11D8N THE UTTERLY ENIEVS FOLLOW US.... Ukraine remains one of the rare AMAZING countries where the traditions are kept alive and they are still practiced nowadays. Explore Kyiv - the capital UKRAINE of Ukraine, Odessa – the mix of an attractive resort place and industrial port and Lviv – poetical city covered with a vail of legends. Premier Lounge Travel Validity Period: ROOFS-OF-ODESSA Summer Apr - Oct 2020 HIGHLIGHTS UKRAINE KYIV 1 3 Kyiv • St. Sophia Cathedral and 1 L’viv Monastery Complex Dni • St. Andrew’s Church pro • The Golden Gates of Kiev UKRAINE • Podil District • Mezhyhirya Residence • Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Monastery 1 • Ukrainian Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life in Pirogovo • Strategic Missile Force Museum Odessa 2 Sea of ROMANIA Azov ODESSA • Prymovsky Boulevard • Potemkin Staircase • Opera and Ballet Theater Black Sea • The Mysteries of the Odessa Catacombs • "Shabo" Wine Culture Center • Belgorod-Dnestrovskyi Fortress Flight path Traverse by coach Traverse by Train LVIV Featured destinations • Opera House Overnight stays 1 2 3 • Svoboda Avenue • Old Town DAY 1 located in the capital of Ukraine and • Jesuit Cathedral currently serves as a museum. In the • Virgin Mary’s Assumpࢼon church HOMEKYIV Meals on Board afternoon, tour around Podil District, the • Armenian Cathedral Assemble at the airport and take-off to Kyiv, oldest district of Kyiv. • Lviv Castles the capital city of Ukraine, bisected by the • Olesko, Zolochiv and Pidhirtsi Dnieper River and known for its religious DAY 3 architecture, secular monuments and history museums. KYIV Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner DELICACIES Tour to Mezhyhirya Residence - the DAY 2 Meal Plan former residence of ex-President Viktor KYIV Yanukovych, which is a huge and luxury 8 Breakfasts, 8 Lunches, 8 Dinners Meals on Board, Lunch, Dinner complex and park. With a guide we will Take on a city tour to St. Sophia Cathedral go inside Honka club house (big wooden and Monastery Complex, a real pearl of the cottage), will visit "Galleon" barge 4★ HOTELS world architecture. Inside, you will view restaurant, private zoo, canine centre, the largest frescoes and mosaics collection undeground sport complex, golf club, KIEV Radisson Blu in the world. Further on you will move to helipad, lots of monuments and nice St. Andrew’s Church, the Ukrainian ODESA Milano pavilions and gardens. After which, tour to Baroque church designed in 1754 by the the golden-domed Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra LVIV Rius Italian architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli. You Monastery, the most famous sightseeing *Note: Hotels subject to final confirmaon. Should there will also see The Golden Gates of Kiev that object in Kiev, which has been included in be changes, customers will be offered accommodaon is a major landmark of the Ancient Kiev and UNESCO World Heritage Register. similar to this list. historic gateway in the ancient city fortress, DAY 4 KYIV Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Tour to Ukrainian Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life in Pirogovo. Spread out over scenic rolling hills dotted with groves of trees are a large number of quaint 17th to 20th century wooden cottages, churches, farmsteads and windmills, many of them with manufactured flower and vegetable gardens and interiors furnished with fascinated old textiles, traditional furniture and tools. The museum is divided into seven small villages LVIV-REGION-IN-UKRAINE representing the different regional areas. EU Holidays | Northern Europe 49 11D8N THE UTTERLY AMAZING UKRAINE SUNSET-WESTERN-UKRAINE DAY 5 Ancient sherry cellar, in which a unique Pidhirtsi Castle (15th - 16thcenturies), and KYIVODESSA wine, called dry sherry, “gets old” in oak the Zolochiv Castle (15th century). The Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner casks; Unusual museum labyrinth with its most popular tourist itinerary is one, which ancient myths about wine; Dionis Fountain Today, we depart to Odessa, a port city on leads to Olesko, Zolochiv and Pidhirtsi- – a symbol of Shabo that allows to face a the Black Sea in southern Ukraine. On the these small villages are famous for their miracle of wine producing; In afternoon, way we visit Strategic Missile Force age-old majestic castles. And within some we head to Belgorod-Dnestrovskyi Museum. During the tour we take an kilometers there is one more castle, quite Fortress. During the tour we'll visit the underground corridor to the massive doors most famous of all the defenders of the not like the previous. It's alike a fairy-tale which lead to a self