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The Trans-Siberian Railway, Russia

Beginning in European Russia, the railway rolls eastwards, through the Ural mountains and the vastness of Siberia, finally ending in the Russian Far East, on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. Or maybe not. Veer off after Lake Baikal and make for Mongolia or the north of China on the railway’s Trans-Mongolian and Trans-Manchurian offshoots.

Make it happen: Most travellers begin in Moscow due to ease of access. Trans-Siberian high season runs May-September.