Along the way Beijing Experience Hanoi Beijing-Hanoi
Connecting down to South East Asia
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Train Train > Soft Class 4-berth sleeper Beijing- > Soft Class 4-berth sleeper Beijing- Hanoi (pre-assigned berths) Hanoi (pre-assigned berths) Beijing > 2 nights 4★ hotel Beijing > 2 nights 1★ hotel
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Visitors to China and Vietnam require visas. Photocopy your passport including the Day pack, back pack, money belt, first aid These must be obtained prior to departure. visas issued pages, airline tickets and kit, sun hat, lightweight jacket, warm jacket Visa processing times for China and insurance policies. (Sep-Apr departures). Vietnam can be up to; Your passport must be valid for at least six China 7 Working Days months past the end of your travel dates. Vietnam 5 Working Days
Fast track processing is possible. Climate and time – Minimum/maximum Temperatures ºC For full information regarding visas, please refer to our web site. Jan/Feb Mar/Apr May/Jun Jul/Aug Sep/Oct Nov/Dec Beijing -20/-10 -6/+14 +15/+22 +24/+30 +8/+22 -10/+6 Hanoi +13/+21 +17/+28 +23/+33 +26/+32 + 24/+29 +18/+22 Experience Beijing-Hanoi
Connecting down to full on itinerary – 5 days South East Asia
DAY 01 DAY 02 DAY 03 On arrival in Beijing you're free to make If you haven’t pre-booked one of our city You’ll need to check out of your room by your own way to the hotel. The Howard excursions today is your own to explore. 12 noon today but the hotel offers a Left Johnson Paragon 4★ Hotel Beijing is During your stay in Beijing you'll certainly Luggage service for a small fee. Your time ideally located on East Chang An Street, want to visit both the Forbidden City and is free until your train departs. Hotel opposite Beijing Railway station in the Tiananmen Square, these are within Reception can pre-order you a taxi – it’s heart of the golden area of the capital city, walking distance of the Paragon Hotel, and wise to allow one hour to get through surrounded by major business centres, adjacent to each other, so this couldn't be Beijing’s traffic and a second hour to tourist attractions and only minutes away more convenient! complete security (metal-detectors are from the Wangfujing Street. During your Breakfast now in force and there can be queues to stay in Beijing you'll certainly want to visit use them) and find your train and both the Forbidden City and Tiananmen platform. Own transfer to Beijing West Square, these are within walking distance Station where you will board the Hanoi of the Paragon Hotel, and adjacent to each bound train. other, so this couldn't be more convenient! Breakfast The hotel is situated 40 minutes from the international airport. The 10-story hotel DAY 04 boasts 308 modern furnished guest rooms On board. and suites. Each room features modern No meals facility including central air conditioning, satellite TV, minibar, IDD telephone, in- DAY 05 room safe and hair-dryer. Early morning arrival in Hanoi your journey No meals comes to an end. No meals
No ordinary trip At The Russia Experience we like to ditch the We continually look at ways of enhancing the We have no group departures, our advertised clichés, discard the puff and concentrate on Trans Siberian experience, incorporating dates always operate (barring anything what we do best – bringing to life the world’s seasonal considerations (such as the Harbin completely out of our control) and, above all, longest train route: the places visited, the Ice Festival), providing the historical context we will tell you it like it is – allowing you to encounters made and the realisation of a (pay a visit to the only remaining Soviet Gulag) make the right choice from a portfolio of journey that is both engaging and rewarding. or inviting you to savour the diverse cultural journeys rich in variety and full of memorable influences of indigenous people (sit down experiences. Sorry! We couldn’t resist at least with a shaman, or enjoy the Siberian art of one cliché! throat singing!).
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