DAY 1: Sat - Departure from USA
- Depart the USA for Kyiv in Ukraine. Your international flight includes meals, drinks, and in-flight entertainment.
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DAY 2: Sun - Arrive in Kyiv
- Arrival to the Boryspil airport in Kyiv.
- First discovery of the city and domes of churches that shine gold in the sun.
- Transfer to the hotel. Check-in.
- Overnight: Kyiv
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DAY 3: Mon - Kyiv City Tour
- 08:30 Am Breakfast at the hotel.
- 09: 30 AM Departure for a walking guided tour of Kyiv, ancient center of Ukrainian culture, mother of cities, the capital of the first Ukrainian state, KYIV RUS. You will discover its main monuments: St. Michael Cathedral &ndash Golden Roofs churches and monasteries with golden domes. A stop to listen to the song of the Mass at St. Michael Cathedral.
- Visit of the Saint Sophia Cathedral. Lunch in city.
- Visit to National Art Museum of Ukraine.
- Free time at your leisure.
- Overnight: Kyiv
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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DAY 4: Tue - Full Day Kyiv
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Visit to the Kyiv Art Gallery.
- Lunch at the local restaurant.
- A walk to Andrew Descent the oldest district of Kyiv.
- Visit of St. Andrew Cathedral.
- Visit to the lower part of the city Podil with its Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Pyrohoscha Church, Florivskyi Monastery.
- Cruise on the Dnipro river.
- Ride by Kyiv funicular the oldest transport of Kyiv.
- Free time.
- Overnight: Kyiv
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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DAY 5: Wed - Kyiv - Lviv
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Visit to Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (Caves Monastery Complex).
- Visit to the museum of treasures the gold of the Scythians.
- Visit to theMuseum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Arts.
- Lunch at the local restaurant.
- Walking city tour around the central part of the city: Khreshchatyk Street, Independence Square.
- Shopping at the designers buying Ukrainian souvenirs, shops of modern Ukrainian designers.
- Visit to the oldest central market of Kyiv, where according to the tradition one tastes the caviar here before buying it.
- 4:30 pm. Transfer to the train station. Departureto Lviv by train.
- 10:30 pm. Arrival to Lviv. Transfer to the hotel.
- Overnight: Lviv
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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DAY 6: Thu - Lviv City Tour
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Departure for the guided walking tour down the old town, visiting the medieval part of the city (UNESCO Heritage), visit of the admirable cathedrals: Latin (Catholic), the Armenian Cathedral, and the whole of the Orthodox Church of the Assumption (1591), with a Renaissance bell tower and the Korniakta tower (1578).
- You will visit the Market Square, as well as the Pharmacy museum, part of which, is still working since 1672.
- Lunch at the local restaurant.
- Visit Boim Chapel.
- Visit Lviv Historical Museum.
- Degustation at the Viennese style cafe Ukrainian strudels stuffed with traditional Ukrainian berries/fruits etc., coffee admiring.
- Austro Hungarian architecture and style.
- Free time.
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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DAY 7: Fri - Full Day Lviv
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Visit of the National Museum, with rich exhibition of icons, dated XIV - XVII century, of decorative art and objects of popular art.
- Lunch in the city.
- Visit of Lviv Opera and Ballet Theater, one of the most beautiful in Europe, the pride of the city. Built by Viennese architect Z. Gorgolevski in the style of Viennese neo-renaissance in XIX century.
- Visit of the market of souvenirs and paintings.
- Free time.
- Overnight: Lviv
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
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DAY 8: Sat - Lviv-Kyiv, Departure to USA
- Breakfast at the Hotel.
- Transfer to the Lviv airport for your flight to Kyiv to connect with your flight back to your city.
- Meal: Breakfast
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