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Trip along Crimea semi-island (the Black Sea) known as one of the most popular resorts in Russia. Its mild and comparatively dry continental climate is known for its healthfulness. Average summer temperature is about 25°Ń.
10 nights / 11 days
Arrival in Kiev.
Transfer to "Marshal Koshevoy" motor ship ("river-sea" class). Embarkation.
Overnight on board.
Dinner on board.
City tour around Kiev, an ancient city, now the capital of the Ukraine. Founded in 482,
in the 9-10th centuries it was the centre of all the Russian lands.
Optional program – Theatre of Opera.
Overnight on board.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner on board.
Visit to Kievo-Pecherskaya Lavra the history of which spans nearly thousand years and to the unique labyrinths of caves that were part of the monastery and crypts for monks for many epochs since the middle of the 9 th century.
Departure from Kiev.
Overnight on board.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner on board (Captain's welcome Cocktail Reception).
Arrival in Cherkassy.
Trip to a Ukrainian village. Lunch in the village.
Departure from Cherkassy.
Overnight on board.
Breakfast, dinner on board.
Arrival in Dnepropetrovsk, city tour. Founded in 1776 it is one of the most beautiful cities of the Ukraine. Numerous churches and Orthodox cathedrals attract attention of the city guests.
Departure from Dnepropetrovsk
Overnight on board.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner on board.
Arrival in Zaporozhye.
City tour (incl. visiting of Cossacks history Museum).
Departure from Zaporozhye.
Optional program – Cossack show.
Overnight on board.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner on board.
Arrival in Kherson (founded in 1778).
Boat trip along Dnepr-Delta.
Departure from Kherson.
Overnight on board.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner on board
Arrival in Sevastopol, situated in the South-Western extremity of Crimea semi-island. Here in V-XV centuries B.C. a known Greek city-state Tauric Chersonesos was situated.
City tour (incl. visiting Panorama, created in 1905 and dedicated to heroic defence of the city in 1855 during Crimea war).
Departure from Sevastopol.
Optional program – Bakhchisaray, Concert of the ensemble of the Black Sea Fleet.
Overnight on board.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner on board.
Arrival in Yalta – the “Sea Gates” of the South Crimea.
City tour. Departure from Yalta.
Overnight on board.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner on board.
Arrival in Odessa, the so-called “Southern Palmira”, largest sea port of the Ukraine, main cultural, scientific and resort centre of the Northern coast of the Black Sea. The unique architecture of Odessa Old City varies from Renaissance to Art Nouveau styles.
City tour. Departure from Odessa.
Overnight on board.
Breakfast, lunch on board.
Gala farewell Dinner aboard.
Disembarkation, coach tour to Bukharest.
City tour in Bukharest.
Breakfast on board.
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