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Main :: Our Tours :: -Lake Baikal: Crystal Seal Ice Sculptures Festival and Siberian Shrovetide (Maslenitsa)!
   
CRYSTAL SEAL ICE SCULPTURE FESTIVAL & MASLENITSA AT BAIKAL - 2010 Tour dates: 12 February - 16 February 2010 Tour duration: 5 days / 5 nights Suggestions: this package can be enriched by any pre-tour or post-tour options like Moscow, St.Petersburg, Vladivostok, Khabarovsk stopovers (in case of arr/dep in Irkutsk by air) or Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Khabarovsk stopovers if combining this tour with a Trans-Siberian Ride! For the 3rd time the Festival of the ice sculpture “Crystal Seal” will take place on the Baikal Lake’s ice in the Listvyanka village. During the week sculptors from different cities and countries will create masterpieces from the purest and clearest ice in the world. In 2010 the ICE SCULPTURE FESTIVAL at Baikal will be the SELECTIVE TOUR TO THE WORLD CHAPMIONSHIP IN ICE SCULPTURES "ICE ALASKA" (USA, Alaska)! The Ice Village with fascinating shining sculptures will appear right on the lake’s ice next to the one of the best Baikal hotels. This spectacular show will never leave you indifferent! Last year (2009) the Festival brought more than 20 000 people together. 12FEB FRI -Early morning arrival in Irkutsk by air from MOW/LED/VVO/KHV or by train from Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Khabarovsk; meeting with guide, trsfr to htl Irkutsk *** (city center), check in: singl/twin rooms -rest at htl (day use) -bfast at htl -10:00 departure to Listvyanka village on the bank of Baikal shore -11:00 visit of Sibirskay Zaimka tourist camp on the way: troika-horses riding tour and walking to the Angara river bank -13:00 arr at Listvyanka, lunch in the restaurant `The Last Century` with typical Baikal meals: fish of lake Baikal -14:30 Visit to the Baikal Museum to see seals in aquarium -15:30 Dog sledding, 3 km, visit to the Saint Nicolas church in Krestovka village -18:00 Check in at hotel Mayak ***, singl, twin rooms -18:30 dnr at htl restaurant 13FEB SAT -Bfast at htl -10:00 enjoy festival ‘Crystal Seal’ whole day in the Ice village: visit to the ice houses, ice attractions (cash options: snowmobile, skating on lake Baikal ice) drink a tea at the ice cafe and look at people swimming in the pool located on the ice! - Lunch at restaurant `Baikalskye Terema` hotel -14:00 - 16:00 Official part of the ice show naming the winners of the Festival - return to the hotel, rest, banya-option -18:00 dnr at hotel
14FEB SUN - RUSSIAN SHROVETIDE (MASLENITSA) HOLIDAY!
-Bfast at htl,check out -10:00 visit to the Mountain Chersky to see the beautiful view of the lake Baikal south part and source of Angara river -12:00 early lunch at restaurant of Baikal Legend hotel -13:00 departure to Taltsy open-air museum of wooden architecture to see the Shrovetide - Maslenitsa - Russian Pancake Festival, an ancient holiday from the pagan times, very popular till our days. -13:00 arrival, observation of public folklore performance dedicated to the Shrovetide and eat the pancakes. -17:00 -arr at Irkutsk -check in: htl Irkutsk *** -dnr at local or htl restaurant -OVN at htl
15FEB MON
-Bfast at htl -09:00 departure to Ust-Orda traditional Buryat village, on the way visit to the Znamenski monastery -arr at village, ethnographic excursion, traditional Buryat cuisine for lunch -16:00 return to the city: s/s in Irkutsk incld: Spaskaya church and central market -17:30 arrival at htl -Free time for walking in Irkutsk and dining. -OVN at htl 16FEB TUE -check out, meeting with the guide and tsfr to the airport or railway station for onward travel. PROGRAM COST IN EURO for 1 person in TWN in the group of: Group Size: | | | 6 --- | 923 | | 8 --- | 835 | | 10 --- | 793 | | 12 --- | 758 | |
SGL supplement - 166 EUR Price includes: | Not included: | - 3*** hotel accommodation; - full board till Feb,15 lunch; - transfers and excursions with ESG/GSG/FSG; - private coach: Hyunday County; - services for 1 FOC in case of a 1 FOC quotation. | - alcoholic drinks; - porter services; - banya: htl Mayak 1000 - 1200 rubles / per group of 6 pax - 1 hour; |
Recommended to take with You: - warm jacket and pants, better made of wind and waterproof materials. You can take mountain-skiing suit; - warm hats, mittens/gloves, scarves, socks. (Knitted or fur); - warm sweater or fleece jacket; - couple of T-shirts and long-sleeve shirts, thermo-underwear; - comfortable warm and waterproof footwear; - cream and chap stick with high SPF; - medical treatments that can be necessary particularly for You (for allergy, headache, stomachache ) or those that You need for everyday use; - camera; sunglasses. Please feel free to ask any kind of information and additional photos! Alla Romanova (in English) Zlata Valova (in German) Olessia Varnavidou (in Italian) back
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