Breakfasts are served in hotel restaurants.
Noon meals (dinners) are scheduled for 1:00 pm.
Evening meals (suppers) are scheduled for 7:00 pm.
Day 1
Air Travel: From home airports to Toronto... to Vienna and to Lviv in Ukraine.
Day 2 LVIV
Board tour bus at the airport.
Check-in to EUROHOTEL.
Reception and dinner in Eurohotel's Dining Room.
Check-in to EUROHOTEL.
Reception and dinner in Eurohotel's Dining Room.
Days 3 & 4 LVIV
City excursion: Old Town.
Vysoki Zamok (High Castle Park).
St. George's Cathedral (Sobor).
Prospect Svobody (Freedom Boulevard).
Vysoki Zamok (High Castle Park).
St. George's Cathedral (Sobor).
Prospect Svobody (Freedom Boulevard).
Opera House - visit ... and (stage production, if available).
Shevchenko Park: original & restored heritage buildings from 9 ethnographic areas of Ukraine, including original Lemko church.
Galleries/Museums: Art & National;
Industrial excursion to Beer Museum or Chocolate Factory.
Shopping: Vernisage ... Market and Artisan Bazaar.
Meals in Lviv's restaurants and in Ukrainian kolybas.
Shevchenko Park: original & restored heritage buildings from 9 ethnographic areas of Ukraine, including original Lemko church.
Galleries/Museums: Art & National;
Industrial excursion to Beer Museum or Chocolate Factory.
Shopping: Vernisage ... Market and Artisan Bazaar.
Meals in Lviv's restaurants and in Ukrainian kolybas.
Day 5 IVANO-FRANKIVSK
Check-out of Eurohotel.Leave Lviv
Visit 1-9 country school in Babintsi.
Travel across Halychyna; pass Roxolana's Rohatyn and the Old City of Halych and drive on to Ivano-Frankivsk.
Check-in to HOTEL NADIA, followed by dinner.
Walking tour of Ivano Frankivsk.
Industrial excursion to horilka factory with supper at the Factory.
Visit 1-9 country school in Babintsi.
Travel across Halychyna; pass Roxolana's Rohatyn and the Old City of Halych and drive on to Ivano-Frankivsk.
Check-in to HOTEL NADIA, followed by dinner.
Walking tour of Ivano Frankivsk.
Industrial excursion to horilka factory with supper at the Factory.
Day 6 KOLOMEYIA
Travel to Kolomeyia.
Visit Historical and Pysanka Museums.
Shopping for Ukrainian crafts.
Dinner in Uncle Bill's & Aunt Helen's Kolyba.
Visit markets, shops and money kiosks.
Travel to Tysmenytsia for supper.
Return to Ivano-Frankivsk.
Visit Historical and Pysanka Museums.
Shopping for Ukrainian crafts.
Dinner in Uncle Bill's & Aunt Helen's Kolyba.
Visit markets, shops and money kiosks.
Travel to Tysmenytsia for supper.
Return to Ivano-Frankivsk.
Day 7 IVANO-FRANKIVSK
Visit Roman Fabryka's Ukrainian Trades Museum followed by dinner in his home.
Afternoon: Traditional Ukrainian concert by local artists.
Supper en route or Hotel Nadia.
Afternoon: Traditional Ukrainian concert by local artists.
Supper en route or Hotel Nadia.
Days 8 & 9 CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS
Check out of Hotel Nadia.
Travel to Yaremche and check-in to RESORT-HOTEL STANISLAVSKY.
Picturesque foothills and Carpathian mountains ... for eye and camera.
Group pictures on front steps of hotel. Bring camera.
Travel to Yaremche and check-in to RESORT-HOTEL STANISLAVSKY.
Picturesque foothills and Carpathian mountains ... for eye and camera.
Group pictures on front steps of hotel. Bring camera.
Ride the ski chair-lift in Bukovel ... for breath-taking views.
Resort-hotel has pool, sauna, massage, billiards.
Walk to River Prut kiosks - souvenir shopping.
Travel to Tatariv - Hutsul Kolyba "Koruna".
Resort-hotel has pool, sauna, massage, billiards.
Walk to River Prut kiosks - souvenir shopping.
