Карпати
Ukraine in 8 days
Accomodation
5 nights in the hotels + 2 nights in the train
Meal
6 breakfasts + 2 dinners
Duration
8 days / 7 nights
Route
Kyiv - Ivano-Frankivsk - Vyhoda - Yaremche - Bukovel - Lviv – Kyiv
Overview
Day 1 - Kyiv
Meeting at the airport. Transfer to the hotel. Check-in
Free time.
Day 2 - Kyiv
Breakfast. Check-out
Sightseeing tour. You will see a powerful city that lives the life of a metropolis and preserves majestic monuments of history and architecture: Vladimir Cathedral with paintings by Vrubel and Vasnetsov, St. Vladimir with a cross on the slopes of the Dnieper and the boat of the founders of Kiev, Shchek, Khoriv and their sister Lybid, Opera House and all the main temples of the legendary city of Kiev. We will definitely see all the main historical districts of the city over the Dnipro river and Khreshchatyk.
Lunch break (extra charge).
And let's finish our tour near the main religious monument of the city - Kyiv - Pechersk Lavra.
Transfer to the station.
Night train to Ivano-Frankivsk.
Day 3 - Kyiv - Ivano-Frankivsk
Early check-in. Breakfast.
Visiting the heritage center of the narrow-gauge railway in Vyhoda village with an interactive exposition that tells about the local nature and in particular the forest ecosystem of the Carpathians, local history - the development of forestry and woodworking industry around the district, the emergence of narrow-gauge railway, ethnography, folk crafts
SHEEP FARM "OAK CORNER". 7 km from the village of New Mizun, there is a tract Oak Corner. Around - mountains, river, fresh air, communication on the phone catches poorly. High-quality ecological cheeses are produced here and forgotten traditions are restored. "Oak Corner" produces both traditional soft Hutsul cheeses - brynza, wurdu and budz, and hard - manchego and pecorino. You can also try a delicious dish "pot", which will be prepared by the hostess according to the ancient Boyko recipe in the oven. There is an old Boyko house, which is more than 100 years old. And we will order fried Carpathian lamb (dinner).
Return to Ivano-Frankivsk.
City tour. Pedestrian Nezalezhnosti street, where there are numerous cafes and restaurants, Vichevyi Square with the largest fountain in the city and a tulip tree; the building of the railway administration in the style of eclecticism with a courtyard; a cozy and small square with a monument to Adam Mickiewicz, a place where chess fans often gather, as well as the only monument to the Russian Trinity in Ukraine; the central square Rynok with its decoration and the highest point of the city hall, where you can lift to the observation deck and enjoy the incredible view.
Day 4.
Breakfast. Check-out
Bus tour to Yaremche. City tour. Free time at the souvenir market
Check-in at the hotel.
Dinner at a local Hutsul restaurant.
Day 5.
Breakfast.
Tour to Bukovel. Free time.
In your free time, you can:
Visit the Hutsul Land Ethnic Park. It is a fascinating story about the life and way of life of the mountaineers of the Ukrainian Carpathians: Hutsuls, Boyks and Lemkos. This is an area that combines various recreation and entertainment venues on the territory of "Bukovel", which is located behind the Lake of Youth. (entrance ticket)
Use the panoramic lift (entrance ticket)
Ski or sledge.
Relax in the VODA CLUB pool's.
All winter activities you can find on web-site
All summer activities you can find on web-site:
In the evening return to the hotel in Yaremche.
Day 6.
Breakfast. Check-out
Transfer to Bukovel. Free time.
Return to Ivano-Frankivsk. Check-in
Day 7.
Breakfast. Chech-out
Departure to Lviv.
Walking tour around the old town. Rynok Square is a kind of open-air museum, all the buildings on this square are architectural monuments of the XVI - XIX centuries. Chorna Kamenytsia, the Italian Courtyard, the houses of the Kornyakts, the Archbishops of Lubomyr, the Church of the Assumption, the Powder Tower, the City and Royal Arsenals, the Armenian Church, the Dominican and Bernardine Church and Monastery - Lviv has a huge number of architectural monuments.
Free time.
In the evening transfer to the station.
Night train to Kyiv.
Day 8.
Meeting at the station. Free day in Kiev for shopping.
Transfer to the airport.
Included
- 5 nights in the hotels + 2 nights in the train
- 6 breakfasts + 2 dinners
- Transfers + English-speaking guide
Excluded
- entrance tickets
- International flight
- Insurance
- Guide-accompanying in your language (upon arrangement)