Listvyanka

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Listvyanka (Russian: Листвянка) is a settlement at the source of the Angara River, located 64 km from Irkutsk. It stretches for 5 km along the eastern shore of Lake Baikal in the south of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.

Listvyanka
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Country:	Russia
State:	Irkutsk Oblast
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Hitchhiking out

North towards Irkutsk via Baikal Highway

The entire embankment is built up with mansions, restaurants, and hotels, making hitchhiking there similar to the embankment in Yalta or Monte Carlo. If you do not wish to take a minibus, you will need to walk to Mys Rogatka, where the development ends and there is a somewhat proper spot near the exit sign. The local taxi (both legal and illegal) area ends somewhere after the village of Nikola.

East towards Bolshoye Goloustnoye via hiking trail

• The trail does not start along the shore, but from the upper part of the Bolshaya Cheremshanaya valley. From the embankment, turn onto Gudina street (past the only four-story panel buildings in the settlement, where there are inexpensive shops on the ground floor) and go uphill; it will turn into the trail.
• Do not attempt to reach the trail along the shore of Lake Baikal. The slopes there are genuinely dangerous, and reckless tourists often fall there.

Towards Circum-Baikal Railway (KBZhD)

From Mys Rogatka, a year-round ferry operates across the source of the Angara River to Port Baikal. The fare is 71 rubles (2020); see the schedule on the VSRP website. In the "Port Baikal" railway station building there is a paid toilet, a free Circum-Baikal Railway museum (open from 15:00 to 18:00 on Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun), and a buffet with hot drinks and pastries. On the second floor, there is a hotel. There is a post office nearby. There are a couple of shops near the community center. A path up the slope from the summer station toilet leads to a viewpoint; you can walk further past an old lighthouse to a new church and descend into the village, or the other way around, starting your climb on wooden steps to the church. A little further along the KBZhD, there is a non-freezing spring on the right beneath the slope.

Accommodation and Sleep

Free

• In the 1990s, many hitchhikers (including A. Krotov) stayed at the guest houses of the Plamenevsky art gallery (76 Chapaeva St). Vladimir Yuryevich himself died in 2003. Whether his heirs still host travelers is unknown; check and report.
• Those heading to Bolshiye Koty and Bolshoye Goloustnoye can camp at a clearing at the end of Gudina street. There is a clean stream.
• No suitable places for tents were found along the embankment, and it is noisy there during the warm months.

Other useful info

• There are no cheap canteens. All cafes on the embankment are aimed at tourists. It might be cheaper to get a hostel with a kitchen and cook for yourself. For 300–400 rubles, you can find lunch options on 2GIS.