Forgotten Corners of Europe Moldova,Transnistria,Ukraine

Forgotten Corners of Europe Moldova,Transnistria,Ukraine.

Program:

Day 1 – Chisinau . Meeting at the airport. Transferring and putting up at the hotel. Excursion + guide – the panoramic tour of Chisinau. Returning to the hotel.

Day 2 – Capriana monastery & Milestii-Mici winery. Excursion+lunch+wine tasting.

Milestii Mici – a wine gallery registered in the “Guinness Book” – Over 50 km of the underground galleries are transformed into wine warehouses in the Milestii Mici Village (almost 20 km south Chisinau). The constant annual temperature of +12 … +14 C0 and the high moisture level offers favourable conditions to store the high quality wine. The wine collection consists of over 2 million bottles. The excursion is followed by a lunch with national food and wine tasting in the underground gallery.

Capriana monastery (male), one of the oldest monasteries in Moldova, located in the center of the ancient forest reserve, Kodry, is the cradle of the Moldavian literature, music and architecture. Monastery Capriana (male) is one of the oldest monasteries in Moldova, located in the center of the ancient forest reserve, Codru, at 40 km from Chisinau.

Day 3 – Odessa. Transferring from Chisinau to Odessa and putting up at the hotel. Excursion + guide – the panoramic tour. Returning to the hotel. During the city tour you will get acquainted with Odessa, the regional center of Ukraine with a population more than one million people. The city is situated on a height and is washed by the waters of the Black Sea from the south and the west. The longest season in Odessa is summer – it lasts for 145 days.
Many pages of the history of Odessa have found their reflection in arts and literature.
During our tour you will get to know a lot about the city’s history, its modern face, will see one of the most beautiful buildings in the world – Opera and Ballet house, built by the project of the Viennese architects F. Felner and G. Helmer, will walk along the famous Primorsky Boulevard and Potemkin’ stairs, will visit city museums. Free evening for promenade.

Day 4 – Odessa free morning for promenade. After the lunch we will explore the famous Odessa Catacombs – a network of underground tunnels and labyrinths, located near Odessa.

According to recent data, the length of Odessa catacombs is more than 2500 km. During World War II Odessa catacombs, as well as Adzhimushkayskie quarries, were the shelter for the Soviet partisans, who fought against the Nazi invaders and caused considerable damage to the German army. Odessa Catacombs were also the shelter for the detachment of V.A. Molodtsov, whose feat was described in the work of Katayev “Waves of the Black Sea”. Transferring from Odessa to Chisinau and putting up at the hotel.