Travel to Tatariv - Hutsul Kolyba "Koruna".
Sample shashlyk, brynza, samohonka!
Stomp your feet to Roman's Hutsul Band.
Supper with Ivan's Authentic Hutsul Band.
Stomp your feet to Roman's Hutsul Band.
Supper with Ivan's Authentic Hutsul Band.
Days 10 YAREMCHE-CHERNIVTSI
Check out of Resort-Hotel Stanislavsky.
Visit Yaremche's 1-11 School and talk with students learning the English language.
Stop on "Stork Alley" to explore "life in a village".
Visit Yaremche's 1-11 School and talk with students learning the English language.
Stop on "Stork Alley" to explore "life in a village".
Excursion to a free-enterprise, privately owned and operated farm.
On to Chernivtsi.
Check-in to HOTEL BUKOVYNA with supper in Hotel's Korchma Restaurant .
On to Chernivtsi.
Check-in to HOTEL BUKOVYNA with supper in Hotel's Korchma Restaurant .
Day 11 CHERNIVTSI in BUKOVYNA
Riding and walking. City excursion: Historical Sites.
Dinner: Kyiv Restaurant.
University of Chernivtsi (UNESCO World Heritage Site).
Bukovyna Museum and Art Gallery.
Supper in Viennese Restaurant.
Dinner: Kyiv Restaurant.
University of Chernivtsi (UNESCO World Heritage Site).
Bukovyna Museum and Art Gallery.
Supper in Viennese Restaurant.
Day 12 KHOTYN and KAMIENETZ-PODILSKY
Check out of Hotel Bukovyna.
Travel and explore Fort Khotyn.
Dinner in "Under the Fortress" Restaurant.
Explore Fort-Kamienetz-Podilsky.
Visit UNESCO's "Old Town" (Old Heritage Site).
Check in to Hotel Seven Days ... Supper at 7PM.
Day 13 Travel across PODILLIA and POLISSIA
Travel and explore Fort Khotyn.
Dinner in "Under the Fortress" Restaurant.
Explore Fort-Kamienetz-Podilsky.
Visit UNESCO's "Old Town" (Old Heritage Site).
Check in to Hotel Seven Days ... Supper at 7PM.
Day 13 Travel across PODILLIA and POLISSIA
Check out of hotel. On to Kyiv.
Dinner enroute (half way to Kyiv).
Check-in to HOTEL LYBID.
Dinner enroute (half way to Kyiv).
Check-in to HOTEL LYBID.
Days 14 & 15 KYIV
Kviv City excursion:
Independence Square; Verhkovna Rada.
St. Sofia Cathedral; St. Andrew's Church; St. Volodomyr's Cathedral.
MONUMENTS:
St. Volodomyr; Golden Gates; Hetman Khmelnitsky;
Peace Rainbow; Shevchenko; Founders.
Dinner in Tsar's Village Restaurant.
Chornobyl Museum.
Pecharska Lavra: Largest monastery in Ukraine.
Pecharska's Burial caves.
The Museum of Historical Scythian Gold Treasures.
Shopping: Independence Square, Khreschatyk Vulitsyia and St. Andrew’s Descent.
Last evening in Ukraine: PRAZNIK ... a Festive supper with reminiscences.
Independence Square; Verhkovna Rada.
St. Sofia Cathedral; St. Andrew's Church; St. Volodomyr's Cathedral.
MONUMENTS:
St. Volodomyr; Golden Gates; Hetman Khmelnitsky;
Peace Rainbow; Shevchenko; Founders.
Dinner in Tsar's Village Restaurant.
Chornobyl Museum.
Pecharska Lavra: Largest monastery in Ukraine.
Pecharska's Burial caves.
The Museum of Historical Scythian Gold Treasures.
Shopping: Independence Square, Khreschatyk Vulitsyia and St. Andrew’s Descent.
Last evening in Ukraine: PRAZNIK ... a Festive supper with reminiscences.
Day 16 AIR TRAVEL
Check out of Hotel Lybid.
Air travel: From Kyiv to home airports or to other destinations.
Air travel: From Kyiv to home airports or to other destinations.
Note: Unforeseen events and new discoveries ... will result in changes to this itinerary.
Itinerary Revised: October 23, 2011