THE LEGENDS OF UKRAINIAN PODILLIA + KYIV

We will start our tour in the capital of Ukraine. You will learn the history of Kyiv, admire the views on the Dnieper river. You will visit numerous gardens and parks. You will learn about Kyiv and visit several museums of the city. Then we will move to the pearl of Ukraine: Kamianets-Podilskyi. We are going to see a deep rocky canyon in this city and a strong fortress. You will admire Podilski Tovtry National Nature Park and have a boat trip along the Dniester Canyon. The city of Chernivtsi is like a little Paris of Carpathians. We are sure that you will like the building of Chernivtsi National University.

Features

City Tours in Kyiv, Kamianets-Podilskyi and Chernivtsi

Monuments, museums, parks and temples

Delicious local cuisine

Elegant palaces

Strong fortresses and castles

Beautiful landscapes

National Nature Parks

Boat trips

The capital of Ukraine

Arrival in Kyiv. Meet-and-greet at the airport.
You will obtain a visa upon arrival by plane in Ukraine. We will provide a transfer to your hotel. Check in.
Breakfast at the hotel's restaurant.
Now, you have some free time to take a rest. Kyiv City Tour: we will start our City Tour from Taras Shevchenko Boulevard, going down to Bessarabska Square and Khreschatyk Street; then the tour continues to Maidan Nezalezhnosti Square (Independence Square), Dynamo Valeriy Lobanovskyi Stadium, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Mariyinskyi Park and Palace, the Square of Glory, Kyivo-Pecherska Lavra, Mykhailivska Square and St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, Saint Sophia's Cathedral, the Golden Gate of Kyiv and other attractions of Kyiv. What we are going to see next are Andriyivskyy Descent and St. Andrew's Church, which are the signatures of Kyiv. There are art galleries, exhibitions, theaters and art workshops in the buildings along the Kyiv "Monmartre". You will be able to buy authentic Ukrainian souvenirs in the numerous open air souvenir shops.
Now it's time for lunch at an atmospheric Ukrainian café.
We are ready to go to The National Museum of Folk Architecture and Folkways of Ukraine "Pyrohiv". "All Ukraine in one day" – this is how we can say about a visit to this open-air museum. You are lucky enough to find out here, among the picturesque landscape, what is the difference between the Carpathians and Polissia, between Podillia and Zakarpattia (Transcarpathia) etc. You will see Ukrainian huts, mills, churches, household items and handicrafts of craftsmen, all this will reveal to you the soul of the Ukrainian people. You will have an opportunity to look at the spinning pottery wheel, to visit "shynok" or "kulishna" (a kind of authentic Ukrainian tavern), to ride a horse in the surroundings and, of course, to breathe the fresh Ukrainian air! You also will be able to take unforgettable pictures for a long-lasting memories! We are ready to return to Kyiv.
Time for a tasty dinner at a café in the city.
Return to the hotel. Have a rest and a good night.

Museums of Kyiv

Breakfast at the hotel's restaurant.
In the early morning, we are going to visit Ukrainian National Chornobyl Museum. On April 26, 1986, the largest man-made radiological and ecological disaster of our time occurred - a nuclear accident at the fourth power unit of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The purpose of creating the museum’s exposition is to help humanity to comprehend the Chornobyl disaster as a real factor of the possible destruction of our civilization, to comprehend the lessons of this tragedy in all spheres of life, to prevent the world from forgetting these lessons, and to become a warning to generations of the next millennium. A lot of materials that are presented in the museum were published for the first time: documents, photographs and maps with the restriction stamp "confidential". All these unique exhibits, including relics from the exclusion zone (ancient icons, folk art, local crafts and household items of the inhabitants of Ukrainian Polissia), and also personal belongings of the disaster relief workers, make us think about the most painful problems of the present, including environmental, social, and spiritual losses caused by the accident. Then you will have an excursion to one of the most famous symbols of Kyiv and Ukraine – The Motherland Monument and the Museum of the History of Ukraine in the World War II. The colossal 62-meter statue of the Motherland, which is 102 m high with a pedestal, was made of a special stainless steel and assembled using a special crane. The memorial complex "The Museum of the History of Ukraine in the World War II" covers an area of 10 hectares on a hill on the right bank of the Dnieper river. There is a giant bowl of "The Flame of Glory", the "Alley of the Hero Cities" and the exhibition with military equipment of the World War II as well as post-war years. Ceremonial alley goes to the gallery of the Main Entrance along the slopes of the Dnieper, leading to the square and the building of the museum. The sculptures in the gallery represent the heroic defense of the USSR’s border from the German attack, the horrors of the German occupation, the partisan struggle, the heroic deeds of the workers on the home front and the battle for the Dnieper.
Lunch at a city café.
In order to have the complete picture of today, we must also visit the "Kyivan Rus Park". Ancient Kiev in the "Kyivan Rus Park" is a unique recreation and construction in the history of mankind of one of the most famous and at the same time the most mysterious medieval city of Eastern Europe – Ancient Kyiv of the V-XIII centuries, the capital of the great medieval state – Kyivan Rus – in the size of its historical center, known as "Kyiv Detinets" or "the City of Volodymyr". Its architectural image is recreated in full 1:1 scale, taking into account the knowledge of modern science. The atmosphere of Kyivan Rus is recreated there too.
Now we are going to have dinner at an oriental café in the city.
Overnight in the hotel.

