We have negotiated major discounts on our already low rates for the magnificent Grand Hotel Europe in St Petersburg - including the White nights period! This amazing deal reflects the current economic crisis - and our large volume of bookings in one of the best hotels in the world!
For a fantastic treat, enjoy the superb location, 24 hours of daylight and the magnificent city of St Petersburg - don't miss out - book now! Space is limited and bookings are coming in quickly.
We now have prices loaded onto www.select-a-room.com - for customers to buy Russian rail tickets online using the new e-ticket system of Russian railways. You can purchase individual tickets online for sectors between St Petersburg and Moscow and beyond to Ekaterinburg, Perm, Irkutsk, Ulan Ude and Vladivostock; tickets also available from Ulan Bator to Beijing, Irkutsk, Ulan Ude and beyond. Tailor-made Trans-Siberian tours. Hotels of course are available online at discount rates in each city.
We can now book and provide e-tickets for Russian rail travel for independent travellers to destinations within the former Soviet Union. Book online or request your journey and we will confirm and send you a CONFIRMATION reference for presentation at the departure point ticket office - they will provide you with your ticket. In certain locations, ticket machines at the main stations can issue your tickets too. As we roll out this service by destination, we are currently offering trains between Moscow, Ekaterinburg and St Petersburg and rail from Moscow along the Trans-Siberian Express Route to Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Ulan Ude and Vladivostock - with many more to follow. It is now possible to book Trans-siberian rail online and tailor your tour to include stopovers!
This is a FIRST for Russia - and is working well. Certain restrictions apply: maximum 4 tickets per booking, availability is at this time on request and tickets can only be confirmed 45 days prior to departure.
Quick, easy - and cost effective! No more high-cost courriers or postage fees to get your tickets!
Many travellers have particular programmes in mind when planning a Trans-Siberian Express or Trans-Mongolian tour - and dont want to pay the prices for our luxury charter programmes - although if you have the budgets these offer the best way to do the tour in the ultimate comfot! We are delighted to work with you to plan tailor-made, affordable itineraries on the traditional routes along the Trans-Siberian, Trans-Mongolian and Trans-Manchurian routes.
The timings and options for rail travel across so many time-zones with trains operating throughout on Moscow time can be confusing - so talk to our experts in our UK head office and our Moscow team for routings, timings, itineraries and the most fantastic experience of a lifetime! Use the link on our homepage for "No Frills Trans-Siberian" - call us on +44 1480 433783, or use the Live Chat button to talk to us from anywhere in the world! Our clients come from all continents...so welcome to the Trans-Siberian express and beyond!
HRH Princess Michael of Kent;
Silk Road Eastbound October 2009 and the Crimean Express April 2010.
John Simpson CBE, BBC World Affairs Editor;
Trans-Siberian Express Winter Wonderland February 2010.
Paul Theroux, award-winning travel writer;
Arctic Circle by Steam June 2009.
Farokh Engineer, former Indian cricketer and currently a match referee in the Indian Premier League;
Darjeeling Mail September 2009.
Due to currency weakness of sterling against our costing currency of US dollar, sterling prices will rise on 1 March - current prices will be held for all customers paying sterling deposits prior to 1 March. We are sorry for the inconvenience but the weakness of sterling is a factor beyond out direct control. Euro and US Dollar prices remain unaffected.
Our specialist teams in UK and in Moscow are experts at planning and operating Trans-Siberian and Trans-Mongolian rail tours for individual travellers and for groups. These tours are considerably cheaper than our Luxury Train tours and use scheduled rail services to suit your particular itinerary rather than our charter train departures.
Tours are individually designed to fit your budget and plans and can provide stop overs along the Trans-Siberian and Trans-Mongolian routes in all the major cities along the respective routes, allowing the leisurely approach to include:
Lake Baikal excursions;
BAM Railway;
Homestays (Novosibirsk and Irkutsk);
Mongolian Experiences in yurts
Ekaterinburg;
and of course the not-to-be-missed sights of Moscow (and St Petersburg for those with more time on their hands)!
Contact us for detailed pricesa and proposals by email or phone: ctt@classictraintravel.com ! Visas for Russia, Mongolia and China are provided by our visa team for UK originating clients.
Our dedicated teams in Russia and Ukraine handle all sorts of requests for our clients - from the mundane.... to the extraordinary.
