15D BEST OF BELARUS, UKRAINE AND MOLDOVA HBY15M€¦ · BUKOVEL CHERNIVTSI Start your day with a drive to Chernivtsi - the real cozy European city, situated on the spot where the

15D BEST OF BELARUS, UKRAINE AND MOLDOVAHBY15M19/Dec/2019 to 31/Jan/2021

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

Belarus

• City Tour of Minsk • National Library • Isle of Tears • Holy Spirit Cathedral • Victory Monument • Independence Avenue • Victory Avenue • Dudutki Open Air Museum • Mir Castle Complex • Nesvizh Palace

Lviv • Lviv City Tour • Rynok Square • Market Square • Lviv “House of Scientists” and Opera House • High Castle Hill • St. George's Cathedral • Hutsul Everyday Life and musical instruments museum • Verhovyna Museum of Vyshyvanka • National University • Khotyn Fortress

Ukraine • Chisinau City Tour • Stephen the Great Boulevard • Cricova Winery • Orhei Vechi Open Air Museum • Tiraspol City Tour • Odessa City Tour with Potemkin Stairs • Odessa Catacombs • Kyiv City Tour with Motherland Staute • Lavra Monastery Complex • Maidan - Independence square • Khreschatyk • Monastery Complex • Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

SINGAPORE MINSK

Depart from Singapore Changi Airport for your flight to Minsk – Belarus.

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MINSK

Upon arrival, be greeted by our local representative and embark on a brief city tour which sights such as theNational Library, which was included in the list of the most remarkable buildings in the world. Serving as afunctional library, it is also a city attraction. Situated in a park on a river bank and has an observation deck lookingover Minsk. Check in to hotel followed by dinner.

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Dinner

MINSK DUDUTKI MINSK

After a good night rest and breakfast, embark on a walking tour with our local guide. You will see the architecturalmonuments of the 17th - 20th centuries, the Upper Town with the City Hall, the temples and monasteries, a visitto Holy Spirit Cathedral and the old small streets of Trinity Suburb. Visit “The Isle of Tears” with the famouschapel that commemorates soldiers who perished during the Soviet-Afghan war in the 1980’s. Explore theVictory Monument, Independence Avenue and Victory Avenue. After lunch, continue to the Dudutki museum- the open-air museum of folk architecture and have an idea of the traditional village life.

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Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner

MINSK MIR NESVIZH MINSK

Enjoy a scenic drive to village of Mir to visit the Mir Castle Complex which was founded in the early 16th century.The castle was rebuilt into a magnate palace and became luxurious apartments of the noble family, filled withworks of art. Next, continue to Nesvizh Palace which includes a visit to the museum inside the Palace and alandscaped park in the English tradition. Both palaces are included into the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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MINSK LVIV

After breakfast, check out from your hotel and transfer to the airport for your flight to Lviv – Ukraine. Upon arrival,enjoy a late lunch followed by a walking tour of Lviv. During the tour you will see the architecture of RynokSquare, typical Austrian streets, as well as modern dwellings. Together they narrate Lviv's glorious history.Explore the Medieval part of Lviv – the Market Square and the old quarters around it with visits to a fewimpressive churches and cathedrals.

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LVIV BUKOVEL

Continue to tour Lviv with highlights which include visits of the Opera House, built in the classical tradition withNeo-Renaissance details. Then continue to visit the High Castle Hill, where a castle once stood during 1300s tothe 1770s to protect the residents of Lviv during attacks. The hill now offers the best views of the city. Discoverthe former Austrian casino, presently called "The House of Scientists". The casino was a meeting place for thearistocratic elite. Visit St. George's Cathedral, which serves as a great example of rococo architectureand was built between 1744 -1760. Today St. George's Cathedral is the main Greek-Catholic church. Afterlunch sit back, relax and enjoy the scenic drive to Bukovel located at the Carpatians.