contained silo-based stronghold of the city, very old and palace with the slender towers, shining 12-storey Command Post which could well-preserved, washed by the waters of the versatile mosaic tile and playful decoration. function sealed from the outside world for estuary and has a beautiful view over the Then we will take a train back to Kyiv for 45 days. Sit in the Command seat and city. Tonight, we will take an overnight train the night. experience what Soviet officers could feel to Lviv, a city in western Ukraine, around during the Cold War and being in charge of 70m from the border with Poland. nine missiles SS-22. DAY 10 DAY 8 DAY 6 KYIVHOME NIGHT TRAINLVIV Breakfast ODESSA Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Enjoy the rest of the day free at leisure till In the morning we arrive to Lviv, explore Taking on a orientation city tour, to the it is time to transfer to the airport for your the city’s historic center of fantastically Prymorski Boulevard and legendary flight home. Potemkin Staircase leading to the sea, eclectic city, which was included in the the famous Opera and Ballet Theater, UNESCO World Heritage List. You will stroll Troyitska and St. Paul Churches and the down Lviv’s main avenues, squares, narrow DAY 11 Art Museum. Then we will tour "The cobbled streets. The city tour starts at the Mysteries of the Odessa Catacombs" as Opera House, then you will walk down HOME SWEET HOME Odessa was built on the coquina stones that Svoboda Avenue, which is laid out above We hope you enjoyed your trip with our had been mined out of the ground. That is the enclosed underground Poltva River. company and we look forward to seeing why the long labyrinths spread under the You will see the oldest and most gorgeous you again for your next trip. city. You will visit sellers of the guerrillas’ warriors, who kept fighting the Nazi in the churches and cathedrals in the Old Town war hinterland. Please, take some warm including Baroque style Jesuit Cathedral, Tipping Guideline: (based on 11D8N) clothes to the underground tour, since the the Virgin Mary’s Assumption church, the • €88 per person temperature there is not going higher than Armenian Cathedral with 16- 17th century Note: 10-12 C. tombstones. • A minimum group size of 15 passengers is required for a confirmed departure. DAY 7 • The sequence of the iࢼnerary, flight schedules and DAY 9 hotels are subject to change without prior noࢼce ODESSANIGHT TRAIN LVIVKYIV in the event of unforeseen circumstances. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner • Acࢼviࢼes are subject to weather condiࢼons. Today, take on a tour to the Shabo winery • During major events and fesࢼvals, accommodaࢼon Today, tour the Lviv Castles, including may be re-located to outside of the city or in at the "Shabo" Wine Culture Center. An Olesko Castle (the 13th – 18th centuries), another city without prior noࢼce. 50 Northern Europe | EU Holidays FEATURE One of the biggest countries in Europe that still finds itself among the ranks of the less travelled, Ukraine is an eclectic nation rich in cultural diversity, thanks to its borders that skirt along the boundaries of Russia, Poland and Hungary, just to name a few. The resulting tug-of war between Russian and western European influences have led to an incredible mix of landscapes and city vibes, topped off with some warm hospitality once you break the ice with the locals. PECHERSK LAVRA, KIEV A largely underrated country, As a former Soviet nation with Ukraine is still gaining attraction in living history, the country terms of tourist numbers. Thus, you will get to see vibrant cities, underwent two revolutions and a ancient castles and vivid Russian invasion to finally emerge landscapes reminiscent of the on the map as an independent more popular European cities but country in 1991. Despite its without the tourist crowds. This checkered past and ongoing means beautiful, stunning pictures tensions, Ukraine is perfectly safe of the architecture and city for tourists to visit and explore. without the jostling or the extra Simply avoid the Crimea, Donetsk head or two popping into your and Lugansk regions, which are shot. UKRAINE closed off to visitors anyway, exercise caution and stay alert – that applies to any country you visit – and you’re good to go. If you have finally made up your mind to visit this delightful country, good call! Now you just need to take note of an important detail when you prepare for your ROAD LESS trip. Citizens from Singapore and Malaysia will require an e-Visa to TRAVELED enter Ukraine, so you will need to submit an application online and get your visa done before your trip. EU Holidays | Northern Europe 51.