Day 1 - KYIV

Arrival transfer to the hotel, check in and dinner at the hotel.

Day 2 - KYIV

08:00-09:00

Breakfast at the hotel.

09:00-13:00

Kiev tour: the tour includes visit St. Sophia Cathedral the oldest temple in KYIV . You will see St. Michael Church, St. Andrew's Church a striking piece of baroque architecture of XVIII c. The tour continues along Andriivskyi Uzviz (Descent) that starts from St. Andrew's Church. This short street will impress you with its unique atmosphere. Shopping.

13:00-14:30

Lunch at local restaurant.

14:30-18:00

Visit Ukrainian folk art museum. The Museum's collection consists of 15,000 items from the sixteenth to the twentieth century’s. The textiles collection, department of creative heritage, the collection of paintings and drawings, collection of folk pottery, folk paintings, collection of folk music instruments.

18:00-20:00

Dinner at local restaurant.

Day 3 - KYIV

08:00-09:00

Breakfast at the hotel.

10:00-13:30

The tour to the National KYIV-Pechersk Caves' Monastery Historical and Cultural Reserve. The monastery was set up in the mid XI century A.D. It is one of the most ancient monasteries on the territory of Eastern Slavonic states. During this tour you will visit underground labyrinths of caves with mummies of monks, Museum of Treasures displaying the rich Scythian Gold collection and collection of the Judaic ritual silver objects XVIII - XX centuries, Museum of Microminiature.

13:30-14:30

Lunch in local restaurant

14:30-17:30

Free time

Day 4 – Dnipropetrovks, s. Petrikivka

08:00-09:00

Transfer to airport. Flight to Dnepropetrovsk:  9:00 – 10:00. Transfer to Petrikivka. Check in the hotel.

10:00-17:00

Participation Festival:

During the festival participants and guests will have the opportunity to taste dishes of Ukrainian cuisine, compete in combat attractions Cossack entertainment available for you and your home decorations, household items and items made in the ancient Ukrainian traditions.

17:30-20:00

Dinner in local restaurant.

Day 5 – Dnipropetrovks, s. Petrikivka

10:00-13:30

Breakfast at hotel

13:30-15:30

Petrikivka folk handicrafts center

There is a large village 40 km far from Dnepropetrovsk which is called Pertrikivka. Petrikivka village is famous of its folk painting far away from Ukrainian borders. There is a unique original painting school which had been created during the many centuries and does not have any analogue neither in Ukraine nor others counties.

The painting of Pertrikivka's artists is exhibited in Art museums more than 40 counties all over the world and took rewards at International exhibitions.

Excursion to Petrikivka folk handicrafts center includes visiting to picture gallery where the best work of art are represented and visiting to artists' workshops where you will be able to see artists during the work. It is possible to purchase the souvenirs just from the artists.

15:30-17:00

Master-class of petrikivka

17:00-20:30

Dinner in local restaurant.

Day 6 – Dnepropetrovsk - Zaporozhe

08:00-09:00

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Zaporozhye.

09:30-16:30

Excursion to Zaporozhye Cossack's history museum (about 6 hours)

Hortitsa Island (in Zaporozhye City that is not far from Dniepropetrovsk) is the biggest island in Ukraine (10 miles in length). All landscape zones of Ukraine such as: steppes, mixed forests, orchards, hills, high rocks are represented at Hortitsa Island. Some species of flora and fauna are in Red Book.

The whole island is a National historic culture park.  The expositions represent the real Cossack's household goods, their weapons, equipment, clothes, books, art canvass and diorama of battle between Cossacks and Tatars.

In 1999 the Cossack's militarian Chaika boat was found on the Dniepr River bottom not far from Hortitsa Island. At the present time the boat is under reconstruction after which it will occupy it's palace in Zaporozhye Cossack's history museum.

Lunch in local restaurant.

16:30-20:30

Transfer to Dnipropetrovsk.  Dinner in local restaurant. Transfer to hotel.

Day 7 – Dnepropetrovsk - Kyiv

Breakfast at the hotel.  Transfer to airport. Flight to Kyiv.