TRAVEL, TOURISM, REST

The Irkutsk area is extremely rich with the unique landscapes, attractive natural objects, various historical and cultural monuments. Baikal occupies a special place among nature sanctuaries. Annually the lake attracts tens of thousand Russian and foreign tourists. The greatest amount of visits is in summer months. According to experts the total amount of tourists on the coast of Baikal reaches 70-80 thousand people a year.

Baikal is an extraordinary beautiful, mysterious, bewitching lake. It has some attractive force - one who once visited it, aspires to visit its impressive cold open spaces once again. Therefore many kinds of rest and tourism are connected to this place.
Water travel: many people make excursions by boats and steam-ships, using catamarans which is fascinating, and yachting as well. The sailing fleet on Baikal totals some tens yachts. " The Baikal regatta " in which up to 30 yachts take part is carried out annually. Cruis[ng under sails needs a lot of time and power, but pleasure received from such rest is not comparable to anything else.

Various automobile rounds are widely distributed. Every summer many people become autotourists. A choice of a route is a complicated matter. The ramified network of roads in Irkutsk Region allows you to go practically everywhere. People spend their holiday on the coast of warm gulfs and at silent picturesque bays of Baikal, deep in the taiga, collecting berries or cedar cones. The most popular route every year is a trip to Listvyanka. It is followed by travels to the Maloye Sea and Olkhon Island where it is possible to make trip up to the northern extremity of the island, Hoboy rocky cape. Routes to the south of Baikal are also popular: in winter to Baikalsk - to go skiing, in summer to Tunka valley to resort "Arshan". On Baikal coast there are many tourist camps and inns where tourists can not only have a good rest, but also make their better, have a good time, take part in various excursions. There are excellent conditions for fishing at Baikal, which is very popular here. Both summer and winter fishing has its admirers.

The special place in the rest schedule is occupied with mountaneering. Majestic and fantastically beautiful Baikal mountains attract travelers as a magnet. Meetings with Tunkinskiye Rocks, Olkhonskoye plateau, East Sayany Mountains, tops of Khamar-Daban, etc are unforgettable.

Every year ski tourism involves more and more people. Skiing can give not less pleasure, than a beach, it is necessary to reject the opinion, that high-grade rest at Baikal is possible only in summer. The winter nature, clean frosty air, unusual silence give the travelers pleasure, confidence of their power, vivacity, health and a lot of indelible impressions.

Special interest for tourists the unique Krugobaikalskaya (Round Baikal) railway, architectural-ethnographic museum "Taltsy", the Baikal museum and many other things are of great interest for tourists.
Travelling and tourism are fascinating activities having cognitive value. They not only attach to the nature, but also bring us up to treat it well.

Everyone chooses his or her kind of rest, but one thing is precisely known: the time you spend at Baikal or near to it, will leave indelible impressions and will bring a great amount of pleasure.

Anastasia Zonova ("Vosmoe nebo")
By materials of CD "the Encyclopedia of Baikal"

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