A great tour of the Crimea

GROUP TOUR
Russia And Crimea 2004
8 Days / 7 Nights

Day 1

Arrival (by flight/train) in Simferopol, the capital of the Crimea, transfer to Yalta (about 100 km), welcome cocktail at the hotel, check-in, dinner.

Day 2

Breakfast, tour of the Livadia Palaces, a former summer residence of the Tsar's family. The Palace is associated with a historic summit of three anti-Hitler coalition member states: the USSR, the USA and Great Britain in 1945. Right after the tour - a walk to Koreis, a typical settlement on the southern Crimean shore. Return by bus to the hotel for lunch. After lunch a guide will take the guests to a beautiful promenade alley along the seashore. Time at leisure. Dinner at the hotel.

Day 3

Breakfast, it's going to be a surprising trip to the marble caves to see their inside. A fascinating drive along the eastern part of the southern coast of the Crimea to a small settlement Suat That's where the guests start walking along the Chatir-Dag Plateau to the marble caves to witness the thousand year old underground water erosion through the earth's crust. After seeing the inside of the marble caves the guests will have a picnic. Return by bus to the hotel. Dinner.

Day 4

Breakfast, a whole day trip to Esky-Kermen and Bakhchisarai. A spectacular drive through the mountains brings the guests to the Ai-Petri Mountain and to a settlement Kosh-Kosh , and afterwards - for a walk through the cave town Eski-Kermen, the city hollowed out in the mountains (VI - IX BC).

On arrival to Bakhchisarai, the former capital of the Crimean Tatars Khanate - a tour of the museum, the former Khan's palace, and of the Assumption Cave Monastery in the St. Maria's valley Lunch in a local restaurant. Return to Yalta. Dinner at the hotel.

Day 5

Breakfast, trip to the mountain pass of Angara in the area of Demerdzhi mountain. The view of the Valley of Ghosts from the slopes of the Demerdzhi mountain is breathtaking! Lunch in Alushta or a picnic. Return to the hotel. Dinner.

Day 6

Breakfast. This day the guests are offered a distinguished tour of Sebastopol, the hero-city of the Russian Glory. The tour includes seeing numerous famous historical monuments. During the sightseeing tour the guests pass by the most inspiring sites - the Cat's Mountain, the Dragon's Mountain, and the Baidar Resurrection Church that perched on a cliff's top that is near the resort area of Faros where the first and the last president of the USSR, M. Gorbatchyov, was isolated in 1991. After lunch - a tour of the ancient city of Khersonesus. This is one of the most important centers of antique culture in this country founded in the 5th century B.C., a contemporary of the antique heroes. Sometimes it is called the Russian Troya. Return to the hotel. Dinner.

Day 7

Breakfast. Trip to the Glade of Fairy Tales where the fairy-tale characters are living their magic lives in the open air. Afterwards the group is taken on a walk through the magnificent pine forest to Stavri-Kaja rock across the Devil's Bridge, and to the highest waterfall in the Ukraine, Uchan-Su. Lunch is at the "Mountain Spring" restaurant. Return to the hotel. Afternoon is at leisure. Dinner at the hotel.

Day 8

Breakfast, transfer to the airport in Simferopol for a flight home.