Day 1, Kiev
• Arrive to Kiev
• Sightseeing city tour by car (3 hrs.)
Once you visit Kiev, you will forever fall in love with it. You will have an opportunity to become acquainted with such attractions as 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), St. Vladimir's Cathedral, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, the Park of Glory and much more.
• Hotel check-in
• Time at leisure
*Option:
• Night Performance according to the schedule of the Opera House
Day 2, Kiev
• Breakfast at the hotel
• Tour to St. Sofia Cathedral and Kievo-Pechersk Lavra Monastery (3 hrs.)
St. Sophia Cathedral is a cathedral temple of Kiev Metropolis, an outstanding architectural monument of Kievan Rus. The cathedral is one of the city's best known landmarks and the first patrimony on territory of Ukraine to be inscribed on the World Heritage List of UNESCO along with the Kievo-Pechersk Lavra Monastery. Since Lavra foundation (1051) it has been a preeminent center of the Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Eastern Europe.
• Time at leisure
• Transfer to the train station
• Overnight train Kiev – Lvov
*Option:
• Tour to Pyrohovo Village (3 hrs.)
The museum of Pyrohovo Village was founded in the late 1960s. For the period of its existence the museum has accumulated a rich collection of over 200 structures, some of which were brought there from various parts of the country. The museum also boasts an impressive 40,000 collection of folk costumes, embroidery, carpets, ceramics, articles of metal, wood, glassware, musical instruments, paintings, tools and household articles.
Day 3, Lvov
• Arrive to Lvov. Meet & greet at the train station
• Transfer to the hotel
• Hotel check-in
• Walking sightseeing city tour (3 hrs.)
Lvov was once a major population center of the Halych-Volyn Principality, the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, the Habsburg Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. Today Lvov remains one of the most charming and mysterious beauties of Eastern Europe. It is the only Ukrainian "Ensemble of the Historic Centre" included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
• Time at leisure
*Option:
• Night Performance according to the schedule of the Opera House
Day 4, Lvov
• Breakfast at the hotel
• Transfer to the airport/train station
*Option:
• Tour to the Lychakov cemetery (3 hrs.)
Lychakov Cemetery, often called Lychakov Necropolis, is one of the oldest cemeteries in Europe. Each year its architectural beauty attracts hordes of tourists and it has been compared to famed Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
