Ukrainian tours: Thematic tours

DAY 1 Kyiv

Arrival to Borispol. After customs and passport formalities, you will be met by the representative of our company and transferred to Kiev.

Check –in to the hotel. After that you will have a city tour including St. Volodymyrskyy Cathedral, Opera House, Golden Gates, Sophievskaya Square, monument to Bohdan Khmelnitsky, monument to Princess Olga and Enlighteners, Myhaylovskiy Zlatoverhiy Cathedral.

Lunch in a local restaurant.

Visit to the Kiev’s plant of sparkling wines "STOLICHNIY".

Night transfer to Odessa by fast regular train.

DAY 2 Odessa

Arrival to Odessa. you will have a city tour which involved some walking. The excursion will acquaint you with the city, its revolutionary, historical and architectural monuments, it’s past and present. Usually it begins with the Seaside Boulevard. Enjoy a pleasant stroll along Primorskiy Boulevard, the Palace of Count Vorontsov and the Palace of Weddings. Continue your walk past the impressive Potemkin Staircase, which was completed in 1841. You will then see Pushkin Monument. You will also see the exterior of the monumental Opera House. It was completed in 1887; the baroque-style building resembles the Vienna Opera house and Dresden Court Theatre, and was designed by the same architects.

Check-in and lunch at the hotel.

After lunch you will visit the plant of sparkling wine and brandy "Shustov" (founded in 1856).

Overnight at the hotel.

DAY 3 Odessa

After breakfast at the hotel you will have an opportunity to visit some of Odessa’s famous museums. First of all, the Archaeological Museum with its biggest Ukrainian collection of archeological discoveries of the Northern Black Sea region from Ancient Greek settlements Olviya, Tyras, Pantikapey, Khersones.

You are highly recommended to visit the Odessa Art Museum with a large collection of paintings ranging from medieval icons and classical art of the 18-19^th centuries to the works of contemporary Odessa masters of realistic, modern and avant-garde.

Lunch in a local restaurant.

Then our coach will transfer you to the "SHABO" winery– the biggest wine farm in Odessa region.

After dinner you will be transferred to the railway station to catch the night train to Simferopol.

DAY 4 Simferopol – Sevastopol

Early arrival to Simferopol. After a breakfast in a local café you will be transferred to Sevastopol. You will have a city tour there which includes Count Landing stage, Monument to the Scuttled Ships, and panorama "Defence of Sevastopol 1854-55".

After lunch you are invited to have a sea voyage to Inkerman along the Big Sevastopol Bay. You will visit Inkerman Plant of Vintage Wines and get acquainted with the technology of production. Wine-tasting will be a conclusion of this excursion.

Check – in and dinner at the hotel

DAY 5 Sevastopol – Balaklava – Yalta

Breakfast at the hotel and check-out.

Driving through the Balaklava valley, acquaintance with the vineyards of the Golden Gorge company. After that you will be transferred to Alupka. Visit to the palace and the park of Count Vorontsov, a founder of the wine-making in the Crimea in the first half of the XIX century.

Transfer to Yalta and check – in.

After lunch you will have an opportunity to visit shops and laboratories of the Scientific-Research Institute of Wine-Making and Grape-Growing "Magarach". You will also get acquainted with the technology of its production. Wine-tasting. You will be able to appreciate a great variety of wines recognized internationally and awarded two Grand Prix Cups, gold medals at the international Wine Contests (including the famous White Muscat of the Red Stone and unique sherries).

Dinner at the hotel

DAY 6 Yalta

After breakfast at the hotel you will visit wine cellars of Massandra Winery of Vintage Wines. There you will have a wine-tasting. Massandra vintage wines are internationally recognized and were awarded at many international contests for their superb and harmonious taste with 128 gold and silver medals and two Grand Prix. Then you are invited to visit Nikitskiy Botanical Garden and Livadia, a former summer residence of Nicholas II.

Lunch at the "Czar's Cuisine" restaurant. Visit to the Livadia palace , a place of the Yalta Conference in February 1945. Later you will be transferred to the Swallow's Nest (in fine weather a sea voyage is possible). You will see a miniature castle, an architectural emblem of the Crimea.

Dinner at the hotel.

DAY 7 Yalta – Sudak – Simferopol

Breakfast at the hotel and check – out. You will be transferred to Sudak where you will see a famous Genoese Fortress. Then you will visit the settlement of New World, a centre of wine-making of the Eastern Crimea. Visit to the house-museum of prince Golitsin, where you will see picturesque Golitsin's grottos. Visit to the Winery of Sparkling Wines "the New World". Wine-tasting of several sorts of the New World champagne.

Transfer to Simferopol. Night transfer to Kiev by regular train.

DAY 8 Kiev

Early arrival to Kiev. Direct transfer to the airport of Borispol.

Variant A. Standard

Accommodation in Ukraina Hotel, 3*, DBL standard (Kiev), Chornoye More Hotel, 4*, DBL standard (Odessa), Ukraina Hotel, 3*, DBL Standard (Sevastopol), and Yalta Intourist, 3*, DBL superior (Yalta)
 

Variant B. Economy

Accommodation in Slavutich Hotel, 3*, DBL standard (Kiev), Yunost’ Hotel, 3*, DBL superior (Odessa), Krym Hotel, 2*, DBL standard (Sevastopol) and Krym Hotel, 2*, DBL standard (Yalta)
 

Package price includes:

1)      Accommodation in Kiev (1 night), in Odessa (1 night), Sevastopol (1 night) and Yalta (1 night)

2)      Transfers: airport/railway station – hotel – airport/railway station

3)      Meals: breakfasts

4)      Transport services by a comfortable air-conditioned bus according to the program

5)      Services by English-speaking guide including entrance fees according to the program

6)      Wine tasting according to the program

7)      2^nd class train tickets Kiev – Odessa, Odessa – Simferopol and Simferopol – Kiev