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Trans-Siberian Handbook
Excerpt:
Contents
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
INTRODUCTION
Why take the train? 7 Routes and costs 10
When to go 15
PART 1: PLANNING YOUR TRIP
Bookings and visas
Individual itineraries or organised tours? 17 – Route planning 18
National holidays and festivals 20 – Visas 23 – Making a booking 28
What to take 37
Health precautions and inoculations 44
PART 2: RUSSIA
Facts about the country 46
Practical information for the visitor 58
Essential documents 58 – Arriving in Russia 59 – Where to stay 60 – Local transport 62 – Electricity 64 – Time 65 – Money 65 – Post & telecommunications 66 – Food and drink 68 – Where to eat and drink 73 – Toilets 74 – Magazines and newspapers 75 – Photography 75 – Crime and annoyances 76 – Entertainment 77 – Shopping 79
PART 3: SIBERIA AND THE RAILWAY
Historical outline 81
Early travellers 90
Building the railway 96
Riding the Trans-Siberian today
The train 112 – Life on the train 121 – Buying a train ticket for Russia 124 – Buying a train ticket in Mongolia – 130 – Buying a train ticket in China 130
PART 4: CITY GUIDES AND PLANS
St Petersburg 136
Moscow 168
Sergiev Posad 206
Rostov-Velikiy 211
Yaroslavl 217
Vladimir 224
Bogolyubovo 229
Suzdal 230
Nizhny Novgorod 237
Perm 244 – Kungur Ice Cave 249
Perm-36 250 – Khokhlovka 251
Yekaterinburg 251
Tyumen 262
Tobolsk 266
Omsk 271
Novosibirsk 274
Akademgorodok 282
Tomsk 282
Krasnoyarsk 288
Stolby Nature Reserve 295
Irkutsk 297
Lake Baikal 308
Listvyanka 311 Hikes around Baikal 316 – Olkhon Island 317
Ulan-Ude 319
Ivolginsky Datsan 326
Chita 327
Birobidzhan 332
Khabarovsk 334
Vladivostok 342
Ulaanbaatar 353
Excursions 373
Harbin 377
Beijing 384
Day trip to the Great Wall 407
Bratsk 409
Severobaikalsk 410
Around Severobaikalsk 414
Yakutsk 415
Lena River excursions 417
Tynda 418
Komsomolsk-na-Amure 420
Vanino 424
Sovetskaya Gavan 425
PART 5: ROUTE GUIDE AND MAPS
Using this guide 426
Trans-Siberian route 428
Moscow–Vladimir–Nizhny Novgorod–Perm–Yekaterinburg–
Tyumen–Omsk–Novosibirsk–Krasnoyarsk–Irkutsk–Ulan-Ude– Chita 2–Birobidzhan–Khabarovsk–Vladivostok
Trans-Mongolian route 482
Zaudinsky–Naushki–Sühbaatar–Ulaanbaatar–Erlian–Datong–Beijing
Trans-Manchurian route 491
Chita 2–Zabaikalsk–Manzhouli–Angangxi–Harbin–Changchun–
Shanhaiguan–Tianjin/Tientsin–Beijing
The Baikal Amur Mainline (BAM) 498
Bratsk–Severobaikalsk–Tynda–Komsomolsk-na-Amure–Vanino–
Sovetskaya Gavan
MAP KEY 504
APPENDICES
A Alternative route via Yaroslavl 505 B Timetables 507
C List of Siberian fauna 512 D Bibliography 514
E Phrase lists (Russian 515 – Mongolian 520 – Chinese 521)
INDEX 524
METRO PLANS Moscow 530 Beijing 531
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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