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Day Trips

Peschanaya Bay is a remote sandy bay on Lake Baikal's western shore, far from roads. In summer a scheduled boat or a…

Day Trips

Bolshiye Koty is a small Baikal village with no summer road. You arrive by boat from Irkutsk, or on foot along the…

Day Trips

Bolshoye Goloustnoye is a quieter Baikal village about 120 km from Irkutsk, with a wooden church on the shore, a lookout and…

Day Trips

A long day trip on the old Trans-Siberian line along Lake Baikal: by train from Irkutsk to Slyudyanka, then the tunnel-and-bridge section…

Day Trips

Taltsy is an open-air museum of old Siberian wooden buildings on the bank of the Angara, at the 47th km of the…

Day Trips

Listvyanka is the nearest village on Lake Baikal, about 65 km from Irkutsk, where the Angara leaves the lake. A scheduled bus…

Metro Stations

A busy public transport stop called Volzhskaya Street in Irkutsk, served by buses, minibuses and trolleybuses. A tram line there could not…

Metro Stations

Solnechny is a microdistrict on the Irkutsk Reservoir with the Raketa river station and the icebreaker museum. A tram stop there could…

Metro Stations

A tram stop named after Gorky Street in Irkutsk. Irkutsk has no metro, and the stop's exact location and the lines that…

Metro Stations

The tram stop serving Irkutsk Bus Station, the starting point for buses to Listvyanka and Lake Baikal. Irkutsk has no metro; a…