Siberia Tips & articles

Tips & articles

  1. The world’s hottest cool places

    10 November 2011

    The rewards for braving the cold are many. The northern hemisphere offers wonderful winter travel, with fewer crowds than in...

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  2. Top 10 things to do around Lake Baikal

    10 May 2011

    Mention Siberia and there are immediate thoughts of unrelenting cold and an unforgiving landscape. Yet Lake Baikal, located in Siberia,...

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  3. Travel highlights from Planet Earth

    02 December 2010

    Planet Earth, BBC’s award-winning documentary brought together some of the most stunning nature footage from over 200 locations in 62...

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  4. The best of Russian travel writing

    03 March 2010

    It’s not surprising that a nation as massive as Russia has inspired equally vast quantities of travel literature. Whether you’re...

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  5. Riding the Virtual Trans-Siberian

    17 February 2010

    Not doing anything for six days? How about taking the Trans-Siberian Railway from Moscow to Vladivostok for free?That’s what a...

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  6. Asia's greatest rail journey

    02 September 2009

    Texting monks, baby turtles, floods, urban ballroom dancing and snake-oil salesmen?It could only be the Trans-Mongolian Railway, the eastern loop...

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