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14 Days, Sunday - Saturday, May 16-29, 2021 Escort: Wayne Setness Discover treasures historic and modern exploring off the beaten path in these stunning countries. Days 1-3 Sun.-Tues., May 16 -18 Fly to Bucharest, Romania & City Tour (1 B, 1 D) Fly to Bucharest, Romania, staying overnight in the country’s capital and cultural center. Discover this “Little Paris” on a city tour. Use the local transit bus to travel to Tulcea (5 hours). Set on the Danube River where it flows into the Black Sea, it has been under Byzantine, Genoese, and Ottoman rule. Two nights in Tulcea. Days 4 & 5 Wed. & Thurs., May 19 & 20 Danube Boat Ride & Travel to Comrat (2 B, 2 L) Ride a speed boat through the Danube Delta, one of the world’s largest and most biodiverse wetlands. Stroll down Comrat, Moldova’s main street, see the statue of Lenin standing near a memorial to the victims of Communist repression. Day 6 & 7 Fri. & Sat., May 21 & 22 Chisinau Winery & Monastery (2 B, 1 L) Taste Moldovan wine and visit the capitol of Chisinau, built in a Stalinist style after being destroyed by Nazis and Soviets both. In tiny Orheiul Vechi, visit the 14th-century monastery, the country’s most important historic site. At the church of the Ascension, the real treat is the cave monastery still used by monks 700 years after it was built. Tonight is a local feast at a family home. Day 8 & 9 Sun. & Mon., May 23 & 24 Transnistria & Tour of Tiraspol (2 B, 1 L) Enter Tiraspol for a two-night stay in the breakaway Transnistria Republic. During a walk around town you’ll see new homes sitting next to crumbling soviet apartment buildings. Take a trolley
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O T TravelSETNESS Adventures of 15 passengers only CST 2053926-40 Day 10 & 11 Tues. & Wed., May 25 & 26 Odessa & Nerubeyske Catacombs (2 B, 1 D) Cross into Odessa, Ukraine, a gem on the Black Sea founded as a summer resort by Catherine the Great. Enter the unique underground Museum of Partisan Glory a labyrinth of catacombs running through the hills. Stay one-night in Odessa before flying to Kiev, Ukraine’s capitol. Day 12 & 13 Thurs. & Fri., May 27 & 28 Tour Kiev & Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (1 B, 1 L, 1 D) Stay three nights in magnificent Kiev, a diamond in the raw where Soviet grandeur mixes with medieval architecture. Tour Chernobyl, standing by Reactor Number 4, now covered by the huge sarcophagus, the world’s largest moveable land-based object. Visit the ghost town evacuated after the disaster, meet a village of self-settlers, people who chose to come back to their homes. Day 14 Sat., May 29 Depart Kiev & Fly to San Francisco Fly to Frankfurt, Germany then to San Francisco. Return to Manteca, Stockton and Lodi.
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U O •Airport Transfers from Lodi, Stockton & Manteca SETNESS T •Roundtrip Airfare San Francisco to Bucharest and Travel Adventures Kiev to San Francisco 2432 W. Benjamin Holt Drive •12 Nights Hotel Accommodations Stockton, CA 95207 1 Night Hotel Bucharest, Romania E-mail: [email protected] 2 Nights Hotel Tulcea, Romania or call: (209) 476-8486 1 Night Comrat, Moldova 2 Nights Chisinau, Moldova www.setness.com 2 Nights Tiraspol, Republic of Transnistria 1 Night Odessa, Ukraine Trip Price 3 Nights Kiev, Ukraine $5,879 per person double •18 Meals (10 Breakfasts, 5 Lunches & 3 Dinners) $6,759 per person single •Morning Tour of Bucharest Payment •Danube Delta Boat Tour $1,000 deposit due at signup •Lenin & Afghan War Soldiers Monument $2,000 payment due Sept. 1, 2020 •Milestii Mici Winery Visit Balance due December 1, 2020 •Orcheiul Vechi Monastery •National Museum of the History of Moldova •Visit the Breakaway Republic of Transnistria Cancellation Policy 151 or more days prior to departure - Full refund •City Tour of Odessa minus administrative fee •City Tour of Kiev 150 days or less prior to departure - no refund •Full Day Trip to Chernobyl Exclusion Zone $400 administrative fee on all returned funds Activity Requirement: Strenuous- extensive walking and standing required for many activities. TRIP INSURANCE WILL BE MANDATORY CST 2053926-40