Observing city tour through Kamyanets-Podilsky with visiting of the old fortress. Lunch at the local restaurant (at own expense).

Two hours transfer takes you to a small town of Bakchisarai, the capital of the former Crimean Khanate. The Khan palace is a remarkable ensemble including the main buildings, Sokolyna Tower (Falcon Tower), a garden with a harem building, the Khan's mosque (1740), a cemetery, rotunda, tombs (dyurbe) - all of them are the most prevalent architectural monuments in the Crimea, covering the area of 4 hectares. The Khans’ Palace was built primarily by Russian & Ukrainian slaves in the 16h century under the direction of Persian, Ottoman & Italian master builders, the Ambassador’s Gate, The Fountain of Tears, harem & historical museum. All these masterpieces were created by the Italian, Iranian, Turkish, Ukrainian and Russian masters.

Ethnographic excursion to the open-air museum of folk architecture and rural life "Shevchenkivskyj Haj". You are invited to feel the folk atmosphere among the wooden constructions of XV-XX centuries.

     Walking tour through the park of XIX century up to the High Castle Hill, the place where the history of ancient Lviv started. Today it is the highest point of Lviv City, which gives an unforgettable opportunity to enjoy "bird's eye view" of Lviv. Excursion around one of the most ancient cemeteries of Europe called "Lychakiv cemetery".
     Time at leisure. Dinner at the local restaurant or cafe (at own expense).

During the excursion you will visit the impressive building of the world-known Opera & Ballet Theatre designed by Viennese architects Felner & Gelmer in the 1880s in the Habsburg Baroque style, with a number of Italian Renaissance features; walk along the famous Prymorsky boulevard with its beautiful buildings of the early 19th century, the shady promenade and famous Potemkin Steps (the 193 steps, built in 1837 & 1841, are descending from the statue of the Duke de Richelieu, at it’s eastern end is situated Pushkin statue & a British Tiger Gun).Thereafter you will leave for Pushkin Museum for enjoying a 40 min. extensive excursion. Arrival to Soborna Square – the observing of the Vorontsov Palace & Preobrazhenskiy Cathedral. During this excursion you will also have the possibility to enjoy the marvelous City Park and buy some memorial souvenirs for yourself.
Tour duration : 3 h

During this excursion you will visit the main places of sightseeing in Odessa and spend more time for observation of Odessa Catacombs. They are situated in the village of Nerubaiskoye, originally created nearly 200 years ago during mining of building materials that were used to build the city. Currently it is the labyrinth of 2,500 kilometers with hundreds of entrances, exits, caves, and tunnels. During the World War II, in 1941, when German and Romanian army occupied Odessa during the war, the Soviet Military headquarters ordered to organize the partisan resistance. And Odessa catacombs were chosen as the camp for the unit of partisans. The provisions and weapons were enough there so the unit could stay underground for half a year. The partisan unit was fighting with nazi and Romanian army during all the period of occupation.
Tour duration : 3h

The Archeology Museum
It is established in 1875 - it was the first museum of its kind in the former Russian Empire. There are more than 160 000 exhibits. They are the basis of one of the largest collection of information sources about ancient history of Northern Black Sea region. The museum possesses rich collection of archaeological relics of primitive and classical culture, relics of ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Rome, besides there is a large and valuable collection of coins and medals. The best antique sculptures are exhibited in the vestibule of the building, specially built for the museum in 1883. The exhibits, represented in the first and second halls, belonged to the huge period: from the appearance of the first men to the second millennium B.C. The highlight is the Gold Room, which has jewelry & coins from early Black Sea civilizations, including the 1st Slavic coins of St. Volodymyr (10th century AD).

The Fine Arts Museum
Russian & Ukrainian art are well covered in the Art Museum. Its maze of over 15 rooms on 2 floors has treasures, which run from 15th century Russian icons, classical works onwards to the works by the contemporary Odessa artists, developing both the realistic and avant-garde trends. The exposition represents paintings by I. Aivazovasky, O. Sarasov, I. Kramskoi, I. Repin, M. Vrubel.

The Museum of Literature
The museum was set up in 1977 in the Palace of Counts Gagarins. The palace, built on the design of the architect L.Otton, in late 19-th, was later donated to the Odessa Literature and Theatrical Association. The collection of Museum amounts to 40,000 exhibits. It represents the works by Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, Jewish, Bulgarian writers and illustrates their links with Odessa. This list includes 300 names.
Tour duration : 3h

Art Museum
Things come to collection from different areas ranging from far western Galitsia to eastern Tchernigovshina areas. The collectors looked for masterpieces of Ukrainian art in Moscow and Saint Petersburg and even wrote correspondence to Ukrainian artists living in Europe and America. They have found even some older works ranging from medieval icons to Cossacks times portraits of military and church leaders and humorous comic pictures "Cossack Mamay".

Museum of the History of Ukraine
Located on a bluff above Andriyivsky uzviz, this museum carries forth on a wide range of topics concerning Ukraine's history from prehistoric times up to the present day. There are extensive collections of old books, coins and bills, works of art and archaeological and ethnographical findings.

Museum "The Fortress of Kyiv"
The Museum is situated in one of the former parts of Kyiv fortification system -  the Squint Caponier. It was built in 1844 as a defensive construction and is a half underground building with thick stone and brick walls, with firing holes in it. First, it was used as the artillery guns and munitions storage. In 60-th years of the 19-th C. it became the political jail. The first prisoners were the participators of the polish rebellion on 1863. Nowadays the Squint Caponier is a constituent of the architectural memorial of Kiev -  the Kyiv Fortress, which enclosures Kiev Pecherska  Lavra, territory of the modern national Museum of World War II, factory “Arsenal” and the other.

The open-air museum is an architectural-landscape complex of all the historic-ethnographic regions of Ukraine: Poltava Region, Podilia, The Carpathians, Polissians, and Southern Ukraine. It covers an area of 150 hectares and has about 300 architectural exhibitions.  More than 300 unique memorials of folk architecture were transferred from 6 main ethnical regions of Ukraine and put on the picturesque landscape of Kyiv suburb. Almost all buildings are presented with their historical farm yards, which gives a good impression of the most distinctive features of the these regions of Ukraine. Their interiors present the valuable memories of folk arts – the fond of museum collection counters more than 70 thousand of unique items.

The St. Sophia Cathedral

During this excursion you will visit the main places of sightseeing in Kiev and spend more time for observation of the great Sophia Cathedral. The St. Sophia Cathedral dated in 1017, being the main Church of Kyiv Rus, played the role of spiritual, political and cultural center. It was here that the ceremony of anointing and crowning the prince was performed; here, he mounted the Grand Throne of Kyiv to receive foreign ambassadors and to conclude trade agreements or peace treaties. The first mention of the library collected by Yaroslav the Wise (the first in Old Rus so far as we know) is also associated with the St. Sophia Monastery. Devoted to God’s Wisdom, it was aimed to introduce the Christianity.

The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra Monastery

The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra is much more than just an ancient monastery. For many centuries it was a truly spiritual centre of Ukraine. The Cave Monastery was built almost 8 centuries ago by the monks Antoniy and Feodosiy. Spread across wooded slopes above the Dnipro, it is a unique array of gold-domed churches, underground labyrinths lined with mummified monks, & elegant monastic buildings turned museums. Currently, the Kiev Pechersk Lavra also serves as the residence of Metropolitan Volodymyr (Viktor Sabodan), the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and is open for visiting.