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South Regions of Russia: Crimea

Duration: 
11 days / 10 nights
Meals: 
Half board

Tour program
1

Arrival to Rostov-on-Don Airport

Starocherkasskaya village, alive history of cossackship. 
Excursion to the Ataman’s Palace
Participation  in  the  Cossack  initiation  ceremony  with  gaining  a diploma, Cossack sheepskin hat (papakha) and a whip; Starocherkasskaya’s folk music group.

Sightseeing tour around Rostov-on-Don

The boat trip along the Don river

Transfer to the hotel. Check-in. Dinner at the hotel.


2

Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out
Transfer to Krasnodar
Arrival to the hotel. Check-in
Sightseeing   tour   around   Krasnodar
Transfer to the hotel. Dinner at the hotel


3

Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out.
Transfer to Kerch. Transit across the Crimean Bridge
Sightseeing tour around Kerch, a visit to Mount Mithridat and Ruins of the ancient city Panticapaeum.
Arrival to the hotel. Check-in. Dinner at the hotel


4

Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out
Transfer to Simferopol
Sightseeing tour around Simferopol, the capital of Crimea


5

Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out.
Transfer to Bakhchisaray. Visiting the Khan’s Palace and Cave Monastery of Holy Assumption (Uspensky Cave Monastery- one of the oldest ones in Crimea, late 8th - beginning of 9th century).

Transfer to Sevastopol
Short sightseeing tour around the city. The boat trip around the Bays of Sevastopol
Arrival to the hotel. Check-in. Dinner at the hotel 


6

Breakfast at the hotel.
Visiting  The  State  Museum-Preserve  Tauric Chersonesus, included on UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites
Excursion around the memorial site of the 1854-1855 defense of the city and visiting  The Panorama Museum 'The 1854-1855 Defense of Sevastopol’.
Transfer  to  Balaklava. .  Excursion  to  the  Naval  Museum Balaklava  (Museum  of  Submarines).  
Sightseeing  tour  around  the  Balaklava  embankment,  free  time.
Dinner at the restaurant.
    
Arrival to the hotel.


7

Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out
Transfer  to  Alupka  along  the  picturesque  road  
Stopping  at  the  viewing  points  overlooking  Simeiz  and  Mount Koshka.
    
Visiting The Vorontsov Palace, that Palace  has  a  beautiful  park  –  a  monument  of  landscape architecture
Visiting The Swallow's Nest - one of the main symbols of the Crimea – a breathtaking castle clutched to the very edge of a high rock  towering  over  blue  seawater
Transfer to Yalta. Visiting the Livadia Palace and Park Museum-Reserve. It was the site of many significant events, such as the Yalta Conference, where leaders of the Allied forces met in 1945
Sightseeing tour around the city embankment. Funicular trip «Yalta - Gorka».

Arrival to the hotel. Check-in. Dinner at the hotel.


8

Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out.
Transfer to Novy Svet
Visiting  Sparkling  Wine  Factory  «Novy  Svet», founded in 1878
Transfer to Sudak
Visiting The Genoese fortress

Transfer to Feodosia
Sightseeing  tour  around  Feodosia.  Visiting  the  Stamboli Dacha
Arrival to the hotel. Check-in. Dinner at the hotel


9

Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out
Visiting  The Aivazovsky  National  Art  Gallery

Transfer to Anapa.
Sightseeing tour around Anapa. Excursion "The ancient city of Gorgippia"
Arrival to the hotel. Check-in. Dinner at the hotel.


10

Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out
Transfer to Novorossiysk
Visiting  the  Malaya  Zemlya  Memorial.  A  small  unit  of  Soviet sailors and soldiers defended one part of Novorossiysk, known as Malaya Zemlya, for 225 days beginning on February 4, 1943, until it was liberated by the Red Army on September 16, 1943
Sightseeing   tour   around   the   Embankment   of   Admiral Serebryakov.
Visiting Ship-museum Cruiser «Mikhail Kutuzov».  Its history counts 211 miles and 15 long-distance trips
Transfer to Sochi
Arrival to the hotel. Check-in. Dinner at the hotel.


11

Breakfast at the hotel. Sightseeing tour around Sochi, including Naval Station, the Archangel Michae temple, spa complex "Matsesta", the unique "Arboretum" park, which is a green treasure house, represented by more than 2000 plants from around the world.
Adler
Visiting the Olympic Park and golf-car ride around it.
Transfer to the airport of Adler
Departure