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Tour “A Great Journey Through Ukraine or the Shadows forgotten ancestors
Tour “A Great Journey Through Ukraine or
the Shadows forgotten ancestors:
Golden-domed Kiev, Hutsul Carpathians,
thermal Transcarpathia”
intensive tour for a group of 10 people
Rout Kiev-Ivano- Frankivsk - Shayani (thermal springs)
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Day 1 Kiev. Arrival. Welcome dinner with folk music show in a traditional Ukrainian restaurant.
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Day2. Sightseeing tour with a visit to Sophia Cathedral, one of the most renowned fresco and mosaic art monuments included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. An overview of the Golden Gates, the main entrance to the medieval city of Kyiv; St.Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery; monuments to Princess Olha and Prince Volodymyr, the Baptizer of Rus; the remains of Desiatynna Church, the first stone church in Rus; St Andrew's Church, a masterpiece of Italian architect Rastrelli's workmanship. In the afternoon, a tour "Ancient Churches of Kyiv", with visits to Archangelo-Mikhailovsky Zverinetsky Cave Monastery and St. Cyrli's church with its unique fresco paintings, one of the few architectural marvels from the Age of Princes that have survived to present day.
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Day 3. A tour of Kyiv Cave Monastery - Lavra, one of the world's most famous Orthodox sites World Heritage List. There are more than 40 ecclesiastic architectural monuments and museums on the territory of Lavra. Holy relics of saints that rest in the Lavra caves over a hundred thousand pilgrims each year. Transfer to the airport or railway station of Kiev. Arrival in Ivano-Frankivs'k. Check-in to the hotel. Overnight stay.
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Day 4 Breakfast. Ivano-Frankivsk: sightseeing tour of the old part city: Bastion, the central square, the Town Hall, the temples. Dinner . Free time.
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Day 5 - Day 6. Ivano-Frankivsk-Kolomyia-National Park “Hutsulshchina” . Breakfast. Departure from Ivano-Frankivsk to Kolomyia: the museum "Pysanka", which is included in the Guinness Book of Records; City Hall; Greco-catalytic Cathedral Transfiguration of the Lord. Visit to the National Park“Hutsulshchina", Hutsul villages with a long tradition of art. Tasting of local cuisine: Cascade waterfalls and landscapes of the Carpathian Mountains. Communication with Hutsuls. The souvenir market in Yaremche, architectural memorials - the wooden church of the Holy Prophet Elijah, restaurant Hutsulshchyna built without a single nail, the museum "Carpathians in miniature".Overnight stay.
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DAY 7-8- 9 Yaremche - National Reserve "Ancient Galich”. Museum "Shadows of Forgotten ancestors” and a photo shoot in Hutsul clothes, acquaintance with the collection of unique Hutsul tools and master-class games on trembit, violin.National reserve "Ancient Galich ", a museum of folk architecture and life of Prykarpattya. Meetings and communication with people's skilled craftsmen in the workshops.
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DAY 10 - 11-12-13 Departure from Galich - Yablunets Pass- Yaremche - Carpathian Biosphere Reserve - Shayany. The Pearl of the Carpathians - landscape views Yablunets Pass. Overnight in Zakarpattia. Visit to the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve, which is part of the UNESCO network of biosphere reserves. The Museum of Ecology of the Carpathians. Geographical Center of Europe (Delovoye village, border with Romania). Ethnic lunch in the restaurant (bograch, fried trout, etc.). Solotvyno - The Dead Sea of Ukraine. Carpathian National Park: climbing on Hoverla (optional), the valley of the narcissus. Transfer to Shayan. Ukrainian Switzerland. Thermal vacation in Velyatino.
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Day 14 Kosino-Mukachevo Transfer to Kosino - Ukrainian thermal springs. Fountain Jacuzzi Golden Crane Jacuzzi. Mukachevo. Castle "Palanok". Moving to Ternopil (Ivano- Frankivsk) Overnightday .
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Day 15 Transfer to Kiev (air travel or transfer by high-speed train INTERCITI. Museum of the Great Patriotic War. Free time. Lodging for the afternoon.
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Day 16 Breakfast.
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Check-out from the hotel. Transfer from the airport. Departure from Kiev.
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  cost of the tour includes:
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1) accommodation in hotels 15 nights, catering breakfasts, lunches, dinners (pre-ordered menu)
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2) group transfers throughout the program route in comfortable transport with air conditioning
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3) accompanying an English speaking guide throughout the route
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4) high-speed train or for a fee air tickets on the program route (across Ukraine)
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5) entrance tickets tickets to museums, reserves,
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6) medical insurance.
 
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Individual tours in Ukraine
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Ukraine, Kiev, str Yaroslavskaya H39v ap32
+ 380 44 2391756
+ 38 0674093933
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