Kamyanets-Podilsky – Khotyn + Dniester Cruise

Day 1 - Friday

Lviv Arrival in Lviv. Check-in at the hotel (check-out time - 14.00, if there is a free room - check-in immediately, if not - things at the administrator on duty until 14.00). Walking tour "The streets of old Lviv". Ancient buildings, cathedrals, parks, fortifications. A unique medieval part of the city, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site: Rynok Square, Latin Cathedral, Boim Church, Kornyakt Bell Tower, Dominican Cathedral… Fascinating stories about famous people who created the history of Lviv, tales, legends, historical curiosities. Unique corners of ancient Lviv - Italian and Armenian courtyards. A chocolate workshop is a place that both adults and children dream of visiting… After all, Lviv coffee and chocolate are the most delicious in Ukraine! Free time for an independent walk, visiting museums, buying gifts and gatherings in cozy Lviv coffee houses. Attention! For those who have already been to Lviv, instead of a tour of the old Lviv, an excursion “Lviv Dungeons” is offered.

Day 2 - Saturday

8.00 – Departure for an excursion to Kamyanets-Podilskyi. On the way - a stop for lunch (for an additional fee). Kamyanets-Podilskyi is the pearl of Ukrainian Podillya, a city of fantastic beauty, spread out on the banks of the Smotrich River. State Historical and Cultural Reserve " Kamyanets-Podilskyi ": Old fortress, Cathedral of Peter and Paul, minaret, the oldest in Ukraine Town Hall, streets of the Old Town - a tour of Kamyanets-Podilsky is a vivid emotion! Accommodation in a hotel. Free time.

Day 3 - Sunday

Check out from the hotel. Cruise on the ship along the Dniester. You have a unique opportunity to make a water trip through the picturesque expanses of the Dniester: the Podolsky Tovtry National Reserve, fabulous rocks, magnificent canyons, the blue expanse of the Dniester water (in extremely unfavorable weather conditions, instead of a cruise, the duration of stay in the fortress and cave increases). Attention! The cruise on the Dniester is carried out from March to November. In the winter season, instead of a cruise, we alternate (in a week): 1) rest in a modern SPA-center, which operates at the hotel and restaurant complex "Orysya" (Gusyatin). Here you can swim in three jacuzzis - pools with therapeutic brine, bask in a sauna with Himalayan salt and swim in a large pool with plain water. Mineral water comes from a well of the Novozbruchansky deposit 770 meters deep and contains a huge amount of useful microelements, and the salt content in it is twice as high as in sea water. 2) Bakota is an extremely beautiful place on the banks of the Dniester River, located on the site of the village of Bakota, the former capital of the Lower River, which was flooded in 1981. during the construction of the Novodnestrovsky hydroelectric power station. Now the Mikhailovsky Monastery is located here and you can see the magnificent panorama of the Podolsky Tovtry. The local climate, according to scientists, is similar to that of Yalta. Khotyn fortress is one of the seven wonders of Ukraine, a magnificent monument of the defensive art of the XIII-XVIII centuries. The impregnable fortress strikes the imagination with its 40-meter walls, a 65-meter well and a stunning panorama of the Dniester. Cave Verteba in Bilche-Zolote. This cave is called the "Nadnestrian Pompeii", because in terms of the number and richness of the finds, it has no equal, probably, in the whole world. The length of the underground passages of the cave is more than 8 km, the air temperature is the same all year round +11 degrees. Of particular interest is the Stone Straw labyrinth, the surface of which is covered with thick thickets of stalactites up to 12 cm long. Verteba invites you to the world's only underground museum of archeology, Trypillia culture and the Neolithic era. Transfer to Lviv, arrival at 22.30 to the opera theatre.