Ukranian Waterways 2019 - Imperial River Cruises -Kiev -Vilkovo -Odessa -Kiev

• Day 1: Kiev
Arrival and embarkation. The Ukrainian capital has more than 1,500 years of history.
• Day 2: Kiev
We’re on city-tour around the fascinating Kiev, and here is the list of sites: the Golden Gate, the remains of a huge wall erected in the 10th century to protect the city; and the Parliament building, situated in a beautiful park.
• Day 3: Sailing, Ukrainian National Day
There will be a lot of fun today while we are sailing along the Dnieper enjoying the beauty of the surrounding nature. We’re having Ukrainian National Day of the cruise later on today: we’re enjoying the dishes of famous Ukrainian cuisine and Ukrainian language lessons.
• Day 4: Zaporozhye
The city of Zaporozhye or 'Zaporizhzhya' in Ukrainian is more than 200 years old. Island Khortitsa, the biggest island on the Dnieper, and place related to Cossack history, is the part of the city today. City tour of today includes beautiful city center and several main streets of the place.
• Day 5: Kherson
Kherson is located approximately 60 miles from the Black Sea. The city was built in 1778 by the Russian Empress Catherine the Great as a fortress where Cossacks fought against the Tatars and Turks.
• Day 6: Vilkovo, "Ukrainian Venice"
This small village really is a pearl of pre-Danube lows. It is located on border with Romania and where the Danube meets the Black Sea.
• Day 7: Odessa
Thanks to its old romantic traditions, Odessa is considered to be one of the world's most fascinating cities. The inimitable coloring of the city is sustained not only by the sea, the aroma of the acacia flowers, and velvety summer nights.
• Day 8: Odessa
This day might be a day at leisure during which you might have a lot of time on your own in Odessa.
• Day 9: Sailing, Ukrainian National Day
The ship is sailing toward Kiev, and we're quite busy aboard. The program of the day is quite a dense one.
• Day 10: Kremenchuk
The history of Kremenchug begins from the fortress erected in this area in 1571 to protect the southern borders of the Russian Empire from the Tatars. In the 16th century the town was the center of the tobacco producing industry in the region.
• Day 11: Kanev and Kiev
Founded in the 11th century by Kievan Prince Yaroslav the Wise, the pleasant city of Kanev is known today mostly as the burial site of Taras Shevchenko, the great Ukrainian poet, artist and “father” of the modern Ukrainian language.
• Day 12: Kiev
This day might be a day on your own in Kiev. Still there is a lot to see and to experience together with your group.
• Day 13: Kiev
Disembarkation.