TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY TOURS & TRANS-SIBERIAN HOLIDAY SPECIALISTS

The Trans-Siberian Travel Company (TSTC) is a well established, independent and family owned and operated company offering well thought out, high quality and tried and tested by us Trans-Siberian rail tours and holidays. The epic Trans Siberian railway trip spans across three countries and crosses the two continents of Europe and Asia bringing some of the most remote parts of the planet in Russia, Mongolia and China right to the window of your train cabin. We feel the Trans-Siberian Express really is one of the great adventures left in overland travel and we look forward to using our many years of experience in arranging Trans-Siberian railway tours and holidays to ensure you make the best possible holiday for your Trans Siberian railroad tour.

There are many factors that decide the cost of the train travel used in Trans Siberian rail tours. How many stops you make in Russia, what class of cabin, what route you take and what time of year you may choose to travel in. Rail fares are usually just a small part of the overall train journey cost as our trips include excursions, transfers, accommodation and guides. We use only first and second class for our Russian train holidays as third class travel is too basic and insecure. Please contact us for more details and, information and help with a quote and booking for your train journey.

A question frequently asked is if it is safe to take a Trans-Siberian Railway tour? There are certainly plenty of people who have never taken a trip on the Trans-Siberian or Mongolia railway who will tell you that it is unsafe. Perhaps these stories come form the early 1990s when Russia was in some turmoil after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Back to the present day and travel in Russia is safer than many destinations in the world. There is a good security on both the trains and stops along the routes. Please do not hesitate to contact us for more information or to discuss this as part of your planning for booking one of our Trans siberian railway holidays.

The true Trans-Siberian just passes through Russia with the route travelling from Moscow to Vladivostok - a large slice of the world to travel on one railway but all within one country nevertheless! The Trans Mongolian railroad has much of its route in Russia but also goes across Mongolia and finishes in the Chinese capital of Beijing. Whichever of the Trans-Siberian Railway routes you take you can stop in Lake Baikal which is the mid-point of all the routes and the lake is a real highlight to most.who travel these trains. Keep in mind that visas are often required for these countries so increasingly people now opt for the Moscow to Vladivostok railway route as only a Russian visa is required to travel that journey. Please use the contact form on this page to ask us for more information.

Moscow to Beijing has 6 days of train travel and Moscow to Vladivostok has 7 days of train travel. Adding on to that at least 1 night at either end of the trip takes you up to 10 days as an absolute minimum for Trans Siberian rail tours. However, few people take such a short time quite rightly stopping off along the route at least once and usually a lot more to enhance the experience and break up the rail journey. We would advise a minimum time for a worthwhile of two weeks but most people end up travelling for around 3 weeks which allows a good amount of time for travel on the trains and time off the train. Although, of course the trains are a big part of the overall journey the stops along the way are as rewarding and give great insight into local cultures. Lake Baikal and Mongolia are without doubt the most popular stops. Please contact us for any help and information required in planning your journey.

Wherever you decide stop we hope that you enjoy exploring this website and we are here to help with any questions you may have. Please also don’t forget to browse our Trans-Siberian blog section for our musings about travelling through Russia, Mongolia and China by rail!

The best thing to do is contact us by phone on +44 020 8816 8925, email or the form below so we can start planning your Trans-Siberian tour.

Use the links below to explore our different tour sections.

The journey itself is reason enough to take a Trans-Siberian railway tour travelling through the vast forests and numerous lakes of Russia and the open steppe and desert of Mongolia before finishing in vast China, a destination in itself. Yet as an added attraction each terminus of the railroad has some of the world’s most impressive destinations. On top of this there are also many opportunities to stop off along the way with Lake Baikal, Ekaterinburg and Ger stays in the Mongolian grasslands being real highlights of many Transiberian railway tours.

Today the trains themselves are safe, secure and have good comfort levels and all our Trans-Siberian railway trip cost are ABTA and ATOL protected for your peace of mind on your Trans-Siberian railway holiday. The quality and variety of experience on offer is better than ever making now the time to take the greatest train journey on earth! We hope you enjoy exploring our Trans-Siberian tours which can start from Moscow, St Petersburg, Beijing or Vladivostok.

There are four places from which almost all Trans-Siberian holidays start from. The most popular of these is Moscow, a city that features in almost all railway trips. Many travellers also like to start from Russia’s cultural gem of St Petersburg, a magnificent city now only 4 hours from Moscow by fast “Sapsan” train. At the other end of the Trans-Mongolian route is Beijing, capital of China and home to some of this ancient country’s tourist highlights such as the Great Wall and Forbidden City. The final point a Trans-Siberian rail tour can start from is Vladivostok, an almost legendary port city in Russia’s Far East. There is no “best place” from which to start this rail adventure and we can arrange tours with tickets to start from any of these places.

There are, of course, direct Trans-Siberian railway tickets that run the routes from Moscow to Vladivostok and Moscow to Beijing and vice versa. However, one of the joys of Trans Siberian railway tour packages is the ability to stop off along the way on your holiday. As well as breaking up the long train journeys this gives the traveller the unique chance to visit remote destinations that would never normally be feasible to visit as a single trip for most people making Trans-Siberian railway prices affordable. So, where are the popular places to stop?

By far the most popular two stops are the Siberian city of Irkutsk which is the access point along the Trans-Siberian railway for Lake Baikal and Ulaanbaatar, the capital of remote and fantastic Mongolia. Irkutsk provides the quintessential Siberian experience of log houses, Russian banya (sauna) and delicious home-style food. There are several villages along the shore of Lake Baikal with the best option being just that bit too far to be a day trip.

A Mongolia stopover provides a truly special Trans-Siberian experience and is a real highlight of a Trans-Mongolian route. This is a land of Nomadic tradition and the open steppe and any Trans-Siberian holiday with a stop here should include time out on the grasslands with an overnight stay in a Ger.

For those with a bit more time there are several other stopover options to choose from along the Trans-Siberian railroad. The most popular of these to visit on your Trans-Siberian railway holiday is the city of Ekaterinburg in the rolling Ural Mountains a day’s train ride out of Moscow. Full of history, this is where the Romanov’s met their end and Boris Yeltsin rose from. Kazan, the prosperous capital of Tatarstan offers up a fascinating mix of culture and Krasnoyarsk has superb Siberian scenery just outside of this pleasant city. Ulan Ude is the capital of Buryatia, a land where Russia meets the indigenous cultures of the Far East making for a fascinating blend.

Wherever you decide stop we hope that you enjoy exploring this website and we are here to help with any questions you may have. Please also don’t forget to browse our Trans-Siberian blog section for our musings about travelling through Russia, Mongolia and China by rail!