KIEV - ISTANBUL
KIEV - ODESSA

M/S Dostoyvesky

M/S Taras Shevchenko

M/S TARAS SHEVCHENKO 2010

KIEV – ISTANBUL (14 nights / 15 days)

ISTANBUL – KIEV (14 nights / 15 days)

KIEV – ODESSA (9 nights / 10 days)

ODESSA – KIEV (9 nights / 10 days)

Note : Iitinerary are subject to change on weather conditions

Price per person per night in EURO

Price includes:

• Accommodations in all outside cabins, each with private bathroom facilities, a large picture window (except main and lower deck cabins – portholes)
• Three full meals daily incl. Buffet breakfast  (starting with  dinner on the day of embarkation and finishing with  breakfast on the day of disembarkation)
• Captain’s welcome Cocktail Reception
• Gala farewell Dinner aboard
• Guided sightseeing programs in each  port of call
• 2 group transfers (for the groups minimum 20 pax)
• Ukrainian language and song classes
• Nightly entertainment and dancing.
• 3 concerts on board
• Daily aerobics
• Tour of the ship’s bridge.
• Orthodox cruise director and staff.
• Port taxes

The Price does not include:

• All additional excursions by itinerary
• Insurance
• Tips

Please be informed that all pre/post cruise services (additional arr/dep transfers, hotelaccommodation, additional excursions, etc.) can also arranged by us.

Conditions of payment

After upon signing of the contract – 20% (Irrevocable deposit)
30 days before the cruise starts – 100%

Conditions of cancellation

Till 90 days            - 20% (Irrevocable deposit)
89 - 60 days           - 40% of the tour price
59 - 30   days         - 75% of the tour price
30 - no-show         - 100% of the tour price

DESCRIPTION OF THE INCLUDED TOURS ALONG THE ITINERARY ISTANBUL - KIEV

Nessebar – walking city tour (half day, 3 hours) Church of the St. Ioan (outside), St, Sophia church (outside), St.Stefan church (outside), Archeological museum, old houses (outside)    

Nessebar is best known for the Old town on the peninsula. No one can say for sure whether the isthmus is natural or man-made. The largest number and best known buildings date from 11th to 14th centuries. Almost all of them are churches built in the so called "picturesque" style: walls intersected by pilasters and lunettes, with stone, brick and ceramic ornaments and arches along the cornice. Besides well-preserved churches, one can see the remains of fortress walls (best preserved at the old town's gate and the port), authentic medieval, Roman and Greek street pavements, fortifications of different epochs, administrative and other buildings. Some of the typical houses of Nessebar built in a unique style of the 16th-19th century are real architectural monuments (e.g. the houses of Diamanti, that of Panayot Mouskoyani, which hosts an ethnographic exhibition, the one of Captain Pavel).

Constanta – Hitria Tour (half day)
The tour starts with a short drive to TOMIS PORT – the touristical harbor of Constanta, in the old city, with an excellent and arranged alley on a cliff that goes near to the  OLD  CASINO BUILDING and AQUARIUM - coach traveling by, and next descending to the "modern" beach, where Tomes port is situated. A sea territory surrounded by dams, where you will see yachts, boats and steamers - coach travelling by.
Near to this location you will see the GENOESE LIGHT TOWER  (built by Anglicans in 1860) - coach travelling by .
Next we head towards MAMAIA  resort the Northern sea resort of Romanian Black Sea Coast , the biggest and most beautiful summer resort in Romania, where we shall make a stop for photos and  enjoy a glass of local wine .
On the shore of the lake Sinoe ,  in the Northen part of Istria peninsula ,2600 years ago was raised the city of  Histria  , founded by the Greek merchants and navigators in order to trade with the natives. Here you will have the opportunity to see the ruins of the fortress and to admire the museum where you will see pieces of Greek  , Roman and Byzantine archaeology, revealed by the excavations of  Histria and it's surroundings.

Outside:  The Marine Passenger Terminal, Haven descending, Suvorov street, palace of Shah (outside), Teshchin bridge, Primorsky boulevard,  The Potemkin staircase, The monument to Duke Reshelie, The monument to Pushkin, Municipal Duma, “ The Tiger”, a cannon from  a submerged English frigate,  the Marine museum (outside), the Archaeological museum (outside), Opera theater (outside), Reshilie street, Kulikovo field, District “Arkadia”, French boulevard,  the Monument  to an unknown sailor (guard relieving),  the Shevchenko park, Kanatnaya street, Greek street.

City tour in Yalta: (half day)
City tour: outside the famous Swallow’s Nest, a Gothic-style building resembling a small castle which was built on the edge of the huge overganging cliff of Cape Ai-Todor. Also you will see from outside the most popular museum - the house where Anton Chekhov lived until  his death. Inside: visit to  the Livadia Palace

City tour in Sevastopol: (half day)
Outside:  Trade  port of Sevastopol, Bolshaya Morskaya Street, the Intercession Cathedral (outside)., the Vladimirsky Cathedral (outside),   the Peter and Paul’s Cathedral (outside),  The Sailor’s Cathedral,  The National  Technical University, Lenin Street,  The Nahimov Square, The Museum of the Naval History (outside),  World War II memorial, Earl’s pier – the front sea gates of Sevastopol, Primorsky Boulevard,  the Monument of submerged ships, Nahimov avenue, the Art museum (outside), Drama theater. Inside: “Panorama” Museum

Kherson - Boat  trip to Fisherman’s Island
 From m/s Shevchenko you will board a smaller twin deck motor ship. This motor ship is equipped with a bar (mineral water, tea, coffee) and a toilet. During the one hour boat ride you can give a look at “Plavni” – specific complex with different types of flora and fauna. This place is called “Green Venice”. You will see a lot of  plants and animals (grass-snakes, turtles, wiled ducks, herons, pheasants, wild boars) during the boat ride along Dniepr Delta.
In one hour you will reach Belogrudny Island, where the mistresses of the houses will meet you and invite you for a typical Ukrainian lunch.   
After lunch you will visit souvenir market and will return to the ship by the same boat.

City tour in Zaporozhye: 
Lenin Avenue – the main street of Zaporizhye
The October Square
The Festival Square –  the administrative center of the city
The Lenin Square
Panorama of the city and Khortitsa Island
Khortitsa Island – the largest island on the Dnieper River, historical place relating to Cossacks developing. You will visit the Museum of the Cossacks history, where you can see exhibits dated 16-17 centuries.

City tour in Kiev: (half day)
City tour. Outside:  The Kontraktova Square, KIEv-Mohyla Academy,  “ The Samson Fountain”, philarmony, Kreschatyk street,  The Independence Square,  The Mykhaylovsky Monastery,  The Monument to Princess Olga, Starokyivska Hill, The Sophiyivska Square, The Golden Gates, The opera Theater,  The Monument to M. Grushevsky, Boulevard  named after Shevchenko, Boulevard named  after L. Ukrainka,  KIev-Pechersk Laura, Embankment of the Dnieper river, Memorial symbol of the founder of Kiev, Askold Grave, monument to Apostle Andrew, the  Pochtovaya Square.  Inside: St. Sophia’s Cathedral.

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