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Day 1, Friday Arrive in Kyiv. Meet and greet at the Boryspil airport Transfer from the airport to the Opera hotel Check-in to the hotel ***Optional: Dinner at Tsarske selo restaurant Overnight: Opera hotel Transport: Transfer Day 2, Saturday Breakfast at the hotel 10:00. Kyiv Grand City tour including inside visit to St. Sophia Cathedral and Kyiv Cave Monastery (duration: 5 hours) Kyiv… mother and cradle of all Russian lands, by Christian legend predicted to be one of the eternal cities of the world – like Jerusalem, Rome and the others. You would hardly find any other city in the territory of FSU that ever played that important role for a spiritual life of Ukraine and Russia. During this city tour you will see Khreshchatyk street (main Kyiv boulevard), University building, Opera House as well as admire Volodymyr’s Old Town, St. Andrew’s Church, the Golden Gate of Kyiv and other sight-seeing. Visit to St. Sophia Cathedral. The excursion to St. Sophia Cathedral is dedicated to the history of Kyivan Rus during the reign  of Prince Yaroslav the Wise. There preserved a great architecture, mosaics of the 11th century and ancient frescoes in St. Sophia Cathedral. Masterpieces of Eastern Christian Arts occupy more than three thousand square metres. Among the ancient relics of the Cathedral is richly decorated marble sarcophagus of Prince Yaroslav the Wise. St. Sophia Cathedral is bounded by the stone buildings which are the brightest representatives of Ukrainian baroque of the 18th century. Kyiv Cave Monastery including inside visit to a narrow labyrinth of the Monastery Caves with underground churches and sacred remains of the monks. Upper territory of the monastery - Refectory Church (inside visit), Belfry (outside), newly rebuilt Assumption Cathedral (destroyed during WW II and now being under restoration). The Golden Treasury that contains a collection of Scythian Golden Jewellery, a collection of “Treasures of the Church” that were expropriated by the Soviets in 1926 and stored at the museum forever since. The Museum of Microminiatures Mykola Syadristy has created about 100 miniatures with instruments he made himself. It takes him nearly a month of painstaking work to create one piece - whether it's baby swallows inside a nest made of half a poppy seed, or a red rose on a green stem 0.05 millimetre (0.002 inch) thick, inside a human hair that has been polished so thoroughly that the flower can be clearly seen through it. 15:00 Lunch at a local restaurant Time at leisure 18:30 Transfer to the Kyiv Opera House 19:00 Night Performance**** According to the schedule of the Opera House Return to the hotel Overnight: Opera hotel in Kyiv  Transport: 10 hours (including 1 service hour) Guide: 5 hours Day 3, Sunday 5:00 Check-out from the hotel Transfer to the Boryspil airport 8:00 Flight to Lviv 9:30 Arrive to the airport Transfer to the hotel Check-in to the Opera hotel 11:00 Meet at Lviv Opera House, which is located right across the street from your hotel. 12:00 Performance**** / According to the schedule of the Opera House 15:00 Dinner at a local restaurant 16:30 Lviv Walking Tour (duration: 3 hours) Lviv is one of the most beautiful cities of Ukraine, the real pearl of European architecture. Its architectural landscape joins the  monuments of numerous styles and different epochs. From the gothic 14th century Latin Cathedral to the baroque of St.George (Sviatoho Yura) Cathedral. Renaissance-style Bernardine Monastery and Chapel of Boimes coexist with the strict simplicity of Armenian Church. Numerous historical events are concerned with the city. The walls of old Lviv buildings still keep the spirit of past centuries. Cozy streets and fascinating monuments make it a unique tourist attraction among the Ukrainian and Eastern European cities. Having a nice day in the city of Lion means not only going for a city tour of sophisticated churches, outstanding museums and magnificent cathedrals but also walking around the city by yourself – stopping for a cup of wonderful coffee somewhere in narrow street in the downtown or just sitting on a cosy bench next to Lviv Opera House. Visit to Armenian Castle – memorial of the 14th century, one of the most ancient churches in Lviv. There is an Armenian cemetery with old grave monuments (16th-17th) and the wooden chapel “Calvary” (18th) in the yard of the church. The Pharmacy Museum. The halls of the main building are decorated with wall paintings of Vienna masters of the early 19th c. with stained-glass windows of the 19th c, sculptural busts of medicians of the past. Ancient crockery, packaging of medicine and prescription registers are kept in oak carved cupboards of the late 17th - early 19th c. In the restored ancient pharmaceutical laboratory there is a collection of rare medicinal herbs. In the basement one can taste medicinal "iron wine". Dinner at a local restaurant Return to the hotel Overnight: Opera hotel in Lviv Transport: 2 transfers Guide: 3 hours Day 4, Monday Breakfast at the hotel Check-out from the hotel Arrive to the airport Depart Lviv for Kyiv Transport: Transfer *Saturday night performances schedule in Kyiv: February,2 – Madam Butterfly opera by G.Puccini (in Italian) February,9 – Norma opera by V.Bellini February,16 – The Marriage of Figaro ballet by W.A.Mozart February,23 – The Forrest Song ballet by M.Skorulsky *Sunday day and night performances in Lviv: February,3 – Day performance: The Nutcracker ballet by P.Tchaikovsky; –- Night performance: Floria Tosca opera by D.Puccini February,10 – Day performance: Swan Lake ballet by P.Tchaikovsky; – Night performance: Rigoletto opera by D.Verdi February,24 – Night performance: Aida opera by D.Verdi If you wish to attend performances on week-days please request the repertoire additionally Tentative price per person for 4 days Kyiv - Lviv Opera Tour*: | 1 - 2 pax | 3 - 6 pax | 7 - 14 pax | 15 - 25 pax | 26 - 45 pax | Total p.p in Twin, USD | 1252 | 1200 | 1098 | 995 | 958 | Total p.p in SGL, USD | 1767 | 1715 | 1613 | 1510 | 1473 |
* Please be advised that prices are subject to reconfirmation closer to the dates of arrival. Above prices include: - Accommodation at the Opera hotel in Kyiv for 2 nights
- Accommodation at the Opera 4* hotel in Lviv for 1 night
- Breakfasts at the hotels
- Round trip ticket Kyiv – Lviv – Kyiv
- Transport services according to the itinerary
- Guide services according to the itinerary
- Entrance tickets according to the itinerary
- Bytsko escort for the groups more than 15 pax
Above prices do not include: We would be happy to provide any additional services or to change the above mentioned itinerary upon your requests to make this trip an unforgettable tailor-made journey for you.
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