Cherkashchina is an amazing, unsolved region in the heart of Ukraine, the territorial and spiritual center of the Ukrainian nation, Ukrainian identity, culture and history. The blood of outstanding representatives of our people flows through the veins of this region.
We present our grand tour of Cherkasy region:
- Cherkassy - a beautiful city on the banks of the Dnieper;
- the capital of the first Cossack state Chigirin;
- the birthplace of B. Khmelnitsky Sabbath;
- the birthplace of Taras Shevchenko in Morinets;
- Chernecha mountain with the grave of the Kobzar in Kanev;
- city-museum Pereyaslav - the venue of the Pereyaslav Rada;
- a miracle of Ukraine - the park "Sofiyivka" in Uman;
- palaces Poniatowski - Lopukhins and Shuvalovs;
- historical and cultural reserve "Tripolskaya culture";
- Buksky and Tyasminsky canyons - the element of water and stone.
In the program of the tour: railway transportation from Kharkov, transport and sightseeing services, accommodation in Cherkassy in a comfortable hotel, meals, excursions around Cherkassy, Kaniv, Subbotov, the Cold Chronicle, the museum-museum Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky, Chernecha Gora, the National Reserve "Rodina T.Shevchenko", the National historical and cultural reserve "Chigirin", historical and architectural complex "Residence of Bogdan Khmelnitsky", Sophia arboretum.
The most famous Ukrainians, the most beautiful parks, several reserves, hundreds of museums and much more - in one 3 day tour of Cherkasy region! Announced 5-minute readiness!
Route
Duration of the tour
Transport
Type of tour
Excursion program
Departure from Kharkov by train number 138 at 21-14. Arrival in Grebenka at 3-07
Or the departure from Kharkov by train number 719 in 5-56. Arriving at the Comb in 9-40
1 day Group meeting in Grebenka. Breakfast.
Moving to Kanev. Tarasova Mountain with the grave of the Kobzar, where tens of thousands of people from all over the world come annually, the Kanivsky Uspensky Cathedral is an architectural monument of the 12th century, the Shevchenko Literary and Memorial Museum, the Museum of Folk Decorative Art, the grave of A. Gaidar, who died in the Kaniv region during the Second World War war, Kanevskaya HPP. To the south and west of the Tarasova Mountain is the National Shevchenko Nature Reserve - the pride of Cherkasy region, a unique monument of history, archeology, geology and paleontology.
Moshny. Near the Kanev you are met by the unique village of Moshny. The inn where Kobzar once lived, and now the museum of Taras Shevchenko, the Transfiguration Church of the architect Giorgio Torricelli, the wooden "Doctor's House" by the architect V. Gorodetsky were housed. It is interesting that in the Moshnas in the distant past Ukrainian river shipbuilding was born. Here the first on the Dnieper flat-bottomed wooden steamer "Pchelka", built in 1823 with the assistance of Count M.Vorontsov, was preserved.
Transfer to Cherkassy. Lunch. Check-in to the hotel.
Sightseeing tour of Cherkassy: monuments of the ancient Khreshchatyk, monuments to Taras Shevchenko, Bogdan Khmelnitsky, Ivan Podkov, an interesting modern monument to the Plumber, the memorial complex "Hill of Glory", the unique museum of the book "Kobzar", the memorial museum of V. Simonenko.
The regional philharmonic society, the puppet theater - a monument of architecture of the XIX century, the House of Tsybulsky, the ancient hotel "Slavyanskiy", "Feysvol" - 35-meter wall decorated with pictures of citizens, the largest Orthodox church in Ukraine - St. Michael's Cathedral, which can simultaneously accommodate 12 000 visitors!
Optional:
- Excursion to the only one in Europe Buddhist Temple of Military Arts "White Lotus"where you can get acquainted with the traditions of the East, the symbols of the five world religions, go through the Gate of the Temple, inspect the Dharma hall, waterfalls and a sacred tree, a sacred pillar, a bell and a stupa.
- sightseeing excursion by boat on Dnepr.
In the evening, you should definitely take a walk along the "Valley of Roses" or "Pine Forest" - two city parks located on the banks of the Dnieper. Here you will be able to capture the wonderful panoramas of the Dnieper and Kremenchug reservoir, stretched between the coasts at 9 km.
2 day Breakfast.
Tour "To the homeland of the Kobzar - National Reserve "Fatherland Shevchenko"*. The reserve includes about 45 objects scattered in several villages of the Zvenigorodsky district of Cherkashchyna - Morintsy, Shevchenkovo, Budishcha, Olshana. Taras spent his childhood here in the open spaces of the Middle Dnieper. In Morintsy, he first raised his voice, in Kerelovka he grew up and formed as a person, in Budishchi he cossacked in Engelhardt's estate, and from Olshany he took the first step towards recognition and world fame.
