous for its Observatory, nerpinarium and the

only Russian museum of the Lake - Baikal Limnological museum.

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Restaurant “Last century”

In Listvyanka while having lunch at the “Last century restaurant” you will try original Siberian cuisine, proficiently cooked from Baikal omul. You will definitely like the taste of Siberian food and the nice atmosphere of the 20th century will color your impressions!

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“Krestowaya pad” hotel

The hotel “Krestovaya Pad" is located in Listvyanka settlement, 200 meters away fromthe shore of Lake Baikal. The room of "standard“ class is fully made of wood and there isa soft cover on the floor. Each room has good wooden furniture, two single beds (ordouble - on request), bedside tables. There is a tea set, telephone and TV with DVD.Bathroom is small, but it has everything you need: toilet, sink and shower with differentmodes of water supply, hydro and radio. At the hotel there are two restaurants, a bar anda terrace with a panoramic view of Lake Baikal and Hamar-Daban mountains.

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“Standard” twin or double rooms

A “standard” twin or double room is made of wood and there is a carpeted floor. There isnice wooden furniture, such as twin or double bed, a wardrobe, bed-side tables. There is atea set, telephone, TV and DVD. The WC is not big, but there is everything you need: atoilet, a sink and a shower unit.

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Baikal museum

Сегодня вы будете удивлены мастерству Русских зодчих, которые построили

знаменитую Кругобайкальскую железную дорогу.

Baikal museum is one of the 3 lake museums in the world, and the only one in Russia.

The unique collection of the Lake’s nature make the museum one of the most visited

museums of Irkutsk Region. There are 17 thousand exhibits at the museum.

Here you will be able to see the Lake’s inhabitants. You will make virtual Lake Baikal

foundering at the museum and watch the inhabitants of the Lake.

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Lake Baikal Seals show

Сегодня вы будете удивлены мастерству Русских зодчих, которые построили

знаменитую Кругобайкальскую железную дорогу.

On June 12th, 2009 in the village of Listvyanka an aquarium for Lake Baikal seals was opened. The Baikal seal is an endemic animal and the only mammal of the lake’s fauna. The total population is estimated to be 90-100,000 animals. Habitat destruction and illegal hunting is responsible for dramatic decline in Baikal seal population. In the aquarium the mammals perform to the pubic in the first in the world seals entertainment show. Seals also display themselves as talented artists drawing pictures during the performance. You can even buy their masterpieces at improvised auctions.

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Chersky stone

Сегодня вы будете удивлены мастерству Русских зодчих, которые построили

знаменитую Кругобайкальскую железную дорогу.

From the depths of Lake Baikal to the height of a bird flight: a lift will take you to the

Chersky stone. This is the peak of Primorsky mountain range which height comes to 755

meters. There is a gazebo with an observation platform, from which there is a panoramic

view of almost the entire southern basin of Lake Baikal: there are white tops of Khamar-

Daban mountain range, also there is a Shaman-stone at the outlet of the river Angara,

Port Baikal, and Angara River itself.

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Round Baikal RailroadDay 2

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Day 2

Breakfast. Check-out from the hotel. Transfer to the pier. Today you will get acquainted

with the famous Round Baikal Railroad. You will get to Port Baikal settlement by ferry,

that will be the first point of the excursion. The train will make several stops at most

interesting places on the route. In the evening you will arrive to Irkutsk. Here your trip

will be over. Lake Baikal is looking forward to seeing you.

Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner.

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Round Baikal Railroad

Round Baikal Railroad is a special page in the history of Transsiberian Railway. It is by

no means an exaggeration to say that this is the most beautiful railway in Russia. It

includes the distance from railway station “Baikal” to the station “Slyudyanka”.

Round Baikal Railroad is a monument of federal significance. No other road in the

world has so many man-made objects. The Railway has 39 tunnels of total 9 km in

length, 15 stone galleries of 295m total length and 3 reinforced concrete galleries, 248

bridges and overpasses, 172 monuments of architecture. Tunnels and stone galleries

are unique, because they were built to individual designs and were not rebuilt later.

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Tour price

2 days/1 nighttill 12

Tour duration:Number of people:

The number of people in the group

2 4 6 8 10 12

Tour price per person, € 500 380 334 310 295 286

Tour price for the group, € 1 000 1 520 2 004 2 480 2 950 3 432

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Tour price includes:

- Guide service during the whole tour;- Transfers as per itinerary: transfer “Irkutsk-Listvyanka-Irkutsk”, transfers in Listvyanka settlement;- Accommodation at the hotel “Krestovaya pad” in twin or double rooms for 1 night;- Excursion at the Baikal museum;- Excursion to the Chersky Stone observation platform;- Round Baikal Railroad trip (1st class train tickets);- Excursion to the open-air museum “Taltzy”;- Entrance tickets to the Baikal Seals show;- Irkutsk city tour;- Meals as per itinerary: day 1 – lunch, day 2 – breakfast, lunch, dinner;

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Our tourists’ impressions:

Baikal amazed me! Very often the expectations are not met. At Lake Baikal it was the opposite. It is surprising, fascinating, captivating, and it leaves no one indifferent. Air, open space, mountains, water, landscapes - all these will remain in my memory and in my heart for a long time. I want to come back here more than once! Even minor difficulties appearing along the way were forgotten very quickly. Just positive emotions are left. I really hope that this meeting with lake Baikal was not the last one. Thank you so much!

When we came back from the Lake we felt as if we had visited another planet. Only in Moscow we were able to feel what Lake Baikal made with us: it is true, that there is another energy, another world….real. We took great photos!Well, thanks a lot to the “Baikal adventures” travel company and to Lake Baikal!

Marina, Moscow

Andrei, Moscow

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Contact information

Experts for the recreation at Lake Baikal:

Office in Moscow:Office in Irkutsk:

e-mail:

+7 (495) 287-40-17+7 (3952) 500-689

[email protected]

www.baikal-summer.comwww.vip-winter.net