Туристический оператор KIEV – CHERNOVTSI Excursion tour program. Tour duration – 8 days. (3 nights in Kiev, 1 night in Kamenets-Podolsky, 2 days in Chernovtsi) 1st day: Arrival to Kiev. Meeting in the airport. Transfer to the hotel. Hotel accommodation. Free time. Optional tour “Night Kiev”*. An overnight at the hotel. 2nd day: Breakfast. City car-walking sightseeing tour “Meet Kiev”: St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral (visiting), National Opera House, Golden Gates, Bohdan Khmelnytsky monument, St. Sophia Square, Mykhailivska Square, Independence Square, cable railroad, Podol, the Dnipro river quay, Kiev founders monument, Mother Motherland monumental statue. Free time. An overnight at the hotel. 3rd day: Breakfast. Free day. Optional program*. An overnight at the hotel. 4th day: Breakfast. Free day. Optional program*. Transfer to Kiev railway station 16:43 – departure to Kamenets-Podolsky by fast train (day coach of 2nd class) 23:14 – arrival to Kamenets-Podolsky. Transfer to the hotel. An overnight at the hotel. 5th day: Breakfast. Rooms leaving. Kamenets-Podolsky car-walking sightseeing tour: The town-fortress that towers above canyon in the peninsula. You will walk along cosy old side streets, see Cathedral kostel, triumphal arch, Dominican kostel, Cushnirskaya tower, Armenian kostel, Russian gates, Trinitanskiy kostel. You will visit “Old fortress”, “New castle”, “Turkish bridge”. Moving to Khotyn. Khotyn fortress walking tour. The fortress endured and saw the hordes of Osman empire warriors, Muha rebels, Dmitriy Vishnevskiy and Peter Doroshenko soldiers under its walls. Many popular movies were shot in this picturesque fortress in a good state of preservation up to nowadays. Arrival to Chernovtsi. Hotel accommodation. Free time. An overnight at the hotel. 6th day: Breakfast. Chernovtsi walking tour. You will walk along numerous city side streets, see the legendary Turkish well, St. Nikolas church, the famous Ship House, Town Hall, Taras Shevchenko monument. You will admire the town most beautiful Theatre square that had been constructed during 40 years. Also you will see Jewish national house, the regional Theatre of Music and Drama that is the small copy of Vienna theatre, the nicest park of the city named after T. Shevchenko, and then you will walk along Olga Kobilyanska street – the only pedestrian zone in Украина, 01004, Киев, пл. Бессарабская, 9/1 Ukraine, 01004, Kyiv, 9/1, Bessarabska sq. тел. +38 044 2551602 tel. +38044 255 16 02 факс. +38044 2551601 fax. +38044 255 16 01 +38067 4836961 +38067 486 69 61 www.almaritour.com.ua almari@almari.com.ua Туристический оператор the city. You could have a cup of flavored coffee in one of the numerous cafés located under open sky. Free time. Optional program*. An overnight at the hotel. 7th day: Breakfast. Free time. Optional program*. Night train to Kiev. 8th day: Arrival to Kiev. Transfer to Kiev airport. The price includes: Accommodation: 3 nights at Kiev, 1 night in Kamenets-Podolsky, 2 nights in Chernovtsi Meals – breakfasts Program’s transfers Kamenets-Podolsky fast train (day coach of 2nd class) Night train transfer Chernovtsi – Kiev (sleeping car) Kiev car-walking tour Kamenets-Podolsky walking tour Khotyn fortress walking tour Chernovtsi walking tour Extra pay: Optional program* *KIEV OPTIONAL TOURS: Tour “Monasteries and churches of Kiev” (by car): This tour is the meeting with temples and churches of central part of the city. You will see the oldest churches of Kievan Rus, such as St Sophia’s Cathedral, St. Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral, a beautiful Saint Andrew's Church in baroque by architect B. Rastrelli, and St Volodymyr's Cathedral. Also you will see these temples decorations – the ancient mosaics of Rus and the paintings of Victor Vasnetsov and Michael Nesterov, the mosaic “Virgin Orans” (Oranta). You will learn the religious meaning of Kiev and walk the path of ancient pilgrims. Kiev-Pechersk Lavra + walking tour “Churches and mansions of Pechersk”: During this tour you will meet the beautiful old district of Kiev, which represents entire architectural complex of art nouveau period. You will walk along Luteranska street, where the German community used to live, you’ll see Lutheran Church, House with Chimaeras, that become the visiting card of the city, the Presidential Administration, National Bank of Ukraine, one of the most beautiful banks of Europe, the House of Weeping Widow – the model of early modernism, the Chocolate Little House –Italian medieval castles emulation, the Parliament building, Mariyinsky Palace, constructed by order of Elizabeth Empress of Russia. You’ll learn about inhabitants who used to live in this prestigious district. Kiev-Pechersk Lavra is the Ukraine pride, the sacred object of UNESCO World