The Trans-Siberian Holidays

By its own admission, the Golden Eagle Trans- Siberian Express is effectively a luxury hotel on rails. Every class of cabin on board is lavishly furnished and features a private en-suite wet room or bathroom with complimentary toiletries, daily turn-down service and its own cabin attendant who is on hand to assist twenty-four hours a day.

Furnished and decorated in classical style to the highest standards, no expense has been spared to equip this striking and elegant train with every modern facility for passengers' comfort and convenience. This ensures that ti me spent aboard becomes, in itself, one of the most memorable highlights of travelling the Trans-Siberian Railway on your 12-night adventure from Moscow to Vladivostok or Vladivostok to Moscow.

Operating from Moscow to Beijing is the Tsar's Gold Private Train. This immaculate, privately-operated train offers an alternative, yet highly comfortable way in which to cover the 8,961-kilometre route across Russia, Siberia, Northern Asia and down into China.

The classical Tsar's Gold Private Train is opulently decorated in vintage Soviet style and furnished to the highest standards of quality and comfort; the carriages which now comprise the train's 'Nostalgic Comfort' class, for example, were originally built for the use of former Russian president Leonid Brezhnev and his staff. In addition to classical décor and sumptuous comfort the train is also equipped with every modern facility and features two beautifully appointed restaurant cars which also serve as informal bar lounges in the evening.

On its 16-day journey from Moscow to Beijing the Tsar's Gold Private Train takes in Lake Baikal, the vast, grassy Mongolian steppe, the Gobi Desert and the mountains of Northern China. It also calls at many notable cities and towns such as the historic Yekaterinburg, founded by seventeenth-century Russian leader Peter the Great, the culturally-rich Irkutsk, nicknamed 'the Paris of Siberia' and Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia's fascinating capital city.

• After flying from London to Moscow, take an evening tour of the city
• Whilst in Kazan, pay a visit the city's spectacular Kremlin
• Uncover Yekaterinburg, a historically-rich city founded by Peter the Great 
• Partake in a 'Tsar's Feast' including vodka and caviar tastings
• Take a tour to visit Ulan Ude's highlights
• After arriving in the Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar, perhaps take a guided tour to see many of the city's impressive sights 
• Enjoy a traditional-style lunch in the tent sett lement of nomadic herdsmen and enjoy a horse-riding show 
• Passing through the Gobi Desert, there is chance to see the landscape where several dinosaur remains have been found 
• Take a guided tour of Tiananmen Square or visit the Temple of Heaven, before experiencing the Great Wall of China

The Golden Eagle also runs a service running east from Moscow and lasti ng for 15 days. Whilst the route is noted for its diverse, ever-changing and oft en spectacular landscapes, the Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express also visits many special destinations including Irkutsk, an historic city as famed for its disti ncti ve wooden architecture and Lake Baikal.

• Arrive in the captivating Russian capital and enjoy a panoramic tour that includes Red Square, St Basil's cathedral and the Kremlin
• Board the Golden Eagle and begin your journey to Kazan
• In Yekaterinburg, visit the site where Tsar Nicholas II and his family were murdered
• Continue to Novosibirsk for a guided tour
• Explore the unique architecture of Irkutsk
• Relax by the shores of Lake Baikal, the word's largest freshwater lake
• Visit the Old Believers' village in Ulan Ude
• Experience a Buddhist temple in Mongolia's capital, Ulaan Baatar
• After 6,000 miles, arrive into Vladivostock where there is a tour
• Fly back home to the UK