Odessa

During the tour you will get acquainted with the religious past and present of Odessa.

For a long time the city was the center of pilgrimage leading to the shrines of Palestine, Constantinople, Sinai, etc. We will start from Saint-Transfiguration Cathedral, that is the main Cathedral and a real wonder and a spiritual pearl of the city. Blown up at Soviet times it is now fully rebuilt. You will also visit the churches of other confessions – Odessa was and is a cosmopolitan and multi-confessional city. We will see Roman Catholic Church, Greek Orthodox Church, Evangelical Lutheran Church. Synagogue and Arabic Cultural Center with a Mosque.
   
Note: As the majority of churches are acting ones, we cannot guarantee their visiting during services and religious holidays.

Other excursions

• City tour (included into cruise program)
• Visit to St. Sophia’s Cathedral (optional tour)
• Kyiv Cave Monastery (Kyiv Pechersk Lavra) (optional tour)
• Pyrohovo Open Air Museum (optional tour)
• Ukrainian National male choir performance (optional tour)
• Visit to T. Shevchenko museum and grave (included into cruise program)
• Trip to a typical Ukrainian village (optional tour)
• City tour (included into cruise program )
• Cossack Horse Show (optional tour)
• Boat trip to Dnieper delta (included into cruise program)
• City tour (included into cruise program)
• Trip to Bakhchissarai (optional tour)
• Black Sea Fleet ensemble concert (optional tour)
• Whole day bus trip to Yalta and Alupka (optional tour)
• Whole day bus trip to Yalta with visiting of Livadia Palace (optional tour)
• Visit to Chersoness (optional tour)
• Visit to Panorama museum (optional tour)
• City tour (included into cruise itinerary)
• Evening opera or ballet performance at Odessa Opera House (optional tour)
• Visit to Fine Arts museum (optional tour)
• Tour “Churches of Odessa” (optional tour)
• Trip to Belgorod-Dnestrovsky (optional tour)
• Boat trip to Danube delta (optional tour)
• Walking tour in Vilkovo (included into cruise program)
• Visit to Livadia Palace (included into cruise program)