Travelling on the Trans-Siberian Railway, through Russia, Mongolia and China is one of the greatest and oldest train journeys on earth.
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Below are just a few of the highlights you can experience on a journey along the Trans-Siberian railway.
As the city in which the ill-fated Romanov family met their untimely end, Ekaterinburg certainly is a must for those travelling in search of imperial Russia. Although the fate of the country’s most famous royal family was kept secret for decades, the city now proudly remembers the last of the Romanovs in a series of memorials which serve as a monument to a family who have been recently canonised by the Russian Orthodox Church.
Irkutsk has a fascinating history which makes it an essential stop off point along the Trans-Siberian route. A mixture of the old and the new, from the brightly coloured 19th century wooden houses which offer a glimpse into the city’s imperial past to the vast concrete administrative buildings of the Soviet Era a visit to Irkutsk is a must for travellers enroute to Lake Baikal.
'The pearl of Siberia', Lake Baikal contains a fifth of the world's fresh water and is the deepest freshwater lake in the world. A remarkably unspoilt ecosystem, the lake has abundant opportunities for hiking and getting away from it in small villages that surround the lake.
Between 1900 and 1904 those travelling on the Trans-Siberian railway from Irkutsk would have passed through Port Baikal, traversing the lake via the picturesque Circumbaikal Railway line. Requiring so many impressive tunnels and bridges that the line earned the nickname ‘The Tsars Jewelled Buckle’ the line fell into disuse in the 1950’s and a new line (todays Trans-Sib) was laid.
North of Beijing, neighbouring Hebei Province has, perhaps, the most dramatic and beautiful section of the Great Wall. In a time when certain sections close to the capital have been turned into reconstructed 'theme parks' Jinshanling and nearby Simatai remain in their original state, clinging to the ridges of the ancient Chinese-Mongolian border.
The capital of the Buryat Republic, Ulan Ude is a fascinating place to visit and represents a diverse mix of peoples and cultures. Undoubtedly one of the highlights of a visit to the city is a chance to visit one of the numerous Buddhist datsans which have sprung up in and around the city since the fall of Communism in the 1990’s.