Weekend in Ukraine: Kyiv + Odessa

Day 1

8:30 Arrival in Kyiv. Meeting at the airport. Obtaining visas upon arrival in Ukraine.Transfer to the hotel. Settlement. Breakfast in the hotel. A little time for rest. City-tour in Kyiv: we will start from Taras Shevchenko Boulevard, Bessarabska Square, Khreshchatyk, and Independence Square, Valery Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Mariinsky Park and Palace, Glory Square, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, St. , Golden Gate and other objects of the city of Kyiv. And then we are waiting for Andreevsky Descent and one of the visiting cards of Kyiv - Andreevsky Church. In the buildings along the Kiev Montmartre street, there are art galleries, exhibitions, theaters and art workshops. Numerous Ukrainian souvenir shops are located under the open sky. Lunch at Ukrainian colorful cafe. Departure for an excursion to the Museum of Architecture and Life "Pirogovo". "All Ukraine in one day" - this is how you can characterize a visit to this open-air museum. Here, among the most picturesque landscape, you will be lucky to find out: what is the difference between the Carpathians and Polesie, Podolia and Transcarpathia, etc. Ukrainian huts, mills, churches, household items, handicrafts — all this will reveal the soul of the Ukrainian people for you. You will have the opportunity to look at the spinning potter's wheel, go to the "tavern" or "kulishna", ride horses around the neighborhood, breathe in the clean air of Ukraine! And great photos to remember! Return to Kyiv. Delicious dinner in the cafe of the city. Return to the hotel. Overnight stay.

Day 2

Breakfast in the hotel. In the morning we go on an excursion to National Museum "Chernobyl". On April 26, 1986, the largest man-made radioecological disaster of our time occurred - a nuclear accident at the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The purpose of creating the museum exposition is to help humanity comprehend the Chernobyl accident as a real factor in the certainty of the possible death of our civilization, to comprehend the lessons of the tragedy in all spheres of life, to prevent the world from forgetting these lessons, to become a warning to the generations of the next millennium. Many of the materials presented in the museum were published for the first time - documents, maps marked "Secret", photographs. All these unique exhibits, including relics from the exclusion zone (old icons, folk art, local crafts, everyday life of the inhabitants of Ukrainian Polissya), and personal belongings of the liquidators, make us think about the most painful problems of the present, including environmental, social, spiritual losses caused by the disaster. Then tourists will have an excursion to one of the most famous symbols of Kyiv and Ukraine - Monument "Motherland"Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II. The colossal 62-meter statue of the Motherland (102 m with a pedestal) is made of special stainless steel and assembled using a special crane. Memorial Complex "Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II occupies 10 hectares on a hill on the right bank of the Dnieper. It contains a giant bowl of the Eternal Flame, an exhibition of military equipment from the Second World War, as well as post-war years, an alley of the Cities of Heroes. Along the slopes of the Dnieper there is a main alley that goes to the gallery of the Main Entrance leading to the square and the museum building. The sculptures of the gallery personify the heroic defense of the USSR border from the German attack, the horrors of the German occupation, partisan struggle, the labor feat of the rear, the battle for the Dnieper. Lunch at a city cafe. The picture of the day will be incomplete if we do not go to the Kievan Rus park. Ancient Kyiv in the "Park Kievan Rus" is the only and inimitable in the history of mankind the reconstruction and construction of one of the most famous and at the same time the most mysterious medieval city of Eastern Europe - Ancient Kyiv of the 5th-13th centuries, the capital of the great medieval state - Kievan Rus, - in the size of its historical center, known as Detynets of Kyiv or the City of Vladimir. Its architectural image is being reconstructed in full, on a scale of 1:1, taking into account the knowledge of modern science. It also recreates the atmosphere of Kievan Rus. Dinner at an oriental cafe in the city. Transfer to the railway railway station. Departure by night train to Odessa.

Day 3

06:19 arrival in Odessa. Meeting at the railway station. Breakfast in a cafe in the city. City-tour in Odessa. You will walk along Deribasovskaya and Primorsky Boulevard. Admire the beauty of: the Opera House, the building of the Odessa National Philharmonic, the City Duma, the monument to Duke, the Potemkin Stairs, the Passage, the Palace of Count M. S. Vorontsov. You will see the Odessa Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral, where miraculous icons are exhibited. No doubt you will be surprised by Teschin Bridge, and our guide will help unravel its main secret. You will find out why and how the "House with one wall" appeared in the city. You will visit the open-air museum "Corner of Old Odessa" and make a wish on the "Bride Bridge". Cathedral, Ekaterininskaya and Dumskaya squares will open their secrets for you. You will definitely visit the smallest square in the city - “Ostap Bender Square”, sit on the 12th chair, in which the treasures of Madame Petukhova were hidden, hug Utyosov. And after vivid impressions awaits you lunch at a fish restaurant in the city. Accommodation in a hotel. A little rest. Excursion "Odessa Privoz and catacombs". Odessa begins with Privoz: Odessa cuisine, the entrepreneurial spirit of the inhabitants of Odessa and the legendary Odessa humor come from here. See you at the meat aisle! Feel like a real Odessa citizen! But that's not all. We are waiting for the Odessa catacombs! Odessa catacombs are an amazing world of ancient underground workings of the 19th and early 20th centuries, located near Odessa and its suburbs. The Odessa catacombs are a grandiose system of underground quarries, partly interconnected in the form of a large-scale and amazing labyrinth. A significant part of the image of the Odessa catacombs is associated with the role that the Odessa catacombs played during the Great Patriotic War, being a refuge for partisan detachments. The catacombs of Odessa gained legendary fame due to their absolutely fantastic size - the total length of the workings is estimated by experts at 3,000 kilometers, which leaves far behind the catacombs of Paris (500 km) and Rome (170 km). Dinner at a restaurant by the sea. Happy return to the hotel. Overnight stay.

Day 4

Breakfast in the hotel. Excursion to Belgorod - Dniester fortress. The medieval fortress "Akkerman" on the banks of the Dniester estuary is one of the largest and best preserved in Ukraine. Ancient towers keep ancient legends and legends… Belgorod-Dnestrovsky is the oldest city in Ukraine and one of the most ancient cities in Europe. Along with the world-famous Rome, Athens, Jerusalem, the city of Belgorod-Dnestrovsky is one of the ten most ancient cities in the world. Its history goes back 2500 years. Believe me, you will remember this excursion for a long time! Lunch at a city cafe. Excursion and wine tasting in the "Center of culture and wine Shabo"  “Life is too short to drink bad wine” is a French proverb Therefore, we will visit the Wine Culture Center in Shabo to drink good wine! Shabot is located on the same latitude as Provence, Bordeaux, with famous Swiss vineyards. Yes, and Shabo itself was founded by the Swiss, and they safely brought their culture of winemaking here, to us. You will have a great opportunity to appreciate the richness of the bouquet of Shabo wines and learn in detail the history of winemaking in Shabo. Return to Odessa. End of service. Airport transfer. Flight home.

The cost of the program for 1 person ($) 

Hotels

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Raziohotel Yamskaya

Hotel Arcadia 3*

635$

372$

338$

298$

286$

BAKKARA 4*

OK Odessa 4*

647$

384$

352$

311$

299$

Cosmopolite 4*+

Mozart Hotel 4*+

698$

434$

407$

365$

321 $

Fairmont Grand Hotel 5*

Maristella Marine Residence 5*

820$

556$

542$

495$

480$