Listvyanka Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
urban-type settlement in Irkutsk District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
About Listvyanka
The Listvyanka village, on Lake Baikal where the Angara river begins, was mentioned in a 1726 diary from a Tsarist embassy on their way to China. As with all of Siberia at this time, it was just a tiny settlement. Listvyanka would remain so until the late 19th century when a port was established, followed by a shipyard. TheTrans-Siberianin its first iterations passed near the town from 1900 onwards; the section from Irkutsk upriver and across the lake to Mysovsk (nowadays Babushkin) was operated by ships. A few years later this section too was passable by railway, from Irkutsk along the river to Port Baikal on the opposite river bank (this section was dismantled in the 1950s) and along what's now theCircum-Baikal Railwayon toKultukwhere it meets with the present-day Transsib. In Soviet tim
Top Attractions in Listvyanka
Explore the best things to see and do in Listvyanka:
- ★Arboretum
- ★Baikal husky center
- ★Baikal Museum
- ★Cherskov's rock
- ★Diving center "New dimension"
- ★Eastland ski resort
- ★Gem museum
- ★Large solar vacuum telescope
Where to Stay in Listvyanka
- 🏨Belka Hostel
- 🏨Hotel Baikal
- 🏨Hotel Mayak
Listvyanka Travel Guide Sections
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