"Sadok cherry bilya hati ...." This is about a house in the village. Morintsy, where T.G. Shevchenko was born on March 9, 1814. Next to the literary-memorial museum there is a hut in which Taras spent the years of his happy childhood and joyless orphanhood. She greets guests with a variety of flowers, towels, heady smells of lovage and mint, sad eyes of ancient icons, before which two centuries ago Katerina Shevchenko prayed for the happy fate of her children. Nearby in the garden under the viburnum is the grave of the mother, a little further - the grave of the father. A few hundred meters later, the clerk Bogorsky's hut, from whom little Taras learned to read and write ...
Moving to Korsun-Shevchenkovskiy. Korsunshchina - the land of courage, the land, fanned by the feat of man, the place of two great historical battles - B. Khmelnitsky in 1648 and Korsun-Shevchenkovskoy operation in World War II.
Korsun-Shevchenko State Historical and Cultural Reserve. The palace and park complex Poniatowski - Lopukhins on the islands in the middle of the river Ros founded in 1782 Prince S. Poniatowski as his own summer residence. The palace is a monument of architecture and simply bewitches with its appearance and the way it fits into the natural landscape. Most of the island of Kotsyubynsky now occupies a luxurious landscape park (an area of 100 ha, 80 species of trees and shrubs) with bridges, gazebos, sculptures and a romantic grotto. Especially it is good in spring, during the flowering of lilacs. Several museums were opened in various rooms of the palace complex: the historical, the Korsun-Shevchenko battle, the artistic one. An exhibition of military equipment is on display in front of the palace.
Return to Cherkassy.
Optional:
- Thematic tour "Time Machine" in the Cherkasy Museum of experimental cars. All of them are the result of the embodied ideas of their creative inspirer and creator. Only on one platform you will see more than 40 unusual machines.
- excursion to the thematic village "Country Mamontland". On the territory of the village in 1965, archaeologists have opened a parking lot for mammoth hunters. The uniqueness of the Mezhyritskaya parking, whose age is 15-20 thousand years, is that four structures of mammoth bones were found on its territory. Mezhyritskie finds are the only ones in the world, they have no analogues on any continent. The most interesting thing is that not just a museum was created here, but a theme park!
Here you will find souvenirs and sweets, made by yourself; interesting master classes, tests and adventures. On the hunt, you will turn into real primitive people, build a temporary room of materials, meet with a mammoth and taste delicious hunting porridge!
Dinner. Free time.
3 day Breakfast. Free day.
We offer a choice of optional excursions:
- Uman *. Arboretum "Sofiyivka" is famous as a tourist pearl of Ukraine, a museum of garden and park and art, a place where you can plunge into the fabulous romantic world of nature, beauty and love. Established the park in 1796, the rich Polish tycoon Stanislav Pototsky in honor of his wife, the beautiful Greek woman Sofia and gave her the day of her angel in 1802 year. The idea of such a park in a romantic style with the use of Roman and Greek mythology belonged to Sofia herself.
- Pereyaslav - Khmelnytskyi*. Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky is a small town on the left bank of the Dnieper, now known as a city-museum, since the second half of the XNUMXth century. was the center of a great independent principality, which was ruled by Vladimir Monomakh, Yuri Dolgoruky and other princes of Kievan Rus. A visit to a choice of several of the many museums of the city, the open-air museum of architecture and life of the Middle Transnistria.
- Kamenka * was named so because of the rocky stone banks that are washed by the river Tiasmin. She met many well-known guests on her lands, among which was the outstanding poet Alexander Pushkin, the outstanding composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, members of the secret society of the Decembrists. Monument to Alexander Pushkin, a park with a grotto, a "green house", a baby, the remains of the palace of Davidov ...
- Zhashkiv *. Эexcursion on the territory of equestrian center "ParadeAllure". Firs, gazebos, swings and proud sleek figures of horses of Western European breed. There are champions among the winners even world-class. It is interesting to know the details of the "personal" life of the main inhabitants of the equestrian town, what they eat, how they train, how much they work, in which hotels they rest and how they know how to love.
- beeches. Buk canyon - the element of stone and water. For hunters for adrenaline here is where to please the soul and body. It strikes all: the rugged Gorny Tikich River, which flows in Proterozoic granites, cliffs of 20-30 meters in height, the ruins of a water mill, the remains of the very first hydroelectric power station in Ukraine, the Vir waterfall, Radionova rock.
- Leggedzino *. Trypillian culture is a historical layer, which can be called the boundary of prehistory and history. This culture arose together with the cultures of Mesopotamia and Egypt and opened the way for mankind to modern civilization. Findings of archeologists testify to the developed religious and philosophical life of Trypillians, inhigh level of culture and art. Visit State historical and cultural reserve "Trypillian culture".
- Talent *, Hunting castle of Count Shuvalov near the Gorny Tikich river. The history of the palace is as distant and mysterious as the date of its creation, and it was more than 200 years ago. Today the castle is part of the Talnevsky Park - a monument of landscape art of national importance.
