The Trans-Siberian railway covers over 5,000 miles (Image: Getty)
British tourists have been urged not to due to the ongoing war in .
The Trans-Siberian railway is the with a a mega journey through almost the whole of in just over a week.
The 5,734 miles run from Moscow, located in the west of the country, to Vladivostok in the East.
The journey takes around eight days and seven nights to complete, ticking off a list of major cities along the way.
As well as working through , , ensuring visitors get a flavour of 87 major cities, three countries and two continents.
The route is popular with tourists and backpackers (Image: Getty)
Starting in Moscow, visitors travel west to Vladimir in just two and a half hours.
Founded in 995, Vladimir was the capital of medieval and contains UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Next up is Nizhny Novgorod followed by Kirov, Perm, Yekaterinburg and Tyumen.
A day later, the train will head to Omsk, Novosibirsk, the most populous city in Siberia.
Next up is the towering mountains of Krasnoyarsk and the eastern Siberian city of Angarsk.
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The train goes through the heart of Siberia (Image: Getty)
Irkutsk is one of the most popular stops during the route located just 45 miles away.
This is the oldest existing freshwater lake on Earth and the deepest rift lake in the world and a must-see for visitors to Siberia.
The trip concludes with a run through Baikalsk, Ulan-Ude, Chita, Birobidzhan, and Khabarovsk before arriving in Vladivostok.
The journey is popular with tourists with many regarding the train line as a bucket list tour for backpackers.
Despite the ongoing war in , the route is still operational with two services leaving Moscow’s Yatislavsky Station on most days.
However, UK tourists have been urged not to travel to meaning many Britons could miss out on exploring the route,
has issued a warning stressing that the country may not be safe for visitors.
They said: “FCDO advises against all travel to due to the risks and threats from its continuing invasion of , including: security incidents, such as drone attacks, in parts of the country, lack of flights to return to the UK, limited ability for the UK government to provide support.
“There is also a high likelihood terrorists will try to carry out attacks, including in major cities.”