Railway tours are a relatively new way of traveling. In addition to significant savings in comparison with air travel, railway tours enable you to travel in a measured and leisurely way, contemplating the beauty of the landscapes floating outside the window. Traveling by train is a real find for those who are afraid of flights, besides it is much more convenient than the transfer by bus.
For example, to get from Moscow to Vladivostok, you will need to overcome more than 9 thousand kilometers. The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway route in the world. Ordinary passenger trains cross this route at different times - the fastest train will arrive at the destination within a week. But the train ride with the poetic name "Golden Eagle" lasts 14 days, and it's a great way to relax from the city bustle.
This train is one of the most luxurious and expensive trains in Russia, and the route follows the situation .This is a real tourist express, which for 14 days of the way allows you to visit the most interesting places of the country, meeting on the road .Long stops in large cities are necessary for passengers to go on excursions, to see sights, stretch their legs after sitting in a compartment or dining car .That's why do not expect that traveling on the "Golden Eagle" will be boring and monotonous - it's not an ordinary passenger train .
The extreme points are Moscow and Vladivostok. They also enter the excursion program, and besides them the train stops for excursions in such places as Kazan and Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and Irkutsk, Lake Baikal, Ulan-Ude and Ulan-Bator (Mongolia), as well as Khabarovsk. Part of the way the train sets in motion a restored and quite suitable for the railroad transportation steam engine P-36.
The cars here are divided into classes - gold and silver .In the golden car more spacious coupe - 5 separate rooms for passengers with an area of 7 sq. .m, and in the silver - 6 coupe area of 5, 5 kv .m .Each compartment has its own bathroom, which you can use at the bus stops, a spacious bed, a wardrobe, a TV with a DVD player and a music center .In the train there are two dining cars and one car with a bar, as well as a baggage car for things .Here there are even such amenities that you hardly expect to see on trains: a first-aid post, a beauty salon, massage rooms and even a gym .
The Trans-Siberian Express "Golden Eagle" was solemnly presented to the passenger public in 2007 at the station "Moscow-Smolenskaya". Since then, he has been making regular flights from Moscow to Vladivostok, approximately 12 flights per year, but so far only in the warm season, to give passengers to enjoy sightseeing tours in good weather.