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 in Kyiv

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)

 “Volodymyr’s Old Town” - the place were Prince Volodymyr the Baptist had founded his Kremlin and built the first Christian church in Kyivan Rus State that was destroyed in 1240 during Tartar-Mongol invasion. See the copy of the foundation of the Church of Tithe, panorama ground (a marvellous view of the Lower Old Town called Podol).

St. Andrew’s Church designed by famous architect Rastrelli who was a court architect of Russian Empress Elizabeth (outside visit). Open-air souvenir market is located nearby.

The Golden Gate of Kyiv - outside visit.

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 11^th 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 18^th 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 airport

7:10 Flight to Odesa

8:30 Arrive to the airport in Odesa

9:30 Odesa City Tour

Even a person who has never been to Odesa surely knows that the Opera house,

The Potemkin Stairway was originally constructed in 1837 and the name was taken from the battleship Potemkin and were to be later memorialized in the famous film of that name by the Russian producer Sergei Eizenstein.

is the walking street that is the heart of Odesa with its many cafes, shops, and restaurants. The Passage Hotel building is particularly notable for it's fabulous design and sculptures inside the atrium passage itself located at the north end of the street.

More sites and history are to be discovered along

Prymorsky Boulevard

when you explore Odesa along with the many other visitors and locals out strolling .

12:30 Check-in to the Londonskaya hotel in Odesa

14:00 Dinner at a local restaurant

15:30 Transfer to Odesa Opera House

16.00 Performance**** According to the schedule of the Opera House

19:30 Dinner at a local restaurant

21:30 Return to the hotel

Overnight: Londonskaya hotel in Odesa

Transport: 2 transfers + 6 hours (including 1 service hour)

Guide:       3 hours

Day 4, Monday

Breakfast at the hotel

Check-out from the Londonskaya hotel

Arrive to the airport

Depart Odesa 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

*Saturday and Sunday night performances schedule in Odesa:

February, 2 – Giselle Ballet by A.Adan

February, 3 - Zaporozhets beyond the Danube Opera by S.Hulak-Artemovsky

February, 9 - Carmen Suite Ballet by G.Bizet-R.Schedrin

February, 10 – The Barber of Seville Opera by G.Rossini

February, 16 – La Traviata Opera by G.Verdi

February, 17 - Giselle Ballet by A.Adan

February, 23 – Tosca Opera by G.Puccini

February, 24 – The Sleeping Beauty Ballet by P.Tchaikovsky

If you wish to attend performances on week-days please request the repertoire additionally.

Tentative price per person for 4 days Kyiv - Odesa Opera Tour*:

	1 - 2 pax	3 - 6 pax	7 - 14 pax	15 - 25 pax	26 - 45 pax
Total p.p in Twin, USD	1612	1472	1172	1052	1009
Total p.p in SGL, USD	2140	2000	1700	1580	1537

* 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 Londonskaya hotel in Odesa for 1 night

• Breakfasts at the hotels

• Round trip ticket Kyiv – Odesa – 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:

• Lunches and dinners

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.