Ker & Downey’s Trans-Siberian Luxury Train Tour travels into the unforgettable depths of Ukraine, Russia, and Mongolia. Over the course of 20-nights, the hubs of Kiev, Moscow, and St. Petersburg give way to the leisurely pace guaranteed by a luxury train transporting guests from Moscow to Ulaanbaatar.
Long before planes, trains, and automobiles existed, goods were traded along the Silk Road. Spices, fabrics, food, and frankincense made their way along this route carried on foot and on camel and horseback. Journeys were long and difficult, passing through various climates, shifting sands, snow-covered fields, and through soaring mountains, always pushing toward the shimmering horizon. Bustling cities and bazaars bursting with intellectuals, artists, and merchants popped up along the routes and provided the perfect petri dish where nomads of different religions, languages, and cultures, met and infused new ideas together. The Silk Road was actually a web of various routes that […]
