Please be at New York/JFK Airport, Czech Airlines Counter, TERMINAL #4 no later than 3:00PM. Scope representative will assist you with check-in. Your baggage must be checked to your final destination Odesa (code ODS). If you have more than one piece of checked baggage A surcharge of $50 will be collected at airport by agency representative.

In Prague you board your non-stop flight to Odesa. Lunch on board. Expected arrival at your Odesa Hotel is 5:00PM. Dinner at hotel.

After dinner, take a stroll through the cobble stoned boulevards where decorated palaces (now museums) add distinctive French and Italian styles to its display. Odesa comes equipped with all the cheap amusements characteristic of a seaside town: jewelry stands, ponies, street clown, dancing monkeys and balloon-sellers.

Today you will be introduced to the largest seaport on the Black Sea and the third largest city in Ukraine . Your morning tour will include the Prymorski Boulevard and legendary Potemkin Staircase leading to the sea, the famous Opera and Ballet Theater, Troyitska and St. Paul Churches and the Art Museum. An afternoon walking tour will include Odesa's greatest shopping spot, the extravagant 18 th c. Passazh corridor where a vaulted glass roof shields the designer boutiques and posh cafes. Evening optional excursion to the theater (in season).
Dinner at hotel.

A Full day excursion to Bilhorod Dnistrovsky (until 1944 Akerman), a port city 100 km from Odesa. At the beginning of the new era the site was first occupied by a Greek colony and later a Roman colony called Tira. From the 13 th c. Bilhorod was part of the Galician-Volyn Principality. Captured by Turkey in 1484 and renamed Akerman, it was the capital of the Bilhorod Horde. This 13-15c. fortress was built on the ruins of the ancient city of Tira . It is a unique monument of medieval defense architecture, the largest and sturdiest structure of its kind in Ukraine . Lunch and wine-tasting in a a local restaurant. Late afternoon return to Odesa directly to the train station for our overnight sleeper train to Crimea .

From the Greek word meaning shore, one of the most popular Black Sea resorts on the entire Crimean peninsula; Yalta has a wonderful Mediterranean climate and is set in the midst of 4,000 ft. mountains. Morning city tour will take us to Livadia Palace , where the “Big Three” met and set the history for Eastern Europe . Lunch at restaurant Gornij Rutchej , known for its original local cuisine. Our afternoon tour takes us to Alupka, situated on the coastal Ai-Petri. We visit Vorontsov's Palace and conclude this wonderful day with a wine tasting at the famous Massandra vineyards and a ride up the Ai Petri cable car.

Today you join your touring coach for a full day excursion to Sevastopol . F ounded by the Greeks in the 5 th c., Sevastopol was the bastion of the Byzantine Empire on the north shores of the Black Sea . It sustained considerable damage during the Russo-Turkish War of 1855 and WW II spectacularly presented in the great Panorama painting, which you will see. The Black Sea fleet anchors in present-day Akhtiarsky harbor. The highlight of your trip will be a visit to Chersonesus, an archeological preserve, founded by the Greeks in the 4c.BC. Afternoon free to enjoy the promenades of Sevastopol . Late evening return to Yalta .

Enroute to Simferopol Airport , we visit Bakhchysaraj t he 15 c. capital of the Crimean Khaganat, and the fortress of Chufut-Kale (10thc.). Lunch in a local restaurant before we board our flight to Lviv, the capital of Western Ukraine .

Late afternoon arrival in Lviv and transfer to hotel for dinner. Remainder day free.

Afternoon combination bus/walking tour.
Situated in the Western part of Ukraine , Lviv, the “City of Lions ”, is its heart and soul. Founded in the 13 th c. by King Danylo Halytckyj, it was named in honor of his son Lev (Leo). Through centuries of Polish, Austrian, and Soviet occupation, Lviv was the gateway to “the East”, but with independence in 1991, Lviv is finally free to develop its own Ukrainian identity. Highlights of the first city tour are Rynok, the 15-16 th c. city square, the Dominican Church , Armenian Church Complex, the Chapel of the Bojim Family, the Armenian Quarters, the Opera House and Lviv University . St. George's Cathedral, the stronghold of Western Ukraine 's Catholic Church, is our final stop before lunch in a local café. Remainder of the day and dinner under own arrangements.

A full day excursion into the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains . We pass charming town like Stryj and Skole before reaching the ski resort of Slavsk – a ski lift ride, a short walk, lunch in a local restaurant and we return to Lviv via Truskavets, the famous spa resort.

A direct transfer from airport to Mass followed by check-in and lunch at the hotel.

A late afternoon panoramic city tour of Kyiv includes: Khreshchatyk Boulevard , Volodymyr's Hill, Kyiv National University , the Opera House, St. Volodymyr's Cathedral and the 11 th century Golden Gate . The highlight of this tour is the St. Sophia Cathedral constructed in the 11 th c. by Prince Yaroslav the Wise. Its construction reflects a strong Byzantine influence and its interior is a unique harmonious union of mosaics and fresco paintings. Directly opposite St. Sofia (about 500 m.) you will visit the newly (1999) reconstructed St. Michael's Sobor. . Dinner at hotel.

Morning half-day excursion to Pecherska Lavra (Monastery of the Caves), an active monastery founded in the 11th c. and center of Christianity for Kyivan-Rus. Its complex of churches reflects a unique Ukrainian baroque style which is only surpassed by the beauty of the newly reconstructed Uspenskyj Cathedral (1998), destroyed by Soviet mines in 1941. The labyrinths of the “near” and “far” caves hold over 115 burial niches containing remains of St. Antoniy, Nestor the Chronicler, and many religious and political leaders. World-renowned Scythian Gold treasures are exhibited within its walls. Lunch in town. Afternoon free. Dinner at hotel.

Free day in Kyiv for own discovery or optional tours. Do not forget to visit the Uzviz artisan section, where the open-air bazaar is the most popular place in Kyiv and where the restaurants Are known for fantastic local and international cuisine.