Kiev
Overland
Odessa - Kiev - Yalta
Yalta - Kiev - Odessa
Highlights of tour:
Day One:
You
will start your Kiev overland tour with the same
Yalta sightseeing program as described on Yalta
Half-Day Tour, ending at a local restaurant for
lunch. After lunch, you will continue with a
scenic transfer to Simpheropol airport for you
charter flight to Kiev.
On arrival at Kiev, you
will be transfered from the airport directly to the
hotel for check-in.
After a short rest, you
will meet for dinner at the hotel, followed by a
folk show.
Day two:
Enjoy
and early breakfast at the hote, then join your
motor coach for a sightseeing tour of the ancient,
gold-domed capital of Ukraine.
One of the oldest cities in
Europe, Kiev predated Moscow by several centuries
and St. Petersburg by nearly 1,000 years.
Your ride around the city
will let you enjoy it's broad boulevards, leafy
parks and medieval monastaries perched majestically
on bluffs abouve the Dnieper River.
The splendid rococo,
baroque and art deco architecture gives Kiev a
decidely Western European flavour. The
earliest settlements go back as far as the 1st
century A.D., and by the 5th centruy Kiev was
already an important commercial center.
You will visit the
monastery of the caves and st. Sofia's Cathedral,
have some free time to explore ST. Andrew's
Castherdra, and enjoy a creise on the Dnieper Rier
which leaves from the old Kiev artisian area of
Podol.
Return to the hotel for
lunch and if tiem permits, you can browse in the
hotel gift shop.
After lunch your coach will
take you back to the airport for your charter flight
to Odessa. You will be transfered directly to
the port and your ship where you will ariive in the
late afternoon.
Note: This tour can also
start from Odessa. In this case the order of
sights visited may very.
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