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KYIV-LVIV



DAY 1. KYIV. 
Arrival to Kyiv. Transfer to the hotel, check in and dinner at the hotel.

DAY 2. KYIV. 
Breakfast at the hotel. The city tour will show Kiev the capital of Ukraine. It is a city with a proud 1500 years history. The city is a wonderful mixture of the old and new, where monuments of its glorious past provide picturesque background to a busting ecomic centre. The tour includes visit to Volodymyr’s Cathedral the most prominent sacral painting complex of the late XIX c. decorated by world well-known artists; St. Sophia Cathedral the oldest church  built by prince Yaroslav the Wise. It is considered a perfect example of art, which synthesizes and reflects the glory and grandeur of the Kyivan Rus; St. Andrew’s Church, a symbol of Kyiv, Andriivskyi Uzviz (Descent)  - that starts from St.Andrew’s Church will impress you with its unique atmosphere. Numerous art galleries and shops of folk and applied art make this romantic street the cultural center of Kiev.
Lunch at a local restaurant.
Free time.
Dinner at the hotel.

DAY 3. KYIV.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Check out of the hotel.
Tour to the National Kiev-Pechersk Caves’ Monastery Historical and Cultural Reserve. The cloister was founded by the monks Anthony and Theodosius who settled in the caves in 1051. The complex of churches that make up the lavra the masterpiece of architecture and the monastery is also the famous for its catacombs with relics of many saints. During the tour you will visit the Museum of Treasuresand and the Museum of Microminiature. Lunch at a local restaurant. Visiting the Museum of Folk Architecture and Life situated in the picturesque suburb of Kiev Pirogovo. It is one of the largest museums under open air in the world that covers about 159 hectares and contains more than 300 unique buildings of folk architecture XVI – XX c. churches, houses, household constructions and workshops filled with household utensils, working instruments, clothes, works of folk art. The collection of the reserve amounts to 80,000 objects.
Dinner at a local restaurant.
Transfer to the railway station.
Departure to Lviv.

DAY 4. LVIV.
Meeting at the railway station.
Transfer to the hotel. Breakfast.
Sightseeing tour: St. George's cathedral – center of Galician metropoly, High Castle – sightseeing of the city from the height of bird's flight, ancient Galician churches, located at Pidzamche, complex of Lviv universities, palace of Pototskyy family, Freedom avenue.   
The Pharmacy Museum holds rich collections of ancient medical and pharmacy equipment, prescription books and rare herbs.
Lunch at a local restaurant.
Visit to the Museum of Folk Art Museum. The museum funds number over 83 thousand material and spiritual culture monuments of the Ukrainian people. 
Dinner at a local restaurant.
Transfer to the hotel.

DAY 5. LVIV.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Tour to ancient Olesko Castle. For five hundred years (14th - 18th c.) Ukraine had been subjected to the continuous savage raids of the mounted Tatars. Now You have a good chance to go on a tour to the land of mysterious old castle and secluded abbeys (70 km to the East from Lviv). You will be able to appraise masterpieces of the “Olesky Castle” Museum-Preserve (14th – 18th c.c.), to learn a lot of interesting about the other strongholds of the Lviv Region. (The castle was founded as a fortress in the 14th century by one of Yuriy Levovych’s sons, the Duke of Galych and Volyn.  In the 15th century, it served as a residence for local nobility and was reconstructed into a splendid palace complex in the Italian renaissance style. The Polish King Yan Sobieski III and Mykhaylo Korybut Vyshvevetsky were born in that castle, and the Ukrainian Hetman, Bohdan Khmelnytsky grew up here. The Olesky Castle is  now a museum, which houses valuable collections of 16th century icons, paintings, sculptures and furniture).
Dinner at the hotel.

DAY 6. LVIV.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Check out of the hotel.
Transfer to the airport.