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Baikal switchbacks

Байкальский серпантин

The road and rail section down the mountain offer some of the best views to Lake Baikal, Kultuk, and the Circum-Baikal Railway. Stopping on the switchbacks with your car is illegal, but the cafe has a parking lot.

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Café Baikalskii Serpentin
Кафе «Байкальский серпантин»
Out of the roadside cafés in the region this is the one that stands out. It's above the switchbacks leading down to Kultuk and Lake Baikal and has amazing views over the landscape. The food is good and servings large, their pies are large enough for two to share. If coming from Irkutsk it's not allowed to turn across the road to get there (it's possible, but against traffic regulations), you need to drive down the serpentine to a turning point and up again. Similarly when you're finished you need to drive 3.5 km back to Angasolka to turn to drive towards Kultuk and Slyudyanka.
Closed · opens 8 am200-300 ₽
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Market
Roadside market where you can also buy fish and souvenirs.
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Memorial to the Circum-Baikal railway
Стела КБЖД
Near Kultuk station there's a memorial to the Circum-Baikal railway, part of the Trans-Siberian before the shortcut from Irkutsk across the mountains was built.
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Shaman's rock
Шаманский мыс
A narrow rocky peninsula sticking a few hundred meters into the Baikal, serving as a natural divider between Slyudyanka and Kultuk. There's a path to the tip of the peninsula, or you can just look at it from the nearby beach or from the railway stop Slyudyanka 2.