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Украина, 68600, Одесская обл.
г. Измаил, ул. Кутузова 62

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Pearls of Bessarabia
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Pearls of Bessarabia

3 day tour

The price includes:

-Transport services according to the program - 3 days;

-Excursion service - 3 days;

-Entrance tickets to the fortress "Ackerman";

-Entrance tickets to the "Diorama";

-Cheese tasting "Shchedra Okolitsa";

-Excursion of the cultural center of wine "SHABO" with tasting;

-Boat trip along the Danube + fish soup;

-Accommodation - 2 nights in a hotel with amenities and breakfast (rooms for 2-3 people);

-Medical insurance;

Day 1: Meeting of the group by the guide at the railway station in Belgorod-Dnestrovsky.

Belgorod-Dnestrovsky is the oldest city in Ukraine, one of the most ancient cities in Europe. At different times, this city was called differently: Thira, Levkopol, Mon-Castro, Akkerman, which in Russian means "White Fortress". The main attraction of the city is Belgorod-Dnestrovsky Fortress. In front of the entrance to the territory of the fortress, you will see the ruins of the ancient city of Thira. Sightseeing tour of the Fortress: Dungeon Tower, Maiden Fortress Tower, North Tower...

Further, Shabo is waiting for us.
Shabo is a famous resort and medical area. Here, the boundless expanse of the Black Sea and the waters of the Dniester estuary harmoniously coexist. For a long time, this is the pearl of Ukrainian winemaking.

Visit to the Cultural Wine Center "Shabo". During the tour we will visit: Ancient Royal Cellar, Ancient Sherry Cellar, giant underground Vaults, The majestic Cognac Yard with oak barrels for aging noble cognac drinks, Unique Champagne house for the production of high quality champagne by the classical method, The fountain of Dionysus is a symbol of Shabo, where you can get in touch with the miracle of the creation of wine.
After the walk, we will have a tasting, during which we will fully enjoy the high quality of Shabo TM products.
Departure to Izmail.
Check in hotel. Overnight stay.

Day 2: Breakfast.
The beginning of the program "By the former glory of the fortress of Izmail". A visit to the natural historical park of memory "Fortress". The monastery gates are one of the most striking city sights, memorial monument to the Heroes "Eagle", St. Nicholas Monastery, The Small Mosque of the 16th century example of muslim architecture, where the "Diorama" is located.

Next, we will have a bus and walking excursion with a tour of the main monuments of Izmail.

Sergey Alexeyevich Tuchkov, founder of the city, a significant figure and multifaceted personality, Lieutenant General of the Russian Army, military writer, poet and senator. He was a gifted man, a talented military leader and administrator.

Monument to Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov, who in 1790 led the capture of the Turkish fortress "Ismail", erected in the center of the city.

Visiting to the Cathedral of Pokrova of the Holy Mother of God. The cathedral was built on parishioners' money and merchants' donations. Count Mikhail Vorontsov, Russian emperors Alexander I and Nicholas I personally participated in the financing of the construction. The Holy Pokrovsky Cathedral was erected on the site of the old St. Nicholas Church. The bells has been casted from the melted Turkish guns - weighing 700 pounds.

We leave for Bolgrad - the small capital of the Bulgarian diaspora. Sightseeing tour: Pushkinsky park; Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral - the temple of the Odessa eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church; Memorial to the Bulgarian Volunteers and all participants of the Russian - Turkish Liberation War of 1877-1878.

Cheese factory "Schedra Okolytsia" meets us, where people producing cheese according to traditional and proprietary technologies. For the production of cheese they are using only natural cow's, sheep's and goat's milk from local farms. Local milk and cheeses made from it have a unique flavor range. Clean air and herbs of the Budzhak steppe have a positive effect on the taste of local milk. Remoteness from industrial factories and using only natural milk allow to produce a 100% natural product. Unique aged cheeses with a maturity of more than 12 months. These cheeses has a pronounced taste of mature cheeses which does not concede to the European analogue . Cheese tasting with a glass of Bessarabian wine. Optionally, a fascinating master class in the production of cheese.

Transfer to the city of Izmail.
Overnight stay.

Day 3: Breakfast. Check out from the hotel.
We are going to Vilkovo, which is the only city in Europe, that is located on the territory of the Biosphere Reserve "Danube Floodplains". The uncommonness of the city is that part of it is located on the water. Instead of streets, there are canals, on which people move, mainly, on a peculiar Ukrainian "gondolas" and motor boats. These channels are called eriks. Simple wooden bridges are thrown across the eriks. Acquaintance with the old part of the city, majestic Orthodox and Old Believer churches.

Boat trip along the Danube Delta to the island green parking lot. At the place where the Danube flows into the Black Sea, there is a symbolic sign "O km". They say that to visit here and pass under it is considered a good sign - this will bring good luck and health. Just think about it - more than 2.5 thousand kilometers makes up the path of Danube, which flows into the sea right here, in a small man-made town - Vilkovo.

Rest at the "Green Parking lot" - a picnic at the island tourist camp with a fisherman's Danube fish soup cooked on a wood fire, the famous local wine "Novak", herbal tea on herbs from an old samovar.
Free time. Transfer to the railway station in Izmail.
Boarding the train.