There’s big, and then there’s Russia! Its vastness contains the world’s longest train journey, Europe’s longest river cruises and a patchwork quilt of customs, cultures, languages, and geography. The eternal enigma of Russia also combines a culture that inspired the western world and is now in recovery from communism to…
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I’m just back from a trip to Russia where I spent 4 nights and 3 full days in Moscow. I must admit, I thought 4 nights may have been too long in this city but now I am 100{03e17260731feebda54b271abff347b773c0107003202e8eeba7d379e6644aef} sure that it is not long enough!
Moscow has so many… Read the rest
After 3 visits to Russia I decided it was time to actually learn some Russian. The words for restaurant and toilet simply weren’t enough!
Moscow is a city of incredible contrasts with more Billionaires than any other city yet you will still see pensioners lined up outside the metro stations… Read the rest
Peter the Great (no not me!), considered St Petersburg to be his window on the West and this has shaped St Petersburg ever since. Founded in 1703 it has been known as Petrograd, and while I was growing up Leningrad, then in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union… Read the rest
While Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia share the same Baltic coastline, the contrasting unique characters of these three countries will become evident as you follow this incredibly scenic cycling route from Vilnius to Tallinn. From the three capitals – Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn – to the many small villages that have…
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While Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia share the same Baltic coastline, the contrasting unique characters of these three countries will become evident as you follow this incredibly scenic cycling route from Vilnius to Tallinn. From the three capitals – Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn – to the many small villages that have…
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Back to the USSR 18-day Escorted Tour, 16-30 June 2022
Tour cost, from:
$10,995 per person twin-share – FULL, waitlist available
$12,795 per person solo occupancy – 1 space available
To secure your space on this unique tour, return your completed booking form along with a $750…
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Walk along the Great Wall, celebrate Mongolia’s greatest and most colourful festival, traverse the mighty Siberian landscape and explore Russia’s most exciting cities on this grand adventure.
Itinerary
Our journey begins in St. Petersburg, the ‘Venice of the North’.…
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Experience traditional Japan and remote Mongolia, and ride the grand Trans Siberian Railway from Vladivostok to the old Tartar capital of Kazan, en route to Moscow. Graceful imperial St. Petersburg is the perfect climax to this historic journey.
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive Tokyo
Tokyo, a city of awe-inspiring skyscrapers, an…
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Undoubtedly one of the world’s greatest train journeys, the Trans-Siberian Railway runs like a steel ribbon across mysterious Russia connecting east and west from Moscow over the Urals, across the magnificent and endless steppe and alongside the shore of the world’s largest freshwater lake. The official length of the Trans-Siberian…
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