Need a helicopter for a flying visit? Tickets in the Tsar's box for the Mariinsky (formerly Kirov) ballet - or tickets on the luxurious carriages of the Golden Eagle stam train through the Russian steppes, or a guided tour of the battlefields of Crimea - we can help.
Our teams in Moscow, St Petersburg and Kiev go beyond the bounds of the possible through to the improbably and the almost impossible. They are renowned for their service and will do their utmost to ensure that you enjoy your stay in Russia and Ukraine to the full!
The Volvo Ocean race takes place in St Petersburg russia in 2009 - with this leg of the race starting in Stockholm on 25 June at 14.00hrs, e.t.a. St Petersburg on 27 June 2009. Book hotels early to secure a view of the finishing straight! For the full race schedule, visit: http://www.volvooceanrace.org/schedule/leg10/
To book discount hotels in St Petersburg and visas for entry into Russia: http://www.select-a-room.com/hotels/russia/st-petersburg ; this is peak period in St Petersburg with White Nights attracting huge numbers of visitors so hotel rooms are booked very early. Book your rooms and visa support online (you need this to get a Russian visa) NOW!
We are delighted to offer Hotel Marriott Tverskaya from €176 per night, Hotel Marriott Royal Aurora from €205 and Hotel Marriott Grand from €232 in Moscow live on our select-a-room.com ! We offer instant availability and the best available rate! Book now - visa support available, transfers, tours and trains throughout Russia ! Welcome to Marriott Moscow !
The Marriott Hotels in Moscow have some of the best locations in the city - and for location, service and quality of accommodation they set the standard in Moscow hotels.
Our Moscow and St Petersburg offices can issue rail tickets for all journeys throughout Russia - whether you need tickets from Moscow to St Petersburg or from Moscow on the Trans-siberian Express, contac us for prices NOW! We can issue all types of Russian rail tickets and deliver to your Moscwo or St Petersburg hotel. Contact us for 2009 tickets - prices now available. Note: tickets cannot be issued more than 45 days prior to travel. For Deluxe Rail journeys - visit our www.ClassicTrainTravel.com dedicated website!
BMI airlines has announced that it has abolished all flight surcharges for all its flights to and from London Heathrow! Great news for our travellers worldwide and good to see that the era of high oil prices has moved on and flights are more affordable for all. Thank you BMI for passing on these surcharges - time to press ALL airlines to push for lower prices.
Retracing one of the most important trading routes of ancient civilisation, this remarkable luxury tour has a 21-day amazing itinerary and follows the Silk Road in the footsteps of such legendary figures as Alexander the Great and Marco Polo. Our tours in 2009 start from £9295 based on twin accomodation and are on sale NOW! We travel from Moscow in Russia to Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and China ending our Odyssey in Beijing! Tours Depart Eastbound and Westbound in April and October 2009 - book early to avoid delay in obtaining all the visas! Advance registrations are being taken now for 2010.
John Simpson - BBC world Affairs Editor - joins us on this journey of a lifetime. A wonderful experience of Dr Zhivago's Russia. This tour starts in Moscow, continues on to Ekaterinburg (where the last Czar and his family were murdered) through the heart of Siberia in great luxury. What better time to visit the frozen Lake Baikal (snow mobile ride included), ice fishing, a private concert in Irkutsk, and on to Vladivostock. This journey covers 6600 miles, 8 time zones and is hauled by our famous Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express - fantastic comfort, fantastic services and great company! Join us! Prices from £6395. Note: our eastbound tour departs 7 February; our westbound tour departs 18 February and includes the BAM railway along the banks of Lake Baikal.
We have a great new programmes of luxury train travel for 2009 to the Russian Arctic Circle. This one in a lifetime tour is 75% pulled by steam locomotive, using 8 different historic locomotives! The tour starts and finishes in Moscow, visits classic St Petersburg, ancient Novgorod, the old trading cities of Pskov and Petrozavodsk through to Archangel (home of the Russian Arctic Fleet and destination for many of the World War 2 supply convoys), and back via Vologda with its ancient Kremlin and 16th Century Cathedral and Uglich - and passes the Arctic Cicle on 18 June 2009 for a fantastic experience of midnight sun! Prices from: £3995 based on twin share. Click on the link for full dfetails!
