Day 1, Kiev
• Arrive in Kiev
• Transfer to the hotel
• Hotel check-in
• Walking tour of Kiev (2 hrs.)
During our walking tour you will see St. Sophia Cathedral in (UNESCO World Heritage Site), St. Michael's Monastery, Golden Gate, a monument to Bogdan Khmelnitsky, Khreshchatyk (the shortest main street in Europe) and much more.
• Time for leisure
*Option:
• Night Performance according to the schedule of the Opera House
Day 2, Kiev
• Breakfast at the hotel
• Hotel check-out
• Privately guided Jewish tour of Kiev (4 hrs.)
We will visit the restored Podol Synagogue, the oldest Synagogue in Ukraine and the only one in Kiev that survived during the World War II and Soviet times. Also the tour includes the Babi Yar Memorial. Here in 1941 the Nazis decided to wipe out the Jews of this city. Over a two-day period, September 29th and 30th, about 34 000 Jews were slaughtered and their bodies thrown into the Babi Yar Ravine.
We will see the home of Prime Minister Golda Meir and the monument to the great Yiddish writer Sholom Aleichem – author of “Fiddler on the Roof” as well as many other bittersweet tales of Ukrainian shtetl life. Absolutely a must is Brodsky Synagogue. The building was devastated during the Second World War by Nazis and was subsequently used as a puppet theatre for a long period. It was renovated in 2000 and is currently used as a synagogue.
• Time at leisure
• Overnight train Kiev – Odessa
*Option:
• Tour to the Museum of the Great Patriotic War (2 hrs.)
The memorial complex contains "The Glory Flame", a site with World War II military equipment, and the "Alley of the Hero Cities". The monumental sculpture of the "Motherland" is measuring 102 m.
Day 3, Odessa
• Arrive to Odessa
• Transfer to the hotel
• Hotel check-in
• Privately guided Jewish tour of Odessa (4 hrs.)
Start to explore this city, which has gained the sobriquet “Gateway to Zion”. From the Potemkin staircase, glimpse the Estate of Mikhail Vorontsov who welcomed many ethnic groups and urged Jews not only of Russia, but also from Poland to come south. Such world-famous names as Jascha Heifetz, Emil Gilels, David Oistrakh, Nathan Milstein, Leon Brodsky, Isaac Babel and of course, Vladimir Jabotinskiy are closely connected with the history of Odessa.
• Time at leisure
*Option:
• Night Performance according to the schedule of the Opera House
Day 4, Odessa
• Breakfast at the hotel
• Hotel check-out
• Time at leisure
• Transfer to the airport / train station
*Option:
• Tour to Odessa Catacombs (3 hrs.)
Rome has its famous catacombs and so does Paris. But the city with the largest network of underground tunnels is undoubtedly Odessa, Ukraine. Its 2,500 kilometers eclipses the 300 kilometers found in Rome and the 500 kilometers in Paris. The catacombs were mostly created during the construction of the city as early engineers mined them for construction material. They were used for various nefarious purposes over the years and as a base for partisans during World War II.
