How much would it cost me to spend a week in Siberia?

Question by Ashley Marie: How much would it cost me to spend a week in Siberia, Russia? (ALL expenses included)?
I’m graduating in June of 2010. I’m engaged and I want to travel to Siberia for a week with my fiance for our summer vacation. But, I need to know how much it might cost. Help?

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Answer by Arsan Lupin
You would need to supply a LOT more information than “a week for 2 in Siberia in the summer”!

For starters: where in Siberia? Siberia is the vast region constituting almost all of Northern Asia and for the most part currently serving as the massive central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation. It has an area of over 13 million square kilometers – more than twice the size of all the rest of Europe! Do you think you can narrow things down a little? I expect accomodations to cost differently in Irkutsk than they would in Novosibirsk or Ekaterinaburg or Magadan.

What country issued your passports? Russia charges different fees for tourist visas to different countries. How will you be traveling to/from Siberia? I expect airfare from Sydney will differ from that of Buenos Aires or Warsaw or Capetown or Mumbai. How will you travel within Siberia? The Trans-Siberian Railway is very popular, but you would be spending most of your week sitting in a railroad car. If so, would you go 1st class (2-berth) or 2nd class (4-berth)? (There are no 3rd class cars on the Trans-Siberian trains.) Are you wanting luxury accommodations, or are you “back-packing”?

I think you need to do your homework, have some long discussions with your fiance, and decide where, when, and how. Only with that information can anyone answer your question.

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