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BUKOVEL VERHOVYNA BUKOVEL

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BUKOVEL CHERNIVTSI

Start your day with a drive to Chernivtsi - the real cozy European city, situated on the spot where the roads fromEurope and Asia cross each other. Embark on a 2-hour walking tour in the historical city center, explore the mainpedestrian street – Kobylyanska, view the City Hall, Teatralnaya Square and many others. Enjoy lunch in one ofthe local Bukovenian restaurants and then visit the National University – which is the real highlight! Continue tovisit Khotyn Fortress, which was founded in 13th century and had Moldavian, Polish and Turkish influence!

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CHERNIVTSI CHISUNAU

After breakfast, depart Ukraine and cross the border to Chisinau – Moldova. Stop for lunch in Balti town beforecontinue to Chisinau. In the evening walking tour of Chisinau you will see both the historic and the modern facesof the city. Who Stephen the Great was and what did he do for the city? Listen to the cultural, historical facts andlegends, as we walk along the central part of the city. On Stephen the Great Boulevard there are many elegantadministrative buildings such as the Presidency, the Parliament, and the City Administration. There are culturalcenters such as the National Theatre M. Eminescu, the Organ Hall, Theatre of Opera and Ballet. Well-knownarchitects and poets such as Bernardazzi, Sciusev and Pushkin gave Chisinau a unique character.

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CHISINAU CRICOVA ORHEI VECHI CHISINAU

Visit the Cricova Winery for some the wine tasting before heading to Orhei Vechi - a unique natural andhistorical complex in the open air. It organically combines the natural landscape and vestiges of ancientcivilizations, it is known for the ancient monastery and eco-village resorts. Enjoy local lunch in one of the villagehouses before touring the complex.

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CHISINAU TRANSNISTRIA ODESSA

We drive to Odessa via Transnistria the country that officially doesn’t exist. Upon arrival, explore its capital –Tiraspol city which will take you back in USSR: Feel the atmosphere of this disputed territory, which has alwaysbeen a battlefield between the major powers of the region. This place is

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full of contrasts. Thereafter cross the border back to Ukraine and towards Odessa.


ODESSA

Start your day with a walking tour around downtown visiting its historical places and strolling the age-old streets:Deribasovskaya, Pushkinskaya, Rishelievskaya and Landzheronovskaya. You will see masterpieces ofarchitecture and art of buildings, Opera and Ballet Theatre, and also historical buildings, where the archeologicaland marine museums are situated. Strolling along the Primorsky Boulevard it’s your chance to see an ancientbuilding of municipal Duma, count Vorontsov palace with colonnaded entrance and the monument to Duke deRichelieu and the famous Potemkin stairs. They are the main entrance to Primorsky Boulevard from the seasidefrom where you witness the fascinating view to the marine terminal and the seaport. After lunch visit to OdessaCatacombs, which are some of the longest in the world and played an important role during the WWII as ashelter for the partisans. Catacombs are underground labyrinths created during the period of the city constructionover 200 years ago. They are situated mainly in Nerubaiskoe village (15 km from Odessa), originally createdduring mining of hardware materials as shell rocks that were used to build the city.

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ODESSA KYIV

Take an early domestic flight from Odessa to the capital – Kyiv. Upon arrival, continue with a city tour visiting theMotherland Statue complex (the statue is taller than Liberty statue in NYC), and then continue to explore theUNESCO site Lavra Monastery Complex with caves, the largest Lavra in Ukraine. After lunch, continue to St.Andrew’s descent to shop for local souvenirs, then to Maidan - Independence square and Khreschatyk - themain street of the city

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KYIV CHERNOBYL SINGAPORE

Start your day early in the morning we go to the largest restricted abandoned area in Europe – the ChernobylExclusion Zone. Life here stopped in 1986 after an accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station. All theneglected land looks exactly the same as if the Cold War had become hot, being the best ‘horrible’ example of areal world nuclear war result. During the tour you will see the remains of a ruined nuclear station and visit theghost city of Prypyat. Here you will be surprised to learn that all these facilities to a great extant were built for theCold War purposes, and you will see

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the over-the-horizon radar system, known as Russian Woodpecker or Duga2 object, part of a super-secret Sovietanti-ballistic missile early-warning network. Back to Kyiv and transfer to the airport for your flight back home.

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