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Trans-Siberian Handbook
Excerpt:
Best of Trans-Siberian
Contents | Introduction | Individual itineraries or organised tours? | Route planning | What to take | Sample Route Guide: Trans-Siberian Route and map 1 | Other railway lines linked to the Trans-Siberian | Best of Trans-Siberian
BEST OF TRANS-SIBERIAN - sample
Greatest kremlins
- Tobolsk, with its golden domes and splendid cathedrals (see p266)
- Nizhny Novgorod (p238) – walk its fortified walls and check out the exhibitions inside its towers
- Rostov (p211) – the most intimate Kremlin, where you can sleep in the former servants’ quarters
- Suzdal – 11th century kremlin (p231) surrounded by an earthen rampart
Best food and drink experiences
- Feast on every type of Chinese cuisine imaginable – from Imperial cuisine and Peking duck to Szechuan, Cantonese and Yunnan in Beijing (p401)
- Try smoked omul, a fish endemic to Lake Baikal
- Explore the cosmopolitan dining scenes of Moscow, St Petersburg and Vladivostok
- Share the buuz (steamed dumplings), homemade bread, clotted cream and milky tea while staying with Mongolia’s nomads
Trans-Siberian Handbook
Excerpts:
- Contents
- Introduction
- Individual itineraries or organised tours?
- Route planning
- What to take
- Sample Route Guide: Trans-Siberian Route and map 1
- Other railway lines linked to the Trans-Siberian
- Best of Trans-Siberian
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