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Every captivating tailor-made itinerary needs a perfect base. Our team has handpicked this collection of properties to give you luxury options in styles to suit any adventure.
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Our Team Steppes Travel is made by the people who work here. Incredible holidays are made possible because of their vast travel experience and the great enthusiasm they bring to their work.
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Our Tour Experts We carefully select our experts based on their knowledge, companionship and influence, ensuring that you can travel with the most knowledgeable leaders in the field.
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Heroes and Heroines The people who lead the way when it comes to those things which matter to us: exploration, the environment, women’s empowerment and education.
Moscow
The capital and a must-visit. Moscow is the central focal point of New Russia and everything that it represents.
Moscow is a city where history unfolds around every corner – whether in the magnificent golden-domed cathedrals, the grand political building of the Kremlin and the building surrounding Red Square and the infamous domes of St Basil’s Cathedral.
Moscow magic
It is not until the last few years that Moscow has transformed itself into one of the most vibrant, dynamic and exciting cities in the world. Its restaurants are chic and serve some of the best food in Europe, there is a huge range of luxury hotels and it remains the perfect starting point for many trips within Russia.
Furthermore, unlike St Petersburg, which concentrates on foreign art, Moscow is the centre for Russian art and artefacts and has a correspondingly greater variety of museums and galleries. Moscow is still developing its modernity but embracing every minute of it; the majority of Muscovites are keen to welcome the new global culture.
See and do more
A visit to Moscow works perfectly in combination with Russia’s other infamous but slightly less harsh city, St Petersburg – see our journey idea for further details. Trains between these two main Russian cities are readily available along with river cruises following the Volga River between Moscow to St Petersburg taking in a wealth of Russian historic scenery along the way.
Experiences
What do you really love doing? We curate your itinerary especially for you.
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Russia
Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Winter Wonderland by Steam
A one-off Trans-Siberian rail journey in February 2021, on board the luxury Golden Eagle, powered exclusively by steam. Cross Russia, from Vladivostok in the far east, through Mongolia to the metropolis of Moscow over 22 days…
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Russia
Golden Eagle – Trans Siberian Railway
This iconic train journey connects east and west travelling from Moscow across endless steppes landscapes, over the Urals, hopping across the border into Mongolia before terminating in far eastern Russia in the military port of Vladivostok.…
Meet our experts
A passion for travel runs right through every one of our experts - meaning they're always ready with first-hand insight about their specialist countries.
Kate Hitchen
My travels were first inspired by my love of the UK, which I take as much pleasure in exploring as countries far and wide. For me, travel is all about the adventure, the people I meet and the food I sample along the way.
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Katie Benden
The excitement of travelling the world has always hugely appealed. Largely cemented from my first solo trip to Egypt and the Middle East. The crazy hustle and bustle of Cairo was a huge assault on the senses, scrambling through the claustrophobic tunnels of the Great pyramid took me out of my comfort zone and I was left humbled by the warm hospitality of the Nubian people in Aswan as we shared dinner together.
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Explore other regions in Russia
St Petersburg
The city has a striking array of neoclassical and baroque architectural delights in the form of its many spectacularly designed palaces and…
Golden Ring
Amid plains, lakes and marshes of this vast country are scattered traditional Russian towns.
Russian Arctic
The Russian Arctic stretches from Murmansk in the west round to Anadyr in the east.
Solovki
Although it is not an easy destination, the trip is well worth the reward.
Why Choose Steppes?
Our knowledge and expertise set us apart. So too our curiosity. A curiosity of the world and of you, and your passions. It is this that drives us to create a journey that is really bespoke to you, all the while ensuring we travel and operate sustainably.
Are you ready to discover extraordinary once again?
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