8-Day Ukraine Tour of Kyiv, Lviv and Odesa with Castles and Lavra

• Arrive in Kyiv and meet your Ukrainian guide at the airport before setting out on a sightseeing tour of this glorious city.

• Visit Podil, Pechersk, Lypky, the picturesque banks of the Dnipro River, and Maidan Nezalezhnosti.

• Descend to Khreshchatyk to see its chestnuts and fountains, then transfer to the hotel for check-in and a delicious lunch.

• Explore wonderful monuments and sites such as Zoloti Vorota, or the Golden Gates, St. Sofia Cathedral, the old citadel where the land of Rus began, and Andriyivskiy Uzviz with its beautiful Andriyivska Church.

• Visit Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, a UNESCO memorial and one of the top must-see places, followed by lunch and a visit to the Ukrainian village complex to experience the beauty of the Ukrainian land and its people.

• See traditional architecture, family life, and handicrafts, learn some of the ancient folk crafts, visit the workshop, and watch the masters make their own products.

• Visit the residence of former president Yanukovych, Mezhyhirya, located on the high right bank of the Dnieper River, and see several lakes with swans, a ditch farm, a pheasant and horse farm, a zoo, a shooting gallery, and tennis courts.

• Witness vast hunting grounds, some of which resemble a fairy-tale forest, then check out of the hotel and transfer to the central train station to catch a night train to Lviv.

• Arrive in Lviv and have breakfast before going on a sightseeing tour by bus around the city.

• Visit the Church of Sviatoho Yura, or St. George's Church, the Lviv Polytechnical Institute, the Organ Hall, and the buildings of the former Halych Sejm, as well as Prospekt Svobody (Liberty Avenue) and Adam Mickiewicz Square.

• Check in at the hotel and continue with a walking tour of Lviv city centre to see its many wonderful buildings and monuments, followed by a night tour and a night show in the light of a kerosene lantern.

• Visit Zolochiv, a 16th-17th-century fortress complete with bastions, towers, earthen ramparts, and palaces.

• Continue to Olesko, the birthplace of Polish kings and the first castle museum, which houses a collection of sculptures, furniture, carpets, and paintings. Then enjoy lunch at Grydnytsya, a medieval restaurant inside the castle that was used in ancient times as a resting place for the King's army.

• See Pidhirtsi, a vast 17th-century palace of remarkable beauty, then return to Lviv for dinner before transferring to the central train station to catch a night train to Odesa.

• Arrive in Odesa and have breakfast before visiting the historical places of the city.

• Walk along Pushkin, Rishelievska, Lanzheronivska, and the central street of Deribasivska, then see the beautiful Odesa Opera and Ballet Theatre, the Vorontsov Palace, the cosy corner of old Odesa, and the Shah Palace.

Have lunch and spend the rest of the day at leisure.

• Have a hearty breakfast at the hotel and visit Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Fortress and Akkerman Fortress, both of which have retained their original structure.

• Enjoy a local lunch before proceeding to the Center of Wine Culture Shabo, where you can become a connoisseur of fine drinks while seeing magnificent old objects such as bicentenary Royal and Sherry cellars, two-story cellars, underground wine storages, and more.

• Get acquainted with the history of wine and the identity of the territory of Shabo before returning to Odesa and transferring to the central train station to catch a train to Kyiv.

• Transfer to the airport. Your sojourn comes to an end here.