Ethno tour to the lands of free Cossacks (Poltava, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhya)

Ethno tour to the lands of free Cossacks (Poltava, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhya)

Have you ever met the real Cossacks? Free people who lived in free lands of Central Ukraine more than 200 years ago and left us huge historical and cultural heritage.
In the tour to the lands of free Cossacks you will see traditional Cossack settlements, learn Ukrainian arts and crafts, try tasty traditional Ukrainian food and drinks.

Itinerary

Day 1: Kyiv / Poltava

Stop At: Dikansk Regional Landscape Park, Gogolya St. 1, Dykanka 38500 Ukraine
Visiting Dikanka village and Ukrainian cultural complex Proni, excursion to the Museum of History and Life of Dikanka.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: The Poltava Battle History Museum, Shvedska mohyla vul. 32, Poltava 36013 Ukraine
Excursion to Poltava city: sightseeing tour, visiting Museum of history of the Great Poltava Battle, as well as the field of the Great Poltava Battle, watching beautiful views to the Vorskla river Valley from the White Belvedere on Ivanova Gora.
Duration: 3 hours

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Accommodation at Poltava hotel

Day 2: Petrykivka Art Village / Dnipro

Stop At: Crafts Center Petrykivka, Lenina St., 65, Petrykivka Ukraine
Excursion to Petrykivka Art Village with its authentic Ukrainian style of painting that came from the times of Cossacks, taking part in a master-class and visiting the unique painted houses at the countryside.
Duration: 5 hours

Stop At: Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral, Soborna pl. 1, Dnipro 49027 Ukraine
Visiting Dnipro city that was founded by Russian tsarina Catherine the Great in the end of 18 century, watching the Transfiguration Cathedral, seeing examples of Stalin time architecture, walking along the biggest and the most beautiful embankment in Ukraine.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch: Lunch in a countryside guest house (meals included)
Accommodation included: Accommodation at Dnipro hotel

Day 3: Zaporizhzhya / Khortitsa

Stop At: Khortitsa National Nature Reserve, Zaporizhzhya 69017 Ukraine
Observing tour around the city Zaporizhzhya, watching the Hydropower station.
Trip to the Khortitsa Island in Zaporizhzhya – the most famous place where Ukrainian Cossacks lived. The Island of Khortitsa is picturesque area with the real prototype of Cossacks military fortification of 1552. During the tour you’ll see the Cossacks stronghold with the cannon yard, the Museum of sunken Cossacks’ ships and the tobacco pipes exhibition. You also will be impressed by the Cossacks fighting show.
Duration: 8 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.