Day 1.

Arrival to Kiev. Meeting with representatives of the hosting company. Transfer to 3* hotel. Leisure time (additional excursions – at the request, depending upon the time of arrival).

Day 2.

Breakfast in hotel. Sightseeing tour across Kiev (4 hours). During this excursion you will see all the main monuments and places of interest of Kiev. St. Sophia Cathedral, Mikhailovskiy Cathedral, “Golden Gates”, Opera and Ballet House, the House with Chimers, Maidan Nezalezhnosti, Motherland Monument, Andriivsky usviz etc. After the lunch – visit to Pechersk Lavra. In the evening – an overnight train to Lvov.

Day 3.

Arrival to Lvov. Accommodation in 4* hotel. Sightseeing tour across Lvov.
Lvov (Lviv) is an ancient city (1256) with a long history developed on a crossroad of various cultures. It indeed have many lions (“lvov ” – in Russian) thought made from stone. For the past centuries, various cultures left their trails in the history of Lvov : ancient Russian, Polish, Austrian, and Soviet. In addition, it also was influenced by Jewish and Armenian cultures, and, of course – Ukrainian. As you progress to the center of the city you become more and more convinced that you did not come in vain to Lvov . To the city, where the medieval catholic churches neighbor with the ancient Russian temples, and between them are Jewish synagogues and Armenian churches. All this variety makes Lvov a singular place.
The central part of Lvov is proclaimed as a historical and architectural reserve and in 1998 it was included into the list of the world’s cultural heritage of the UNESCO. The national monuments include about 2 thousand historical, architectural and cultural objects. The old city is located in a valley surrounded with 7 hills as well as with numerous parks.
In the evening - leisure time.

Day 4.

Breakfast and departure from hotel. Visit to Olesko and Pidgirty castles. Transfer to Truskavets. Accommodation in Rixos 5* hotel.

Day 5.

Breakfast in hotel. Excursion to Yaremche and Kolomyia.

Yaremche is one of the most famous climatic resorts of Ukraine, the most wonderful part of our mountains. The town situated in the picturesque valley of the Prut river charms with its beauty. Yaremche is known for its architectural monuments dated XVIII century, however, the most famous showplace is the Guk waterfall, an ideal place for walks and recreation. Yaremche is the mountain-climatic low-mountain resort located at more than 650 m over the sea level.

Kolomyia is a jest of the fore-Carpathians, a symbol of unremembered shrines revival, a cradle of the west-Ukrainian history, a pearl and a soul of Gutsuls land. The most famous museum of Kolomyia is Pisanka Museum (pisanka – is a painted egg, which is specially painted for Easter). The museum was opened in 1987 in Kolomyia-based church of the Saint Annunciation. A new page in the history of the museum commenced from construction of the specialized house, which central part has a shape of pisanka – about 13 m high.

Day 6.

Breakfast and departure from hotel. Transfer via the Carpathians. Mountain views. Arrival to Uzhgorod. Accommodation in 3* hotel.

The Carpathians
A mountain chain famous for its ancient forests – unique for Central Europe. The mountains are even, without rocks, their tops are plateaus, i.e. parts of the mountains above 1,400 m without forest.The plateaus are rich in red bilberries and whortleberries. Below, on its hills – there are plenty of blackberries. In summer on its hills you may see a numerous flocks. The major part of the Carpathians is covered with coniferous and beechen forests. In addition, here you can find oak, pine, alder, merry-trees, chestnut, etc. In beechen forests you can find maples, ashes and wych-elms, which cannot be found in many parts of the Carpathian. On the mountain tops are the alpine meadows with great variety of plants. Here is a source of many rivers of the western region of Ukraine: Prut, Cheremosh, Limnitsa, which is considered to be one of the cleanest rivers of Europe.
In the Carpathians you may see even much more interesting things. For example, a mountain pine-tree that grows on Pop Ivan mountain at the height exceeding 2,000 meters. Or the European larch, not far from Rakhov, which height is 54 meters. In spring you may also visit a narcissus valley.
Many years ago the sinks as well as halite deposits were formed in the mountains. Over the deposits there are salt lakes, which by their curative properties are similar to those of the Dead Sea in Israel.

Day 7.

Breakfast in hotel. Excursion to Mukachevo. Visit to the castle. Return to hotel.

Mukachevo is the second-largest city in the Transcarpathians. More than 1,100 years have passed since the first written records about it. In different periods the city formed part of various states, which influenced its architecture, national and ethnic composition, traditions and habits of its population. Here are several monasteries, two medieval castles and marvelous palaces of Shenborn and Rakotsi

Day 8.

Breakfast and departure from hotel. Uzhgorod sightseeing. In the evening – overnight train to Kiev.

Uzhgorod is the most remote settlement of Ukraine. You will never find another city with such an organic combination of the ancient tranquility and modern turbulent life. The emblem of Uzhgorod, like in the ancient times, depicts a traditional succulent vine-shoot – a symbol of wealth and brotherhood.
According to the archeological sources, in the first half of the 1 millennium A.D. this territory was populated by the ancestors of the Slavs, which in history are known under the name of white Croats, which built here the early-feudal settlement – center of Slav princedom headed by the legendary prince Laborets.
From old times Uzhgorod preserved numerous architectural monuments – Uzhgorodski caste, Roman-Catholic cathedral, Gorianskaya rotunda dated ХІІ century, etc.

Day 9.

Arrival to Kiev. Accommodation in 3* hotel. After the lunch – excursion to Andriivsky uzviz.

Day 10.

Breakfast and check-out from hotel. Transfer to the airport.