- Tiasminsky Canyon * - A valuable hydrological monument of nature, whose age exceeds 2 billion years. If you believe geologists, the unique beauty of the valley formed zelis during the melting of glaciers. Direct cliffs on the left side of the river rise in places on 12 - 15 m. The Tiasmini Canyon is the frozen beauty of rocks, glacial moss, living water and trees.
You can combine several objects into one excursion: Uman-Buki, Zhashkiv-Buk canyon, Legedzino-Talnoe, Kamenka-Korsun, Cherkashchyna Canyons, etc.
Dinner. Free time.
4 day Breakfast.
Excursion "The roads of Cossack glory."
Chigirin - a glorious city, which was at one time one of the largest cities in Ukraine, the Hetman's capital, the birthplace of the Cossacks. National Historical and Cultural Reserve "Chigirin". The historical and architectural complex "Bogdan Khmelnitsky Residence": the hetman's house, military office, chicken, treasury. Complex tour with a visit to the Castle Hill, the monument to B. Khmelnitsky, the bust of Doroshenko, the church of St. Peter and Paul, where the remains of 263 Cossacks are buried.
Optional Theatrical show "Initiation to the Cossacks" *
Moving to n. Saturday, where Bogdan Khmelnitsky was born and buried. The Church of St. Ilya in the style of the Ukrainian Baroque. The former homestead of Khmelnytsky, the probable burial vault of the hetman in the Ilyinsky church.
Cold Yar - a unique monument of nature, history and culture, a symbol of struggle and invincibility of the spirit. The fateful events of the Koliivshchyna and the heroic struggle of the Kholodnoyarsk Republic took place here, 8 thousand Scythian burial mounds were found here. We will walk along the paths of the rebels, honor the memory of the outstanding chieftains.
1000 - summer oak on the Buda hamlet, named after the glorious Cossack Maxim Zaliznyak.
Motronin Monastery, founded by Yaroslav the Wise, from whose holy sources Bohdan Khmelnytsky drew his Cossack strength.
In the Cold Zero we suggest to visit the thematic village "Zernolend": interesting and exciting for children about bread and agriculture!
On the Buda Farm we are inviting museum and ethnographic complex "Wild Farm": a master class on the preparation of useful healthful drinks and dishes from ecologically clean vegetable ingredients; tasting traditional Ukrainian drinks: tinctures, boils, hrenovuhi; national Ukrainian cuisine; entertainment ethnoprogram.
Return to Cherkassy. Lunch.
We continue the Cossack theme. Optional animation is offered quest program "In Search of Cossack Treasures":
Helmyazov - the territory of adventure. If you like to dream and travel, then you are here! Ethnocultural center "Abode of fantasy" is a place where you will enter the fascinating world of traveling to the past and the future; try yourself in the role of a treasure hunter, climb the Helmyazovsky "Hoverla"; learn the secrets of the Gelmyazovsky Bouquet; Visit the Gelmyazovskaya Fair of Wonders; become a participant in an interesting ritual.
Transfer to Grebenka.
Departure to Kharkov by train number 720 at 20-06. Return to Kharkov in 23-36
Or departure to Kharkov by train No. 138 at 1-31
Return to Kharkov in 7-52
The cost per person in UAH.
The cost of an 3-day tour (without a third day off):
group / hotel | 10 + 1 | 15 + 2 | 15 + 1 | 18 + 2 | 24 + 2 | 30 + 3 | 40 + 4 |
hotel economy (rooms with private facilities per block) |
4350 | 3700 | 3650 | 3550 | 3550 | 3500 | 3450 |
hotel standard (rooms with private facilities) |
4750 | 4000 | 3950 | 3850 | 3850 | 3800 | 3750 |
Cost 4-day tour:
group / hotel | 10 + 1 | 15 + 2 | 15 + 1 | 18 + 2 | 24 + 2 | 30 + 3 | 40 + 4 |
hotel economy (rooms with private facilities per block) |
4850 | 4200 | 4150 | 4050 | 4050 | 4000 | 3950 |
hotel standard (rooms with private facilities) |
5250 | 4600 | 4550 | 4450 | 4450 | 4400 | 4350 |
Included
railway pass (reserved seat), meals according to the program, accommodation in the hotel, transport service according to the program, excursion service under the program, insurance, group supervision by the representative of the tour operator.
Notes
- The tour operator reserves the right to change the program and the sequence of excursions without changing the number of services.
- The tour is valid for groups of at least 6 people. At the request of customers, a tour can be ordered any day. The price depends on the agreed program, the hotel, the number of people in the group.
- Entrance tickets to visited facilities, optional activities, are paid additionally.
- A miscalculation of the tour on a comfortable bus from Kharkov, other variants of railway passage is possible.
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