Kamianets Podilskyi, the historical pearl of Ukraine

Breakfast at the hotel's restaurant
Early departure from Kyiv. Moving to Kamianets-Podilskyi.
Arrival in Kamyanets-Podilsky. We will provide a transfer to your hotel. Check in at the hotel. Let us take part in a sightseeing tour "Kamianets Podilskyi as the historical pearl of Ukraine". We are going to see a deep rocky canyon in the city center, the Castle Bridge, Sts. Peter and Paul Church, the Church of St. Nicholas, Honcharna and Kushnirska Towers, Turkish and Armenian Bastions, Kamianets Town Hall and Armenian Well, Dominican and Trinitarian Monasteries, Polish and Russian Gates, Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, the Triumphal Arch of Stanislav Augustus, the Muslim Minaret, the Old Castle, the New Castle and other attractions.
Free time in the city.

Zhvanets – the Trenches of St. Trinity – Khotyn Fortress

Breakfast at the hotel.
Meet your guide in the hotel lobby. Today we are going to have an excursion "Zhvanets – the Trenches of St. Trinity – Khotyn Fortress": we will see the village of Zhvanets (fortresses of the 15th-18th centuries); the Dniester river; the "Trenches of St. Trinity". This is a bastion fortification of the 17th century, the conventional border of the three regions of Podillia, Galicia and Bessarabia, the point of contact of three administrative borders of Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil and Chernivtsi regions, formerly, the state border of the Russian, Austrian and Ottoman Empires between the first and the second World Wars; the state border of the USSR, Poland and Romania. Moving to the town of Khotyn. Khotyn Fortress Tour. Khotyn fortress is one of the most significant European monuments of military architecture and bastion fortification. Geopolitical issues of great importance for the Eurasian continent were repeatedly solved in the numerous battles around this fortress. The walls of its castle, 30-40 meters high and 5-6 meters thick and the shafts of the bastions, with deep escarp trenches, are subjects of great interest to all who visit this fortress, picturesquely towering above the Dniester.
Moving to Chernivtsi. Lunch at the restaurant.
Let's start a walking sightseeing tour in Chernivtsi. It is also known, as "A Little Paris of Carpathians". We will see four main squares of the city (Central Square, Philharmonic Square, Teatralna Square and Soborna Square), Olha Kobylianska Theater, the Holy Spirit Orthodox Cathedral, the former Catholic Armenian Church of Sts. Peter and Paul (now it is a House of Organ Music), the wooden 17th century Church of St. George, the Church of St. Nicholas (the original church with twisted domes, the beginning of the 20th century) and many other architectural and historical monuments. The tour will take you next to the main building of the Chernivtsi National University – the former residence of the metropolits of Bukovyna and Dalmatia (an architectural monument of the 19th century). This unique object is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Walking along the pedestrian O.Kobylianska Street (former Panska Street). Return to Kamianets-Podilskyi. Free time in the city. Overnight in the hotel. 

The charm of Podilski Tovtry National Nature Park

Breakfast at the hotel.
We are going to have a historical and environmental excursion "The Charm of Podilski Tovtry National Nature Park": Surzhynetskyi Canyon (mountains "upside down"), the village of Kytaigorod (an amazing combination of cultures; Ukrainian, Polish, Jewish, Russian Old Believer, hypothetically Chinese, the charming landscape, the ruins of the Pototsky Palace); Sovynyi Yar (natural reserve, which is a part of the Podilski Tovtry National Nature Park); Bakota (rock monastery of the 11th century, springs of healing mineral water, magnificence of the Bakota Gulf of the Dniester River).
Lunch outdoors. An optional program: A boat trip along the Dniester river. Dniester Canyon is a geological natural wonder (the cost of the trip depends on the amount of participants).
17:00 Departure for Kyiv.
23:30 – 24:00 Arrival in Kyiv. Check in at the hotel. Have a rest and good night. 

Transfer day

Breakfast at the hotel's restaurant. Transfer to the airport. The end of our little adventure. We wish you a safe trip home.

Net prices per person

Hotel category

2+1

6+1

10+1

15+1

20+1

3-star Hotel

$925

$520

$450

$385

$365

4-star Hotel

$1,075

$670

$570

$505

$480

5-star Hotel

$1,865

$1,465

$1,225

$1,140

$1,105

Please, check the prices by sending us an inquiry before making a reservation!

The price of the tour includes
  • Accommodation in the hotel (5 nights);
  • All transfers according to the route;
  • Breakfasts at the hotel;
  • Sightseeing tours and excursions in Kyiv, Kamianets Podilskyi, Khotyn Fortress, Bakota, Chernivtsi, Chernivtsi National University;
  • All admission fees;
  • Lunch in a restaurant (on the way to Chernivtsi);
  • A lunch outdoors on the fifth day;
  • Guide services
The price of the tour does not include
  • An optional program: A boat trip along the Dniester river;
  • Medical insurance.
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