Ukrainian tours: Youth 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. This ancient city is the capital of Ukraine and one of the biggest cities in Europe. It has been standing on steep hills overlooking the Dnipro River for more than 1,500 years. According to the ancient legend, Kyiv was founded by the three brothers Kyi, Schek and Khoryv and their sister Lybid, and it was named after the eldest brother Kyi. It is known as the mother city for all Eastern Slavic peoples. Kyiv Rus is the state from which Ukraine, Russia and Belarus are all descended.

Check-in and dinner at a hotel.

DAY 2 Kyiv

Breakfast at the hotel. Then 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. Departure on excursion to Babiy Yar after that. Babiy Yar is a place where happened mass murder by fascist occupants during 1941 – 43 years. Here more than one hundred thousand Kiev inhabitants, prisoners of war, prisoners of Gestapo and Syretskiy concentration camp were perished. 29^th of September 1941 in Kiev an order of German command was announced: “All Jewish must come to the Melnykova street with a documents and jewel in the morning. For non-execution – shooting down”. That day thousands of people went to the street near cemetery. Later people were droved together to Babiy Yar. For two days around 35 thousand of Jewish people were killed. There is a memorable sign built over there.

Lunch in a local restaurant.

After delicious lunch you are invited to visit the World War II museum. The museum was found in 1973. The complex combines the Museum building and the Motherland statue (62 meters high), gallery of sculpture expositions, commemorating the heroes of the battlefields and rear front, the Glory Cup (16 m diameter), and the exhibition of the arms from the World War II time. The main display is located in the area of 5.000 m and counts more than 12.000 relics. Numerous exhibits of documents of military commanders, participants of the war, collection of orders, medals and letters, documentary evidences of the war witnesses, unique things of the occupation and the liberation attract visitors' attention.

Dinner at the hotel

DAY 3 Kyiv

After breakfast at the hotel you will have a visit to the State Aviation Museum where over 60 models of real-sized air-crafts are presented. You will have opportunity not only to see the models but come inside and try the pilot’s place!

Lunch in a local restaurant.

After lunch enjoy your time at leisure. Use it for shopping or revisiting one of Kyiv’s many museums. Our advice is to visit Andriyivskyy Uzviz, the most ancient and steep street in Kyiv, which is Kyivites' favorite place for outdoor fairs, festivals, and concerts. Art galleries, shops, and studios make Andriyivskyy Uzviz the best place to shop for Ukrainian crafts and artworks. Cultural museums located here reveal the history of the legendary street and of the whole Kyiv.

After dinner at the hotel you will be transferred to the railway station for your overnight train to Simferopol.

DAY 4 Simferopol - Sevastopol

Early arrival to Simferopol. Guided coach transfer from Simferopol to Sebastopol.

The first visit of the day will be to the main bastions of Sebastopol “Marmelon vert”, Point battery and memorial complex of Malakhov hill with the museum, monument to the French and Russian soldiers who fell in the assault of the Malakhov Hill in August, 1855 and the memorial sign on the site where the French military cemetery was during the Crimean War (the sign was opened in 1994).

Lunch at local restaurant

Visit to the Memorial complex of the Historical Boulevard including the museum of Panorama - the spectacular depiction of the main assault on June18, 1855. Visit to the Black Sea Navy museum.

Check in. Dinner at the hotel

DAY 5 Alma

Breakfast at the hotel. You will be transferred to the battlefield of Alma (20 September, 1854) – the first battle on land between the Russians and the allied troops. The battle gave name to the famous Alma Bridge in Paris.

Lunch at Balaclava

Visit to Sapoune Ridge (Reglan’s Viewpoint, view of Balaclava valley).

Visit to Balaklava battlefield and the site of the International Monument of Reconciliation of Russian Federation, France, Great Britain, Italy, Ukraine and Turkey, opened in 1994. Continue to Balaclava. Lunch at local restaurant.

After lunch you will have brief tour of Balaclava.

Dinner at local restaurant accompanied by folklore performance of Black Sea Fleet Ensemble.

Transfer to the hotel

DAY 6 Sevastopol – Simferopol

Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out and transfer to Simferopol

Lunch at Simferopol

After lunch you are invited to visit Simferopol Local Lore Museum with its rich Crimean War exposition.

Transfer to the railway station to catch the train to Kyiv.

DAY 7 Kyiv

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

Variant A. Standard

Accommodation in Ukraina Hotel, 3*, DBL standard (Kiev) and Ukraina Hotel, 3*, DBL Standard (Sevastopol)

Variant B. Economy

Accommodation in Slavutich Hotel, 3*, DBL standard (Kiev) and Krym Hotel, 2*, DBL standard (Sevastopol)

Package price includes:

1) Accommodation in Kiev (2 nights), and Sevastopol (2 nights)

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) 2^nd class train tickets Kiev – Simferopol and Simferopol – Kiev