Tour
to Khersones
Half-day Tour.
Duration: Approx. 4 hours.
Departing from the pier, you coach will take you to
the historic part of the city where you start you introduction
to Khersones with the exploration of the state
Historical and Archeological Museum, which proudly
displays quite a few archeological finding of Greek
city-colonies (6th and 5th centuries B.C.), the
Bosphoran Kingdom among them. Some of the
precious excavations date as far back as a Roman strong-hold:
the fortress Kharaks, Khazar Kaganate, the Golden
Horde, Genoese colonists and Ottoman Empire.
Reboarding your coach, you
will continue your drive past Inkerman battlefields
to mount Sapun, the scene of the bloody battles of
May, 1944 to the Balaclava Valley.
Your guided tour will take
you to the ruins of the Genoese Fortress (14the
century) and the military cemetery of British
officers and soldiers, who perished here in the
Crimean War.
Reboard your coach and
return to the ship.
Note:
The order of sights visited may vary.
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