Hotel Tomsk

65 Kirov Tomsk, Siberia, 15004, Russian Federation

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Siberia......baby!

A travel blog entry by aborder

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... a big thank you to Erica Karlsson, you may remember her from the Paraty blog in Brazil. One of very few people who stays in constant contact. She travelled the railway without stopping from Moscow to Mongolia! Her advice and tips, again, were very helpful. She does have a blog too, but she has never let me know where to find it!



The ride from Moscow to Tomsk was roughly 56 hours. Upon laying on my shelf, I spent ...

Tomsk - A Positively Russian Experience

A travel blog entry by mikeandsheila

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... us outside the hotel guest entrance. We had to book a hotel in Tomsk as we could find no backpacker hostels at all - we have ventured off the beaten path to come here - should be interesting. Once checked into our room we find it clean, relatively comfortable and secure.

All about Tomsk
Tomsk (Tomska) is a city of over 500,000 people located on the banks of the River Tom. The Lonely Planet calls it "the most likable city in Siberia and a "hidden ...

The Trans-Siberian Express

A travel blog entry by mikeandsheila

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... Man in Seat 61' (www.seat61.com). This is the definitive resource for train travel around the world, with the Trans-Sib being the highlight journey. Seat 61 directed us to a London based travel agency called Real Russia (www.realrussia.co.uk). You can actually speak in person to the people here and not only did they help us plan our itinerary, but they also organised our visas for Russia, Mongolia and China as well as the expensive transit visa for Belarus (think ...

From Siberia With Love

A travel blog entry by brookeandnick

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... communicated with in a limited way using our phrasebook. We are pretty sure we are the only two foreigners on this entire train – very different from our train from Beijing! I guess it’s because not so many backpackers stop in Tomsk. We chose it because it sounded like the Kingston of Siberia. It is a university town, although at almost 500,000 people it is a lot bigger than Kingston, but it didn’t seem that big.

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Tom Tomsk FC

A travel blog entry by tomandamy

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... and he then insisited on buying a bottle of vodka for us to drink as well. We were a bit of a tourist attraction and the train attendants kept coming in to talk to us (although they didn't actually speak any English) and gave us a pack of random candied fruits. Unfortunately, Vladimir also insited that we ate his spam with our vodka. Mmm! When the train stopped there were loads of local lads from Omsk who were also on the train ...

This hotel was formerly known as: Tomsk Hotel Tomsk