Cultural Heritage, the popular pilgrimage center. There are more than 120 saints in its cave mazes (The tour lasts 1,5 hour approximately). You can visit (optionally) the following museums on the upper area: the museum of jewellery, the museum Украина, 01004, Киев, пл. Бессарабская, 9/1 Ukraine, 01004, Kyiv, 9/1, Bessarabska sq. тел. +38 044 2551602 tel. +38044 255 16 02 факс. +38044 2551601 fax. +38044 255 16 01 +38067 4836961 +38067 486 69 61 www.almaritour.com.ua almari@almari.com.ua Туристический оператор of decorative art, the book printing museum, the dramatic art museum, N. Syadristi museum of micro miniature. Walking tour “Andriyivskyy Descent – the Montmartre of Kiev”: This is the most famous street in Kiev after Kreschatik street. This street is very Kiev street. This street is the oldest street of whole Eastern Europe. During this tour you’ll learn a plenty of interesting and at times mysterious stories about this street, without which Kiev is unable to exist. Today Andriyivskyy Descent is the street-museum, one of the main tourist attractions of the capital of Ukraine. The theatres, art galleries and exhibitions function in the buildings along the street. You’ll see The Castle of Richard the Lionheart with its mystical reputation, the Mikhail Bulgakov's house – the house of Turbins, near which the writer’s statue is since recently, the One Street Museum, Zamkova hora and Uzdyhal’nytsia hills, the cat Behemoth and the Nose of Gogol. Walking tour “Along the main street of the capital”– that is one of the most world-famous high streets. The center of Kiev’s political, commercial and cultural life is in full swing here for the last two centuries now. The first telephone, telegraph, tramway, water supply and sewage system, electric and gas lighting and the first Kiev’s skyscraper at last – all this is Kiev. The tragic 1941 put an end to the old Kreschatik, but a new, unique in the Eastern Europe block of building arose in its place – one of the most beautiful constructions of the middle of 20th century. Walking tour “Latin quarter” – this name was given by residents imitating Parisians to the place around the University, where the students lived last century. The tour will tell you about weekdays of these clamorous and cheerful Kiev residents, engaged not only in learning and science. Who taught, what learned, where lived and boarded, the way they amused and how the poor earned their living sometimes and the way the wealthy did the heavy. You will also remind former students names, such as surgeons Yanovsky, Pirogov and Karavaev, historians Maximovich, Kostomarov and Krimsky, writers Bulgakov, Statsky and Paustovsky … The Museum of Folk Architecture and Life in Pirogovo tour. The museum represents the open air exposition of ethnographic regions of the country; the territory of museum is located under the open sky. The nearly three hundred architecture pieces are placed on the more than 150 hectares-square. The museum pieces will tell you about national peculiarities of life and art of different regions of Ukraine. The huge collection of folk garments, furniture, wood tableware and pottery, one of the best in the world collection of folk musical instruments are gathered in the museum. CHERNOVTSI OPTIONAL TOURS *: Kolomiya – Kosov – Anina Hill – Kolomiya – the city of unusual Carpathian colour and Hutzul spirit. The original architecture of Austria-Hungry empire is preserved in the town. You will make a tour in town historical part, visit the Pysanka museum, that will impress you with its design in the shape of painted egg, the Hutzul museum, where the original hutzul things are collected, such as: woodworks, metalworks, leatherworks, threads, fancyworks. Kosov is the town of hutzul handicraft. You will make tour to the farmsteads of masters of hutzul folks art: fancyworks, keptars (jackets) fabrication, pottery, metal working, hutzul headdresses, spinning handicraft, woodcarving. The functioning nunnery towers on the Anina hill. You will hear an interesting story connected to this hill. Украина, 01004, Киев, пл. Бессарабская, 9/1 Ukraine, 01004, Kyiv, 9/1, Bessarabska sq. тел. +38 044 2551602 tel. +38044 255 16 02 факс. +38044 2551601 fax. +38044 255 16 01 +38067 4836961 +38067 486 69 61 www.almaritour.com.ua almari@almari.com.ua Туристический оператор Yaremche tour. Yaremche is the small town on the Prut river. You will walk along quiet and calm side streets taking a breath of clear mountain air, visit the Probiy waterfall and go over 20-meters bridge to the hutzul souvenirs market. Украина, 01004, Киев, пл. Бессарабская, 9/1 Ukraine, 01004, Kyiv, 9/1, Bessarabska sq. тел. +38 044 2551602 tel. +38044 255 16 02 факс. +38044 2551601 fax. +38044 255 16 01 +38067 4836961 +38067 486 69 61 www.almaritour.com.ua almari@almari.com.ua