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Pilgrimage in Ukriane

Tours in Ukraine / Group tours / Theme Travel / Pilgrimage
 Pilgrimage in Ukriane
 
 Lviv – Zarvanytsia – Ternopil – Kyiv – Kozelets – Chernigiv – Kyiv (8 days, 7 nights) 

Pilgrimage in Ukriane Pilgrimage in Ukriane Pilgrimage in Ukriane

Day 1 : Lviv
Arriving in Lviv. Transfer and accomodation at the hotel. Tour around the ancient city. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 2 : Lviv
Breakfast. Mass celebration. Lviv is a very beautiful city with its narrow medieval streets paved with stones, architectural decoration done in different styles preserved in its original form. This is an ancient picturesque city founded by Prince Danylo Halytsky in the middle of the 13th century.  During the panoramic tour you will have an opportunity to admire St. George Cathedral (1765) in baroque-rococo style with unusual ornamental entry, National University Ivan Franco one among the oldest in Europe founded in 1661Lychakiv memorial cemetery most beautiful necropolis in Ukraine, which is rather a sculpture garden or a museum under open air than just a cemeteryHigh Castle from where you can enjoy the whole panoramic view of the city and surroundings beyond.
Excursion in the ancient part of the town. You will walk through the cozy streets of Lviv where each building is an architectural masterpiece with a rich history. You will discover The Opera House (1900) - an architectural masterpiece with gorgeous paintings and sculptures in the interior; Taras Shevchenko’s monument; Rynok square (16th century) - the heart of the city listed by UNESCO World Heritage Site; Armenian quarter with a splendid Armenian Virgin Mary’s Dormition Church (1370), Dominican Cathedral (1798); an interesting Pharmacy Museum that is one of the oldest operating pharmacies in the world; Baroque style Jesuit Cathedral; the Latin Cathedral and the Transfiguration Church;  Jewish quarter with the remains of the Golden Rose synagogue; etc.
In the afternoon visiting Ukrainian Catholic University (Institute of Church History, Institute of Canon Law, Catechetical – Pedagogical Institute). Meeting with the members of the University at a conference on confessional situation in Ukraine. Free time. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 3 : Lviv
Breakfast. Mass celebration. Visiting Museum of History of Religion in the basements of Dominical Cathedral. Visiting the ethnographic museum of folk architecture and rural life Shevchenkivskyi Gai. Here, on the territory of 60 hectares, museum's creators placed over 120 architectural sites and a bulk of folk life objects, which were brought here from Western Ukraine's various corners. Free time. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 4: Lviv – Zarvanytsia – Ternopil – Kyiv
Breakfast. Transfer to Zarvanytsia for a pilgrimage trip to a place which is the same in Ukraine as Lourdes in France.
Route to Ternopil. Transfer to the railway station. Dinner. Departure to Kyiv in the sleeper train in the 2nd class compartment.

Day 5: Kyiv
Arriving in Kyiv. Breakfast. Panoramic city tour in the capital of Ukraine and the cradle of Eastern Slavonic states. The tour includes Golden Gates and Vladimir’s hill, which is supposed to be the place of foundation of Kiev-city, Bogdan Khmelnitsky Monument, National Opera and Ballet Theater, St. Vladimir’s Cathedral - a splendid architectural pearl, with beautiful paintings of V. Vasnetsov and St. Michael’s Golden Domed Monastery founded in 1108, Kyiv Founders’ Monument, Khreschatyk Avenue, Independence Square - the scene of many notable events in the capital city of Ukraine.
Mass celebration at catholic church. Excursion to St. Sofia Cathedral - the world famous historical and architectural monument of the first half of the 11th century. The cathedral is famous for its mosaics and frescoes by Byzantine masters. It is the first monument in Ukraine listed as a UNESCO World Heritage SiteTransfer to the hotel. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 6: Kyiv – Kozelets – Chernigiv – Kyiv
Breakfast. Transfer to Kozelets. Visiting the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary. Continuation to Chernigiv. Panoramic city tour including Pyatnytska church of the 12 century, the historical places of castle – BorysoGlibskiy and Transfiguration cathedrals, Collegiums, Regiment’s chancellery, Kateryna’s church, burial-mounds on the Boldyn’s mountains, Yeletskiy and Illinskiy Trinity monasteries. Mass celebration. Return to Kyiv. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 7: Kyiv
Breakfast. Mass celebration at St. Nicola's Catholic Church. Visiting the Vydubytskyi Monastery, cultural and religious centre. Visiting the Holy Kyiv Pechersk Lavra - the Orthodox Christian monastery that is the holiest place of pilgrimage in Ukraine. It was founded in times of Yaroslav the Wise in XI century and is one of the most ancient monasteries in Old Rus. Trinity Church, the Assumption Cathedral (renovated in 2000), the Refectory Church and the labyrinth of the Near and Far Caves, with their relics of saints, are real masterpieces of world architecture. Free time. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 8: Kyiv
Breakfast. Free time and optional visits. Transfer to the airport for your flight back home.
 

Program price in euro per person
 
10+1 pax
15+1 pax
20+1 pax
25+1 pax
Additional payment for single room
Hotels 3*
914
821
755
728
204
Hotels 4*
986
886
816
790
276
     
The price includes:
- Accommodation in the chosen hotels: 3 nights in Kyiv and 3 nights in Lviv; standard double rooms;
- 7 breakfasts and 7 dinners;
- Transport services according to the program;
- English guides service during the tour.
- Entrance fees according to the program;
- Mass organisation;
- One free of charge for tour leader in single room.

The price does not include
- Meals: lunches;
- Services not mentioned above;
- Personal expenses.
   
 
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