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Popular Fall Viewing Attractions in Irkutsk [2025]

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1. Lake Baikal

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Lake Baikal

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>100 km from downtown

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Address: Russia

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Recommended sightseeing time: 2–3 days

Featured in 2026 Global 50 - Fall Viewing Attractions

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󰋄Train ride: tunnels & autumn views

󱓊Enjoy the colorful fall foliage of red maples and ginkgo trees

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Lake Baikal, one of the world's largest freshwater lakes, is located in southern Siberia, Russia. Its crystal-clear waters resemble a sapphire nestled among the mountains. Lake Baikal is not only a treasure trove of biodiversity but also a popular destination for scientific research and tourism, attracting visitors and scientists from around the world.

Surrounded by metamorphic, sedimentary and igneous rocks, the shores of Lake Baikal are pulled away from each other at a rate of two centimeters per year. Lake Baikal has many typical characteristics of the ocean - unfathomable depth, huge reservoir capacity, undercurrents, tides, strong storms, big waves, ever-increasing rift valleys, geomagnetic anomalies, etc. The Baikal Depression is asymmetrical, with the western slopes being steeper than the eastern ones.

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